Far from the Light of Heaven

Name: Far from the Light of Heaven
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Tade Thompson
ISBN: 9781549136559

Author: Tade Thompson

Narrator: Clifford Samuel

Unabridged: 9 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 10/26/2021

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

“Simultaneously brutally grounded and wildly imaginative.” —Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke Award winner

A tense and thrilling vision of humanity’s future in the chilling emptiness of space from rising giant in science fiction, Arthur C. Clarke Award winner Tade Thompson

The colony ship Ragtime docks in the Lagos system, having traveled light-years to bring one thousand sleeping souls to a new home among the stars. But when first mate Michelle Campion rouses, she discovers some of the sleepers will never wake.

Answering Campion’s distress call, investigator Rasheed Fin is tasked with finding out who is responsible for these deaths. Soon a sinister mystery unfolds aboard the gigantic vessel, one that will have repercussions for the entire system—from the scheming politicians of Lagos station, to the colony planet Bloodroot, to other far-flung systems, and indeed to Earth itself.

Praise for Far from the Light of Heaven

"Gripping and skillfully told, with an economy and freshness of approach that is all Tade Thompson''s own. The setting is interstellar, but it feels as real, immediate, and lethal as today's headlines."—Alastair Reynolds

“A gripping space opera with characters fighting for their lives aboard a dying starship. I enjoyed it so much and can't wait to see what he does next." —Martha Wells, New York Times bestselling author

For more from Tade Thompson, check out:

The Wormwood Trilogy
Rosewater
Rosewater: Insurrection
Rosewater: Redemption

About Tade Thompson

TADE THOMPSON is the author of the Rosewater novels, the Molly Southbourne books, and Making Wolf. He has won the Arthur C Clarke Award, the Nommo Award, the Prix Julia-Verlange and been a finalist for the John W. Campbell award, the Locus awards, the Shirley Jackson Award and the Hugo Awards among others. He lives and works on the south coast of England.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange) on October 17, 2021

3.5 Stars This is essentially a closed room mystery novel set on a generational spaceship. I loved the premise. The book reminded me a lot of Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty, which I would recommend as a read-a-like. This had a very similar plot with a mystery at the heart of the story. The characters, sto......more

Goodreads review by Starlah on February 12, 2022

This is a "locked room" science fiction mystery thriller that is about murder in an enclosed environment. We follow Shell who wakes up from cryosleep on a spaceship to find that dozens of her passengers have been murdered and the ship's AI has gone a bit off the rails. We also have multiple perspect......more

Goodreads review by Justine on November 13, 2021

Far From the Light of Heaven wasn't my first outing with Tade Thompson, but it was probably the least satisfying. I've read Rosewater and The Murders of Molly Southbourne, and liked both of them. They had unique premises that felt fresh, and the writing was sharp and engaging. This latest book by Tho......more

Goodreads review by Liz on August 03, 2021

This was brilliant. A locked room mystery in space in an imagined humanity beyond the stars with some absolutely banging good characters and a right old page turner. Tade Thompson writes so beautifully and so descriptively this is often randomly horrifying there are certainly scenes in it that might......more

Goodreads review by Ellis on March 07, 2022

There are few things I love as much as a space mystery, but this is unfortunately less concerned with solving a space mystery than in introducing more characters in more places that produced less interest in this reader every time I turned a page and was confronted with yet another new person who su......more

Quotes

“Gripping and skillfully told, with an economy and freshness of approach that is all Tade Thompson''s own. The setting is interstellar, but it feels as real, immediate, and lethal as today's headlines. Whatever he does next, it's bound to be interesting.”—Alastair Reynolds

“Simultaneously brutally grounded and wildly imaginative. The twists keep on coming.”—Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke Award winner

"A real treat. It's a gripping space opera with the characters fighting for their lives aboard a dying starship. I enjoyed it so much and can't wait to see what he does next.”—Martha Wells, New York Times bestselling author

"Inventive. Thompson’s appealing take on long-distance space travel, subversion of typical AI tropes, tender characterization, and cleverly constructed suspense makes this worthwhile fare. Readers looking for a smart sci-fi mystery should snap this up."—Publishers Weekly

Previous praise for Tade Thompson:
"Smart. Gripping. Fabulous!" --- Ann Leckie, award winning-author of Ancillary Justice on Rosewater
"Mesmerising. There are echoes of Neuromancer and Arrival in here, but this astonishing debut is beholden to no one." --- M. R. Carey, bestselling author of The Girl with all the Gifts on Rosewater
"A magnificent tour de force, skillfully written and full of original and disturbing ideas." --- Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke Award winning author of Children of Time on Rosewater
"A sharply satirical, ingenious thriller about an alien invasion that's disturbing familiar. Tade Thompson has built a fascinating world that will suck you in and keep you guessing. This book will eat you alive, and you'll like it." --- Annalee Newitz, author of Autonomous on Rosewater
"Part thriller, part mystery and part phantasmagoric journey across a strange yet not-too-distant future, and reminiscent at times of both Roger Zelazny and Nnedi Okorafor, Rosewater is the hardboiled, Nigerian alien invasion story you always wanted." --- Lavie Tidhar, award winning author of Central Station