

Surrender None
Author: Elizabeth Moon
Series: Legacy of Gird Series #1
Narrator: James Patrick Cronin
Unabridged: 20 hr 30 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 10/03/2017
Author: Elizabeth Moon
Series: Legacy of Gird Series #1
Narrator: James Patrick Cronin
Unabridged: 20 hr 30 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 10/03/2017
Elizabeth Moon is the author of many novels, including Victory Conditions, Command Decision, Engaging the Enemy, Marque and Reprisal, Trading in Danger, the Nebula Award winner The Speed of Dark, and Remnant Population, a Hugo Award finalist. After earning a degree in history from Rice University, Moon went on to obtain a degree in biology from the University of Texas, Austin. She lives in Florence, Texas.
James Patrick Cronin began his audiobook career at twelve years of age opposite Christopher Lloyd in the book-on-tape of The Pagemaster. A classically trained stage actor with an MFA from the University of Louisville and a degree in philosophy, James has spent his years since college performing as an actor and a comedian on stages all over the world. He has performed everything from the classics to original material in Ireland, Scotland, Serbia, and Israel, as well as throughout the US. He has recorded over 100 audiobooks across an extensive range of genres.
"I told you a little – about my daughter and her husband – but not all that eld me here. It began long before, and over the years I built a wall fo the stones I swallowed – stones of anger and stones of sorrow. A wall to keep myself at peace, and safety within – and it did not work." He ran a hand t......more
OK, so there are a few cover blurbs that have always irritated the bejeesus out of me. The damn David Eddings thing is one ("philisophical and technical problems with the genre" my fanny), and the "assimilating Tolkien" atrocity that gets attached to this novel is another. Look: it's *clearly* worki......more
Not really quite 4 stars, but close. I was surprised. I've only read her SF series, Vatta's War, before & thought she was pretty good, but not a great writer. This fantasy had a lot more depth, though. It was very well done & not your typical sword & sorcery or epic fantasy. It concentrated on areas......more
Surrender None is a peculiar and, I think, not entirely successful book. It purports to be the life of Gird, the saint that is the religious focus of most of the people in the earlier Paks trilogy. But it tries to walk the line between being a close look at a historical figure and a hagiography of a......more
“A massive and brilliant book, with Moon’s unsurpassed military and historical expertise very much to the fore.” Chicago Sun-Times
“Fans…have been waiting for this book, but newcomers to Moon’s vision should not fear jumping right in.” Quantum
“A wonderful prequel and lead-in to the author’s trilogy.” VOYA