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Ymir

Written by: Rich Larson
Narrated by: Alan Medcroft
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Publisher's Summary

A gripping, far-future retelling of Beowulf from an award-winning author, perfect for fans of Richard K. Morgan.

Yorick never wanted to see his homeworld again. He left Ymir two decades ago, with half his face blown off and no love lost for the place. But when his employer's mines are threatened by a vicious alien machine, Yorick is shipped back home to hunt it.

All he wants is to do his job and get out. Instead, Yorick is pulled into a revolution brewing beneath Ymir's frozen surface, led by the very last person he wanted to see again—the brother who sent him off in pieces twenty years ago.

©2022 Rich Larson (P)2022 Orbit
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What the critics say

“Endlessly inventive, richly textured, and pricked with poignant beauty. If Alien met Neuromancer, and the mutant progeny was birthed in the amniotic fluid of pure myth, Ymir would be the result.”—Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Hugo and Locus finalist
"[Ymir] hurtles forward at dizzying speeds on an engine of jagged gorgeous writing. I adored Yorick, with his broken heart and his bad attitude and worse decisions...I ached with every twist and turn of his hideous beautiful journey."
-Sam J Miller, Nebula-award-winning author of Blackfish CitySam J. Miller, Nebula award-winning author of Blackfish City
“Sci-fi thriller at its ice-cold coolest... Propulsive, terrifying, and human.”—Tamsyn Muir, New York Times best-selling author of the Locked Tomb series

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Brilliance in a dystopian nightmare

Rich Larson's story carries you along with it's (gel-)fleshed-out characters that are well rounded and well realized. Alan Medcroft's narration then elevates Larson's words - Medcroft's pacing, characterization (especially of Yuric), and his vocal magnetism keep the listener marching along with the beats of the story, guiding the listener and ensuring that they feel every wound or barb suffered by the characters without ever over-emphasizing or distracting from the well-crafted book.

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