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Brightness Falls from the Air

By: James Tiptree
Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
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They have gathered now on Damien and are about to witness the last rising of a man-made nova. They are 16 humans in a distant world about to be enveloped by an eruption of violence - horror and murder, oddly complemented by a bizarre, unforgiving love. But justice is not all that they’re about to find. Judgment is coming, and the 16 unsuspecting ones are on the threshold of the murdered star.

©1985 James Tiptree, Jr. (P)2020 Audible, Inc. Adventure Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Time Travel
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The writing was ok. I just could not get excited about the characters. Someone else might be captivated by the story anyway.

Brightness Falls from the Air

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A graver dream of jumbled logic and scenes. A war worth substance is guarded by three random people? Who happen to include the killer of a species… whose stars death wave is sweeping across this planet…. Just at the time when the last member of the dead race happens to find a way into the planet as an assassin. Oh and unpredictable time waves just do random stuff? And then there is torture for drugs and acceptable child porn being produced by a group on the planet? Just WTF?!?

Torture and child porn

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I have always loved this book. Great listen, great performance. just love it. love unconventional stories with less than happy endings

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