Luna Wolf Moon, Ian McDonald
Luna Wolf Moon, Ian McDonald
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Luna: Wolf Moon

Author: Ian McDonald

Narrator: Adam Verner

Unabridged: 14 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/11/2017

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Corta Hélio, one of the five family-corporations that rule the moon, has fallen. Its riches are divided up among its many enemies, its survivors scattered. Eighteen months have passed.The remaining Hélio children, Lucasinho and Luna, are under the protection of the powerful Asamoahs, while Robson, still reeling from witnessing his parents’ violent deaths, is now a ward—virtually a hostage—of Mackenzie Metals. And the last appointed heir, Lucas, has vanished from the surface of the moon. Only Lady Sun, dowager of Taiyang, suspects that Lucas Corta is not dead—and that he is still a major player in the game. After all, Lucas always was the schemer, and even in death he would go to any lengths to take back everything and build a new Corta Hélio, more powerful than before. But Corta Hélio needs allies; and to find them the fleeing son undertakes an audacious, impossible journey—to Earth. In an unstable lunar environment, the shifting loyalties and political machinations of each family reach the zenith of their most fertile plots as outright war erupts.

About Ian McDonald

Ian McDonald, the acclaimed award-winning author of science fiction, has written novels for five series, ten stand-alone novels, two novellas, any many short stories. He has won the Locus Award, the British Science Fiction Association Award, the Phillip K. Dick Award, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. In 2019, he was named a Grand Master of Science Fiction by the European Science Fiction Society. He was born in 1960 in Manchester, England, to an Irish mother and a Scottish father. He moved with his family to Northern Ireland in 1965. He now lives in Belfast.

About Adam Verner

Adam Verner is a full-time narrator and voice talent with over one hundred titles recorded. He is the recipient of AudioFile Earphones Awards for Pavilion of Women by Pearl S. Buck and The Big It by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. Adam earned his MFA in acting from the Chicago College of the Fine Arts at Roosevelt University.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley

Thanks to Netgalley for this ARC! This is definitely the kind of series where you have to want to pay very close attention to the sharp, precise lines of text, enjoy truly convoluted political machinations, and not mind a lot of weird sex. What a weird thing to say about a novel, right? But it's true!......more

Goodreads review by Paul

Seize your enemy’s fallen weapon and turn it against them. Check out all my book blogs at [URL not allowed] I received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. What a fantastic read. The first book, Luna New Moon, was great and this is even better. As......more

Goodreads review by Justine

A decent second book that follows up on the hanging threads of the first book, New Moon, but without the same punch. New Moon was dense and original, filled with political machinations and bloody action. Unfortunately, Wolf Moon pales a bit by comparison. I should say up front that McDonald's prose m......more

Quotes

“The fights and vengeance that follow are more vicious and intricate than anything in Game of Thrones, full of great acts of self-sacrifice and viciousness alike, brave cavalry charges and last stands, cowardice and avarice.” Boing Boing

“For all the enjoyable intrigue he concocts, McDonald never lets us forget that the Moon is a frontier that basically just wants to kill us.” Chicago Tribune

“No one builds a world like Ian McDonald…Spare, simple, elegant…deep and meaty when he wants to be…he does his work like an artisan pulling a sculpture from stone…fascinating, all of it.” NPR

“Powerful…Compelling throughout…Fans of the first volume will love this one and eagerly look forward to the next.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“This novel should probably not be attempted without reading the first book, as McDonald has established a complex political climate. The power blocks—the Aussie Mackenzies, Brazilian Cortas, or Chinese Suns—have kept certain aspects of their Earth roots, and readers will encounter a variety of foreign language slang, which is aided by the included glossary.” Library Journal

Awards

  • Amazon Best Book of the Month
  • NPR Pick
  • Locus Award
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