Hell's Foundations Quiver

By: David Weber

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Centuries ago the human race fought its first great war against an alien race - and lost. A tiny population of human beings fled to distant Safehold. Centuries later their descendants have forgotten their history; for them life has been an eternal Middle Ages, ruled by the Church of God Awaiting, whose secret purpose is to prevent the reemergence of industrial civilization.

But not all of Safehold's founders were onboard with this plan. Those dissidents left behind their own secret legacies. One of those is Merlyn Athrawes, cybernetic avatar of one of Earth's long-dead defenders, now reawakened after a thousand years to restart human progress and reclaim our place in the universe. Merlyn has intervened in the small Safeholdian realm of Charis, seeding it with ideas and innovations and helping it to rise to challenge the hegemony of the Church. It's been a long and bloody fight, but aided by a stream of inventions - breech-loading rifles, signal rockets, claymore mines, new approaches to manufacturing and supply - Charis and its few allies seem to have finally gained the upper hand. Now major realms have begun to consider switching sides. To all these ends, Merlyn Athrawes has been everywhere, under multiple disguises and wielding hidden powers. The secret of who and what he is has been closely held. But a new player has arrived, one who knows many secrets - including Merlyn's own.

©2015 David Weber (P)2015 Macmillan Audio

Pure Gold

What made the experience of listening to Hell's Foundations Quiver the most enjoyable?

The whole series is first rate, But this one is more satisfying than most . great story development ,lots of action .an all around winner. Only thing wrong is how long I am going to wait for the next one :)

What other book might you compare Hell's Foundations Quiver to and why?

Armageddon Reef

You'll Quiver in your Seat with this Story

This was a great addition to the Safehold Series and if you didn't have chills then you need to listen to the entire book again. That was awesome. Can't wait to listen to the next instalment.

Great set up for next book

Better than some of the previous books. Newer AOG characters are much better, great set up for following books

Did the plot advance?

Any additional comments?

I love the concept of the series, but I'm not sure we advanced the plot much by the time the book was finished. Are we any closer to resolving the core conflict? I don't think so.

Great book as usual.

Loved it but hate I have to wait for the next one. Book drags out the story but hey I guess they know what they are doing.