Cage of Souls

Name: Cage of Souls
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.3 (28 reviews)
Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
ISBN: 9781705096796

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky

Narrator: David Thorpe

Unabridged: 23 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/31/2023

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

The sun is bloated, diseased, dying perhaps. Beneath its baneful light, Shadrapar, last of all cities, harbours fewer than 100,000 human souls. Built on the ruins of countless civilisations, Shadrapar is a museum, a midden, an asylum, a prison on a world that is ever more alien to humanity.

Bearing witness to the desperate struggle for existence between life old and new is Stefan Advani: rebel, outlaw, prisoner, survivor. This is his testament, an account of the journey that took him into the blazing desolation of the western deserts; that transported him east down the river
and imprisoned him in the verdant hell of the jungle’s darkest heart; that led him deep into the labyrinths and caverns of the underworld. He will meet with monsters, madmen, mutants.

The question is, which one of them will inherit this Earth?

About Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Tchaikovsky is the author of the ten-book Shadows of the Apt series, starting with Empire in Black and Gold. His other works include the novel Children of Time, which won the 2016 Arthur C. Clarke Award, the short story collection Feast and Famine, and the novellas The Bloody Deluge and Even in the Cannon's Mouth. He has been shortlisted for the David Gemmell Legend Award and the British Fantasy Award.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Justine on September 21, 2022

4.5 stars This book is hard to describe, much less define. Incredibly dense, every page packed with ideas, imagination, and extraordinarily literate prose. I'm continually impressed with how different the narrative voice is in every piece Tchaikovsky writes. Written in the style of a literary memoir,......more

Goodreads review by André on April 28, 2019

2.5* Right in the middle. oh my god, finally! Is this a bad book? I wouldn't say so. This book was one of my anticipated books of 2019 and I am disappointed. After reading Children of Time (one of my favourites) and Dogs of War, I was really looking forward to read this book. I even pre-ordered it. Let's......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on May 07, 2021

I picked this up fully expecting a wonderful Tchaikovsky. I've never gone wrong with him when it comes to his SF. The fantasy, well, is kinda so-so for me, but the SF is usually bang-on. This novel, however, started with a fun bang, slowly turned into a slightly interesting prison tale at the far end......more

Goodreads review by Andrei(Drusca) on April 14, 2024

The book is full of complex and fascinating characters with a captivating plot. The worldbuilding was one of the most interesting parts of the beautifully meticulously detailed book. The author created a fascinating atmosphere that keeps you captive. Although I had some problems with the pace of the......more

Goodreads review by Allison on May 09, 2021

This was a three star read until the last third. This 600+ page book should have been a short story in my opinion. CONTENT WARNING: (view spoiler)[ body horror, torture, depravity, misogyny (often violent), medical experimentation, coercion of will. (hide spoiler)] Things that made me keep going: -Tone. Tchaikovsky has a very wry,......more