The Trove

Name: The Trove
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Tobias S. Buckell
ISBN: 9781980071747

Author: Tobias S. Buckell

Narrator: Jennette Selig

Unabridged: 5 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/17/2019

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

A new, science fiction adventure based on Treasure Island! Jane Hawkins lives on a floating space port where she tries to help her mothers run a failing inn. Every day she watches starships land from far-off places, bound for exotic adventures. But a new occupant under their roof is about to change everything. His name is Villem Osteonides. More machine than man, he's crewed aboard ships that sail through the universe faster than light. And he has a secret that will change Jane's life forever.

About Tobias S. Buckell

Called “violent, poetic, and compulsively readable” by Maclean’s, science fiction author Tobias S. Buckell is a New York Times bestselling writer born in the Caribbean. He grew up in Grenada and spent time in the British and US Virgin Islands, and these places influence much of his work. His Xenowealth series begins with Crystal Rain. Along with other stand-alone novels and his more than fifty stories, Tobias’s works have been translated into eighteen different languages. He has been nominated for such awards as the Hugo, Nebula, Prometheus, and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction Author. His latest original novels are Hurricane Fever, a follow-up to the successful Arctic Rising, which NPR says will “give you the shivers,” and the acclaimed Halo: Envoy. He currently lives in Ohio, with his wife, twin daughters, and a pair of dogs. He can be found online at TobiasBuckell.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Craig

A cool and cute and quite clever riff on Treasure Island, with some neat augmented-human ideas and a touch of steampunk and a female protagonist, Jane Hawkins. It's a quick read, true to the spirit of the original (the original original, that is, as the introduction explains), and appropriate for al......more

Goodreads review by KJ

Rounding up from 3.5. Fun retelling of Treasure Island in space, with a female protagonist and other interesting changes from the original. My only real complaint is that it needed a good copy-edit; I noticed a number of errors that distracted me from the story.......more

Goodreads review by Rachel

Tobias Buckell is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors and I'm excited to know he has a bunch of books I haven't yet read. The Trove was fantastic. A futuristic take on Treasure Island, the story is creepy good fun from page one. Jane Hawkins is a wonderful character, full of personality and......more

Goodreads review by Margaret

Treasure Island - in deep space no less! Author Tobias Buckell may have been inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale but the wonderful description of the cyborg riggers and the FTL stardrive (and the worldbuilding) are all Buckell! The main protagonist is young Jane Hawkins (Stevenson's boo......more

Goodreads review by Christopher

Full disclosure - I was a Kickstarter backer for this book. Having said that, I love it dearly. It's a re-telling of "Treasure Island," now in space. Yes Jim Hawkins is now Jane, but that's by far the least of the differences. Buckell goes full-bore on this one, with people more machine than human,......more