Redemption Ark cover art

Redemption Ark

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
1 credit a month to buy any audiobook in our entire collection.
Access to thousands of additional audiobooks and Originals from the Plus Catalogue.
Member-only deals & discounts.
Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Redemption Ark

By: Alastair Reynolds
Narrated by: John Lee
Try Premium Plus free

Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $46.99

Buy Now for $46.99

About this listen

 Late in the 26th century, the human race has advanced enough to accidentally trigger the Inhibitors---alien-killing machines designed to detect intelligent life and destroy it. The only hope for humanity lies in the recovery of a secret cache of doomsday weapons---and a renegade named Clavain who is determined to find them. But other factions want the weapons for their own purposes---and the weapons themselves have another agenda altogether.©2008 Alastair Reynolds (P)2009 Tantor Fiction First Contact Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera

Critic Reviews

"Reynolds confirms his place among the leaders of the hard-science space-opera renaissance." ( Publishers Weekly Starred Review)
"The best of the new breed of space opera. Wild action on a grand scale spans well-imagined and developed worlds." ( The Denver Post)
All stars
Most relevant  
If you like long sci fi books with insights into the future, plausible physics, some action and characters that grow on you then you will love this book. Im going to start book 4 now..

Great third book!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Another step closer to extinction from the Inhibitors. They get closer as preparations are made to evacuate a planet and possibly the whole Conjoiner mother nest.

Fantastic follow up to Revelation Space

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This third instalment to the Revelation Space series begins to tie together some of the questions of the first to books as well as the story arks of these books. Alistair starts providing some answers, although these may not be as complex as some readers hope for. You can see in this story an inspiration from E E "Doc" Smith.

Unfortunately Lee goes back to his accented narration, with every sentence trailing off. This makes the books hard to listen to for longer periods. Lee's accents also make the mic preamp peak and introduces distortion into the narration, making the sound worse. If not for the difficulty in listening to Lee again, this book would have a five. I hope you are listening, Audible.

Reynolds continues a trend

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
To say I loved it doesn't really do it justice. The story maybe long, but in a sense that helps to emphasize the fact that the story is told over a number of years.
If you have read the first two, you get to meet many old favourite characters, and not all of the ones you would expect.
And as for the narrator, if I didn't know better I would have to say their must have been more than one. The story shifts perspectives and characters rather often, but rarely do you miss cues to show that(ones that would be obvious in written word by use of paragraphs, new pages, etc).
This is becoming fast my favourite science fiction universe!

Long, but worth it!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Why would a voice speaking in someone's head have to say their name all the time? Skaid, Skaid, Skaid.... argh!

Some annoying bits<br />

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The story was good, Mr Reynolds is determined to answer why the galaxy is devoid of alien life. It refers to the Fermi Paradox a lot and his solution to this. I think that it’s okay but he refers to it several times. I think it’s to make sure that you never have to question what he is talking about. I believe that once it’s clearly mentioned, it doesn’t need to be mentioned again. It just seems like overkill to me. Apart from that, it is a fairly enjoyable story.

Enjoyable

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
It's a damn good book, like preceding stories in the Revelation Space series. However, it's not as good as the previous two. It's fantastic in that it links previous storylines together and ties up some loose ends, but there's really something missing that the others had.

Overall, worth listening to if you're a fan of the series. And John Lee scores yet another 10/10 for me, best narrator.

A solid sequel

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The narrator has grown on me since revelation space. Looking forward to book three to find out how it all ends up.

Great for a middle book of a trilogy

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I've been wanting to read this book for years and it didn't disappoint. I'd give it a 4.5 rating. It's a heavy sci-fi and at times you need to concentrate it order to not loose the plot. I'd recommend this book to anyone who lives sci-fi.

Enjoyable

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.