Light of Impossible Stars, Gareth L. Powell
Light of Impossible Stars, Gareth L. Powell
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Light of Impossible Stars
An Embers of War Novel

Author: Gareth L. Powell

Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella, Amy Landon, Joe Hempel, Natasha Soudek, Soneela Nankani, Andrew Eiden, Emily Lawrence, various narrators

Unabridged: 9 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/18/2020


Synopsis

Award-winning author Gareth L. Powell delivers an explosive conclusion to his epic Embers of War trilogy.Low on fuel and hunted by the Fleet of Knives, the sentient warship Trouble Dog follows a series of clues that lead her to the Intrusion—an area of space where reality itself becomes unstable. But with human civilization crumbling, what difference can one battered old ship have against an invincible armada?Meanwhile, Cordelia Pa and her step-brother eke out their existence salvaging artifacts from an alien city. But when Cordelia starts hearing the city’s song in her head, strange things start happening around her. What extraordinary affinity does she have for this abandoned technology, and how can it possibly help the Trouble Dog?

About Gareth L. Powell

Gareth L. Powell has written nine novels, including the Embers of War trilogy and the Ack-Ack Macaque series, as well as somehow finding the time to produce two short story collections, the nonfiction guide About Writing, and the novellas Ragged Alice, Downdraught, and Light Chaser (co-written with Peter F. Hamilton). He has twice won the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel and been finalist for both the Locus and Seiun Awards.

About Nicol Zanzarella

Nicol Zanzarella is an award-winning audiobook narrator, with titles spanning multiple genres in both fiction and nonfiction. She came to audiobook narration after (literally) growing up within the walls of a local radio station that her father ran, and brings with her a background in both classical and contemporary theater, as well as film. She also has numerous television and radio commercials to her credit. Originally from Yonkers, New York, she currently lives in California, where, when not in the booth, you can usually find her drinking coffee, cooking her grandmother's Italian recipes, or in the local boxing gym. Thank you for listening!

About Amy Landon

Amy Landon is a classically trained actress with numerous off-Broadway, film, and television credits. Her voice can also be heard on many television and radio commercials. She has an easy facility with dialects, which she also coaches and teaches, and she is happy to find her lifelong obsession with books is matching up with her acting and vocal work.

About Joe Hempel

Joe Hempel is a total eighties kid who had a fascination with an eclectic array of shows that would later shape his performances in the audiobook world. For over a decade, he honed his acting skills as a referee in professional wrestling and, combined with his animated personality and love for reading, went on to become an audiobook narrator. He has recorded over one-hundred titles in a range of genres.

About Natasha Soudek

If you've watched TV at all in the past ten years, you've definitely seen her face and heard her voice countless times in any number of wildly successful national, global, and Super Bowl commercials, as well as playing the first blond Vulcan in Star Trek history. The daughter of two English professors, Natasha Soudek was raised in the South, speaks native German, lived in Berlin and Vienna, and finally settled in the Lower East Side of New York City as a teenager. After honing her stage presence by studying acting and playing hundreds of sold-out live music shows (singing and playing bass), she moved to LA to record with Channel/DreamWorks and act on TV. Favored on KCRW, Chris Douridas compared her voice and songwriting to the Beatles' Let it Be in meaning and soulfulness . . . qualities that translate especially well into her career as an audiobook narrator. Her voice is as distinct and memorable as the range of characters she's played on-screen, which gives listeners an immediate familiarity to connect to, along with a warmth and intimacy that spans and uplifts any genre.

About Andrew Eiden

Andrew Eiden is an audiobook narrator who came from a long line of theater folk and has been acting since the age of four. He has starred in dozens of commercials as well as multiple television shows. At the age of eleven, he won first place in a local drama festival, which jumpstarted his acting career. He has performed in theaters ranging from the Glendale Center Theater to the Pasadena Playhouse.

About Emily Lawrence

Emily Lawrence is a passionate actor, voiceover artist, and writer. The narrator of almost 200 audiobooks, she has also worked in television, film, and theater. Born and raised in New York, she received her bachelor’s degree in drama from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. While her greatest loves are narrating and acting, her other passions include traveling, aerial circus, and chocolate.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Trey on August 20, 2020

this book kinda killed the series for me. Everything went pretty well til the last 5th of the book where the pacing and conclusion of multiple story lines led to poor pacing and an anticlimactic finish. Sure. Perform a sex change operation in the middle of a battle. That might have had an impact if......more

Goodreads review by Claudia 🖤✨ on March 09, 2020

3,5 stars. The final book of the 'Embers of War' trilogy *throws confetti in the air*. I have to admit, the ideas in these books are quite 'big'. We have alien artefacts, parallel universes, void dragons, mysterious alien species, and a time/galaxy spanning human colonisation. I really enjoyed the f......more

Goodreads review by Naja on January 19, 2022

yeah ok no. This was somehow the worst one in the trilogy(?) Just had weird stuff happening that seemed thrown in at the last second. One big thing that irked me was the handling of the trans side character in this. Especially around usage of pronouns as they kept using the female pronouns until he......more


Awards

  • Polygon Pick