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Six Wakes

Auteur(s): Mur Lafferty
Narrateur(s): Mur Lafferty
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 In this Hugo nominated science fiction thriller by Mur Lafferty, a crew of clones awakens aboard a space ship to find they're being hunted-and any one of them could be the killer.

Maria Arena awakens in a cloning vat streaked with drying blood. She has no memory of how she died. This is new; before, when she had awakened as a new clone, her first memory was of how she died.

Maria's vat is one of seven, each one holding the clone of a crew member of the starship Dormire, each clone waiting for its previous incarnation to die so it can awaken. And Maria isn't the only one to die recently. . .

Unlock the bold new science fiction thriller that Corey Doctorow calls Mur's "breakout book". Aventure Génie génétique Science-fiction Space opéra Techno-thrillers Thrillers et romans à suspense Fiction Technologie Interstellaire Suspense

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"Six Wakes is [Mur Lafferty's] breakout book."—Cory Doctorow
"This is one of the cleverest and most exciting murder mysteries I have ever read. The confined space of the colony ship Dormire is filled with feisty and memorably strange characters who bounce off one another in ways that vary from the comic to the horrific. You like ideas in your science fiction? Lafferty does for clones what Asimov did for robots. Six Wakes will keep you turning pages right up to its startling climax. Mur Lafferty scores in this, her best book!"—James Patrick Kelly, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards
"Mysterious and tense . . . . I wish I wrote this book."—New York Times bestselling author Chuck Wendig
"A taut, nerve-tingling, interstellar murder mystery with a deeply human heart."—NPR
"An exquisitely crafted puzzle box that challenges our thoughts on what it means to be human - Six Wakes is a scifi murder mystery of light speed intensity."—p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}span.s1 {font-kerning: none}New York Times bestselling author Scott Sigler
"Lafferty keeps the reader guessing and throws in just enough twists and turns to keep us on the edge of our seat . . . . I loved this book and am excited to read what Lafftery has in store for us next."—Barnes & Noble Science Fiction and Fantasy Blog
"Lafferty delivers a tense nail-biter of a story fueled by memorable characters and thoughtful worldbuilding. This space-based locked-room murder mystery explores complex technological and moral issues in a way that's certain to earn it a spot on award ballots."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Polished writing and a cast of characters who are emotionally on edge make this space adventure a compelling murder-mystery that takes its time revealing the details necessary for readers to rule out possible culprits. The suspense is kept at the forefront of this clever, politically charged tale."—RT Books Reviews
"Lafferty delivers the ultimate locked-room mystery combined with top-notch sf worldbuilding. The puzzle of who is responsible for the devastation on the ship keeps the pages turning."—Library Journal (starred review)
"This is a great book with so much going for it: clever structure, wonderful characters, and a fiendishly clever puzzle that you'll roll over in your mind for months after you close the covers."—BoingBoing
"AndThen There Were None meets Alien in this locked-room, SF-thriller, which grips you from the first scene in the frozen depths of space."—Mysterious Galaxy
"Six Wakes is engrossing and thoroughly satisfying, and Lafferty succeeds at both laying down a mystery and creating a stand-alone sci-fi novel."—Sword & Spaceships (Book Riot)
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If Richard K. Morgan and Agatha Christie had a literary baby, this would be it!

A very enjoyable mystery!

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I'd say the first 2/3rds if the book felt pretty slow and disjointed, tackling the perspective and remembered history of each crewmember separately in a way that didn't leave you feeling invested in the plot as a whole. But when the connections between them become clear, you find yourself truly caring for this group of people who have done horrible things and were honestly trying to do good and embark on a fresh start.

TLDR: It may take a while to really get into the story, but it's worth sticking around for.

Slow burn with satisfying finale

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So I finished the audiobook for Mur Lafferty's *Six Wakes*! It's a sort of sci-fi locked room murder mystery where a spaceship's small crew of six all wake up in their cloning bay to discover that they apparently died??? And are missing decades' worth of memories! So no one knows anything about each other, or who committed the murders... or if they themselves committed the murders... and their whole ship is sabotaged so no one knows what's going on.

I liked going into the beginning where, just like the characters, you're thrust into this random situation where everything is going wrong and know *nothing* about anyone or their possible motivations. It's tense watching them attempt to repair their ship to even survive, having to trust potential murderers they barely know, etc. etc.

My favourite parts were the flashbacks to the characters' lives before the spaceship, which had some fantastic world-building about what 'cloning' meant for everyone's lives and how they put up with it all. I think Lafferty had fun exploring the politics and ethics of cloning and how it worked, to the point where... unfortunately... the actual story ended up a disappointment.

Towards the end when everything to pieced together I was disappointed, like it ran out of steam and realized it needed a big final conflict but the 'present' crew and their predicament was the least interesting part of the story so I wasn't invested. Still a good listen, I'm a sucker for overly-invested sci-fi ethical bs, but I wish I cared more about the murders in this murder-mystery.

Cool sci-fi, ehhhh murder-mystery

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Murs mindmap has created a stunning work of awesome. I suggest buying this book immidiatly.

excellent

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