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The Abyss Beyond Dreams

Chronicle of the Fallers, Book 1

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The Abyss Beyond Dreams

By: Peter F. Hamilton
Narrated by: John Lee
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The first volume in the Chronicles of the Fallers, The Abyss Beyond Dreams is an incredible adventure, exploring the mystery at the heart of the Peter F. Hamilton's sprawling Commonwealth Universe. For fans of Iain M. Banks and Alaistair Reynolds.

To save their civilization, he must destroy it.

When a so-called prophet sees visions of a lost civilization, Nigel Sheldon is asked to investigate. Especially as these dreams seem to be coming from the Void – a mysterious area of space with hugely destructive capabilities. Then Nigel crash-lands inside the Void, and finds so much more than he expected. Bienvenido: a planet populated by survivors from long-vanished Commonwealth ships.

For centuries their descendants have been fighting a desperate battle against the Fallers, space-born predators that have evolved to conquer worlds. And Nigel soon realizes that the Fallers hold the key to the destruction of the Void itself. If he can survive long enough to find it . . .

Continue the adventure with the second in the duology, Night Without Stars.

©2014 Peter F. Hamilton (P)2014 Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd. Adventure Military Science Fiction Space Opera Space Fiction Dream

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Critic reviews

'Huge cast, enormous canvas, big ideas – mega in every way' – Daily Mail
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PFH's writing and storytelling just keep getting better as the decades pass, and with this novel he's being more adventurous with the construction of the narrative too. It's a wonderful mix of hard SF and political fantasy, with a dollop of Ankh Morpork and Marxist revolution in too. Thoroughly enjoyed, as expected, and brilliantly narrated.

Ever wonder how Marx would have dealt with aliens?

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Often these books have third or half the chapters revolving around characters which are not overly relevant to the story or interesting, this book pulls the character arcs off
well. Love the narration.

Superbly narrate story with no weak characters

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Where does The Abyss Beyond Dreams rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Up there with the best Peter F Hamilton books.

Which character – as performed by John Lee – was your favourite?

John Lee is such a good narrator it's difficult to choose one single character.

Another great listen

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I don't think I will will ever get bored of the Commonwealth saga related books.

Excellent as usual

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would like to hear the nights dawn trilogy on audible as this is a great story

great story wish there was more.

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as usual by Hamilton brilliant 4th nook I have listened to on with the next

a must

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What did you like most about The Abyss Beyond Dreams?

It is another excellently structure and read story. It kept me wanting more right upto the last sentence, disappointed that it came to an end,

What did you like best about this story?

Complex but easily followed plots with excellent detail

Which scene did you most enjoy?

The whole book was enjoyable.

Any additional comments?

I hope Peter has another in the series lined up.

Captivating

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well narrated, story moves along at a good pace, good follow up to previous books, looking forward to the next one,

Great Stuff, Hamilton at his best,

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Really enjoyed the book and noticed more foreshadowing this time of listening. One of my favourites.

3rd listen, fabulous book

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A gripping yarn with all the twists and turns we have come to expect from the great Mr Hamilton.

As always, OUTSTANDING.

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