Truth of the Divine
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Abigail Thorn
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Kaveh Taherian
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Stephanie Willis
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By:
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Lindsay Ellis
About this listen
PLEASE NOTE: An earlier version of this audiobook had chapters out of order, but this error has been corrected.
Truth of the Divine is the latest alternate-history first-contact novel in the Noumena series from the instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times bestselling author Lindsay Ellis.
The human race is at a crossroads; we know that we are not alone, but details about the alien presence on Earth are still being withheld from the public. As the political climate grows more unstable, the world is forced to consider the ramifications of granting human rights to nonhuman persons. How do you define “person” in the first place?
Cora Sabino not only serves as the full-time communication intermediary between the alien entity Ampersand and his government chaperones but also shares a mysterious bond with him that is both painful and intimate in ways neither of them could have anticipated. Despite this, Ampersand is still keen on keeping secrets, even from Cora, which backfires on them both when investigative journalist Kaveh Mazandarani, a close colleague of Cora’s unscrupulous estranged father, witnesses far more of Ampersand’s machinations than anyone was meant to see.
Since Cora has no choice but to trust Kaveh, the two must work together to prove to a fearful world that intelligent, conscious beings should be considered persons, no matter how horrifying, powerful, or malicious they may seem. Making this case is hard enough when the public doesn’t know what it’s dealing with—and it will only become harder when a mysterious flash illuminates the sky, marking the arrival of an agent of chaos that will light an already-unstable world on fire.
With a voice completely her own, Lindsay Ellis deepens her realistic exploration of the reality of a planet faced with the presence of extraterrestrial intelligence, probing the essential questions of humanity and decency, and the boundaries of the human mind.
While asking the question of what constitutes a “person,” Ellis also examines what makes a monster.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press
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- Ish
- 08-07-2022
please another!
aplease let this be a trilogy! This is truly excellent. Such an unexpected narrative, with complex and developing characters. I'm hooked.
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- Cassandra
- 08-01-2022
I laughed I cried
Better than the 1st book!
Some issues with the production quality here and there.
I look forward to Lindsay Ellis' next book
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- Jaimee Raper
- 14-03-2022
Great sequel
This story is a great continuation of the previous one, fixing some of the issues and continuing the story very naturally. The addition of new characters helps to flesh out the world, while the ending is beautiful.
Still, if you didn't like the first one, this probably isn't for you.
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- Guy McDonald
- 02-11-2021
Better as a video essayist
I love Lindsay's YouTube channel, but it didn't really translate to her first book- and the second book confirmed it for me. Heck- it deepened it for me.
Axioms End has been compared to "the Arrival" and "the Three Bodies Problem", but I'm dubious. The sequel is honestly closer to Twilight with a heavy dose of emo fanfiction + political rants. It lost the redeeming aspects of awe and lightness that the first book had, whilst veering further away from loosely realistic-ish sci-fi, whilst also trying to Aesop? Its a real jumble and didn't work for me. YMMV
Cora just reads as a dislikeable or boring character. Perhaps she's a good representation of a 21 year old with low self esteem and PTSD, but it isn't fun or serendipitous or plot advancing (-with-the-exceptions-of-summoning-wish-fulfillment-boyfriends). So much repetition of Ugh. Very little sense of internal agency, ambition, or hope. And I get the lack of those things often enough in real life.
*spoilers*
These things are partly why it's a sad relief to be in the brain of a new character so often, but his character flaws seem so pre-fixed or inconsequential outside of his modelling modern feminist boyfriend-hood. Whilst being a famous, wealthy, handsome, prizewinning journalist. Being in his head is less like purgatory than Cora's but it isn't really relatable either?
Him being horny for this newly slim/underweight girl 14 years his junior is noted as not ideal.. and still charged onwards with anyway Because wealthy famous wish fulfillment boyfriend.
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- Tom
- 10-01-2022
not as good as the first one
All the scenes where she was having PTSD flashbacks were so irritating to listen to, I had to skip through them. This was mainly the performance though.
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- Mowgli
- 12-05-2024
What a let down following a strong opening title
If you enjoyed Axiom's End, leave good enough alone. This was like watching a movie where the budget only allowed so much CG for the aliens and the rest of the story had to be padded out with human drama.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-09-2024
Twilight with aliens
Too much many parts that make you roll your eyes. I had to push myself through this book. I thought this was a sci-fi book not a teen romance book.
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