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The Worldship Humility

By: RR Haywood
Narrated by: Colin Morgan
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About the audiobook:

The Worldship Humility is the start of The Code trilogy, written exclusively for audio by sci-fi author R. R. Haywood. Narrator Colin Morgan brings the colourful characters and treacherous escapades of The Worldship Humility to life, a gripping space adventure which will appeal to fans of Ready Player One, Bladerunner and Haywood’s previous best-selling works, Extracted and The Undead.

Summary:

It’s been 120 years since the 50 or so worldships containing the few million survivors set off after planet Earth was destroyed by a meteor.

On the Worldship Humility, Sam, an Airlock Operative, is bored. Living in space should be full of adventure, except it isn’t, and he fills his time hacking 3-D movie posters.

Petty thief Yasmine Dufont is also from the WS Humility, but she is not bored. Growing up in the Elfors, the lawless lower levels of the ship, has seen her surrounded by violence and squalor since birth, and now she wants out. She wants to escape to the luxury of the Ab-Spa on top of WS Abstinence, where they eat real food instead of rats and synth cubes.

Meanwhile, the sleek-hulled, unmanned Gagarin has come back from punching out ahead of the fleet in the ever-continuing search for a new home. Nearly all hope is lost that a new planet will ever be found, until the Gagarin returns with a code of information that suggests a habitable planet has been found. This news should be shared with the whole fleet, but a few rogue captains want to keep the information to themselves and colonise the new planet.

When Yasmine inadvertently steals the code, she and Sam become caught up in a dangerous game of murder, corruption, political wrangling and...porridge, with sex-addicted Detective Zhang Woo hot on their heels, his own life at risk if he fails to get the code back.

About the author:

R. R. Haywood is the author of Amazon UK’s number one horror series The Undead, which propelled him into the top 20 best-selling Amazon authors in the UK. Haywood is a Washington Post best-selling author and both the Undead series and the Extracted trilogy are Audible best sellers.

About the narrator:

Colin's television credits include Humans, The Living and the Dead, The Fall and Merlin. His film credits include Benjamin, The Happy Prince, Legend and Testament of Youth. Theatre credits include Translations (The National Theatre); Gloria (Hampstead Theatre); Mojo (Harold Pinter Theatre); The Tempest (Shakespeare's Globe); Our Private Life (Royal Court); A Prayer for My Daughter and All About My Mother (The Old Vic).

©2019 RR Haywood (P)2019 Audible, Ltd
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Loved it!

This was a complete romp from start to finish. Some real spit-your-coffee-out funny scenes mixed with characters with whom you can empathise. I loved the tech stuff, too. Well written by RR Haywood (as always) and beautifully performed by Colin Morgan.
Looking forward to finding out what happens to our heroes in the next instalment.

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Loved it!!!!

Loved everything about it!!!! Absolutely wonderful!!! Fabulous stor and an amazing narrator!!! Colin Morgan is oustanding!!

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brilliant!

highly recommend this novel.


loved this novel. the narrator was brilliant. the author, amazing. looking forward to the next story by Haywood.

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Magic blend of story teller and story telling

I purchased this as a fan of Colin Morgan. He transformed this book into an experience I truly lived. A genius story for sure, but I doubt I would have read it hard cover. The magic is in the blend of story teller and story telling for me. Thank you Mr Haywood. Thank you Mr Morgan.

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The best, can’t wait for the next!

Engaging characters who have depth and character .. a setting that could be very believable and a perennial story line. A great job and a delight to read. Thanks!

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Favorite book this year!

Please Colin Morgan, narrate some more books, you are just awesome! Great voices, best I have heard so far and I have listened to hundreds of books.
This is an entertaining story with likable characters. 10/10

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Great dit!

Good book, liked the characters. The English narrator was a bit different at first as I'm used to John Lee and RC Bray but he was alright. Didn't like how some of the characters were narrated but on the whole it was good and didn't diminish the story. Can't wait for a second book.

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Awesome

I loved this, great, funny story. Colin Morgan is an awesome narrator, please have him narrate the rest of the series or it won's be the same! I am so disappointed I have to wait for more in this series!

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My favourite ever

I was blown away by this book. Absolutely loved it. Probably my favourite book ever. I loved the characters and cheered them on through all their adventures. The dialogue was so spot on for each character and was brilliantly portrayed by Colin Morgan. The plot was intriguing and kept me listening to find out what happened next. The story takes place in a fleet of huge Worldships with the last of humanity on board on a long search for a new habitable planet. There is plenty of political manoeuvring, chases, computer hacking and love interests to satisfy everyone. A fun read.

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Hooked all the way through.

Interesting book with interesting character. The performance was a little weird but I think it added to the slight quirkiness of the characters.

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