Hels Eight, Stark Holborn
Hels Eight, Stark Holborn
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Hel's Eight

Author: Stark Holborn

Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella, Petrea Burchard

Unabridged: 9 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/22/2024

Synopsis

Ten Low and her ragtag comrades take on an ultra-rich tycoon who owns entire planets in this high-octane clash of law and lawlessness across the stars, for fans of Gideon the Ninth, Anne Leckie and Becky Chambers.Who controls the future, controls it all …Ten “Doc” Low is a medic with a dark past, riding the wastes of the desert moon Factus, dispensing medicine to the needy and death to those who cross the laws of the mysterious Seekers. Cursed by otherworldly forces, she stays alone to keep herself safe, and to keep others safe from her …But when she experiences a terrifying vision of conflict and the deaths of those she once called friends, she must drag herself back to the land of the living to stop a war before it begins. With rebellion brewing, the Accord’s grip on the Outer Moons weakening and a sinister tycoon buying up all land in sight, Ten must find allies where she can and face the past in order to save the future. The cost will be greater than she could ever have imagined …A wild, adrenaline-packed, whip-smart crash of storytelling and shoot-outs, ideal for fans of Becky Chambers’ Wayfarers and Alex White’s Salvagers.

About Stark Holborn

Stark Holborn is a novelist, games writer, film reviewer, and the author of Nunslinger and Triggernometry and has worked on games and interactive fiction such as Shadow of Doubt and Mars 2020. Stark lives in the South West UK.

About Nicol Zanzarella

Nicol Zanzarella is an Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator and a theater and television actress. She has appeared in productions of Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, The Winter’s Tale, Cousin Bette, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, and many others.

About Petrea Burchard

Petrea Burchard grew up in northern Illinois, where farm meets university, making her a townie with a love for animals, nature, and books. She started reading as soon as she figured out how and has been an actor since she could get anyone to pay attention. Petrea's stage experience covers everything from Second City comedy to Shakespeare, and her resume includes television, film, and voice-over work. Petrea earned a bachelor's degree in creative writing with a double minor in theater and French. Along with numerous articles and short stories she has published a time-slip novel, Camelot & Vine, and a book of comic essays, Act As If: Stumbling Through Hollywood with Headshot in Hand, about being a journeyman actor in Hollywood. When she's not narrating audiobooks in her Los Angeles home studio, Petrea loves to travel. But a hike in the mountains with her husband and their pit bull, Melly, is as good as a weekend in Paris.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Frasier on February 02, 2023

What’s your favourite sequel? The Empire Strikes Back? The Godfather Part 2? T2: Judgement Day? The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly? One thing that all those classic sequels hold in common is this: they don’t just add to what happens after the events of the original story — they add to what came before.......more

Goodreads review by Oliver on September 05, 2024

Review of the Factus Sequence on YouTube: [URL not allowed] Another fun, gripping, rousing sci fi western from Stark Holborn. There’s just a vibe to these books that I dig completely. This is the second (Ten Low being the first) but they can be read as standalones. They’re well imagined, a......more

Goodreads review by Tammy on March 30, 2023

4.5 stars The nitty-gritty: An excellent sequel, Hel's Eight brings readers more of Ten Low's desolate and dangerous desert setting and larger than life characters, with just the right balance of action and emotion. Last year I read Stark Holborn’s Ten Low and loved it, and I’m so happy that the autho......more

Goodreads review by Runalong on March 25, 2023

A brilliant and even better sequel to Ten Low (though can be read as a standalone) weird SF and a touch of cosmic horror with all the pace of Fury Road. Mysterious and compelling I absolutely loved it Full review - [URL not allowed]......more

Goodreads review by S. Naomi on April 02, 2023

My rating : 4.5 of 5 stars Another excellent outing for 'Doc' Ten Low on the moon of Factus. This one is at least as good as the first one, though less Dune and more cosmic horror this time round. There are a few unresolved plot points at the end of the book, so it feels like there might be another c......more

Quotes

“Series fans and new readers alike will eat this up.” Publishers Weekly

“A real brutal tour de force, pulse pounding action and eye-opening ideas.” Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time

“Sharp, addictive, tightly-paced, with every word in the right place.” Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat and The Gospel of Loki

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