The Rebirths of Tao

Tao, Book 3

By: Wesley Chu

Narrated by: Mikael Naramore

Alien spies, bloody politics, and apocalyptic world war action in this stunning conclusion to the Lives of Tao trilogy.

Five years have passed since the events in The Deaths of Tao. The world is split into pro-Prophus and pro-Genjix factions and is poised on the edge of a devastating new world war. A Genjix scientist who defects to the other side holds the key to preventing bloodshed on an almost unimaginable scale.

With the might of the Genjix in active pursuit, Roen is the only person who can help him save the world, and the Quasing race, too. And you thought you were having a stressful day....

©2015 Wesley Chu (P)2015 Audible, Ltd

Good fun

The Rebirths of Tao is good but the interactions with Cam/Tao didn’t feel as natural or funny as the ones with Roen. The book is again a good mix of action and development and is a fun ride which really advanced the story of the Quasing leaving the next chapter in the story open for an interesting twist. As before the story is well written and I can’t wait for the next in the series!

The narrator does a great job he really ads to the enjoyment of the story. His accents and voice differences are great.

If you read and liked the previous two, read this

Read: The Rebirths of Tao (book 3) by Wesley Chu.

I'll make this simple, if you read the previous two books in the trilogy and liked them, then read this. You won't be disappointed.

The next two paragraphs contain spoiler for the previous books.
The world is a very different place due to the events from book 2. Humans now know of the alien's Quasing existence and their influence on human history. The Tan family is running an underground railroad to shuttle refuge aliens and their hosts that are being hunted by the United States government. Despite this Roen and Jill try to give their teenage son a 'normal' childhood. But when your a host to Tao, are being trained as a martial arts master and secret agent, being normal ain't easy. He also has learnt know how to talk to girls.

It references side effect of Roen now being separated from Tao but I wished it explored it more. The teenage boy hitting puberty with a girl moments are eye rolling but Tao's observations adds humour making it not so bad.

More points of views than the previous books but narrow focus, no globe trotting. Staying to the family brings more emotional stakes and has touching father-son moments.

It a satisfying ending to the trilogy while leaving the door wide open for it to turn into a series. Still page turning, action thriller with bond like villains with evil master plans and lairs.

loved it.

An amazing. listen from start to finish. There's not much I would change about this, and now I'm even more interested in seeing what comes next.

Epic

just straight up EPIC. An amazing story throughout all the books of these series, indeed

Want to believe! Why not?

I believe that this mix of fact & fiction could be more fact... or maybe it's wishful thinking. A great "listen"!