Redemption Ark

By: Alastair Reynolds

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 27 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

Late in the 26th century, the human race has advanced enough to accidentally trigger the Inhibitors---alien-killing machines designed to detect intelligent life and destroy it. The only hope for humanity lies in the recovery of a secret cache of doomsday weapons---and a renegade named Clavain who is determined to find them. But other factions want the weapons for their own purposes---and the weapons themselves have another agenda altogether.

©2008 Alastair Reynolds (P)2009 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Reynolds confirms his place among the leaders of the hard-science space-opera renaissance." ( Publishers Weekly Starred Review)
"The best of the new breed of space opera. Wild action on a grand scale spans well-imagined and developed worlds." ( The Denver Post)

Fascinating

I am listening to this book every chance I get. It's complicated, sometimes confusing, but always interesting. Characters that appeared in the first book of the trilogy, suddenly appear in this book, pulling the story together and allowing the author to take the story in all kinds of directions. The narrator, John Lee, is one of my favorites. He did some of Daniel Silva's earlier books. I really hope audible gets the third book in the series, Absolution Gap. I can hardly wait to hear it.

It's good but a minor niggle

If you could sum up Redemption Ark in three words, what would they be?

Alastair Reynolds writes a great tale. He's a former physicist and tries hard to keep his yarn consistent with the universe we inhabit... except in one thing. For some reason, he thinks the flow of time increases in a gravitational well... of course it does exactly the opposite (time slows.) It's a weird error and not even necessary as a plot device - so maybe it's better he sticks to writing. :)

What does John Lee bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

JL's performance is excellent - far better than it was in Revelation Space

wow , just wow .

i wish i woukd have read the other books before this one - still , one of the best sci fi books

a great ending... one if the best ever.

Claim guess through a critical existential crisis, but he keeps on going. Felka, is a nice girl, or woman, whatever you choose her to be. There are sacrifices and pleasures in this book, greater than one can imagine. This one being the best of the series, in my opinion.

Another awesome story by Alistair

Another awesome story by Alistair was performed by my favorite narrator, John Lee.
The Space drama continues and knows no bounds. Thank you both for the best entertainment.

Take A Sip Of Some Excellent Hard Sci-Fi

In the distant future, humans are locked in a desperate civil war for control of the Universe. Ah, but there is a third entity who is lurking in the outer realms of space with plans of hunting down and killing all humans. They are ruthless, relentless and should be feared.

I enjoyed Alastair Reynolds’ “Chasm City” and decided to listen to his Revelation Space Series. I hated book one, “Revelation Space”, and quickly abandoned my plan. After several months of healing from the bad listen, I decided to fire up “Redemption Ark” and learned that resistance is futile. I will lower my shields and be assimilated by this Hard Sci-Fi series.

Decent book if not wholly original

Just finished this one. Nice long book. Wasn't quite as epic as advertised but entertaining all the same. An awful lot of familiar elements to regular scifi devourers.

Love and Quantum Vacuum

Alistair's science is impeccable, his world is more realistic than any other. The one downside is that his characters seem too stiffly self controlled than real people.

Great followup to Revelation Space

The new characters, Neville Clavain, Scade, Scorpio, and the Inhibitors make for a good story.

satisfying return to the main story

satisfying return to the main story after Chasm City left me mildly disappointed. going to jump straight into the next book.