Elder Race

De: Adrian Tchaikovsky

Narrado por: John Lee

In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to study to save a planet from an unbeatable foe.

Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way.

But a demon is terrorizing the land, and now she's an adult (albeit barely) with responsibilities (she tells herself). Although she still gets in the way, she understands that the only way to save her people is to invoke the pact between her family and the Elder sorcerer who has inhabited the local tower for as long as her people have lived here (though none in living memory has approached it).

But Elder Nyr isn't a sorcerer, and he is forbidden to help, and his knowledge of science tells him the threat cannot possibly be a demon . . .

©2021 Adrian Czajkowski (P)2023 Tantor

Pretty solid little novella with an interesting take on Magic

If you are interested in “hard magic” or even just the discussion thereof, as it relates to fantasy, this ostensibly, science-fiction, short novel might be an interesting read for you.

Interesting Concept

An anthropologist finds himself stranded in a non technological civilization. I enjoyed this book. I found the narration difficult to hear at times as the narrator has a tendency to end his sentences quietly. However I found the plot and characters interesting. Dealing with mental illness, the value of different personality types, and the way technology can seem like magic to non advanced people are some of the themes explored.

A story about a fun relationship,

Starts off a bit plodding seeming like a dense fantasy universe, but it ends up being rather charming.

Amazing narration for this tale!

There are some of Tchaikovsky’s I don’t like because of the tone, but the nature of this story and this narrator just works with Tchaikovsky’s style. This story was short, sweet, and fun.

What an adventure!

This was such a fun listen, I would be very interested in a series expanding on the world Tchaikovsky created.