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Children of Time, critically acclaimed science fiction novel, burst onto the literary scene in 2015. The book's exploration of evolution, artificial intelligence, and the nature of civilization earned it the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2016. Tchaikovsky's novel stands out for its unique approach to alien life.
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Children of Time
- Children of Time, Book 1
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Mel Hudson
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall41,175
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Performance37,439
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Story37,368
Adrian Tchaikovksy's critically acclaimed stand-alone novel Children of Time is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet....
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A very pleasant surprise
- By Simon on 06-17-17
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Children of Time
- Children of Time, Book 1
- Narrated by: Mel Hudson
- Series: Children of Time, Book 1
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 05-02-17
- Language: English
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Children of Strife
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Mel Hudson
- Length: 20 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall484
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Performance457
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Story457
A new entry in the wildly successful Children of Time series from award-winning master of science fiction Adrian Tchaikovsky. After Earth fell, ark ships hunted for a new home. They sought lost worlds terraformed in Earth’s forgotten past. A ship crewed by maverick humans, spiders and a...
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Great read for those that love exposition
- By Michael Brown on 03-18-26
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Children of Strife
- Narrated by: Mel Hudson
- Series: Children of Time, Book 4
- Length: 20 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 03-17-26
- Language: English
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Children of Ruin
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Mel Hudson
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9,120
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Performance8,014
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Story7,993
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Thousands of years ago, Earth's terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life -- but it was their mission to...
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Not ideal for audiobook format
- By bogmonkey on 01-08-20
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Children of Ruin
- Narrated by: Mel Hudson
- Series: Children of Time, Book 2
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 05-14-19
- Language: English
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Children of Memory
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Mel Hudson
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,763
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Performance2,376
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Story2,377
The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Earth failed. In a desperate bid to escape, the spaceship Enkidu and its captain, Heorest Holt, carried its precious human cargo to...
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Read it and weep.
- By Saul on 02-03-23
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Children of Memory
- Narrated by: Mel Hudson
- Series: Children of Time, Book 3
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 01-31-23
- Language: English
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Shards of Earth
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 18 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,070
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Performance2,726
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Story2,718
The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us an extraordinary space opera about humanity on the brink of extinction, and how one man's discovery will save or destroy us all.The war is over. Its heroes forgotten. Until one chance discovery . . . Idris has neither aged...
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Not sure what the point was [Spoilers]
- By C. Andrew Hessler on 08-27-21
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Shards of Earth
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Series: The Final Architecture, Book 1
- Length: 18 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 08-03-21
- Language: English
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Shroud
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall963
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Performance898
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Story898
On a planet shrouded in darkness, a stranded crew must fight for survival. But, the darkness may have plans of its own in this wildly original story from Adrian Tchaikovsky, Hugo and Arthur C. Clarke Award–winning author of Children of Time. They looked into the darkness and the darkness...
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Good read ruined by propaganda
- By The Mech Engr on 06-16-25
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Shroud
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 06-03-25
- Language: English
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City of Last Chances
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 19 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall393
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Performance323
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Story324
Arthur C. Clarke winner Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fantasy with a darkly inventive portrait of a city under occupation and on the verge of revolution. There has always been a darkness to Ilmar, but never more so than now. The city chafes under the heavy hand of the Palleseen...
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Occupied Paris during WW2 In Fantasy World?
- By caleb on 06-19-23
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City of Last Chances
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Series: The Tyrant Philosophers, Book 1
- Length: 19 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 01-31-23
- Language: English
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Alien Clay
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,126
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Performance1,015
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Story1,015
From Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky comes a far-future epic that confirms his place as a modern master of science fiction, in which a political prisoner must unlock the secrets of a strange and dangerous planet. The planet of Kiln is where the tyrannical Mandate keeps...
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Could have been a short story
- By Dixy on 12-05-24
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Alien Clay
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 09-17-24
- Language: English
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Empire in Black and Gold
- Shadows of the Apt, Book 1
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Length: 23 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,214
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Performance1,058
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Story1,055
The days of peace are over. Empire in Black and Gold is the first instalment in the critically-acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It is a world populated by kinden – species of human that have taken on the characteristics of animals, from spiders and ants...
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A hidden gem in Epic Fantasy
- By Blaise Ancona on 12-14-20
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Empire in Black and Gold
- Shadows of the Apt, Book 1
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Series: Shadows of the Apt, Book 1
- Length: 23 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 12-10-20
- Language: English
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Pretenders to the Throne of God
- The Tyrant Philosophers, Book 4
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 20 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall130
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Performance125
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Story125
Eres Ffenegh — "the City on the Back of a Crab" — is the next state slated for conquest by the Palleseen, but its citizens won't give up sovereignty easily, and the siege has now dragged into the harsh Eresi winter.
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amazing story, mostly amazing performance
- By Yann on 02-19-26
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Pretenders to the Throne of God
- The Tyrant Philosophers, Book 4
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Series: The Tyrant Philosophers, Book 4
- Length: 20 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 02-12-26
- Language: English
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Service Model
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,512
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Performance2,291
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Story2,291
Long-listed, Library Journal Best Books of the Year, 2024 This program is read by Hugo Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky. Murderbot meets Redshirts in a delightfully humorous tale of robotic murder from the Hugo-nominated author of Elder Race and Children of Time. To fix the world they...
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Another banger from Tchaikovsky
- By J. C. Amos on 06-09-24
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Service Model
- Narrated by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 06-04-24
- Language: English
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Eyes of the Void
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 20 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,356
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Performance1,182
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Story1,178
The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the second novel in an extraordinary space opera trilogy about humanity on the brink of extinction, and how one man's discovery will save or destroy us all. After eighty years of fragile peace, the Architects are back...
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A real bait and switch
- By Joseph on 05-10-22
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Eyes of the Void
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Series: The Final Architecture, Book 2
- Length: 20 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 05-03-22
- Language: English
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House of Open Wounds
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 23 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall301
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Performance267
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Story267
City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world....
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Fun small-world character study!
- By Scott on 02-18-24
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House of Open Wounds
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Series: The Tyrant Philosophers, Book 2
- Length: 23 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 01-02-24
- Language: English
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Lords of Uncreation
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 20 hrs and 50 mins
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Overall922
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Performance822
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Story822
From the Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time, this third and final novel in an extraordinary space opera trilogy depicts humanity on the brink of extinction—and reveals how one man's discovery will save or destroy us all. Lords of Uncreation is the final high-octane...
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Exciting finale to the trilogy
- By Ryan on 05-04-23
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Lords of Uncreation
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Series: The Final Architecture, Book 3
- Length: 20 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 05-02-23
- Language: English
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War Master's Gate
- Shadows of the Apt, Book 9
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Length: 27 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall222
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Performance185
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Story185
A city makes its last stand . . . War Master’s Gate is the ninth book in the critically acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky. The Empire’s mighty imperial armies are marching on Collegium once more. They’ve learnt from past failures and this time their...
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Intricate and bold
- By Eclectic Sal on 02-19-22
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War Master's Gate
- Shadows of the Apt, Book 9
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Series: Shadows of the Apt, Book 9
- Length: 27 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 11-11-21
- Language: English
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Seal of the Worm
- Shadows of the Apt, Book 10
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Length: 23 hrs and 13 mins
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Overall343
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Performance310
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Story310
An ancient enemy stirs once more . . . Seal of the Worm is the tenth and final book in the critically acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky. The Empire has vanquished its enemies at last, but at a terrible price. With her chief rival cast into the abyss, Empress...
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Wow, This series is so damn good.
- By Anonymous on 12-03-21
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Seal of the Worm
- Shadows of the Apt, Book 10
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Series: Shadows of the Apt, Book 10
- Length: 23 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 11-11-21
- Language: English
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Elder Race
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
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Overall477
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Performance431
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Story431
In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to study to save a planet from an unbeatable foe. Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way. But a demon is terrorizing the land, and now she's...
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barely more than a short story.
- By Daniel Smith on 09-10-23
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Elder Race
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 06-27-23
- Language: English
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Cage of Souls
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 23 hrs and 10 mins
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Overall868
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Performance778
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Story777
Humanity clings to life on a dying Earth in an epic, far-future science fiction novel from an award-winning author. The sun is bloated, diseased, dying perhaps. Beneath its baneful light, Shadrapar, last of all cities, harbours fewer than 100,000 human souls. Built on the ruins of countless...
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Slow Start, Strong Finish
- By Jacob McCollum on 05-01-23
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Cage of Souls
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 23 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 01-31-23
- Language: English
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Dogs of War
- Dogs of War, Book 1
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard, Nathan Osgood, William Hope
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall435
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Performance372
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Story372
A bio-engineered dog fights for its life and its right to life. From the Arthur C. Clark Award-winning author of CHILDREN OF TIME. My name is Rex. I am a good dog. Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with...
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Loved Children of Time, DNF this one
- By AZDBACKS on 08-24-23
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Dogs of War
- Dogs of War, Book 1
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard, Nathan Osgood, William Hope
- Series: Dogs of War, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 01-31-23
- Language: English
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Cage of Souls
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 23 hrs and 10 mins
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Overall81
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Performance72
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Story72
The sun is bloated, diseased, dying perhaps. Beneath its baneful light, Shadrapar, last of all cities, harbours fewer than 100,000 human souls....
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Great far future science fiction
- By John P. on 04-18-26
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Cage of Souls
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 23 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 05-30-19
- Language: English
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