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The Last Human
- Author
- Zack Jordan
- Narrator
- Patricia Rodriguez Rodriguez
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 24 March 2020
- Run Time
- 16 hours 10 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Fortunately, she's the last one. Adopted and raised by the alien Senya, a terrifying sentient spider-like species known as a Widow, Sarya has lived on a space station her entire life, keeping her identity as a human secret even as she puzzles over the impossible questions behind her own existence.
1) How it is that she, and she alone, is the sole survivor of a race that was supposedly wiped out centuries ago?
2)What mysterious force could wipe out four trillion people in a single Galactic year, while making each death look like an accident?
3) What made the Humans so special - or so frightening - that they warranted such treatment?
When the station's central intelligence, a grumpy AI named ELLIE, discovers the truth about Sarya's origins, she's forced to flee, a step ahead of rioting inhabitants and vicious enforcers. Together with a band of misfits and cutthroats, Sarya makes for the depths of space aboard a stolen ship, in desperate search of the truth behind her existence.
What she discovers is that humanity's death was but one chess move in a war played out across light-years and centuries, by beings with minds so vast and alien that they might as well be gods. If Sarya is going to be more than just a pawn in their game and have a chance at saving humanity's future, she herself will have to become something greater, and more alien, than she ever imagined.
(P) 2020 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Critics Review
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Aliens, adventure, mystery, and big ideas in a thoroughly fresh package
Andy Weir, author of The Martian
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The Last Human plays out like a kill squad of Bene Gesserit on a spree in Peter Hamilton's Confederation, using a Hitchhiker's Guide to navigate . . . easily the most fun read I've had all year!
Clint McElroy, co-author of The Adventure Zone series
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The Last Human delivers characters who spring from the page with empathy, danger, cryptic motives and chills, all of it amid plenty of action and mystery, in a galaxy of wondrous possibilities
David Brin, author of The Postman
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The Last Human is a very funny novel, full of compelling ideas, engaging dialogue and fascinating species and technology, and we hope to see more of the galaxy Jordan has created
SciFiNow
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Full of witty dialogue and wild alien characters . . . A spirited sci-fi romp full of fun ideas and imaginative worldbuilding
SFX
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A highly accomplished postmodern space opera . . . Unique and thrilling
Locus
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Details
- Author
- Zack Jordan
- Narrator
- Patricia Rodriguez Rodriguez
- Duration
- 16 hours 10 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 March 2020
- ISBN
- 9781473651296
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Science fiction, Science fiction: space opera
Synopsis
Sarya Vald is the galaxy's worst nightmare: a Human.Fortunately, she's the last one. Adopted and raised by the alien Senya, a terrifying sentient spider-like species known as a Widow, Sarya has lived on a space station her entire life, keeping her identity as a human secret even as she puzzles over the impossible questions behind her own existence.1) How it is that she, and she alone, is the sole survivor of a race that was supposedly wiped out centuries ago? 2)What mysterious force could wipe out four trillion people in a single Galactic year, while making each death look like an accident?3) What made the Humans so special - or so frightening - that they warranted such treatment?When the station's central intelligence, a grumpy AI named ELLIE, discovers the truth about Sarya's origins, she's forced to flee, a step ahead of rioting inhabitants and vicious enforcers. Together with a band of misfits and cutthroats, Sarya makes for the depths of space aboard a stolen ship, in desperate search of the truth behind her existence. What she discovers is that humanity's death was but one chess move in a war played out across light-years and centuries, by beings with minds so vast and alien that they might as well be gods. If Sarya is going to be more than just a pawn in their game and have a chance at saving humanity's future, she herself will have to become something greater, and more alien, than she ever imagined.(P) 2020 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
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