
The Edge of Worlds
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Narrated by:
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Christopher Kipiniak
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By:
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Martha Wells
About this listen
An expedition of groundlings from the Empire of Kish have traveled through the Three Worlds to the Indigo Cloud court of the Raksura, shape-shifting creatures of flight that live in large family groups. The groundlings have found a sealed ancient city at the edge of the shallow seas, near the deeps of the impassable Ocean. They believe it to be the last home of their ancestors and ask for help getting inside. But the Raksura fear it was built by their own distant ancestors, the Forerunners, and the last sealed Forerunner city they encountered was a prison for an unstoppable evil.
Prior to the groundlings' arrival, the Indigo Cloud court had been plagued by visions of a disaster that could destroy all the courts in the Reaches. Now, the court's mentors believe the ancient city is connected to the foretold danger. A small group of warriors, including consort Moon, an orphan new to the colony and the Raksura's idea of family, and sister queen Jade, agree to go with the groundling expedition to investigate. But the predatory Fell have found the city too, and in the race to keep the danger contained, the Raksura may be the ones who inadvertently release it.
The Edge of Worlds, from celebrated fantasy author Martha Wells, returns to the fascinating world of The Cloud Roads for the first book in a new series of strange lands, uncanny beings, dead cities, and ancient danger.
©2016 Martha Wells (P)2016 Audible, Inc.well narrated
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The middle felt a bit slow, the story feels like a series of scenes thrown together without a clear plot or goal to carry it through, and a lot of what happens feels like it's just in there to take up space. I found myself actually accidentally tuning out once or twice, which isn't normal for me at all.
In the last two hours or so, the plot really picks up and I feel like I'm back in a Raksura book, with interesting surprises and different threads of the story all coming in together. It's not a terrible book, but it's definitely lacking in comparison to the previous three. I feel like this book was really just meant as a link between book 3 and 5, rather than being a story in its own right.
Disappointing
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