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The Chosen Twelve
- Author
- James Breakwell
- Narrator
- Nezar Alderazi
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 18 January 2022
- Run Time
- 10 hours 57 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Rating
- 1.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
There are 22 candidates. There are 12 seats.
The last interstellar colony ship is down to its final batch of humans after the robots in charge unhelpfully deleted the rest. But rebooting a species and training them for the arduous task of colonisation isn't easy - especially when the planet below is filled with monsters, the humans are more interested in asking questions than learning, and the robots are all programmed to kill each other. But the fate of humanity rests on creating a new civilization on the planet below, and there are twelve seats on the lander. Will manipulation or loyalty save the day?
© James Breakwell (P) Penguin Audio and Rebellion Publishing 2022
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I don't usually give up on a book before I get to the end, but I'm on chapter 23 and they're still 5.5 hours to go. This isn't just a slow moving story it's almost in a coma. I can't relate to any of the characters, none if them are likeable. This novel has knocked Catcher In The Rye off the top spot of books I wish I Never picked up (or listened to). It's a big old yawnfest, and I'm out, probably never to return to it.
annamae 2022-12-22
Details
- Author
- James Breakwell
- Narrator
- Nezar Alderazi
- Duration
- 10 hours 57 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 January 2022
- ISBN
- 9781786185181
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Rating
- 1.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 2.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.There are 22 candidates. There are 12 seats.The last interstellar colony ship is down to its final batch of humans after the robots in charge unhelpfully deleted the rest. But rebooting a species and training them for the arduous task of colonisation isn't easy - especially when the planet below is filled with monsters, the humans are more interested in asking questions than learning, and the robots are all programmed to kill each other. But the fate of humanity rests on creating a new civilization on the planet below, and there are twelve seats on the lander. Will manipulation or loyalty save the day? © James Breakwell (P) Penguin Audio and Rebellion Publishing 2022
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