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Revenger

By: Alastair Reynolds
Narrated by: Clare Corbett
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The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have shattered and been remade. Amongst the ruins of alien civilisations, building our own from the rubble, humanity still thrives. And there are vast fortunes to be made, if you know where to find them....

Captain Rackamore and his crew do. It's their business to find the tiny, enigmatic worlds which have been hidden away, booby-trapped, surrounded with layers of protection - and to crack them open for the ancient relics and barely remembered technologies inside. But while they ply their risky trade with integrity, not everyone is so scrupulous.

Adrana and Fura Ness are the newest members of Rackamore's crew, signed on to save their family from bankruptcy. Only Rackamore has enemies, and there might be more waiting for them in space than adventure and fortune - the fabled and feared Bosa Sennen in particular.

Revenger is a science fiction adventure story set in the rubble of our solar system in the dark, distant future - a tale of space pirates, buried treasure and phantom weapons, of unspeakable hazards and single-minded heroism...and of vengeance....

Read by Clare Corbett.

©2016 Alastair Reynolds (P)2016 Orion Publishing Group

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Great, gripping adventure story

I usually listen to audiobooks as I doze off to sleep at night, but this one was such a great adventure it kept me up all night wanting to hear more and more. It had great storyline, characters, action and suspense. While it is a space adventure, I kept getting vibes that it could've just as easily been set on a 16th century pirate ship, with a lot of detail spent on crew interactions and antagonisms and the less-than-spectacular living arrangements while on the ships. Also it reminds me a bit of Firefly, which I also loved.

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Teen space pirates

Entertaining quasi-steampunk space pirate yarn, geared slightly to a younger audience (teens). Still good fast paced fun

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I prefer AR's other stories and narrator

Caveat: Did not finish. Only got to Chapter 6.

Came from the other stories from the author and got used to narration by John Lee which I love. So I am biased. I found the story uninteresting. Jane Austen heroines in space? That's a hard sell. It could work if AR humanised the characters so we cared about their plight, but thats not really his style so this was just an awkward creative direction. I also just can't adjust to the children story time tone; AR writes about some dark stuff so I just couldn't adjust to the cutie pie / sugar plum voice narration.

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Great, intriguing story.

Great story. I enjoyed the tale in the first person, with an interesting young female character. Antiquated English nautical terms leant a cyber punk feel. Not sure if there is going to be another novel following, but it seems like it is set up to continie. I hope it does.
I found the audio levels off, constantly had to adjust volume. I would be happily listeneing, and then for certain characters, the narrators voice was too loud.

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good but could have been shorter

the story was good. but it could have done without certain parts that were boring and drawn out.

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Interest Waning...

I felt this novel had some interesting sub themes however the plot became somewhat trite the more I listened...

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Really enjoyable

Love Alastair Reynolds and this book doesnt disappoint. Couldnt finish Blue Remember Earth, really didnt like it but Revenger is an easy and interesting read. Not a huge fan of female narraters, but Clare Corbett really suits the character and makes this story pop.....like the baubles really!

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Steam Punk Space Pirates

Quite a different feel than AR's other work, but set in a characteristically creative universe. Told from the point of view of a teenage girl within a harsh environment, doing adult's work onboard a treasure hunting light-sail spaceship. Thoroughly enjoyed the fresh perspective and the mix of fantasy and hard sci-fi elements.
Clare does an excellent job of narration, very immersive!

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Not as good as Revelation Space

As described the story is not as operatic and immense as revelation space which challenges the notion of living your life in one epoch or era.

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Ok

I found the book ok, I felt the story lost it’s way when it became all about revenge. I found I actually wanted to know the story behind all the previous occupations more than the main story. Will have to check the next in the series to see where it goes

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