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Seven Surrenders

By: Ada Palmer
Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
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The second book of Terra Ignota, a political SF epic of extraordinary audacity

In a future of near-instantaneous global travel, of abundant provision for the needs of all, a future in which no one living can remember an actual war, a long era of stability threatens to come to an abrupt end.

For known only to a few, the leaders of the great Hives, nations without fixed location, have long conspired to keep the world stable, at the cost of just a little blood. A few secret murders, mathematically planned. So that no faction can ever dominate, and the balance holds. And yet the balance is beginning to give way.

Mycroft Canner, convict, sentenced to wander the globe in service to all, knows more about this conspiracy the than he can ever admit. Carlyle Foster, counselor, sensayer, has secrets as well, and they burden Carlyle beyond description. And both Mycroft and Carlyle are privy to the greatest secret of all: Bridger, the child who can bring inanimate objects to life.

Shot through with astonishing invention, Seven Surrenders is the next movement in one of the great SF epics of our time.

©2017 Ada Palmer (P)2017 Recorded Books Dystopian Fiction Genre Fiction Political Science Fiction
Complex Storyline • Philosophical Depth • Nuanced Performance • Great Character Distinction • Unique Worldbuilding
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The complexity of this series deserves a 're-read' at some point but the story line became more comprehensible and somewhat action packed in conclusion.
Smith is a great narrator handling the nuances and many characters a bit better than Mays (who is great also) in the first half.

Complex Story Continues

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I stumbled across this series from a booktuber and have been astounded from the first sentence. This is the book series I didn’t realize I was looking for until I found it. In this Ada Palmer has truly achieved something remarkable and I cannot wait to see how the rest of the series unfolds.

Absolutely incredible

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A different reader was something to get used to but it is done very well.
The story itself reveals many of the mysteries put forth in the first book. You might actually want to reread the first book so can enjoy all background and reveals in Seven Surrenders.
Really looking forward to more books in this series no matter who reads it!

A great follow up to Too Like the Lightning

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narrator of first book was better, but the story is still good. waiting for book 4!

narrator of first book was better

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There is no sort of book so intimate, so personally revealing than a speculative fiction like this one. It puts all of a writer's ideas (many of them hopes and fears for the future of our world that you'd otherwise have to pry out of her with alcohol in her neighborhood tavern) on display for readers to sort out and pick apart. I don't know another writer working in the genre who crams more ideas into her stories than Ada Palmer, and this is what I love - the mess of everything brought together into this delicious idea soup.

The plot thickens...

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This series explores philosophical questions and the nature of humanity in a uniquely interesting way. The world building alone is impressive, but there’s so much more to this utopian/dystopian take on the future.

Fascinating exploration of human nature

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For me, a life long lover of the sheer originality and depth that can come out of the SF genre, this will be one of those series that I come back to again and again throughout my life.

An engaging story, fully-fleshed characters, a utterly unique and deep world, and the most complex and directly astounding first-person perspective and thematic presentation style I've read.

Whatever you do next, Madam Palmer, I will be an eager reader for life.

I was slightly disappointed they'd switched narrators between the books, but by an hour in I was already sold on Smith. Make sure you read Too Like the Lightning first!

A masterpiece.

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Surpassed the 1st book. Makes me want to read Voltaire/Diderot/etc! I was sad about the new reader but he grew on me.

Excellent!

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I tried. I tried for more than half the book to give this narrator a chance. His performance is horrible and I can't bring myself to finish it, especially knowing the final book is also narrated by him. His accents are horrible except for French. He nails that and all others sound muddled and change as he goes. Sniper's voice sounds like a whine - strange for a person who has captivated fans all over the world. J.E.D.D. Mason's voice is worst of all. Yeah, he's supposed to be weird - but he isn't a robot and that's all this sounds like. The toy soldiers are intolerable.

I love this story and I really tried to make it through but I can't. I will finish it in print. Stay away from this narration. It ruins the story.

Horrible narrator and now I don't want to finish

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Like others have said more elegantly than myself: great story, but had to buy the print version to continue due to narrator. I kept getting confused as to who was speaking or narrating because the voices were all very similar. I found him just hard to understand in general. It is a shame because Mays had done such a fantastic job bringing Too Like The Lightening to life. My advice: save your credit and get a text copy.

Abysmal narration

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