Ninth City Burning, J. Patrick Black
Ninth City Burning, J. Patrick Black
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Ninth City Burning

Author: J. Patrick Black

Narrator: Suzanne Elise Freeman, Lincoln Hoppe, Ryan Gesell, Johnathan McClain, Mike Chamberlain, Susan Hanfield, Ariadne Meyers

Unabridged: 21 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 09/06/2016


Synopsis

For fans of Red Rising, Starship Troopers, and Ender’s Game comes an explosive, epic science fiction debut...

We never saw them coming. 

Entire cities disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving nothing but dust and rubble. When an alien race came to make Earth theirs, they brought with them a weapon we had no way to fight, a universe-altering force known as thelemity. It seemed nothing could stop it—until we discovered we could wield the power too.

Five hundred years later, the Earth is locked in a grinding war of attrition. The talented few capable of bending thelemity to their will are trained in elite military academies, destined for the front lines. Those who refused to support the war have been exiled to the wilds of a ruined Earth.

But the enemy's tactics are changing, and Earth's defenders are about to discover this centuries-old war has only just begun. As a terrible new onslaught looms, heroes will rise from unlikely quarters, and fight back.

About The Author

J. Patrick Black has worked as a bartender, a small-town lawyer, a home builder, and a costumed theme-park character, all while living a secret double life as a fiction writer. While fiction is now his profession, he still finds occasion to ply his other trades as well. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts, where he likes to visit the ocean. Ninth City Burning is his first novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Justine on February 10, 2017

A very solid and creative military SF novel. The book is written using multiple points of view from at least half a dozen different characters. Black does a great job of giving each of the characters very distinct voices, reflecting huge differences in personalities and backgrounds. There are some pa......more

Goodreads review by Liviu on January 07, 2025

Una din cele mai intersante și mai complexe opere SF citite vreodată și probabil cea mai dificilă traducere de care m-am lovit până acum. Ne aflăm la cinci sute de ani în viitor și omenirea se luptă de cinci secole cu o rasă de extratereștri care se folosește de o știință asemănătoare cu magia, numi......more

Goodreads review by Anthony on June 17, 2016

Set in a post-catastrophe future Earth where alien invasion has unleashed power of magic J Patrick Black's Ninth City Burning is a finely crafted and original science fantasy epic full of wonder and spectacle. Highly recommended.......more

Goodreads review by Alissa on March 03, 2017

I admit I didn't even read the blurb of this book, I chose it purely out of Justine's review and recommendation. It simply panned out great! I'm not even a sci-fi reader, I usually prefer my fantasy technology-free, thank you very much. But the idea of "military science fantasy, no alpha tendencies......more

Goodreads review by Brent on September 29, 2019

This book is a lot of things all at once. It blends Science Fiction and Fantasy while splitting the difference between YA and 'regular' writing. Instead of having one angsty teen protagonist, Black introduces multiple viewpoint characters, who thankfully go light on the overwrought teen-drama that ma......more


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Praise for Ninth City Burning
 
"Grabbed my attention from the first page—fresh and un-put-downable. An intriguing cocktail of science fiction, fantasy, and military adventure stirred into something new and satisfying."—Patricia Briggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fire Touched
 
“A finely crafted and original science-fantasy epic full of wonder and spectacle. Highly recommended.”—Anthony Ryan, New York Times bestselling author of The Waking Fire
 
“Ninth City Burning is simultaneously an epic fantasy, a science fiction adventure, a coming of age story, and a delight.” —Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of A Red Rose Chain
 
“Fans of Ender, Harry Potter, Starship Troopers, and manga-style armored mobile suits will find Black’s debut the perfect ticket to a fantastic new world…This thrilling kickoff to an action-packed series will appeal to those who enjoy science fiction mixed with fantasy.” –Booklist
 
“Black is a fresh new voice who pays respect to the classics of SF in this enjoyable adventure debut…Given this strong foundation, readers can expect more thrilling adventures from this new author.”—Publishers Weekly
 
"Ninth City Burning is an intense, complex, engrossing story, a tale of multiple lives intersecting… Fans of both fantasy and science-fiction will want to keep an eye out for the next, and the next… "—Jean Johnson, national bestselling author of The Terrans