Quietus

By: Tristan Palmgren

Narrated by: Thomas Judd

A transdimensional anthropologist can't keep herself from interfering with Earth's darkest period of history in this brilliant science fiction debut.

In medieval Italy, Niccolucio, a young Florentine Carthusian monk, leads a devout life until the Black Death kills all of his brothers, leaving him alone and filled with doubt. Habidah, an anthropologist from an alien world racked by plague, is overwhelmed by the suffering. Unable to maintain her neutrality, she saves Niccolucio from the brink of death.

Habidah discovers that neither her home's plague nor her assignment on Niccolucio's ravaged planet are as she's been led to believe. Suddenly the pair are drawn into a worlds-spanning conspiracy to topple an empire larger than the human imagination can contain

©2018 Tristan Palmgren (P)2018 Audible, Ltd

An unexpected gem

I kept thinking I was going to be bashed over the head with some religious message but it just wasn't like that. It took a while to get to its conclusion but the writing was good enough to get me there. The story dodged enough tropes to make it feel fresh.

Excellently read too!

Awesome

Damn good Sci-Fi! One of my favorites since The 3-Body Problem. Very character driven in the best way.

Luminous, Intelligent and Captivating

This work should be a Hugo nominee this year: it's that good. And as an audiobook- even better.
The description of the story is intriguing in itself. If you are reading this, it was interesting enough to attract your attention. Yet describing the story outline can't even begin to convey the rich enjoyment of listening to the audiobook as it unfolds.This particular quality of literate and fully satisfying science fiction is very hard to come by. And it is never the most highly rated by the public: when everyone has an equal vote, it can't be. But if you relish Kim Stanley Robinson and other equally intelligent science fiction writers, try Quietus.

To Tristan Palmgren,Thomas Judd, and the production team: congratulations, and thanks for the masterpiece. I've been reading mostly science fiction for 50 years, so am understandably bored by its mediocre iterations. By now, only the most deeply enjoyable experiences can galvanize me enough to try to write a review. I hope my fellow hunters-of-excellence will fully understand what I mean to convey. Quietus is a rare marvel, and a sumptuous example of the art of science fiction.

Mystery after mystery and eventually.. Meh

This book thinks its much smarter than it actually is. It starts out solid but slow, and then tries to keep you hooked by giving you answers that pose more questions. The thing is, it get increasingly unhinged and drawn out as it goes on. To accommodate this, the characters get increasingly dumb and their motivations are harder and harder to follow, and a lot of built-up plot lines and hyped-up revelations end up being irrelevant. I will not be listening to the sequel.

A very good 1st book

I really liked the originality of the ideas and the subject matter. Until I was mostly halfway through when I the thought came to me that most of the book was just a set up for one or two chapters at the end of the book. Slightly disappointed but I still enjoyed the ride you probably will too!