Light Chaser

By: Peter F. Hamilton, Gareth L. Powell

Narrated by: Imogen Church

In Peter F. Hamilton and Gareth L. Powell's action-packed sci-fi adventure Light Chaser, a love powerful enough to transcend death can bring down an entire empire.

Amahle is a Light Chaser—one of a number of explorers, who travel the universe alone (except for their onboard AI), trading trinkets for life stories.

But when she listens to the stories sent down through the ages, she hears the same voice talking directly to her from different times and on different worlds. She comes to understand that something terrible is happening, and only she is in a position to do anything about it.

And it will cost everything to put it right.

©2021 Rutland Horizon Ltd and Gareth L. Powell (P)2022 Tantor

Enjoyable

The plot is par for the course for a Peter Hamilton story and I liked this one. I think the overall review rating is from people who had different expectations but I think the premise was actually rather interesting. Perhaps my only gripe would be the rather weak ending. Lastly, the narrator was fantastic.

Well written. Well paced

Excellent narration. Pacing works very well keeping the story moving along. Well thought out story with interesting in depth details.

didn't really get the point

The performance was great but the actual story was kind... lackluster? I just did not get the point of it all and it was never really explained how reincarnation works.

Bad audio, okay story

Audio recording is pretty poor quality, leaving the (good) narrator sounding breathy and difficult to understand in parts. The story and plot is an interesting concept, but not done in a very satisfying way. Ending was especially unsatisfying.

Not bad

A wonderful love story spanning eons and generations in space. The writing is reminiscent of some of Roger Zelany’s experimentals, with its own styling. Do yourself a favor and don’t look too closely at the plot and just enjoy the ride.