Slow Bullets

By: Alastair Reynolds

Narrated by: Susan Duerden

A vast conflict, one that has encompassed hundreds of worlds and solar systems, appears to be finally at an end. A conscripted soldier is beginning to consider her life after the war and the family she has left behind. But for Scur - and for humanity - peace is not to be.

On the brink of the ceasefire, Scur is captured by a renegade war criminal and left for dead in the ruins of a bunker. She revives aboard a prisoner transport vessel. Something has gone terribly wrong with the ship.

Passengers - combatants from both sides of the war - are waking up from hibernation far too soon. Their memories, embedded in bullets, are the only links to a world that is no longer recognizable. And Scur will be reacquainted with her old enemy but with much higher stakes than just her own life.

©2015 Alastair Reynolds (P)2015 Tantor

Critic reviews

"A fine example of the true science fictionist's art." (Michael Bishop, author of A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire)

Great Story

Another great tale by Alistair Reynolds! Joins the library of his wonderful works! Enjoyed it!

Worst Narration I have listened through

This is the first review I have given on Audible because I needed to express how terrible the narration is.

As expected the story and writing are the usual excellence of Alastair Reynolds.

The narration is borderline un listenable. At times it genuinely sounds like an AI generated voice,

You would be better off feeding the text into Windows narrator and listening to it.

Poor story. Terrible narration

Almost unlistenable. How an a pro end every sentence as a question? Story promised and didn’t deliver

Great novel but..

Is the woman read this a robot? because she sounds like one. she puts a wierd inflection on the end of every sentence

meh

Narration isn't as bad as some make it out to be, but certainly isn't great. I've enjoyed a lot of Reynolds's works, but this one feels weak. Characters are flat and uninteresting, setting is not well fleshed-out, and sci-fi concepts feel a little uninspired. Overall, I found it boring. However, I still very much respect this author. Check out House of Suns and Revelation Space if you haven't already!