Salvation

Peter F. Hamilton

Sep 2018 · Salvation Sequence Book 1 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by John Lee

About this audiobook

In 2204, humanity is expanding into the wider galaxy in leaps and bounds. Cutting-edge technology of linked jump gates has rendered most forms of transportation-including starships-virtually obsolete. Every place on Earth, every distant planet humankind has settled, is now merely a step away from any other. And all seems wonderful-until a crashed alien spaceship of unknown origin is found on a newly located world eighty-nine light-years from Earth, carrying a cargo as strange as it is horrifying. To assess the potential of the threat a high-powered team is dispatched to investigate. But one of them may not be all they seem . . . Bursting with tension and big ideas, Salvation is the first book of an all-new series that highlights the inventiveness of an author at the top of his game.

Ratings and reviews

Like other Peter F. Hamilton books, this is incredibly long with deep back stories and histories, without really getting me to love any characters. Most often is truggle to realize who the protagonists are, and this isn't much different. In the last 5% it becomes clear that this is the introduction book to the conflict, and who the antagonists are. There's great, detailed story, I just couldn't get into it.

Was long and confusing at points. Reminded me of the first book of the Hyperion series by Dan Simmons. Wrapped up nicely as an intro and I am excited for the next installment.

Slightly tame, or is it society having caught up with fiction, so gender fluidity no longer seems alien? Too much Ender's Game inspiration also disappoints. Still a good work, but a far cry from Night's Dawn, alas.

About the author

Peter F. Hamilton is the author of numerous novels, including A Night Without Stars, Great North Road, The Evolutionary Void, The Temporal Void, The Dreaming Void, Judas Unchained, Pandora's Star, Misspent Youth, Fallen Dragon, and the acclaimed epic Night's Dawn trilogy. He lives with his family in England.

John Lee has read audiobooks in almost every conceivable genre, from Charles Dickens to Patrick O'Brian, and from the very real life of Napoleon to the entirely imagined lives of sorcerers and swashbucklers. An AudioFile Golden Voice narrator, he is the winner of numerous Audie Awards and AudioFile Earphones Awards.