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Chaos Vector

By: Megan E. O'Keefe
Narrated by: Joe Jameson
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Publisher's summary

The fate of the galaxy is on the line in the second book of this gripping, visionary space opera by award-winning author Megan E. O'Keefe. 

Sanda and Tomas are fleeing for their lives after letting the most dangerous smartship in the universe run free. Now, unsure of who to trust, Sanda knows only one thing for certain - to be able to save herself from becoming a pawn of greater powers, she needs to discover the secret of the coordinates hidden in her skull.

But getting to those coordinates is a problem she can't solve alone. They exist beyond a dead gate - a sealed-off Casimir gate that opens up into a dead-end system. And there's a dangerous new player who wants the coordinates for their own ends - a player who will happily crack her open to get them.

Dazzling space battles, intergalactic politics and rogue AI collide in the follow-up to the Philip K. Dick Award-shortlisted Velocity Weapon.

©2020 Megan E. O'Keefe (P)2020 Hachette Audio UK

Critic reviews

"A brilliantly plotted yarn of survival and far-future political intrigue." (Guardian)

"O'Keefe keeps the pace pumping, timing the big twists perfectly." (SFX)

"Skillfully interweaves intrigue, action, and strong characterization." (Publishers Weekly)

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easy storyline, engaging enough to keep interested

the narrator does a good job.

The storyline is not overly technical making it a nice easy listen that is enjoyable.

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  • Mark
  • 01-19-23

Great

Love a space saga! And this is absolutely on tract to be perfect. I also need 15 words

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  • Bob
  • 12-09-22

Kind of OK

The narration was OK. Not great but I've heard worse. A few of the voices sounded identical which threw me a couple of times.

The story felt stilted and seemed to miss things out. Especially if you had forgotten or not read the earlier book. For example one of the characters had lost a leg. That wasn't mentioned early on and it was unclear why they were in a wheelchair or what a peculiarly named piece of equipment was. It was actually a crutch.

There were several of these unexplained occurances. And the background could have some exposition. I vaguely recalled what Prime was but it took a lot of mental gymnastics to recall why it was important. And the star gates. That needed explaining. Ditto the ban on certain research.

This needed tidying up.

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  • Rob Roy
  • 03-28-22

Engaging Space Opera continues.

The story continues with the second in the trilogy - you really need to read "Velocity Weapon" before "Chaos Vector" - with the now expected ( after reading the first book) regular twists and turns and some real surprises - beware the last sentence in a chapter!
I am really enjoying the journey and the narration - my only gripe is that, once again nothing is fully resolved, although things are becoming somewhat clearer. Book two is thoroughly engrossing, but is far from stand-alone. I am hoping for some closure when I (almost immediately) go on to book 3 - but I am thoroughly enjoying the journey.

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  • R. Maines
  • 07-06-21

Very much book 2

An enjoyable romp across star systems. No shocking twists this time just more machinations of the villain revealed and setting up things for book 3.

Narration was good.

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  • Harinder Bakhshi
  • 06-08-21

Not entirely coherent but a great listen

The story doesn’t fully hang together, there are gaps and jumps but despite this, a well written book, well performed. Not everyone will like it but I certainly did and I’ve preordered the final instalment.

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  • L. Henderson
  • 02-06-21

Can't wait for the next book!

The plot thickens, lots of twists and turns and I also like that they've used the same narrator as from the first book.
Here and there a few recording repeats (a sentence or two).
Definitely recommend!

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 12-16-20

Probably better to read than to listen to.

The performance is technically brilliant. Consistent use of accents and tone for each character. The story is complex and layered.
The difficulty I find is that unlike books I can't flip back to review a point that didn't sink in first time. The 20 second rewind is too random.

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  • Marika Blackham
  • 11-26-20

Devoured it, can't wait for next!

I love this series so far, and am really excited for the next one. I absolutely devoured this book and the performance was great!

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  • Johnny
  • 10-24-20

Surprisingly good

This was better than the first book I think but I had to listen to it again before starting this one good intelligent sifi thriller that keeps the listener guessing well performed. Hope we don’t have to wait long for the next instalment. If you like the expanse books you will like these not saying there the same story but the same thought and detail

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  • Ms
  • 09-12-20

Fantastic space adventure.

Strong and well developed characters with a thoroughly engaging, twisting story. Some good laughs too. Cannot wait for part 3.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 08-09-20

Fantastic.

Ms. O'Keefe has surpassed herself with this sequel. I was absolutely riveted from start to finish and finished the whole thing in 2 days.

I actually ended up pausing this book and had to go back and listen to Velocity Weapon again to get caught up in the story and I highly recommend other listeners do the same. It will add depth to the story that you won't get through simple recall.

What I love about the author is she doesn't go for those annoyingly predictable cliff hanger chapters where you end up leaving each of your main characters amid some dramatic climax scene then start the next chapter doing the same to a different character. It was a pleasant surprise to continue with the current character's drama in the next chapter.

I also really appreciated how she addressed gender neutrality and used their pronoun without any rolling out of the cliched personality/dialogue/physical appearance tropes that usually accompany non cis gender characters and just normalised them.
Can't wait for book 3!

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