Iron Gods, Andrew Bannister
Iron Gods, Andrew Bannister
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Iron Gods
A Novel of the Spin

Author: Andrew Bannister

Narrator: Caitlin Davies

Unabridged: 10 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/30/2019


Synopsis

From Andrew Bannister, author of Creation Machine, comes Iron Gods--another thrilling, heart-in-mouth new science fiction audiobook of the Spin.

In the depths of space, a beacon has awakened. And an ancient technology has begun to stir. As its memory returns, with it comes a terrifying knowledge—a grave warning about the future of the Spin that has been concealed for ten thousand years.

Ten thousand years after the events of Creation Machine, the Spin is in decline and the beleaguered slave economy of the Inside is surrounded by rebel civilizations. A group of escapees from the vast forced-labor unit known as the Hive have stolen the last of the Inside's ancient warships and woken it from an enforced trance that had lasted for millennia. And someone has destroyed a planet that didn't exist, and halfway across the Spin, something has gone wrong with the sky.

About Andrew Bannister

Andrew Bannister grew up in Cornwall. After initial feints towards music and engineering, he eventually studied Geology at Imperial College, London, and went to work in the North Sea oilfields before becoming an Environmental Consultant.Andrew is an active volunteer, focusing on children with special educational needs. He is currently the Vice Chair of Special Olympics Leicestershire and Rutland.He has always written and been a voracious reader. He has now discovered that writing science fiction, like his Spin Trilogy (Creation Machine, Iron Gods, Stone Clock) is at least as enjoyable as reading it, but takes longer.

About Caitlin Davies

Caitlin Davies is a New York City-based actor and audiobook narrator. Davies specializes in audiobooks for teens and young adults, including the House of Night series by P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast. She has performed in New York and regional theaters and is a member of the WorkShop Theater Company in New York City. She has a bachelor's degree from Vassar College, and has studied acting at the Eugene O'Neill National Institute, the British American Drama Academy, the Barrow Group, and Brown University/ Trinity Rep.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark

So, here’s the sequel to another of last year’s surprises – the first novel, Creation Machine, was one of my ‘surprisingly good’ reads – one I enjoyed much, much more than I was expecting. It made my best of 2016 list at the end of the year. Like Creation Machine, Iron Gods takes place in The Spin, a......more

Goodreads review by Kate

A fascinating universe.......more

Goodreads review by V.K.

Not sure whether this book is about something. It is entertaining to read and is somewhat resembling of Banks - its large artificial structure setting, its ships with funny names, and at times the style. It is nice read but one should not ask too many questions about it in order to enjoy it.......more

Goodreads review by Liviu

extremely disappointing after a very strong start; only the still interesting Spin universe kept me from giving it one star as the prose and characters just are bad in this one......more


Quotes

Praise for Iron Gods

“A worthy successor to the potential realized in Creation Machine.”—SFF World

With Bannister's debut novel, Creation Machine, we seemed to have struck a nugget of SF gold. With Iron Gods our luck continues and it seems that with this new author we may well have found a vein of the stuff.”—Concatenation

Praise for Creation Machine


“Ambitious, compulsively readable.”—Guardian

“A beautiful space opera.”—SciFi Now

“Great action . . . enjoyable and accessible.”—SF Book Reviews

“A colorful debut that conjures up the same kind of gnarly, lurid weirdness that made Iain M. Banks' SF epics so memorable.”—SFX

“A thrilling debut . . . delivers in spades.”—SFF World

“An impressive debut. This is space opera on steroids."”—Robert J. Sawyer, author of Quantum Night

“An excellent read that ticked the boxes for me.”—Neal Asher

“Fast-paced, intelligent SF, action-packed, and immersive.”—Adrian Tchaikovsky

“Ancient, brooding technologies . . . Renegade slaves in a stolen starships . . . In Bannister’s hands space opera lives on, gaudy and brutal and glorious. The Spin Doctor is back.” —Stephen Baxter, award-winning sf author of The Time Ships