Beacon 23, Hugh Howey
Beacon 23, Hugh Howey
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Beacon 23

Author: Hugh Howey

Narrator: Peter Ganim

Unabridged: 6 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/10/2023

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Now a major MGM+ sci-fi drama series starring Lena Headey and Stephan JamesFor 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.

About Hugh Howey

Hugh Howey is the author of the award-winning Molly Fyde saga and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Silo trilogy (Wool, Shift, and Dust). The Wool Omnibus won Kindle Book Review’s 2012 Indie Book of the Year Award and has been translated in forty countries.

About Peter Ganim

Peter Ganim is an actor, director, and since 2005, a narrator of audiobooks. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on March 04, 2016

The Walk up nameless ridge is one of the better short stories I've read. Nicely set up and with hidden meanings while still being a decent plot. The race to conquer a peak first is contrasted between our narrator and a small female climber. The gulf in attitude and approach is highlighted in the fini......more

Goodreads review by Joshua on December 25, 2020

Incredible. Howeys form of storytelling always draws me in. Quick, awesome read.......more

Goodreads review by Isabelle on August 20, 2016

I love this author. Everything I've read by him is amazing. And the fact that I gave these two short stories 5 stars is saying something because I generally hate short stories. I wanted to cry after I read the author's notes after The Walk Up Nameless Ridge. The story was basically a metaphor for ho......more

Goodreads review by MsBDiamondDiva1 on November 09, 2015

A little weird, but it was an ok read. I just find it interesting that someone would give up everything to climb a mountain! But the character was likable and he give his reason for doing it. So it wasn’t a waste of time.......more

Quotes

“[Beacon 23]—originally published as a series of e-books—is the perfect blend of fast-paced action coupled with a psychologically insightful portrait of loneliness, of the little idiosyncrasies we develop when living on our own, and how we crave companionship.” Washington Post

“A remarkably compassionate and forward-looking story of war and mass murder.” Warren Ellis, author of Gun Machine

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