The Corporation Wars: Insurgence

Name: The Corporation Wars: Insurgence
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Ken MacLeod
ISBN: 9781478968351

Author: Ken MacLeod

Series: Second Law Trilogy #2

Narrator: Peter Kenny

Unabridged: 9 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 12/20/2016

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure, Military Science Fiction

Synopsis

Ken MacLeod continues the Corporation Wars trilogy in this action-packed science fiction adventure told against a backdrop of interstellar drone warfare, virtual reality, and an A.I. revolution. And the ultimate pay-off is DH-17, an Earth-like planet hundreds of light years from human habitation.

Ruthless corporations vie over the prize remotely, and war is in full swing. But soldiers recruited to fight in the extremities of deep space come with their own problems: from A.I. minds in full rebellion, to Carlos 'the Terrorist' and his team of dead mercenaries, reincarnated from a bloodier period in earth's history for one purpose only - to kill.

But as old rivalries emerge and new ones form, Carlos must decide whether he's willing for fight for the company or die for himself.

About Ken MacLeod

Ken MacLeod lives in Scotland. He has honors and master's degrees in biological subjects and worked for some years in the IT industry. Since 1997 he has been a full-time writer. He is the author of nineteen novels, from The Star Fraction to Beyond the Reach of Earth, and many articles and short stories. His novels and stories have received three BSFA awards and three Prometheus Awards, and several have been short-listed for the Clarke and Hugo Awards.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gary on February 21, 2018

As much as I enjoyed Ken Macleod’s first Corporation Wars novel, Dissidence, I had a sneaking suspicion that I was reading the opening act of a single novel that was being stretched into a trilogy. The first sequel, Insurgence, confirms that. The first two thirds of Insurgence are a master class in......more

Goodreads review by Brent on March 29, 2021

I didn't like this one as much as the first. Too many speeches and trying to win people over, with none of the world-building or reveals of the previous story. It felt like this story was just treading water.......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on May 10, 2022

So. While I do enjoy a 1k year into the future hop where digital minds are taken out of storage to fight in robot drone bodies amongst a dystopian AI corporation hellscape, I found that I liked the IDEA of this novel more than the actual execution. Too much padding, perhaps. And when it comes to the......more

Goodreads review by Kate on January 03, 2018

Very clever take on the meaning of reality and humanity in the distant future and in distant space.......more

Goodreads review by BeefSupreme on August 08, 2017

Very boring, when there is action it is detailed in excruciating detail, like every single bullet impact is described. This book barely pushed the story forward.......more

Quotes

"[The Corporation Wars] is a kind of action-packed Dirty Dozen or Suicide Squad scenario . . . . MacLeod does many astonishing things here. He creates viable, believable multiplex interactions among so many different sets of characters, human and robot. His detailing of the non-human way of thinking and speaking employed by the freebots is fun and exemplary . . . . He shows a keen hand with action sequences. And there is a generous amount of humor to leaven the otherwise dire and deadly consequences of the multi-front war." —Locus on The Corporation Wars: Dissidence