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    Revenant Gun
    Revenant Gun
    Revenant Gun
    Audiobook14 hours

    Revenant Gun

    Written by Yoon Ha Lee

    Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

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    About this audiobook

    Machineries Of Empire, the most exciting science fiction trilogy of the decade, reaches its astonishing conclusion! When Shuos Jedao wakes up for the first time, several things go wrong. His few memories tell him that he's a seventeen-year-old cadet--but his body belongs to a man decades older. Hexarch Nirai Kujen orders Jedao to reconquer the fractured hexarchate on his behalf even though Jedao has no memory of ever being a soldier, let alone a general. Surely a knack for video games doesn't qualify you to take charge of an army? Soon Jedao learns the situation is even worse. The Kel soldiers under his command may be compelled to obey him, but they hate him thanks to a massacre he can't remember committing. Kujen's friendliness can't hide the fact that he's a tyrant. And what's worse, Jedao and Kujen are being hunted by an enemy who knows more about Jedao and his crimes than he does himself...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJun 12, 2018
    ISBN9781980002468
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    • 5/5
      One of my favorite series I’ve read in years! Such a cool world and so many interesting characters and relationships. Reminds me in many ways of some of the later Dune sequels but so new and interesting in its own ways. I can’t wait to read more by this author
    • 5/5
      Why did I wait so long to read this book? Was I saving it, knowing it was the last in the trilogy -- despite knowing that all the time that went by would just make the details of the prior books harder to remember? As with Book Two (Raven Stratagem), the opening of the book was completely disorienting. Rather than starting "where we left off," there was quite an "offscreen" jump -- seemingly designed to make us question what we thought we understood about the previous books anyway. Maybe that helps with the whole time passed and now I'm not sure how much I remember issue. But at the same time, I was often frustrated that I checked out from the library rather than bought Book 2, so I couldn't just grab it from my shelves to answer questions I had about its resolution. That also means that VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS BOOK IS SPOILERS. So I will just make fragmented observations here: I love that servitors returned as important actors here. In book 2 they felt forgotten, but here everything that was set up by how Cheris relates to them in book 1 comes to bear. I appreciated the grandness of the scope -- many military SF would stay focused on the battles, or at least just a handful of "most important players" -- but this book manages to make the seemingly small quirks and foibles of even "minor" characters not just interesting flavor but also plot-relevant.Mostly, I am impressed by the resolution of this book. And by that I don't mean the last chapter, or the last action sequence, but while of course not EVERYTHING is fixed or wrapped up neatly -- it's a little awe-inspiring to see what all falls together (and apart). An incredibly satisfying resolution to an amazingly imaginative and humane trilogy.
    • 4/5
      The third book in The Machineries of Empire series jumps a few years ahead of the previous book as there is now a vacuum and struggle of power. There is a return of Shuos Jedao as a cat and mouse-like story unfolds. It is a fun, well written book that is on par with the past books.
    • 4/5
      Upon completing the final book of this trilogy my internal question is whether the conclusion is merely satisfying or is it something of a comedown from the pyrotechnics of the first two books, as a diminished version of Shuos Jedao is deployed by resident Hexarchate evil genius Nirai Kujen to try and rekindle the social control systems broken at the end of the second book; the hot issue being whether the opposition can overcome their mutual distrust to finish the destruction of the system, as this iteration of Jedao comes to understand the bind he is in. I suppose that the real point of this volume is to give a sense of the personal histories that generated the crimes of the Hexarchate and the costs of the expedient exercise of power. To answer my own initial question I guess that I'm satisfied but I'm not as impressed as I would have liked to have been; a careful rereading might change my mind one way or the other.That I can give a novel four stars while at the same time sounding like I'm poor-mouthing it tells you how much I liked the first two books.
    • 4/5
      Mikodez reminds me of Vetinari and I feel like I shouldn't, and in real life probably wouldn't, like him, but he also seems like one of the better options this universe has for stability and not unnecessarily torturing people. It tends to sadden me when characters (including Brezan) make the reluctant decision to destroy entire stations/planets for strategic advantage; I'd like to see them just once make the reluctant decision to cede strategic advantage in order to save millions of lives, but then I'm not in charge of winning a war I guess. Anyway. Around the middle of this I realised I want to go back and reread the whole series (partly to sort out exactly what Kujen did and didn't orchestrate), which is always a good sign.
    • 5/5
      Kel Cheris, with Jedao's memories sharing her brain, is seeking to destroy the greatest threat to the new calendar, which makes exotic effects contingent on the consent of the people targeted. That's the Nerai Hexarch, Kujen, whose immortality depends on maintaining the old calendar. (Yes, third book of a trilogy. Don't start here. Start with Ninefox Gambit; then Raven Strategem. You won't regret it.)

      Kujen has created his own Jedao, who doesn't remember anything past age 17, but despite not having his memories, does seem to have the abilities he's told he has. Unfortunately, the fleet and the soldiers he's placed in command have to obey him, but they are free to hate him, because of a shocking massacre he committed but, of course, has no memory of.

      Jedao also quickly learns that, outwardly friendly as he seems, Kujen is a brutal tyrant. The more he learns of current conditions, more than four centuries after the last memories he has of his prior life, the more committed he becomes to stopping Kujen, rather than completing the mission Kujen has given him.

      Cheris, assorted servitors, and reluctant allies among the Compact forces Cheris is working with, all have a their goal destroying Kujen, also.

      The question is, will they wind up working together, or defeating each other, leaving Kujen the victor?

      This is an excellent conclusion to the trilogy, and an excellent story in itself.

      Unfortunately, I listened to the audiobook.

      The narrator has the ability to speak clearly and effectively, in a carrying tone that cuts through background noise, essential in listening to an audiobook in many circumstances. Unfortunately, she does that only with dialog. Much of the book is read very softly, with the result that, in practice, I needed my earpiece in at all times in order to listen to it--which meant I could only listen to it when it was comfortable and convenient to do that. It added a regrettable level of frustration to what was otherwise a very good book.

      I bought this audiobook.
    • 4/5
      We are no longer in Cheris mind dealing with Jedeo - his memory reset to 17 Jedeo find himself under Kujen in a 44 yr old body with disconcerting capabilities, while we see Cheris/Jedeo from the viewpoint of a servitor. Another viewpoint are the leaders' of the Compact and Protectorate. This story has it's own charms but frustrates them with flow issues. I'm total not thrilled by the final Kel body count as it seemed out of left field.
    • 4/5
      The trilogy form is not sacrosanct.If I were Mr. Lee's editor, I would have pushed for a 4th book. There is so much material in this final book that it seems too fast-paced, too crammed full. A fourth book would have allowed the story time to breathe.That being said, "Revenant Gun" was nominated for a Hugo, so he certainly did a great job.I received a review copy of "Revenant Gun" by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris) through NetGalley.com.
    • 5/5
      It’s always hard to conclude a trilogy that broke new ground. Lee here brings us two Jedaos in order to do so—Cheris, and a newly resurrected entity with the rest of Jedao’s memories, tasked with restoring the high calendar (which will include torture-“sacrifices”) on behalf of one of the remaining hexarchs. The storytelling was as twisty as I could have hoped for, but did introduce a whole new category of atrocities being committed with only a partial resolution—which perhaps is part of Lee’s point; there will never be an end to history, or to pain, only a series of choices for better and worse.