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  • Queens of an Alien Sun

  • Arkship Trilogy, Book 3
  • By: Peter F. Hamilton
  • Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett
  • Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (220 ratings)

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Queens of an Alien Sun

By: Peter F. Hamilton
Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett
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Publisher's summary

Peter F. Hamilton presents Book 3 in the Arkship Trilogy.

©2022 Peter F. Hamilton (P)2022 Tantor

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Fast paced action

I liked that it was a unique colony ship story including the nemesis and the heroine’s journey. YA appropriate.

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Taking back the ship

Queens of an Alien Sun is the third installment in Peter F Hamilton's Arkship trilogy. A considerable portion of the arkship inhabitants have been moved to safer quarters. A small band, led by the captain's daughter, Hazel. With the help of the Daedalus AIs, the work out a plan to kill all the Yi, turn the Daedalus around and return to their new world. These plans involve work outside the spaceship and anti-matter bombs as well as tricky re-entry maneuver.

Hamilton provides satisfying closure to this intrepid band of youngsters. The action scenes are well executed as well as some last minute snafus requiring some above and beyond action.

The narration is well done with good character distinction and smooth, brisk pacing.

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Awesome

There is very little I can say about this amazing story about the fight against the evil of genocide!! The captain’s daughter determination and compassion to save her brother to saving many others!! I enjoyed listening to this story very much!!

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Great

A really strong finish to the trilogy. Surprisingly emotional at times. Definitely my favorite of the three books.

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Great addition to a pretty nice trilogy.

This book will definitely inspire a younger generation into the wonders of science fiction that might one day become reality. Just sad that these books are so short.

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Not up PFH standards

Really didn’t care for the characters in this book. The author did a good job making her seem weak and whiny. The story had a lot of potential but it lacked breath and strength. I hope he does better with the next one.

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World building; appealing characters; solid structure to the trilogy.

Unlike some trilogies, this one is really just one story broken up into three audiobooks. The third book is the best. It wraps up the story in a very neat way with a homage to the last scene in the movie Alien. Because this is a young adult book, the implied horrors are indirect and muted. To avoid bad language, characters say “guano.”That made me smile.

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Great book - narrator was a bit monotone

Very fun finale, some points were a little monotone and emotionless. Which doesn’t let you feel the characters emotions .

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Love the trilogy

The stories are well written, well, narrated, and entertaining. Since the stories are set so far into the future, any leaps in technology can be easily overlooked.

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Unexpected pleasure

I was reluctant to start this series not thinking much of what I thought was the storyline. But I quickly fell into the plot and wound up enjoying it a lot. It was well worth reading and I can heartily recommend it.

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