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The Dragon Never Sleeps

By: Glen Cook
Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
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For four thousand years, the Guardships have ruled Canon Space - immortal ships with an immortal crew, dealing swiftly and harshly with any mercantile houses or alien races that threaten the status quo.But now the House Tregesser has an edge: a force from outside Canon Space offers them the resources to throw off Guardship rule. This precipitates an avalanche of unexpected outcomes, including the emergence of Kez Maefele, one of the few remaining generals of the Ku Warrior race-the only race to ever seriously threaten Guardship hegemony. Kez Maefele and a motley group of aliens, biological constructs, an scheming aristocrats find themselves at the center of the conflict. Maefele must chose which side he will support: the Guardships, who defeated and destroyed his race, or the unknown forces outside Canon Space that promise more death and destruction.

©1988 Glen Cook (P)2014 Audible Inc. Anthologies & Short Stories Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction
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Even though I'm a fan of "Black Company I didn't know what to expect for a scifi story from Mr. Cook. However I was not disappointed and was hooked all the way to the bitter end. the characters and circumstances all felt believable and real. Not the ending I wanted but it was still very interesting. would love more stories from this universe, but what can you do.

Great story from beginning to end.

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If you could sum up The Dragon Never Sleeps in three words, what would they be?

Complex and fascinating world

What about Fleet Cooper’s performance did you like?

The precision of his read is perfect and it makes this book come alive page after page

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I couldn't stop listening to it.

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this is a book that doesn't leave you with an "average feeling". you hate it or you are fascinated by it. This is a very interesting and complex world Glen Cook knows how to build. Everything is in different shades of color and has its own reasons for acting. Plus this is a self contained structured story : a beginning and an end that goes with it. .
The read gives it more depth as it had the power of the voice. I seldom comment on books but really this read is outstanding.

An excellent read of an excellent book

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this is a Glen Cook masterpiece. fantastic scale, excellent plotting, engrossing. as good as black company or better.

wonderful

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This is a very interesting world and it is a pity it is a stand alone. I enjoyed the story and the rich universe Cook created. The narration is another matter. I do not know what would make anyone think overly heavy accents (and not good ones at that) would be a good idea. If you can stand it this book is worth the listen. If I had it to do over I'd have bought the paper version.

Wonderful book ruined by bad narrator

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I think this is the single most complicated book I've ever read. On the third reading I might catch most everything. I will do that in a couple years. The first time I read this book was two years ago.

2nd reading, just gets better

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Mr. Cook clearly has a strong command of language, but not of lyrical narrative, at least not in this book. I grew so tired of trying to piece together the setting's history and the characters that, by chapter ten or eleven when I was still trying to force any semblance of interest, I decided there were better books out there for me. It's rare that I put a book down unfinished. I can tell there's some compelling politics in this story, but damn if *I* was compelled to care about any of it.

Purely dialogue and telling

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This book was a great big disappointment, Story line very confusing, Mr.Cooper's narration was good. but the material he had to read was,well lets just say. I was lost within 5 minutes.

A big disappointment .

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The Narrator made this story too difficult to follow. I should have tried a sample first. Mostly, Cook writes a good story, however, with this presentation who could tell.

NARRATION FLOP

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