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Inhibitor Phase

By: Alastair Reynolds
Narrated by: John Lee
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 Miguel de Ruyter is a man with a past.

Fleeing the 'wolves' - the xenocidal alien machines known as Inhibitors - he has protected his family and community from attack for forty years, sheltering in the caves of an airless, battered world called Michaelmas. The slightest hint of human activity could draw the wolves to their home, to destroy everything ... utterly. Which is how Miguel finds himself on a one-way mission with his own destructive mandate: to eliminate a passing ship, before it can bring unwanted attention down on them.

Only something goes wrong.
There's a lone survivor.
And she know far more about Miguel than she's letting on...

Ranging from the depths of space to the deeps of Pattern Juggler waters, from nervous, isolated communities to the ruins of Empire, this is a stealthy space opera from an author at the top of his game. Adventure Science Fiction Space Opera Fiction Scary
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This is another piece of genius from the master of space opera…I’m who doesn’t love space pigs

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The end of Ch7 seems to have been cut short a few pages and at least a couple of the chapters are misaligned or mislabelled (I'm sure the publishers will sort those small bugs out. I'm probably one of the first people to listen to this novel). Aside from that, as brilliant as anyone would expect an Alistair Reynolds book to be....they are
all masterpieces.

Alistair Reynolds is the master!

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It brings together so many themes from the Alistair Reynolds universe into an epic story. One of his best novels.

Epic science fiction

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An amazing story with a poignant ending. So good to revisit certain characters from the Revelation Space universe.

A must-read for any fan.

Alastair Reynolds at the top of his game

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This would work as a stand alone story but is far richer with the context of the initial trilogy. This is true for both the characters and long term history.
A gripping chase and adventure across many settings with some new elements to the big picture revealed too. It’s been ten years since I read those stories which sets it perfectly for me as a misty memory, much the way that Reynolds links this in.
The narrator does the variety of characters really well but for me the main character becomes a bit loaded by the chosen enunciation in ways that I perhaps wouldn’t have imagined if I’d read it dry off the page.

Great continuation of the universe

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