Eyes of the Void

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

Narrated by: Sophie Aldred

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the second novel in an extraordinary space opera trilogy about humanity on the brink of extinction, and how one man's discovery will save or destroy us all.

After eighty years of fragile peace, the Architects are back, wreaking havoc as they consume entire planets. In the past, Originator artefacts – vestiges of a long-vanished civilization – could save a world from annihilation. This time, the Architects have discovered a way to circumvent these protective relics. Suddenly, no planet is safe.

Facing impending extinction, the Human Colonies are in turmoil. While some believe a unified front is the only way to stop the Architects, others insist humanity should fight alone. And there are those who would seek to benefit from the fractured politics of war – even as the Architects loom ever closer.

Idris, who has spent decades running from the horrors of his past, finds himself thrust back onto the battlefront. As an Intermediary, he could be one of the few to turn the tide of war. With a handful of allies, he searches for a weapon that could push back the Architects and save the galaxy. But to do so, he must return to the nightmarish unspace, where his mind was broken and remade.

What Idris discovers there will change everything.

A powerful addition to a most engrossing series

The author's grasp of how to weave a consistently convoluted and savagely engaging plot stream within a universe construct that is both multidimensional and technically challenging is immensely satisfying in the veins of the great masters of hard science fiction. Can't wait for the third installment in this series. It is like a melding of Isaac Asimov with Sherlock Holmes. A smorgasbord for the imagination! Highly recommended.

Great second book in the series.

It may not be complete as a standalone work of fiction, but it’s a great steppingstone in the series. I enjoyed the listen more than the first book; the reader seemed to really find her stride. The character development was excellent and I’m excited to get into book three.

great book

Excellent extension to a sweepig galactic scale story. I can't wait for the next installment.

Go Spacers!

Nice mix of hard, deep-time sci-fi and plausibly silly genres of old. Who doesn’t love a diversity of aliens mixing it up with gumshoes, pirates, space truckers, lawyers, woman warriors, cultish gangsters, and adorable masses of insect collectives operating in Trojan-horse-like bodies.

Imaginative and intelligent writing

This series is one of the reasons Tchaikovsky is one of my favorite writers. He blends science fiction with the mystical, and the mythic struggle between heroes and villains, with the every man faced with the banality of evil. Always surprising and satisfying
storytelling. I am looking forward to the next installment.