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House of Suns

by Alastair Reynolds

Narrator John Lee

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Length 18 hours 17 minutes

Language English

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“What if your family reunion came once every 200,000 years? Oh, and also, your entire family was clones of you. And you were running a few decades late because you had to stop and rescue a sentient robot. And by the time you and your new robot pal and your sister-clone-lover got to the reunion, everyone else was dead. A murder mystery on the grandest possible scale, this original, inventive, slow-burn thriller beautifully balances hard sci-fi and space opera–and will forever change the way you think about the phrase 'the long game'. ”
— Charlotte • Quail Ridge Books

Summary

Six million years ago, at the very dawn of the starfaring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and female clones: the shatterlings. Sent out into the galaxy, these shatterlings have stood aloof as they document the rise and fall of countless human empires. They meet every 200,000 years to exchange news and memories of their travels with their siblings.

Not only are Campion and Purslane late for their thirty-second reunion but they have also brought along an amnesiac golden robot for a guest. But the wayward shatterlings get more than the scolding they expect: they face the discovery that someone has a very serious grudge against the Gentian line, and there is a very real possibility of traitors in their midst. The surviving shatterlings have to dodge exotic weapons while they regroup to try to solve the mystery of who is persecuting them and why—before their ancient line is wiped out of existence forever.

Fiction Science Fiction