The City of Gold and Lead

Tripods Series, Book 2

De: John Christopher

Narrado por: William Gaminara

In the second book of John Christopher's classic series, Will Parker and his cohorts have spent a year living among the free men in the White Mountains. The Resistance charges them, now wearing realistic yet harmless caps, to infiltrate a Tripod city by competing in a sporting exhibition called "the Games" (very similar in nature to the Summer Olympics), in which the winners of the events are to be offered to the Tripods for service.

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one of my favorites.

I hope they make it into a movie series some day, that would be fantastic.

Greatest book

This book is really really really really really really really really really really really good. It is uniquely amazing

Hail the tripods

Hail the tripod
Hail the tripods
Hail the tripod
Hail the tripod
Hail the tripod
Long live the masters

Excellent read

Works really well. Written as a novel for youth , it meets my standards .
Can't wait for the final installment of the trilogy.

For kids and adults

The second book is a venture for kids into the world of science fiction. Descriptions just enough to let the mind wander as to what it might be like in the city, or under a mask. Again the narrator has done a great job.

Great family listening (tweens and up)

We love this trilogy! My 12 year old son couldn't wait to get back in the car after school and listen to more. My 15 year old daughter was not opposed to listening. Each book has left us wanting more.

As good as I remember!

I loved each book as it was released decades ago as a kid. I joined the Amazon Audio and thought it would be fun to relive the series and I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to both "The White Mountains" and "The City of Gold and Lead" as an adult. The books are very well read by a very talented reader who makes identifying each character easy to do and with believable accents. I am very impressed with the quality of the audio and the experience.

Great Second Book in the Series!

I didn't read the Tripod series when I was a boy, but when I was 37. However, this doesn't really matter at all as these books are great no matter what your age. I wish I had come across these books when I was growing up - I would have loved them!

In The City of Gold and Lead, the boys must compete in "the games" and enter one of the cities where "the Masters" live. Here they work as slaves and must find some way to escape with the intelligence they have acquired about the alien overlords.

Personally I liked this one the best out of the trilogy. I enjoyed experiencing the alien city from the boys' eyes and learning more about "the masters". Check this series out, you won't regret it!

Re-reading as enjoyable as the first

Read first time in high school. really enjoyed the reread. I hope you will too.

Fabulous Story Perfectly Read

A wonderful intermediary between The White Mountains and the Pool of Fire. Well imagined and executed.