The Long War

By: Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter

Narrated by: Michael Fenton Stevens

The Long War by legendary author and Discworld creator Terry Pratchett and award-winning science fiction novelist Stephen Baxter follows the adventures and travails of heroes Joshua Valiente and Lobsang in an exciting continuation of the extraordinary journey begun in their New York Times bestseller The Long Earth.

War has come to the Long Earth....

Humankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by stepping, which Joshua and Lobsang explored a mere decade ago. Now ""civilization"" flourishes, and fleets of airships link the multiple Earths through exploration, trade, and culture.

Humankind is shaping the Long Earth, but in turn the Long Earth is shaping humankind. A new America that has christened itself ""Valhalla"" has emerged more than a million steps from the original Datum Earth. And like the American revolutionaries of old, the Valhallans resent being controlled from afar by the Datum government.

In the intervening years, the song of the trolls—graceful, hive-mind humanoids—has suffused the Long Earth. But in the face of humankind's inexorable advance, they are beginning to fall silent . . . and gradually disappear.

Joshua, now married and a father, is summoned by Lobsang. It seems that he alone can confront the perfect storm of crises that threatens to plunge all of the Long Earth into war. A war unlike any that has been waged before...

The full list of books in the Long Earth series include:

• The Long Earth
• The Long War
• The Long Mars
• The Long Utopia
• The Long Cosmos

An ok second book

Not enough focus on a single storyline to keep things flowing. It jumped a bit too much between new characters that we didn't have enough time to connect with and therefore felt like they were taking away from the main story of Joshua and Sally.

quite enjoyable

While it is not the Discworld, it is very much fun. Very memorable characters and a very cool premise.

Not a lot of war, but a long one

If you could sum up The Long War in three words, what would they be?

Out of mythology

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Long War?

So many cool scenes, but not one that stole the show.

Have you listened to any of Michael Fenton Stevens’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Another strong performance by Michael F. Stevens. His return to the Long Earth was well done.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I couldn't stop listening, I devoured this book as quickly as life would allow.

Any additional comments?

The exploration of the varied denizens of the Long Earth kept the Long War engaging all the way through. Everything made a kind of sense, from an alien perspective.

great book! pretty good performance

the story is of course wonderful. the narrator does an atrocious american accent and I don't care for the gruff voices he does. picking Brit to read a book with mostly American characters was an interesting choice.

Great book. Interesting accents :)

It's good to know there's reciprocity for all the Americans doing bad British accents. I. would be a bit more careful with Chinese accents though.