The Revolution Business, Charles Stross
The Revolution Business, Charles Stross
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The Revolution Business
Book Five of the Merchant Princes

Author: Charles Stross

Narrator: Kate Reading

Unabridged: 12 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2015

Synopsis

Things are going badly for the Clan in this new SF novel of the Merchant Princes, the immensely popular series by Charles Stross. Locked in a vicious civil war for control over the kingdom of Niejwein, their army is bottled up inside a fortress under siege in two parallel universes at once. Duke Angbard, the Clan's leader, has been laid low by a stroke: plotters are already conspiring in readiness for the deadly dance to come.

Miriam, rescued from a tight spot in New Britain, finds the hopes of the young, progressive faction focused on her. But do they want her as a leader or a figurehead? She soon finds herself thrown into a desperate struggle for power. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to the Clan, researchers working for the US government have achieved a technological breakthrough. The War on Terror is about to go transdimensional.

About Charles Stross

CHARLES STROSS (he/him) is a full-time science fiction writer and resident of Edinburgh, Scotland. He has won three Hugo Awards for Best Novella, including for the Laundry Files tale “Equoid.” His work has been translated into over twelve languages. His novels include the bestselling Merchant Princes series, the Laundry series (including Locus Award finalist The Dilirium Brief), and several stand-alones including Glasshouse, Accelerando, and Saturn's Children. Like many writers, Stross has had a variety of careers, occupations, and job-shaped catastrophes, from pharmacist (he quit after the second police stakeout) to first code monkey on the team of a successful dot-com startup (with brilliant timing, he tried to change employers just as the bubble burst) to technical writer and prolific journalist covering the IT industry. Along the way he collected degrees in pharmacy and computer science, making him the world’s first officially qualified cyberpunk writer.

About Kate Reading

Kate Reading is the recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards and has been named by AudioFile magazine as a “Voice of the Century,” as well as the Best Voice in Science Fiction & Fantasy in 2008 and 2009 and Best Voice in Biography & Culture in 2010. She has narrated works by such authors as Jane Austen, Robert Jordan, Edith Wharton, and Sophie Kinsella. Reading has performed at numerous theaters in Washington D.C. and received a Helen Hayes Award for her performance in Aunt Dan and Lemon. AudioFile magazine reports that, "With subtle control of characters and sense of pacing, Kate’s performances are a consistent pleasure."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Susan on October 10, 2009

About as subtle as my preschooler's _Blue's Clues_ shows. The fifth book in (hopefully only) a six book series, I'm sadly hooked enough on the storyline to want to know what happens. I've read some of Stross' technology-based and futuristic stories, and they are wonderful. I have no idea what went wro......more

Goodreads review by Baal Of on March 02, 2015

200 hundred pages into this book, I was just about ready to give it 2 stars and be done, but then I kept plugging away, and found just enough to keep my interest up. I'm sill not happy with how the next character, Miriam, has been manipulated, and also, I hate stories that revolve around pregnancy.......more

Goodreads review by Bruce on May 30, 2009

Stross' Merchant Prince saga continues to go off the rails. Too many characters and a confusing story prevented me from really enjoying this.......more

Goodreads review by Debra on June 24, 2020

A lot of pages with not much happening.......more

Goodreads review by Scott on July 03, 2009

Surprisingly dull and uneventful compared to Stross's other works. Plus, it's clearly intended to have a least one more sequel, allowing Stross to spread too little material over too many pages.......more

Quotes

“Charles Stross's Merchant Princes novels are economic science fiction worth reading.” —Paul Krugman, New York Times bestselling author of The Great Unraveling, on The Merchants’ War

“The world-building in this series is simply superb, in other words--it is engaging, crystal-clear and disturbingly real.... The Merchants' War is fast-paced and engrossing and will leave readers ravenous for the next installment.” —SciFi.com on The Merchants’ War

“For sheer inventiveness and energy, this cliffhanger-riddled serial remains difficult to top.” —Publishers Weekly on The Merchants’ War

“A fantastically thrilling series.” —Booklist on The Merchants’ War

Awards

  • Locus Awards - Nominee
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