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Radiant Star

By: Ann Leckie
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
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Space opera's sharpest mind returns to the world of the Imperial Radch in this brilliant standalone from
award-winning author Ann Leckie.

The Temporal Location of the Radiant Star has always been a source of both conflict and hope for the people of Ooioiaa. However, the imperial Radch see it only as an inconvenience, an antiquated religious site soon to be absorbed into their own, superior culture. But local politics is complicated, and the Radch have made one last concession: One last man will be allowed to join the mummified bodies in the temporal location to become a "living saint".

But this one decision will ripple out to affect every part of the city. Amidst a slowly worsening food shortage, riots, and a communication blackout from the rest of the Radch Empire, a religious savant will entertain visions of his own sainthood, a socialite will discover zer comfortable life upended, and a young man sold into servitude will find unlikely escape.©2026 Ann Leckie (P)2026 Little, Brown Book Group Limited First Contact Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera
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Read by a narrator I could listen to forever, this book has inspired to listen to the whole series again.
This deals with what happens to an isolated world when the Radch civil war closes the gates.
politics, religion, administration and famine - and the making of a saint.

An outstanding addition to the Radch Universe

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Fantastic book, great narrator and lovely to be back in the Radch…. But the book ends on a profound note that needs a few seconds to absorb, and those seconds are not there, because it immediately turns into some kind of weird ad for a literacy charity. Jarring and a sudden shift in tone that took away from the rest of the book.

Overall the production had not left enough seconds of silence between some chapters, and this final sudden intrusion both emphasized this production choice and soured the experience. The narration and story were otherwise great. Maybe leave the ads for after the credits, or at least pause a few seconds before “hello there it’s such and such from the such and such foundation”. I’ve never had an ad in an Audible book before, and I can’t say I’m too impressed by it.

Weird ad at the end

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