Seven Surrenders

By: Ada Palmer

Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith

The second book of Terra Ignota, a political SF epic of extraordinary audacity

In a future of near-instantaneous global travel, of abundant provision for the needs of all, a future in which no one living can remember an actual war, a long era of stability threatens to come to an abrupt end.

For known only to a few, the leaders of the great Hives, nations without fixed location, have long conspired to keep the world stable, at the cost of just a little blood. A few secret murders, mathematically planned. So that no faction can ever dominate, and the balance holds. And yet the balance is beginning to give way.

Mycroft Canner, convict, sentenced to wander the globe in service to all, knows more about this conspiracy the than he can ever admit. Carlyle Foster, counselor, sensayer, has secrets as well, and they burden Carlyle beyond description. And both Mycroft and Carlyle are privy to the greatest secret of all: Bridger, the child who can bring inanimate objects to life.

Shot through with astonishing invention, Seven Surrenders is the next movement in one of the great SF epics of our time.

©2017 Ada Palmer (P)2017 Recorded Books

Complex Story Continues

The complexity of this series deserves a 're-read' at some point but the story line became more comprehensible and somewhat action packed in conclusion.
Smith is a great narrator handling the nuances and many characters a bit better than Mays (who is great also) in the first half.

Absolutely incredible

I stumbled across this series from a booktuber and have been astounded from the first sentence. This is the book series I didn’t realize I was looking for until I found it. In this Ada Palmer has truly achieved something remarkable and I cannot wait to see how the rest of the series unfolds.

Egad!

Wonderful! Possibly the single best series of speculative fiction I've ever read. Utterly different from my other top picks, but definitely jostling for #1.

The change in narrators is jarring, but give yourself time to adjust. Smith brings a nuance to the performance that I don't remember being present in Mays, though both are excellent. #NearFuture #Mindbending #LGBTQIA+ #Tagsgiving #Sweepstakes

hang on until chapter 3!

The narrator shift is jarring and the first chapter is difficult to endure. The story is worth the struggle. By chapter three everything feels alright.

An extraordinary series, but narration falters.

With all due respect to Mr. Smith, please bring back Jefferson Mays to narrate the final chapter!

A masterpiece.

For me, a life long lover of the sheer originality and depth that can come out of the SF genre, this will be one of those series that I come back to again and again throughout my life.

An engaging story, fully-fleshed characters, a utterly unique and deep world, and the most complex and directly astounding first-person perspective and thematic presentation style I've read.

Whatever you do next, Madam Palmer, I will be an eager reader for life.

I was slightly disappointed they'd switched narrators between the books, but by an hour in I was already sold on Smith. Make sure you read Too Like the Lightning first!

Excellent!

Surpassed the 1st book. Makes me want to read Voltaire/Diderot/etc! I was sad about the new reader but he grew on me.

Horrible narrator and now I don't want to finish

I tried. I tried for more than half the book to give this narrator a chance. His performance is horrible and I can't bring myself to finish it, especially knowing the final book is also narrated by him. His accents are horrible except for French. He nails that and all others sound muddled and change as he goes. Sniper's voice sounds like a whine - strange for a person who has captivated fans all over the world. J.E.D.D. Mason's voice is worst of all. Yeah, he's supposed to be weird - but he isn't a robot and that's all this sounds like. The toy soldiers are intolerable.

I love this story and I really tried to make it through but I can't. I will finish it in print. Stay away from this narration. It ruins the story.

Abysmal narration

Like others have said more elegantly than myself: great story, but had to buy the print version to continue due to narrator. I kept getting confused as to who was speaking or narrating because the voices were all very similar. I found him just hard to understand in general. It is a shame because Mays had done such a fantastic job bringing Too Like The Lightening to life. My advice: save your credit and get a text copy.

A great follow up to Too Like the Lightning

A different reader was something to get used to but it is done very well.
The story itself reveals many of the mysteries put forth in the first book. You might actually want to reread the first book so can enjoy all background and reveals in Seven Surrenders.
Really looking forward to more books in this series no matter who reads it!