
Quietus
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Narrated by:
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Thomas Judd
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By:
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Tristan Palmgren
A transdimensional anthropologist can't keep herself from interfering with Earth's darkest period of history in this brilliant science fiction debut.
In medieval Italy, Niccolucio, a young Florentine Carthusian monk, leads a devout life until the Black Death kills all of his brothers, leaving him alone and filled with doubt. Habidah, an anthropologist from an alien world racked by plague, is overwhelmed by the suffering. Unable to maintain her neutrality, she saves Niccolucio from the brink of death.
Habidah discovers that neither her home's plague nor her assignment on Niccolucio's ravaged planet are as she's been led to believe. Suddenly the pair are drawn into a worlds-spanning conspiracy to topple an empire larger than the human imagination can contain
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Awesome
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Excellently read too!
An unexpected gem
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Mystery after mystery and eventually.. Meh
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The description of the story is intriguing in itself. If you are reading this, it was interesting enough to attract your attention. Yet describing the story outline can't even begin to convey the rich enjoyment of listening to the audiobook as it unfolds.This particular quality of literate and fully satisfying science fiction is very hard to come by. And it is never the most highly rated by the public: when everyone has an equal vote, it can't be. But if you relish Kim Stanley Robinson and other equally intelligent science fiction writers, try Quietus.
To Tristan Palmgren,Thomas Judd, and the production team: congratulations, and thanks for the masterpiece. I've been reading mostly science fiction for 50 years, so am understandably bored by its mediocre iterations. By now, only the most deeply enjoyable experiences can galvanize me enough to try to write a review. I hope my fellow hunters-of-excellence will fully understand what I mean to convey. Quietus is a rare marvel, and a sumptuous example of the art of science fiction.
Luminous, Intelligent and Captivating
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A very good 1st book
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A Unique view of a Multiple Universe Empire
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Refreshingly different than most new SF
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Well executed, with a good narrator.
The next book, "Terminus" is even better
Excellent blend of Sci-Fi & historical speculation
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The first half of this book seems like one long info dump, hours and hours of what seemed like an almost complete absence of dialog and action, which was exacerbated by one of the characters being a monk who had a vow of silence. I very nearly quit on it, I hated it. "SHOW DON'T TELL!" kept raging through my mind! BUT the narrator did such an outstanding job with the "text book" that his acting allowed my to plow through and keep listening, That was the review I disagreed with, the narrator single handedly saved the first half of this book, he was fantastic, (I just didn't 5 star love him) he was absolutely 4 star great.
Then as though a switch had been flipped, the second half became a real book with dialog and everything! So the story was great, outstanding premise, and at some points poor execution that I almost quit on which leads to a 4 star story and 3 star overall. Perhaps one of the most impressive things about this book is the quality of reviewers it received, click on them, every one has many reviews which means it's not just Tristans friends skewing the results, impressive, not sure I've ever seen that before. Finally my recommendation, Yes it is worth a listen. If you are looking for a great sci-fi sans all the space battles defiantly give this one a try.
Outstanding Premise...
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Bailed after 8 or so chapters - boring narrator
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