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Daughter of Eden

Dark Eden, Book 3

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Daughter of Eden

By: Chris Beckett
Narrated by: Imogen Church
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Angie Redlantern is the first to spot the boats - five abreast, with men in metal masks and spears standing proud, ready for the fight to come. As the people of New Earth declare war on the people of Mainground, a dangerous era has dawned for Eden. After generations of division and disagreement, the two populations of Eden have finally broken their tentative peace, giving way to bloodshed and slaughter.

Angie must flee with her family across the pitch black of Snowy Dark to the place where it all started, the stone circle where the people from Earth first landed, where the story of Gela - the mother of them all - began. It is there that Angie witnesses the most extraordinary event, one that will change the history of Eden forever. It will alter their future and reshape their past. It is both a beginning and an ending. It is the true story of Eden.

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"The Eden trilogy is a remarkable achievement: with wit, insight and invention Beckett has imagined a scientific Genesis not just about a society, but about the culture and myths that sustain it. It is both politically astute and theologically compelling." (The Guardian)
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This has the slowest start of the Eden trilogy, but it plays the long game, and develops its themes superbly. What brings the characters and story to life is one of the best solo performances, by Imogen Church, I have heard.

Brilliant rendition of a brilliant story

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Disappointing after the first two books. The third book seemed to spend an age going nowhere.

i enjoyed the thought provoking look at the origin of religion and the cognative dissonance, but it's very repetitive and i didn't take to the main characters quite like the previous books.

A bit repetitive!

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A decent finish to the Eden trilogy, still full of interesting characters and thought-provoking themes but, unfortunately, as an audiobook, it is rather let down by the narrator. Her accents were inconsistent, acting often over done, and the choices made about which accents to use were, at best, lacking cohesion with the earlier books and, at worst, a bit socially dubious. In a world where previously everyone had an accent stemming from the UK, all of a sudden (only ten years on from the previous book), there was a whole host of different accents and the choices of which to use for which group were worrisomely cliched (for instance a small tribal group sounding like some stereotypical assumption of an African accent). There were whole sections of the book where I was so distracted by the narration that I was focused on it rather than the book's content.

All in all, I'd say it's still worth a listen if you want to finish the series but haven't the time to read the book, but if you do have time, perhaps you'd enjoy it more (and get more from it) by reading it yourself.

Unfortunately let down by the narration...

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Rarely is science fiction so good at exploring who we are and why we do what we do. Excellent narrative and wonderful narration. The first two books were fantastic and I almost wanted to leave Eden there, but I'm very pleased to have gone back one last time. :)

Excellent conclusion to the series

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Rarely do I listen to 3 books in a series back to back, but I couldn’t resist. The wisdom and the stories are compelling. Great narration too.

Fascinating, amazing and addictive

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