EVE Templar One, Tony Gonzales
EVE Templar One, Tony Gonzales
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EVE: Templar One

Author: Tony Gonzales

Series: EVE Series

Narrator: Sean Runnette

Unabridged: 16 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/03/2012


Synopsis

Following some of the key characters from his first novel, EVE: The Empyrean Age, Tony Gonzales once again embarks on an epic journey expanding the EVE universe, the largest science fiction massive multiplayer online game. This publication will tie into EVE's first expansion into console gaming.

"There will be neither compassion nor mercy;
Nor peace, nor solace
For those who bear witness to these Signs
And still do not believe."

Book of Reclaiming 25:10

New Eden: the celestial battleground of a catastrophic war that has claimed countless lives.

The immortal starship captains spearheading this epic conflict continue their unstoppable dominance, shaping the universe to their will and ensuring a bloody, everlasting stalemate.

But a powerful empire is on the verge of a breakthrough that could end the war and secure their rule over mankind forever. For deep in a prison reclamation camp, a secret program is underway...one that will unlock dangerous secrets of New Eden's past.

It all begins with inmate 487980-A . . . Templar One.

Prepare for DUST 514.

About Tony Gonzales

Tony Gonzales is the IP Development Manager for CCP Games in Reykjavik, Iceland, and is the author of two EVE Online novellas, Ruthless and Theodicy, as well as EVE: The Empyrean Age. He lives in New Jersey.

About Sean Runnette

Sean Runnette, a multiple AudioFile Earphones Award winner, has produced several Audie Award–winning audiobooks and has also narrated works by John Steinbeck and Richard P. Feynman. Of his performance of The Courage to be Free, AudioFile Magazine wrote "Runnette’s tender approach to every sentence and paragraph helps the author’s wisdom glow. Along with the understated power of the author’s writing, Runnette’s performance makes this one of the most arresting and thought-provoking audiobooks available today". He is a member of the American Repertory Theater company and has toured internationally with Mabou Mines, an avant-garde theater company. Sean's television and film appearances include Two If by Sea, Copland, Sex and the City, Law & Order, Third Watch.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Fred on February 28, 2012

Tony Gonzales continues the story of EVE. The portal that transported humanity to another galaxy and then closed to strand them there. At once a political thriller as much as a space opera this is the story of the ongoing power struggle between the various tribes of humanity. Co existance is fragile......more

Goodreads review by Mike on November 22, 2009

This book is the ultimate space-opera. Gonzales succeeded in not only weaving an impossible-to-put-down tale spawned from the EVE universe, but also providing us with unforgettable, painfully human characters. Unimaginable calamities and hardships befall them seemingly at every turn, but the book ne......more

Goodreads review by Eric on January 12, 2010

I've been playing Eve Online for a while now. When you log in there is generally fiction regarding the goings on of the universe intermixed with news of player created events. That and some of the character creation background info is as much attention as I payed to the mythology of the game. This bo......more

Goodreads review by J.M. on August 09, 2024

The story starts out incredibly strong with some of the most memorable science fiction I have ever read. The first quarter of this book is incredibly difficult to drop the book and for this reason alone it is worth the time. One thing is clear though, is the story is often put in second place behind......more


Quotes

“Strong storytelling makes this an informative and entertaining choice for fans of the game and for military sf readers in general.” —Library Journal

“EVE Online fanatics will want to have it-scratch that, need to have it.” —Kirkus Reviews