Empty Between The Stars
Stephen Hunt
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
It is the far future. The artificial intelligences created by humanity are now gods, and mankind mere ants who scrabble in their shadows across a million worlds.
The Lords of the Great Houses on the ever-night Moon of Hexator are suspected of the murder of one of their own. And merchant William Roxley, once a magistrate-priest, is unwillingly coopted to uncover the truth behind the killings.
With only the help of his naive young assistant and a brutish robot bodyguard, the man they call 'Sweet William' digs into the Moon's eerie existence. A collapsing society where many strange, terrible things are happening under night's unsettling cover.
Hexator is a place where nothing is what it seems, perhaps not even William Roxley himself!
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Stephen Hunt is the creator of the much-loved 'Far-called' series (Gollancz/Hachette), as well as the 'Jackelian' series, published across the world via HarperCollins alongside their other science fiction authors, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, and Ray Bradbury.
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REVIEWS
Praise for Stephen Hunt's novels:
‘Mr. Hunt takes off at racing speed.’
— THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
‘Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers.’
— TOM HOLT
‘All manner of bizarre and fantastical extravagance.’
— DAILY MAIL
‘Compulsive reading for all ages.’
— GUARDIAN
‘Studded with invention.’
— THE INDEPENDENT
‘An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.’
— THE TIMES
Duration - 7h 47m.
Author - Stephen Hunt.
Narrator - Digital Voice Alistair G.
Published Date - Monday, 20 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2024 Stephen Hunt ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. It is the far future. The artificial intelligences created by humanity are now gods, and mankind mere ants who scrabble in their shadows across a million worlds. The Lords of the Great Houses on the ever-night Moon of Hexator are suspected of the murder of one of their own. And merchant William Roxley, once a magistrate-priest, is unwillingly coopted to uncover the truth behind the killings. With only the help of his naive young assistant and a brutish robot bodyguard, the man they call 'Sweet William' digs into the Moon's eerie existence. A collapsing society where many strange, terrible things are happening under night's unsettling cover. Hexator is a place where nothing is what it seems, perhaps not even William Roxley himself! *** ABOUT THE AUTHOR Stephen Hunt is the creator of the much-loved 'Far-called' series (Gollancz/Hachette), as well as the 'Jackelian' series, published across the world via HarperCollins alongside their other science fiction authors, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, and Ray Bradbury. *** REVIEWS Praise for Stephen Hunt's novels: ‘Mr. Hunt takes off at racing speed.’ — THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ‘Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers.’ — TOM HOLT ‘All manner of bizarre and fantastical extravagance.’ — DAILY MAIL ‘Compulsive reading for all ages.’ — GUARDIAN ‘Studded with invention.’ — THE INDEPENDENT ‘An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.’ — THE TIMES Duration - 7h 47m. Author - Stephen Hunt. Narrator - Digital Voice Alistair G. Published Date - Monday, 20 January 2025. Copyright - © 2024 Stephen Hunt ©.
Language:
English
Dedication
Duration:00:00:43
Introduction
Duration:00:00:17
CHAPTER ONE Epi-Log. As prologue.
Duration:00:00:51
CHAPTER TWO Difficult. Arrivings.
Duration:00:40:23
CHAPTER THREE The Blitz of Blez.
Duration:00:04:31
CHAPTER FOUR Alice. Curiouser.
Duration:00:26:21
CHAPTER FIVE Trouble. And strife.
Duration:00:14:52
CHAPTER SIX Watched.
Duration:00:19:09
CHAPTER SEVEN Fast to the feast.
Duration:00:32:29
CHAPTER EIGHT Rebel. Rebel.
Duration:00:08:13
CHAPTER NINE Dangerous waters.
Duration:00:08:48
CHAPTER TEN Hot rain.
Duration:00:09:45
CHAPTER ELEVEN Moths.
Duration:00:22:33
CHAPTER TWELVE Networks.
Duration:00:34:13
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Eclectic lie.
Duration:00:05:21
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Spores and spice. All things nice.
Duration:00:07:51
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Rolling dice.
Duration:00:09:49
CHAPTER SIXTEEN Deep trouble.
Duration:00:34:14
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Corpses and comets.
Duration:00:15:23
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Renewal.
Duration:00:06:37
CHAPTER NINETEEN Death. From above.
Duration:00:05:53
CHAPTER TWENTY Such stuff as dreams.
Duration:00:03:32
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE A Lord's library.
Duration:00:14:01
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Trabbs.
Duration:00:10:28
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE For a Muse of Fire.
Duration:00:03:09
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Consignor.
Duration:00:17:40
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Escape.
Duration:00:06:00
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX First. As farce.
Duration:00:05:34
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Second. As tragedy.
Duration:00:11:11
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT Marriage gifts.
Duration:00:20:38
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE Ink-black shadows.
Duration:00:11:41
CHAPTER THIRTY Dragon's teeth.
Duration:00:11:16
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE Evolution. In action.
Duration:00:13:41
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO The Lady's answer.
Duration:00:20:02
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE Sublime in the slime
Duration:00:10:18
Bye
Duration:00:00:27