Salvation Lost

A thrilling space adventure by a master of science fiction

By: Peter F. Hamilton

Narrated by: John Lee

The extraordinary second volume in Peter F. Hamilton’s space opera masterpiece, the Salvation Sequence.

‘Action-oriented hardcore science fiction at its page-turning best’ – The Guardian

Fight together - or die alone.

In the twenty-third century, humanity is enjoying a comparative utopia. Yet life on Earth is about to change, forever. Feriton Kane’s team has discovered a terrifying alien conspiracy. The supposedly benign Olyix plan to harvest humanity, then carry this apocalyptic cargo to their god at the end of the universe. As their agents conclude schemes down on Earth, vast warships converge above . . .

Some factions push for humanity to flee, to live in hiding amongst the stars. But others refuse to break before the storm. As disaster looms, they must all focus on one goal: wiping the enemy from the face of creation

‘Galactic-scale space opera . . . It’s audacious, exciting, and funny’ – Alastair Reynolds, author of Revelation Space

‘Everything readers of Salvation will have hoped for. A series emerging as a modern classic’ – Stephen Baxter, author of Time

‘A masterclass in tension and spectacle’ – Gareth L. Powell, author of Embers of War

The Salvation Sequence
Salvation
Salvation Lost
The Saints of Salvation

Critic reviews

Everything readers of Salvation will have hoped for. A series emerging as a modern classic (Stephen Baxter, author of Time)

This is galactic-scale space opera . . . audacious, exciting, funny and just happens to have the most terrifying alien invasion concept I've ever encountered (Alastair Reynolds, author of Revelation Space)

Savage, brilliant and compelling. A masterclass in tension and spectacle (Gareth L. Powell, author of Embers of War)

‘I found myself gripped by Salvation Lost, as I devoured it right to the scintillating end . . . a dazzling tale of humanity face-to-face and toe-to-toe with the ultimate enemy!’ (Michael Cobley, author of The Seeds of Earth)

Pacey, scary, heart-in-the-mouth thrilling, Salvation Lost is a total blast (Ian McDonald, author of Cosmonaut Keep)

Salvation Lost is action-oriented hardcore science fiction at its page-turning best (Guardian)

A startlingly fresh, vigorous and original cosmic saga. Highly enjoyable! (Stephen Baxter on Salvation)

Salvation is a twisty and hugely satisfying SF thriller that opens a portal on a new and exciting series (Alastair Reynolds on Salvation)

No one offers action-packed, meticulous, suspenseful and consistent hi-tech futures better than Peter Hamilton, and Salvation cranks all of that up five notches (David Brin, author of Sundiver, on Salvation)

Explosions! Assassins! Enigmatic aliens, spaceships and jump doors . . . Accept no substitutes, this is the real deal. You need Salvation, my friend. Everyone needs salvation (Ian McDonald on Salvation)

The classic Hamilton cocktail of techno-thriller, far-future vision and action adventure shaken to an intoxicating combination. A promising start to an ambitious new series. Science Fiction is in excellent hands (Justina Robson, author of Keeping It Real, on Salvation)

Salvation is a space-opera intrigue with a cold shock of an ending that makes the sequel a matter of urgency (Ken MacLeod on Salvation)

A vast, intricate sci-fi showstopper... the journey grips as hard as the reveal (Daily Mail on Salvation)

Hamilton handles massive ideas with enviable ease (Guardian on Salvation)

Exciting, wildly imaginative and quite possibly Hamilton’s best book to date (SFX Magazine on Salvation, 5 stars)

The owner of the most powerful imagination in science fiction (Ken Follett, author of The Pillars of the Earth)

The phrase "modern master of science fiction" is not to be lightly bestowed. Peter F. Hamilton has earned it (John Scalzi, author of Old Man's War)

His books seem to be getting better by the year. A master craftsman of huge imagination (SFX)

Better than the 1st

Better than the 1st for the majority of the book while the ending was far less satisfying

Good story marred by bad narration

The overall story is good, but the narrator's attempts at non English accents is horrendous irrespective of the accent he tries to emulate

Awesome author

After listening to many average authors you can really see the difference between Peter and others.

A masterpiece of a science fiction novel

Few words before I start my review:
I believe that the back-and-forth plot this book is based on is not for everyone. If you’re in for a straightforward science-fiction thriller going from a defined beginning to an ending point or conclusion, This is not the book for you.

The book is filled with twists, plot turns and goes back-and-forth in time considerably throughout its course.

I loved it.

The book goes around an alien invasion from its current point of view in which the aliens invade to a future time in which humanity’s plan to fight back kicks in. Even though you have the general idea of what is going to happen, the reader can’t escape the general feeling of impending doom, delivered masterfully by a slew characters with different points of view and social statuses.

Moreover, the book climaxes both in the future and current storylines at the same time connecting them together in a way one wouldn’t think possible at the beginning.

I do not want to spoil the book for anyone who is going to read it so I’m going to stop here and just wish you a great time reading this wonderful book

Not as good as the first book

An ok story but the character voices put me off, nearly every character has what sounds to me like an East London accent and the 'posh' characters all sound like reformed gangsters from East London. Ainsley's contributions are basically saying F#ck a lot, without actually coming up with any useful ideas - so much for the technical genius. Peter is one of the best in my opinion but I think I'll skip the final book in this series and wait for the next series.