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Exile
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A shackled Earth, ruled by an unstoppable tyrant. An exiled son, and a one-way trip across the galaxy. A perfect world, their last hope for survival.
Vice admiral Isaac Gallant is the heir apparent to the First Admiral, the dictator of the Confederacy of Humanity. Unwilling to let his mother’s tyranny stand, he joins the rebellion and leads his ships into war against the might of his own nation.
Betrayal and failure, however, see Isaac Gallant and his allies captured. Rather than execute her only son, the First Admiral instead decides to exile them, flinging four million dissidents and rebels through a one-shot wormhole to the other end of the galaxy.
There, Isaac finds himself forced to keep order and peace as they seek out a new home without becoming the very dictator he fought against - and when that new home turns out to be too perfect to be true, he and his fellow exiles must decide how hard they are prepared to fight for paradise… against the very people who built it.
What the critics say
"A failed rebellion against a tyrannical space confederacy is exiled to a remote corner of the galaxy in this political space drama, the first full novel in Stewart’s Exile series (after the novella Ashen Stars). In the colonized cosmos of 2386, Isaac Gallant, the son of the dictatorial president of the interstellar Confederacy, is a high-ranking officer in the Confederacy fleet. He’s also secretly part of a rebellion against the Confederacy. Alongside rebellion leader Amelie Lestroud, a former movie star, Isaac helps to colonize a verdant planet. Moral dilemmas and political intrigue follow as they struggle to establish a new government on an idyllic world that might belong to someone else. Though there are few complicated relationships, the diverse cast of characters is refreshing, and Isaac and Amelie’s agonies over their growing romantic feelings are convincing. At the center of the story is the human will to adapt to new modes of existence. This fast-paced starfaring adventure succeeds with a thrilling mix of space battles and tender emotions." (Publishers Weekly)
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 2021-10-14
Fascinating premise
What a great start to a series. Such an original premise to a world. The author doesn't big the teaser down with backstory or needless technology description... just great dialogue, interesting characters and fantastic pacing. Great start to this series.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Langer MD
- 2022-12-18
Underwhelming
This intriguing SciFi colonization concept - criminals, malcontents, and rebels in an authoritative society rounded up and sent to Australia *ahem* 'Exilium' - unfortunately gets bogged down in mundane minutiae. Fleet Admiral 'Isaac Gallant' - conflicted son of the Pinochet-like dictator of the Terran systems - teams up with Action Film Actress/Rebel-Leader-cum-Colony-Governor 'Amalie Lestroud' to set up a scientifically-plausible, realistic off-world colony (testing soil samples for agricultural suitablity, holding contentious elections, establishing a functional economy, etc.).
That's not to say that such housekeeping is all that occurs in the story (there are a number of space battles, violent mutinies, criminal campaigns, and - eventually - a creditable "First Contact" encounter plotline, for example) - but Glynn Stewart's admittedly very well-conceived and well-written imaginings are largely buried in administrative detail.
Contributing to the "adequate" status of the book, JD Jackson turns in a decidedly below-average narration performance. Don't get me wrong.. his diction, timbre, and cadence are undeniably professional - and the technical support from Podium Audio is commendable - but Jackson reads far too slowly (setting playback speed at 1.20X is required to yield a natural-sounding result) and his voice-acting is noticeably subpar (female voices are particularly groanworthy).
Altogether, 'Exile' merits 7.5/10 stars. The audiobook is a reasonable distraction if you can get it as part of the 'Plus' initiative.. but - given how many quality SciFi options are available for your money - spending a Credit on it would be challenging to defend.
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