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Eyes of the Void
The Final Architecture (Related to this series)
- Author
- Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrator
- Sophie Aldred
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 28 April 2022
- Run Time
- 20 hours 45 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Science fiction: space opera, Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, Science fiction: space exploration, Adventure / action fiction, Hard science fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction
- Rating
- 4.0 (2 reviews)
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What to expect
Eyes of the Void is the second high-octane instalment in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Final Architecture space opera trilogy. From the author of the thrilling science-fiction epic Children of Time, which won the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award.
The series is read by Sophie Aldred (Doctor Who)
After one great battle, the Architects disappeared. Yet humanity’s fragile peace is brief. For, forty years later, the galaxy’s greatest alien enemy has returned. This time, the artefacts that preserved entire worlds from destruction are ineffective. And no planet is safe.
The Human Colony worlds are in turmoil as they face extinction. Some believe alliances with other species can save them. Others insist humanity must fight alone. But no one has the firepower or technology to ensure victory, as the Architects loom ever closer.
Idris spent decades running from the last war’s horrors. Yet as an Intermediary, altered to navigate deep space, he’s one of humanity’s only weapons. He’s therefore forced back into action. With a handful of allies, Idris must find something – anything – to stop the Architects’ pitiless advance. But to do so, he must return to the nightmare of unspace, where his mind was broken and remade. What he discovers there will change everything.
‘One of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fiction’ – Christopher Paolini, author of Fractal Noise
Listeners love Eyes of the Void:
‘Sophie Aldred is a brilliant narrator’
‘The narrator does a great job whether it be human characters of any gender or the screeching voice of an aliens translator’
‘A fantastic climax that has me very excited to finish the story with the third book’
Critics Review
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A thoughtful, sweeping space adventure
SFX Magazine on Shards of Earth
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A rip-roaring space opera featuring starship battles, genetically enhanced superhumans and multiple weird and wonderful aliens . . . I can't wait to read the next one
New Scientist on Shards of Earth
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Breathtaking scope and vision. Adrian Tchaikovsky is one of our finest writers
Gareth L. Powell, author of the Embers of War series, on Children of Ruin
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Enthralling, epic, immersive and hugely intelligent
Stephen Baxter, author of the Xeelee Sequence, on Shards of Earth
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He writes incredibly enjoyable sci-fi, full of life and ideas
Patrick Ness, author of The Knife of Never Letting Go and A Monster Calls, on Shards of Earth
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Adrian Tchaikovsky turns the HP Lovecraft dial to 11
The Times, Best Science Fiction Books 2021, on Shards of Earth
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Tchaikovsky has consolidated his position as the finest purveyor of high-quality space opera around . . . deft and clever, expansive and readable, all informed by Tchaikovsky’s superbly baroque imaginative fecundity
The Guardian, Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books 2021, on Shards of Earth
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One of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fiction
Christopher Paolini, author of To Sleep in a Sea of Stars and Fractal Noise
User Reviews
Book 4.0
Narration 5.0
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4.0 5.0
I have a weakness for long and sometimes tedious space operas! This one avoids most of the tediousness, although the protagonist’s inability to ever say or do anything can turn brain cells to steam.
The narration is what makes this story hum. I don’t know how she achieves such variety of expression and voice, but I look forward to more of the same!robinh 2024-06-05
Details
- Author
- Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrator
- Sophie Aldred
- Duration
- 20 hours 45 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 April 2022
- ISBN
- 9781529051971
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Science fiction: space opera, Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, Science fiction: space exploration, Adventure / action fiction, Hard science fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction
- Rating
- 4.0(2 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(2 reviews)
Synopsis
What waits in the shadows as we fight our greatest foe?Eyes of the Void is the second high-octane instalment in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Final Architecture space opera trilogy. From the author of the thrilling science-fiction epic Children of Time, which won the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award.The series is read by Sophie Aldred (Doctor Who)After one great battle, the Architects disappeared. Yet humanity’s fragile peace is brief. For, forty years later, the galaxy’s greatest alien enemy has returned. This time, the artefacts that preserved entire worlds from destruction are ineffective. And no planet is safe.The Human Colony worlds are in turmoil as they face extinction. Some believe alliances with other species can save them. Others insist humanity must fight alone. But no one has the firepower or technology to ensure victory, as the Architects loom ever closer.Idris spent decades running from the last war’s horrors. Yet as an Intermediary, altered to navigate deep space, he’s one of humanity’s only weapons. He’s therefore forced back into action. With a handful of allies, Idris must find something – anything – to stop the Architects’ pitiless advance. But to do so, he must return to the nightmare of unspace, where his mind was broken and remade. What he discovers there will change everything.‘One of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fiction’ – Christopher Paolini, author of Fractal NoiseListeners love Eyes of the Void:‘Sophie Aldred is a brilliant narrator’‘The narrator does a great job whether it be human characters of any gender or the screeching voice of an aliens translator’‘A fantastic climax that has me very excited to finish the story with the third book’
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