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Pandora's Star

By: Peter F. Hamilton
Narrated by: John Lee
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Pandora's Star is the first part of Peter F. Hamilton's epic Commonwealth Saga duology – a fantastic galaxy-spanning novel from the master of space opera. For fans of Iain M. Banks and Alastair Reynolds.

At the edge of the galaxy something awakens – and it's coming for us . . .

Earth AD 2329: Humanity has colonized over four hundred planets, all interlinked by wormholes. For the first time in mankind's history there is peace. Then a star over a thousand light years away suddenly vanishes, imprisoned inside a force field of immense size. Yet who – or what – has that sort of technology? And what could this mean for us? Only a faster-than-light starship, captained by ex-NASA astronaut Wilson Kime, can reach that distance to investigate.

For Wilson, getting inside the force field could be easy. It may be harder to stop something else from getting out.

What if there was a very good reason to seal off an entire star system?

The Commonwealth Saga duology concludes with Judas Unchained.

'The best book Hamilton has written in years' - Guardian

'Anyone who begins this won’t be able to put it down' - Publishers Weekly

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Critic reviews

The best book Hamilton has written in years (Guardian)
Anyone who begins this won’t be able to put it down (Publishers Weekly)
Compelling (SFX)
An immersive, grand-scale space opera (SFSignal)
SF's go-to guy for adventure on a truly interstellar scale . . . Hamilton's storytelling is both staggering and poetic (SFReviews)
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Absolutely love this book!

Set against the backdrop of a world connected by wormholes reducing distances between Earth and the stars combined with the process of rejuvination - the plots, subplots, conspiracy, love, sex - this book is a masterpiece.

Looking forward to getting through the next one!

One of the greatest space operas yet!

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The narrator is very bad at making distinct voices and accents between 2 conversing characters. This makes it hard to follow the conversations a lot of the time. There are some characters where it is very easy like osha the SI or Paula. But many others sound identical.

The world building is top tier

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I've had a number of near sleepless nights listening to this book. John Lee's narration and a cracking, multi-layered storyline has kept me gripped. Space Opera at it's best. Hamilton is the king of the genre and Lee's interpretation suits his works perfectly.

Gripped

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A massive listen which is difficult to put down, be sure you have the free time before jacking in! By my definition this rates as great science fiction, best I have read in years.

difficult to put down

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I truly love this book and it's follow up Judas unchained. the story is amazing, the world in which it is set is like wise. I cannot say enough to praise this story or its author. John Lee does a perfect job bringing it all to life.

fantastic

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