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Beacon 23

By: Hugh Howey
Narrated by: Peter Ganim
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For centuries, men and women have manned lighthouses to ensure the safe passage of ships.

It is a lonely job and a thankless one for the most part. Until something goes wrong. Until a ship is in distress. In the twenty-third century, this job has moved into outer space. A network of beacons allows ships to travel across the Milky Way at many times the speed of light.

These beacons are built to be robust. They never break down. They never fail.

At least, they aren’t supposed to.

©2015 Hugh Howey (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing Hard Science Fiction Military Science Fiction Fiction
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Not quite a classic but still a very good listen. I guess that there are only so many angles to the "alone in space" theme but Howey tells a compelling tale.

The Plus Catalogue has been very generous to us lately with titles like this and the excellent The Founder Effect and the Red Mars Trilogy. Makes Audible great value for money.

Definitely worth a read

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we could all learn a little something from Howey's message about war, retaliation and the mindlessness of violence. 🍉

a message about war

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Exciting, witty, imaginative and compassionate. A wonderful author’s voice and the perfect reader to embody that voice. Thanks for a great listening experience!

Exciting, witty & compassionate

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Largely a good book, but what on earth was going on with that ending? No foreshadowing? No hint of that break-neck change of direction?

It felt like we were going somewhere but then suddenly we're massacring thousands of friendly forces?

And somehow this massacre ends the war?

What?

I'm left confused and kind of upset.

Bungled ending

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I’m a Howey fan and a fan of space books but I was disappointed by this book

Underwhelming

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