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Blue Remembered Earth

By: Alastair Reynolds
Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
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 One hundred and fifty years from now, in a world where Africa is the dominant technological and economic power, and where crime, war, disease and poverty have been banished to history, Geoffrey Akinya wants only one thing: to be left in peace, so that he can continue his studies into the elephants of the Amboseli basin. But Geoffrey's family, the vast Akinya business empire, has other plans. After the death of Eunice, Geoffrey's grandmother, erstwhile space explorer and entrepreneur, something awkward has come to light on the Moon, and Geoffrey is tasked - well, blackmailed, really - to go up there and make sure the family's name stays suitably unblemished. But little does Geoffrey realise - or anyone else in the family, for that matter - what he's about to unravel.

Eunice's ashes have already have been scattered in sight of Kilimanjaro. But the secrets she died with are about to come back out into the open, and they could change everything.

Or shatter this near-utopia into shards . . .

Read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith

(p) 2012 Orion Publishing Group©2012 Alastair Reynolds Adventure Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera
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Near-future upbeat mystery, with eye-opening AI themes. Highly recommend.
Holdbrook-Smith is amazing.

Brilliantly narrated solar system ride

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Simply one of the best! Great story, fascinating worlds and philosophy. I find Reynolds' writing gets better and better... inspiringly so. it's not just the hard sci-fi style anymore but also mixed in with greater level of character building, pondering of philosophy questions and elegant literature on its own... Reader's performance is absolutely stunning. The last book I was completely satisfied with was Hyperion Cantos and I have been searching for a book like this for long... highly recommend!

Best of Reynolds yet!!

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Great voice acting, I loved the plot and the following two books make for an excellent flowing tale.

One of the best on Audible

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Excellent story, have enjoyed Alastair Reynolds books for many years, good to have the audiobook version. Great narration.

Wonderful version

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I enjoyed it so much that I didn't want it to end! hubbub hhvbhuy hgcccvb

Great plot

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