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To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

Auteur(s): Christopher Paolini
Narrateur(s): Jennifer Hale
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"Narrator Jennifer Hale's outstanding performance brings this story of alien invasion to life.... Hale's range of differentiation is masterly as she animates all the quirky characters Kira meets. From the rough, snarky slang of ex-military woman to the half-mad musings of a human 'ship mind,' every unique voice enhances the listening experience." (AudioFile magazine, Earphones Award winner)

This program includes an afterword read by Christopher Paolini, as well as a bonus conversation between Christopher Paolini and Jennifer Hale.

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a brand new epic novel from New York Times best-selling author Christopher Paolini.

This program is read by Jennifer Hale, a Canadian American actress and singer who has appeared in hundreds of cartoon episodes and taken on roles in well over 185 video games, winning multiple awards. Her varied roles include Commander Shepard in Mass Effect, Rosalind Lutece in BioShock Infinite, Cinderella in both games and animation, Kronika in MK11, Naomi Hunter in the Metal Gear series, several roles in The Powerpuff Girls, Justice League, Avengers Assemble, the Emmy Award-winning Lost in Oz, Jean Grey/Phoenix in both games and animated series, and dozens more. This is her first audiobook.

Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds.

Now she's awakened a nightmare.

During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she's delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move.

As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. First contact isn't at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human.

While Kira faces her own horrors, Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation. Now, Kira might be humanity's greatest and final hope....

Barnes & Noble Best New Books of the Year - 2020
Goodreads Choice Awards - 2020
Amazon.com Best Books of the Year - 2020
NYPL Best Books of the Year - 2020

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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I absolutely loved the main protagonist. Within a very short time I felt I knew her, I understood how she perceived the univers and how she was affected by what was happening to her. I could feel and understand her fear, confusion, curiosity and happiness. In this story, the author has created a truly compelling, multi-faceted, and well rounded character. The supporting characters are similarly constructed. Even though they are mostly sci-fi stock (the space marine, the roughing, rouge smuggler, etc) they are still complex and distinct. They do a fine job moving the story along.

If your looking for the “sci” part of sci-fi, you will not be disappointed. Though the technology and theory behind it are not centre-stage, they are extensively developed (there is an appendix that dives deeper into it) and most definitely add to the story.

However.
At more than thirty hours, this book was longer than it had to be. One of the author’s Eragon books was of similar length but it was required to tell the story, nothing there was padding the runtime, so to speak. This book however, felt stretched out. The episodic adventures started to feel repetitive and I think a few crises could have been left out and not only would the story not suffer, but it would feel far more fluid. I think that twenty-five hours could have told the story better.

Notwithstanding this, I very much enjoyed this book and am looking forward to seeing what Christopher Paolini comes up with next.

A captivating adventure. But...

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The pacing was somewhat erratic, but overall easy to follow.

Excellent narrator. In depth world building. Phenomenal characters.

I liked it

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kind of mid story, but worth a listen for fans of science fiction. that is all

decent

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Christopher Paolini is an amazing author, wether it’s Sci-Fi or fantasy his stories are compelling! Jennifer Hale does a great job of narrating and drawing you into the book! Highly recommend, I don’t normally put a review but this book was so good it got me too!

Amazing book

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Ive read all of Christopher Paolini books. I only wish I started reading these 10 years in the future so I would not have to wait for his next book, Thank you !

Great book Mr Paolini , and Jennifer Hale is wonderful!

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I'm usually not a huge sci-fi person but this story was incredible! Paolini did a phenomenal job at creating a captivating tale and it was brought to life so thoroughly by Hale.

A Thrilling Tale!

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It was a pretty alright space novel, I can think of others I would have preferred to listen to. It took guts to go in a completely different direction for Paolini, and it turned out alright. He also doesn't write women too poorly so props for that.

it was alright

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The fact that he was able to write an amazing story that feels futuristic, has great characters and has the tech based around real science was incredible. He didn't use fantastical things to explain away anything, nor did he use common tropes imo. Everything he did made it feel like we could grasp these technologies is the future. This book made me feel conflicted about our future as an intergalactic race, but also hopeful that we won't lose our humanity. Jennifer did fantastic at capturing the essence and emotions of the differing characters while not going over the top! Thank you Christopher and Jennifer for expanding my mind! I will definitely recommend 🙏

Great story, lovable characters, and grounded in real scientific theories. Incredible!

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Firstly this is not my usual genre OR length of book. I certainly would not have read it in the traditional sense. I can not believe this was Jennifer’s first audio book and that she did over 50 characters! And did them so incredibly well!!! The story itself is immense, and technical yes but so much story to back it up! The characters were all amazing and each SO different, SO incredible. Just amazing or else I’ll go on and on!!!

SO much to share!!

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To Sleep in a Sea of Stars starts incredibly strong. The story is captivating and the narration excellent, but the complexity builds to near unmanageable levels. Is there a word for the opposite of synergy? When the whole is less than the sum of the parts? I think Mr. Paolini has tried to do too much, and it would have been better to simplify a little, not shorten the story and not attempt to cover the content in a longer format; but rather surgically prune to perfection.

I typically listen to novels while I do my chores, and am most productive when I get a story I can't quit. That was the case with To Sleep in a Sea of Starts for the first 12 or so hours - the house was very clean. But, admittedly, I am writing this review with probably 5 hours left. I do plan on finishing it, and while still enjoyable, it's not quite as compelling as the start.

Near perfection. But not too near.

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