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Radiant Star

By: Ann Leckie
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
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Space opera's sharpest mind returns to the world of the Imperial Radch in this brilliant standalone from
award-winning author Ann Leckie.

The Temporal Location of the Radiant Star has always been a source of both conflict and hope for the people of Ooioiaa. However, the imperial Radch see it only as an inconvenience, an antiquated religious site soon to be absorbed into their own, superior culture. But local politics is complicated, and the Radch have made one last concession: One last man will be allowed to join the mummified bodies in the temporal location to become a "living saint".

But this one decision will ripple out to affect every part of the city. Amidst a slowly worsening food shortage, riots, and a communication blackout from the rest of the Radch Empire, a religious savant will entertain visions of his own sainthood, a socialite will discover zer comfortable life upended, and a young man sold into servitude will find unlikely escape.©2026 Ann Leckie (P)2026 Little, Brown Book Group Limited First Contact Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera
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Adjoa and Ann are the dream team. I love these audiobooks. They combine to make the word building utterly convincing

Another brilliant book by Ann Leckie

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Hearing Adjoa Andoh narrate this was a huge pleasure - she's a fantastic actress and brings every character to life. She is wonderfully suited to Leckie's transgressive, thought provoking and socially complex prose.

This is an excellent standalone work in the same setting as Ancillary Justice - absolutely comprehensible and entertaining if you haven't read the others, though perhaps more fun with the cultural context from the other works in the setting. It combines some fascinating fictional theology and politics with an Austen-style comedy of manners set in high society on a frozen transient planetoid, at the moment of a crisis of colonisation and religion.

Great listening and has inspired me to go back and read the other books again!

Great performance from an amazing actress

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