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  • The Salvation Sequence, Book 1
  • By: Peter F. Hamilton
  • Narrated by: John Lee
  • Length: 19 hrs and 2 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (350 ratings)

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Salvation

By: Peter F. Hamilton
Narrated by: John Lee
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Publisher's Summary

Salvation is the first title in a stunning science fiction trilogy, the Salvation Sequence, by Peter F. Hamilton. For fans of Iain M. Banks and Dan Simmons.

Know your enemy – or be defeated.

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An alien shipwreck is discovered on a planet at the very limits of human expansion – so Security Director Feriton Kayne selects a team to investigate. The ship’s sinister cargo not only raises bewildering questions, but could also foreshadow humanity’s extinction. It will be up to the team to bring back answers, and the consequences of this voyage will change everything.

Back on Earth, we can now make deserts bloom and extend lifespans indefinitely. Humanity seems invulnerable. We therefore welcomed the Olyix to Earth when they contacted us. They needed fuel for their pilgrimage across the galaxy – and in exchange they helped us advance our technology. But were the Olyix a blessing or a curse?

THE FAR FUTURE

Many lightyears from Earth, Dellian and his clan of genetically engineered soldiers are raised with one goal. They must confront and destroy their ancient adversary. The enemy that caused mankind to flee across the galaxy and that hunts us still. If they aren’t stopped, we will be wiped out – and we’re running out of time.

Continue the SF thrills with Salvation Lost and The Saints of Salvation.

©2018 Peter F. Hamilton (P)2018 Macmillan Digital Audio

Critic Reviews

Peter Hamilton knows how to build a world, and he's one of the best in the field at imagining complex societies, as displayed to magnificent effect . . . Salvation is a twisty and hugely satisfying SF thriller that opens a portal on a new and exciting series (Alastair Reynolds author of Revelation Space)

Explosions! Assassins! Enigmatic aliens, spaceships and jump doors. Conspiracies and ancient mysteries – it’s all here. Accept no substitutes, this is the real deal. You need Salvation, my friend. Everyone needs salvation (Ian McDonald author of New Moon)
Salvation is a space-opera intrigue with a cold shock of an ending that makes the sequel a matter of urgency (Ken MacLeod author of Cosmonaut Keep)

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Good story, difficult narrator

Enjoyed the story quite a lot, but took at least 4 hours to get used to the narrator. The easiest way to describe my issues is that he... speaks... with... a... tiny... delay... after... each... word.

This makes the flow of the story quite stilted and causes the narration to not flow as naturally as others. There’s also occasional popping after each word which was a little distracting.

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The Canterbury Tales redux

A great start to a new Hamilton epic. This feels like a mixture between the second half of Stephenson's Seveneves and Simmons' Hyperion, with more similarity to Great North Road than to the Commonwealth Saga (at this stage)! Highly recommended.

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interesting but too long

An interesting story with some cool ideas but I found out way to long.
The story is told across three different times in human future history, which is compelling but does require you get up to speed on three stories in different worlds at once.

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Filler filler filler

On the whole disappointing. The novel exists solely to set up the remaining parts of the trilogy without being strong enough to stand alone as an engaging novel. There are hours of filler which go nowhere, although Hamilton's imagination is entertaining enough.

Made worse by a truly woeful narration 🙄.

Lets hope the rest of the trilogy delivers.

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Terrible

I love PFH's work, but this was simply terrible. I got about two thirds of the way through it. I put it down. Boring story overall. Nothing engaging here at all.

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Glacially slow and a distractingly bad narrator.

This book is 19hrs long and it's basically just an introduction to the universe. The multiple timelines and frequent flashbacks kill any kind of pace or tension. But it was the narrator's Matt Berry meets William Shatner delivery style that really killed my immersion. Also he can do a few different British accents well but he attempts a bunch he just can't do. Everything from Russian to Chinese to American came out vaguely South African. The story is mildly interesting but cannot surmount the above issues.

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Fantastic writer

I listen to Peter’s books constantly since discovering a year ago, and I purchased the next book straight away, so I don’t miss the moment.

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Narrated by J. Peterman

Good story, but seriously, I'd swear the narrator is J. Peterman from Seinfeld. Why on earth did they select this narrator?!

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Uncharacteristically Boring

Normally I cannot get enough Peter F Hamilton. This book however was filled with characters I cared little for and was written in such a way with the story jumps that by the time any character became even slightly interesting they were left behind. The last 9 minutes of the recording are where things become genuinely good. This entire book is a number of different prologues chained together. Sadly that made for some terrible listening. You could skip straight to book 2 and continue with no difficulty if someone gave you 1 sentence about who the big bad is and less than a paragraph of flavour text. What a collossal waste of time this book was. I will, however, be continuing with the series because the author is normally good and those last nine minutes were fantastic.

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Amazing book, terrible narration

I read this series in paperback first and enjoyed it so thoroughly that I decided to buy the audiobooks as well. In my opinion this great material would be better served by another performer.

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