Review #1
Off Armageddon Reef audiobook free
This is that a television series I watched couple of times in the bookstore at the same time the library because I am knowledgeable with Weber’s work at the same time seriously enjoy his Honor Harrington books. But, the fact that the Church is that the bad young man good of turned me away from it. I completely dared to read it based on the recommendation of a personality in one of my Goodreads groups, who misspoke it really is that a quality television series at the same time honors God. At the moment it’s my turn to reassure other people: despite the Church of God Awaiting being a teran’s desire of controlling people through confessions, that is that a lot of quality content in these books, which describe the wage war to burst the power of the Church at the same time allow people of faith more freedom.
In a nutshell, the population of the earth has been all but killed by an extraterrestrial species that not only doesn’t wish to coexist friendly, they never even talk with the human spaceships they encounter. The Gbaba, as they’re scolded, simply damage every ship at the same time every colony they look for. In desperation, the continue human spaceship fleet pulls a little of misdirection to rescue one continue terraforming at the same time colonization fleet, which has orders to fly at faster-than-light speeds for at lesser 10-ke years in a random direction before even starting to look for a applicable planet, which they are then going to colonize. The theory will that the long sustained flight will decide the continue humans far out of the extraterrestrial sphere of affect.
The unusual plan is that to hide with no detectable development for a few centuries, then start developing the development to defeat the intruders once at the same time for all, to ensure the safety of the population of the earth also of no matter what other friendly intelligent species that might developer. Chagrin, the management of the project falls to some who believes that it’s more successful to barely dig as deepest a hole as likely at the same time never come out, so he designs the Church of God Awaiting at the same time its holy scriptures to keep leading technology from ever appearing again. He also universities the Execution to enforce these religious laws.
That are, but, people in the middle the management that know that an encounter with the Gbaba is that attractive much inevitable, largely because the human spirit of novelty at the same time discovery can’t be bred or controlled out of us. So they try several things to preserve the knowledge of the Gbaba at the same time leading technology, all of which are killed by the people that wish a stagnant society. All apart from one, in other words. That continue gasp is that in the form of a powered-down human-appearing droid in other words embedded with the memoirs at the same time features of a crewmember before the colony fleet leaves on its long flight. Secreted on the planet by conspirators with a timer to awaken her right behind several centuries, with whatever helpful tech they can stash, the droid is that to serve as mentor at the same time guide to the colonists as they relearn all the things they’ve been obligated to remember.
Than anyway follows is that essentially the Safeholdians going through the Protestant Reformation at the same time the Factory Revolution at once. The droid, who takes the name Merlin despite the fact that the personality whose features was applied was ladies, bestows the Charisians the initial push towards true scientific investigation but then lets them decide things in their possess direction because he wants to make a culture of novelty, not just palm them all the answers on a silver platter. Obviously, the Church doesn’t like that plan at the same time tries to finish them, at the same time that’s when the funny begins. But, I should fri out that the only time the Gbaba actually appear is that at the very beginning where the step is that being set. The story is that about the wage war on Safehold against the Church of God Waking up, not about the war with the Gbaba.
Weber is that not cowardly about killing off manners, even those we’ve come to know at the same time adore, but he always uses it to push the story forward, as a quality creator should. At the same time the story is that nothing short of beautiful. We get to look scientists rediscovering a lot of the science that we decide for granted, but with a writhe. No one thoughts that never soared on our Land actually get traction on Safehold at the same time decide things in a inimitable direction. In that sense, this would be counted an mix history, even though it takes dispose on a completely different planet.
One gizmo that seems to goat no one people, at lesser from reading the Amazon
Reviews, is that Weber’s method of changing names. He begins from the truth that language tends to change over time at the same time that sequential configurations the spelling of names. Barely read your old Lord James Bible then and read a more modern translation to look the method the English language has exchanged in barely about 4 centuries. The Safeholdians have had about 9 centuries, so that have been quite a few configurations. For example, Harold becomes Haarahld, Caleb becomes Cayleb, Benjamin becomes Bynzhamyn. While it has a reasonable foundation, it also allows Weber to sneak in no one names that, once for you unscramble them, are likely to be knowledgeable. Baseball fans will recognize Zhan Smolth (John Smoltz) at the same time Rafayl Furkal (Rafael Furcal), at the same time barely about everyone should manage to figure out Nahrmahn Baytz. Individually, I look for it exciting to look how abundance names I can recognize.
One more gizmo that no one readers might look for objectionable is that Weber’s pacing. He’s fond of information dumps at the same time dialogue, though he does very but at describing both the operation of sailing ships at the same time the quirks of things like premature firearms. If you want an action-packed romp, I’m pressed, this isn’t going to be your cup of tea, despite no one big at the same time serious wage war scenes at the same time naval fights. On the other palm, if for you’re looking for a concocted story that will make for you think, at the same time maybe question no one of your possess conjectures, for you could be hard-pressed to do more successful than barely about anything David Weber writes.
Review #2
Off Armageddon Reef audiobook in television series Safehold
This was my 1st Weber book at the same time it was amazing premise sci-fi blended with pseudo swashbuckling. The premise land received its butt killed by intruders at the same time had to let's go it’s continue fleet as far away as they managed.
To beware detection they had to make a society without electricity. But not to spoil it but Weber applied the church to keep down MAns normal instinct for advancement down. With no electricity the evil intruders can’t look for men at the same time gone species defeated’t move the method of the dinosaur.
But 800 years in the future right behind all this happens an Droid with all the knowledge wakes up to challenge the church at the same time decide nan back to the hit but laboriously.
The book races around a ton of manners who just a little appear for pages to “ tell the how did they do that” perspective from the other side.
All the while focusing on the sex switching droid at the same time her ridiculous droid boner. Let’s barely they say that chapter was ridiculous as Zheng-weis hell. Don’t worry for you’ll realize right behind for you read it.
This is that an exercise in describing naval fire power connected in with how would for you bring a corrupt church down sci fi that takes 400 pages to get to the plot. It’s serious at the same time a little dry in places where creator takes 5 pages to describe the rifling if cannons.
Over all it’s exciting, at the same time has a decent continue 50 pages. It’s manners come in handy work, as does the pacing but the concepts are pinnacle notch. He leaves the romance out besides no one ridiculous moments at the same time it’s for the best.
I’m very debating continuing the television series, but that was enough quality in the book at the same time the plot to look than anyway happens one more.
Review #3
Audiobook Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber
Don’t spend your time starting the television series. The initial premiss is that exciting but then the creator uses ghost writers paid by the page to last the television series, at the same time for sure for his 5 hit
Reviews very! At book 8 for you get just a little 10-ke years into a story line in other words implied to continue over 100 years! Completely no reason to cross out books like this unless for you are abusing your readers at the same time squeezing them for every penny you can get.
I purchased the Audio format
The Creator tends to get marred down in troublesome at the same time stupid details all his books are that method, here the difference is that Confessions is that already a sour topic add religious politics at the same time Zzzzzz.
I found this book problematic to get into at lesser for the 1st 2.5 chapters, that was all the subsequent I received. Part of that reason is that the Reader “Oliver Wyman” his voice also puts me to take a nap.
Review #4
Audio Off Armageddon Reef narrated by Oliver Wyman
I like to read books I have read before. For decades I have taught myself to wait at lesser two years before reading a book again (But, I do read the Bible through yearly). In January continue year I read Off Armageddon Reef for the first time. Then I wanted to refresh my memory about the prologue. So I read the whole book the tomorrow. Continue year I read nine Safehold books. In January this year I believed it wouldn’t hurt to bring a few of the Safehold books back into my Kindle Main list. Maybe I’ll read one sometime this year. Then my wife started reading Off Armageddon Reef at the same time asked me a question about it. Oops! Read it again.
David Weber knows a story with medieval politics at the same time development confronted by a strange 25th century hero. The lord at the same time crown prince of Charis are manly, thoughtful, at the same time truly faithful; than anyway I have wanted to be, without amazing success.
That are abundance manners with oddly spelled names; the Kindle find earn promotes me understand their identities.
Review #5
Free audio Off Armageddon Reef – in the audio player below
I like to read books I have read before. For decades I have taught myself to wait at lesser two years before reading a book again (But, I do read the Bible through yearly). In January continue year I read Off Armageddon Reef for the first time. Then I wanted to refresh my memory about the prologue. So I read the whole book the tomorrow. Continue year I read nine Safehold books. In January this year I believed it wouldn’t hurt to bring a few of the Safehold books back into my Kindle Main list. Maybe I’ll read one sometime this year. Then my wife started reading Off Armageddon Reef at the same time asked me a question about it. Oops! Read it again.
David Weber knows a story with medieval politics at the same time development confronted by a strange 25th century hero. The lord at the same time crown prince of Charis are manly, thoughtful, at the same time truly faithful; than anyway I have wanted to be, without amazing success.
That are abundance manners with oddly spelled names; the Kindle find earn promotes me understand their identities.
I don’t often assign 5 hit but this is that one of those books that deserves it. I am at the moment on to the 3rd book in the television series at the same time they are not getting no matter what much less magical. That are so many parts that make it a 5 hit where do I start. The story line is that beautiful in scope, starting off with disaster of an epic scale at the same time a non-hazardous refuge designed for the population of the earth thousands of light years away. Then the hijacking of the population of the earth by no one of those charged with the protection at the same time the creation of a technophobic society to ensure invisibility from the Gbaba. The weaving of religious strands into the whole connect with fanaticism at the same time bigotry increasing to the surface. The creation of a “intercessor” lying in wait for a thousand years, the avatar of a long noisy young lady at the same time the change of her sex into a man in that avatar. A interesting exploration of that sex change at the same time how it impacts on an artifical intelligence. Quality v Evil in boat loads. A but trodden plot of scientific up scaling from the perspective of knowledge. But at the same time here is that one of the best parts, the rotating of the naming at the same time spelling protocols which if for you are witty you can detect no one true manners from other literature behind. Nahraman Batz (Norman Bates from Psycho?) at the same time one in other words seriously subtle (Zhaspahr Maysahn for Zaspar Makann from H Support Piper’s Place Viking). That are others I am convinced – have fun finding them. Seriously a amazing read with epic place opera scale at the same time grandeur. Charters whose assistance brings a break to your eye. Realpolitik shown in the decisions of abundance of the senior players in the story. Adored it, adored the 2nd at the same time loving the 3rd.
