From Distant Stars, Sam Peters
From Distant Stars, Sam Peters
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From Distant Stars
Book 2

Author: Sam Peters

Narrator: Peter Noble

Unabridged: 12 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Gollancz

Published: 04/19/2018

Synopsis

Inspector Keon has finally got over the death of his wife Alysha in a terrorist attack five years ago. The illegal AI copy of her - Liss - that he created to help him mourn has vanished, presumed destroyed. His life is back on track. But a deadly shooting in a police-guarded room in a high-security hospital threatens to ruin everything. Who got past the defences? Why did they kill the seemingly unimportant military officer who had been in a coma for weeks? And why did the scanners pick up the deceased man the next day on the other side of the planet, seemingly alive and well?

As Keon digs into the mysteries he begins to realise that the death was connected to a mysterious object, potentially alien, discovered buried in ice under the north pole. Someone has worked out what is hidden there, and what its discovery will mean for mankind. Someone who is willing to kill.

And another player has entered the game. Someone who seems to know more about Keon than is possible.

Someone who might be using Liss's information against him.

Or who might be Alysha, back from the dead.

Read by Peter Noble

(p) Orion Publishing Group 2018 with Audible Ltd

About Sam Peters

Sam Peters is a mathematician, part-time gentle-person adventurer and occasional screenwriter who has seen faces glaze over at the words 'science fiction' once too often. Inspirations include Dennis Potter, Mary Doria Russell, Lynda La Plante, Neal Stephenson, and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Has more hopes than regrets, more cats than children, watches a lot of violent contact sport and is an unrepentant closet goth.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian on June 06, 2018

What we have here is a satisfying detective thriller with lashings of juicy conspiracy theory, all set in a future colony where a selection of humans had been dumped many decades before by mysterious alien invaders. Although it is a sequel to Sam Peters' From Darkest Skies, there was no problem comi......more

Goodreads review by Kate on April 28, 2018

Enjoyable sequel to the excellent From Darkest Skies, although perhaps a little repetitive and overlong. Magenta is a fantastically described planet and I loved the mystery of what it is that may be buried under one of Magenta's poles. Our hero Keon goes through quite a time of it... 3.5 stars. Revi......more

Goodreads review by Ailsa on March 22, 2020

I really enjoyed the first book in this series, so I was keen to see what happened in the sequel. Author Sam Peters didn't disappoint. Keon is the sort of officer who is determined to get to the truth of an incident. In this book, he gradually realises how big the powers he's trying to disagree with......more

Goodreads review by Ed on October 06, 2018

His wife died six years ago - blown up by a bomb on a train. Everybody knew she was a traitor. Then her husband goes back to work as an investigator on the planet Magenta. When his latest investigation keeps pointing back to people who had some kind of contact or interaction with his wife before her......more

Goodreads review by Louise on July 29, 2018

This book was cool! Easy, unputdownable sci fi detective story with fun characters. Now to read the first book in the series, then wait for the third.......more

Quotes

A true un-put-downable page turner. POPULAR SCIENCE

An entertaining piece of high-concept science fiction. FRIGHTFEST

A truly gripping novel with a mystery complex enough to keep me guessing to the end. SF CROWSNEST

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