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    Salvation
    Salvation
    Salvation
    Audiobook19 hours

    Salvation

    Written by Peter F. Hamilton

    Narrated by John Lee

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    About this audiobook

    In 2204, humanity is expanding into the wider galaxy in leaps and bounds. Cutting-edge technology of linked jump gates has rendered most forms of transportation-including starships-virtually obsolete. Every place on Earth, every distant planet humankind has settled, is now merely a step away from any other. And all seems wonderful-until a crashed alien spaceship of unknown origin is found on a newly located world eighty-nine light-years from Earth, carrying a cargo as strange as it is horrifying. To assess the potential of the threat a high-powered team is dispatched to investigate. But one of them may not be all they seem . . .

    Bursting with tension and big ideas, Salvation is the first book of an all-new series that highlights the inventiveness of an author at the top of his game.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateSep 4, 2018
    ISBN9781515982784
    Salvation
    Author

    Peter F. Hamilton

    Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960 and still lives nearby. He began writing in 1987, and sold his first short story to Fear magazine in 1988. He has written many bestselling novels, including the Greg Mandel series, the Night's Dawn trilogy, the Commonwealth Saga, the Void trilogy, short-story collections and several standalone novels including Fallen Dragon and Great North Road.

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    • 3/5
      This book is something of a mess. I’ve probably read about a dozen of Hamilton’s books (totaling about 8,000 pages) and have generally found him to be quite interesting and always highly original. This book, however, was very poorly presented. It had numerous threads situated in different time frames, switching back and forth between them, making it difficult for me to follow the story. To stay on top of the various story line threads, you really need to read this entire book in under a week. Reading 20-30 pages a day just doesn’t work for this one. This book contains all the things you would expect from Hamilton, excellent hard science fiction, original alien constructs and interesting characters, the structure of the story itself prevents it from rising to the level of his previous works. This is part one of a trilogy.

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    • 3/5
      Like several other reviewers who won the ER audiobook, I think this book is just not suited to the audio format because of its flashback/flash forward story structure. I love idea-heavy sci-fi doorstoppers, and I enjoy audiobooks, but in this case I don't think they go together. There was nothing wrong with John Lee's narration, but tracking the complex story for nearly 20 hours of audio has proved too difficult and I bailed at the midpoint. The concepts are interesting and the characters are vivid, but this is one where I think it's better to give the book my full attention, in print, rather than listening while commuting to work.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      "Book One in the Salvation Sequence, a dazzling space opera trilogy from master of the genre, Peter F. HamiltonKnow your enemy - or be defeated.AD 2204An 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, so 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?AD 50,000Many 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 caused mankind to flee across the galaxy and they hunt us still. If they aren't stopped, we will be wiped out - and we're running out of time.Salvation is the first title in a stunning science fiction trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton."From the book blurb."Interstellar war is a fantasy. It makes no sense. Economically, for resources, for territory...it's all crap. Hong Kong doesn't even make drama games about it anymore."In "Salvation" by Peter F. HamiltonSo stargate and nuclear detonations? Hamilton’s been using stable gateways in his fiction for a while now. The whole Commonwealth Saga (starting in 2002/2004, depending on if you consider "Misspent Youth" part of the series) is largely built around trains as a form of interstellar transport (they go thru stable gateways). It's nice to see that Hamilton "based" these portals on the concept of quantum entanglement... Having fission detonations as red flags for an alien civilization instantly reminded me of Isaac Asimov’s short story "Silly Asses."I love SF, which is why I started ignoring Hamilton since the Void Trilogy. Some authors write too many books, some ideas are desperately tired, some forget that the bleeding edge has the properties of a Möbius strip and lose fingers as they type...it sounded like the sort of thing Macmillan and Audible did when 'Doctor Who' ws off the air. I'm specifically thinking of 'Bang Bang-a-Boom', in which the pomposity of 'Deep Space Nine' was punctured by a pastiche base as the setting for Eurovision, or 'Tragedy Day', which sideswiped at 80s telethons for 'charidee'. Who knew Peter F. Hamilton would be try to be this generation's William Gibson? The overall story arc was brilliant. The devil is in the details though. It meant much less in the way of meandering plot-lines and whimsical side stories. The sense of gradual revelation of a bigger picture, and the focus on political machinations was excellent though. It's still funny that fear of aliens and being invaded by a hostile and incomprehensible force should obsess the Brit mind for the last 13 years or so... it's almost like they're working through some issue or other, eh? To me a real Space Opera involves space travel to new strange worlds, radical new technologies, encounters with alien lifeforms and civilizations, interstellar wars, colonization of new worlds, and radically modified humans. "Salvation" has that aplenty. Good space opera works when it's about people - like soap opera but in space. Basically us monkeys wanna see other monkeys doing stuff. We wanna see monkeys out of their cages, free to explore, meet alien monkey girls, solve alien monkey puzzles and all that monkey shit. Because most of us suspect "The Matrix" is based on a true story (and it's a very old story that one). I'm also not convinced of the value of re-hashing stories we already know. I want something new, something with an ending I haven't read at least 3 times. Something that explores new territory. Better than “The Night's Dawn Trilogy” though...NB: Nothing more depressing for a potential reader clicking on a new releases page to see the words: 1st book in series...ah well.

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    • 2/5
      A new SF series set in the near future where humans have colonized multiple planets an there is contact with an alien spy. I am going to have a hard time reviewing this book as I have no idea what was happening. I listened to the book through an audiobook. The narrator was very difficult to pay attention to. He would constantly change the volume and cadence of his voice. I had to rewind many times to reread what I missed. It could have been the book itself though as there are a lot of characters that jump around too. I pushed through and finished the book, but I would definitely recommend that if you want to read this series that you avoid the audiobook. If the rest of the series gets good reviews I may come back to it, but as of now I do not plan on reading the next installment.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      This book was ultimately a DNF for me as I couldn't get past the first few hours of slow buildup where too little of any interest happened. There were brief parts that were exciting and the writing is not bad, but it makes for a poor audio experience. Three timelines with plotlines I assume will connect at some point were difficult to track and hard to invest in. The narration was also a little sing-songy, inducing sleepiness rather than excitement. There may be a kernel of something good here, but the time it would take to find it doesn't seem worth the investment. It's a pass for me.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      I couldn't decide if this should get 4 stars, or 3 stars. Overall, I enjoyed the story.... but multiple times throughout the story, I was very frustrated. There were a couple of long passages where a character expressed political/philosophical/sociological musings, for pages at a time. And there were far too many characters... it often required going back to previous sections to figure out who was who.But, as I said.. when I finished the story, overall I was satisfied. Not thrilled, but satisfied.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      I received this book through the LibraryThing early reviewers program.I rarely listen to audiobooks because I don't have very much time in one sitting, and that made following this book extra difficult; to keep track of the characters as they switched from one time period to another. Other than that, I found the story to be very interesting and the characters doubly so.The narrator's accents made it very interesting to listen to this book. I give this book 4 out of 5 stars.

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    • 3/5
      Salvation is my sixth Peter F. Hamilton book, although this time around I listened to the audiobook version, whereas the previous five trips have all been via reading. And I’ve learned several lessons about myself through this, namely that when listening to a science fiction book that includes skipping back and forth through timelines (that did happen, didn’t it? Sometimes while listening it seemed this way, although, to be fair, I could be wrong here), I need to make sure to focus my attention better. It took me much longer to get through this book than it should have, and I think part of this was because I couldn’t become as immersed while just listening, which I typically do while driving.Those who have experienced Hamilton before know that his books are full of big ideas and multiple plots that might take you anywhere in the universe, and if your mind wanders a bit while listening, you might as well go back and listen again, or you will end up getting lost along the way. But while I’m sitting here seemingly taking the blame for not enjoying Salvation as much as I hoped I would, I do think this book lacked something compared to the others I’ve read in the past. I’m not a fan of bad language in science fiction, because I like the idea of younger readers safely experiencing books with big ideas, but I did know coming in that Hamilton most certainly writes for adults. It’s just too bad, because look how popular something such as Star Wars is amongst all ages. But to each his own. If I decide to go further in this series, I’ll have to start over with this one, and read it the next time around so that I have a better understanding. And this is by no means to knock John Lee, who did an outstanding job with the narration. It’s really about me and the way I best absorb a novel with such big ideas and a wide cast of people.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Salvation: A Novel (Salvation Sequence Book 1 (audio version) by Peter F. Hamilton is what I won from LibraryThing! I have read several of Hamilton 's books and I always feel I have given my brain a good workout, really stretched out those neurons! the books are smart, exciting, well thought out, great characters, and unexpected plots.This is an eye opener of a future where space ships are not necessarily needed for transportation anymore from planet to planet due to special jump hates that are at each planet. Then an unknown alien ship is found and a crew is sent to investigate but one of the crew is not like the others....Really awesome!The narration was good but doesn't try to imitate female voices maybe because his voice would never be even close! I think he would've made it worse if he tried to sound like a woman with his deep voice.Thanks for the win!

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    • 2/5
      The book has a good premise but jumps around too much in time preventing the reader from connecting with the characters.
    • 4/5
      Callum Hepburn has just married Savi Chaudhri after a whirlwind relationship. They both work for Connexion, he as a team leader for the emergency detoxification squad and she is in the security division. After their all too brief honeymoon they both head back to work, Callum, to dig a government from the mire with an urgent material extraction and Savi heads back undercover. A week later and he hasn't heard a thing from her, so pings her and does not get a response. Worrying about her he heads off to see her boss, Yuri Alster to see if he knows anything. The thing is, no one does; she has vanished off the face of the planet. It looks like it might be down to him to find her and in his search, he will discover more than he really wants to know about the company he works for.

      Connexion Corp, the organisation that they both work for, can really be considered a government in their own right. Their quantum entangled portals is a technology that allows people to live in one part of the world and work in another and literally be there in no time at all. This technology along with most other things on Earth are powered by solarwells, that have been dropped into the sun and have allowed humanity to have unlimited power.

      In 2204 and an alien ship has been discovered 90 light years from Earth. That there are aliens is not the surprise, another race, the Olyix have been known to humanity for a while now. What is shocking is the cargo that they are carrying; human beings held in suspended animation. No one knows how they got there. No one knows who took them there. Feriton Kayne, Connexion’s deputy director of security is asked to pick a team to investigate. Two of the people that he picks for this team are Yuri Alster and Callum Hepburn, who have a healthy disregard for each other after their earlier clash over Savi. What they are walking into will change everything.

      Entwined in this narrative is the story of Dellian and his friends set thousands of years in the future. They have been born as soldiers and are being trained to combat an enemy who is prepared to stop at absolutely nothing to wipe humanity from the universe…

      To say this is fast-paced would be a little bit of an understatement, certain scenes rocket by, in particular, the ones with the Connexion security team. The technology that Hamilton uses in the books, all sounds plausible, the web that they all use is pervasive and all-seeing, however, most people feel free and liberated in the modern society. I loved the portals and the way that they worked with people passing all over the world in the blink of an eye. The scenes with Dellian and his team, set way in the future felt like they were inspired by Enders Game. There are a plethora of characters in here, and it occasionally I had to think who was who, thankfully there is a guide and a timeline included. The only bit that I didn't like was the way it jumped backwards and forwards between the different times and there were several ambiguities that weren't cleared up by the ending. That is fine as there are more books to follow and threads opened here leads onto other things, but this was a brilliant start to a new series. Now have a long while to wait for the next! 4.5 stars
    • 3/5
      After reading other reviews, I'm glad I'm not the only one who found this a difficult and confusing book. It jumped around between timelines that seemed to have little relationship with each other. It felt like several stories that had been shuffled together. Since I listened to it as an audiobook, it was made more difficult as I could not easily reference earlier chapters and storylines. At one point, I even went back to check the CD to make sure the audiofiles were not out of order on my phone.I did find quite a bit of the story interesting, and I am curious where the series will go. However, the format of the book makes me hesitant to continue.
    • 4/5
      As usual a convincing world is built around significant social impacts of massive technological changes. The stories across the two timeline also add an interesting dimension.
    • 4/5
      First in a new sequence by Peter F. Hamilton. Its structure is very much like the rest of his books, so am unsure why so many folks find it confusing. He generally skips around through time and space to tell a story, then combines the threads as the story goes on.It is a bit different from the rest of the books I've read by him, in that we are meeting a new alien species and we are early on in the development of the society and world he normally writes in. I enjoyed the look at the history of the world and how things began to come together, and was intrigued by the new species and wondering just what they were up to. Not surprisingly, things are not what they seem. and although the humans realize this, it is difficult to see through the fog to what is really going on.I'll definitely read the rest of this series, as Hamilton is a favorite writer of mine.
    • 3/5
      A interesting and intriguing start to a series that never really quite takes off. It feels as though the last fifth of the book is really where it starts to get going and it’s disappointing that we don’t see more of this earlier. The world building is good and follow a ball but the changing timelines can be quite difficult to get to grips with. I won’t be proceeding with the rest of the salvation sequence.
    • 3/5
      Almost from the beginning I was hooked. This is the science-fiction novel I've been waiting for, well written and with a compelling setting. But then the storyline fragments, the many characters all blur into each other, the individual plot points turn pedestrian. The novel ends with a big reveal, but in contrast to the well-considered setting this reveal feels ridiculous. And it is anyway just a cliffhanger to tease the next book in the series. Very disappointing.
    • 3/5
      I love Hamilton's stuff, but this felt too much like many of this Commonwealth novels, almost as if he decided to go back and restart with different technology. I love the characters and the way he describes the impact of technology on his relatively near future Earth though. As always, there's great stories here and very, very well written, but since I've read so much other Hamilton, it felt a little bit like a knock-off.
    • 5/5
      4,6 stars

      First of all, why have I never read Hamilton before? Second of all, aöaklöslfköjf! I am 32 years old, I should have learned by now not to start a series that only has the first book out. This book was by far the best read of 2019 this far, and I have very high hopes for the series as a whole. I mean, this whole book is basically just ground work, and it still blew my mind. I might not survive the sequel.

      (No, I am not able to write an actual review yet, because there is no way I'll be able to fit everything I'd like to say about the book into a single review. I am now going to go add everything Peter F. Hamilton has ever written onto my TBR.)