Hidden Empire Audiobook

" potential to be a great space opera, but not quite there yet. have to see what vol II brings. "

" The writing seemed far too simplistic. The characters were thinly drawn, and the universe too sparse to get into. When building universes, they must be thick and meaty, and Anderson seems to believe that the key to world-building is adding extra adjectives in. This book did not work for me and I gave up after about 50 pages or so. Two stars instead of one due to the fact that the writing was competent. "

" Ordinarily, I have no problem with tall, sad-eyed, green-skinned (from subcutaneous chlorophyll) priests who communicate instantly across the galaxy by means of the WorldTree. But when combined with characters I'd rather slap a few times than read about, arrogant aliens giving humanity a lesson for being so precocious (with the tacit approval of the author) and poor, stilted narrative, they become unbearable. Go away, you green-skinned freaks!! I don't want to hear about benevolent old King Frederick of the Terran Hanseatic League and all his foibles!! I don't want to hear about the Klikiss torch that turns has giants into suns!! Out, specter of poor science fiction!! I expel thee in the name of Orson Scott Card!! "

" This is definitely a page turned for me. I enjoyed this book. "

" 3 stars because it took me four years and as many tries to get to the end. Good ending though. "

" I love this entire series of books. A great space opera. It is a universe when humans are the new kids on the block. Lots of twists and turns where just when hoi think the enemy is defeated, a new one arrives. This series is a must read. "

" While this started slow, by the middle of the book I was well and truly hooked. I can't wait to get vol. 2 "

" absolute tosh, i only got half way through before giving up in disgust. "

" An excellent bit of space opera; rich in characters and ideas. I'm not sure whether to be glad or annoyed that there are 6 more books in this series. "

" Excellent, and grand in scale, sci-fi saga. More character depth and less techie than many. "

" hooked book 2 here i come lol "

" Great read. Fast, exciting, new. An empire has formed. A whole new life is ahead in the vastness of space and the world as we once knew. "

" AMAZING. I loved it. My friend recommended it to me and I was skeptical because it was another book with many points of view, and one about a space odyssey no doubt, but I got so engrossed in this book that I gobbled it up. "

" I love this series. I found this judging a book by its cover in Sussex Stationers and it turned out to be a gem "

" Pretty good. Don't really read sci-fi. Def hooked on finishing the series. "

" Very, very slow start. Hope book #2 is a bit faster. "

" Interesting alien species, culture and worlds. Seems to recycle sci-fi themes that have been written about already. "

" I love this entire series of books. A great space opera. It is a universe when humans are the new kids on the block. Lots of twists and turns where just when hoi think the enemy is defeated, a new one arrives. This series is a must read. "

" I loved the Dune prequels so I thought I'd try this series. It's OK and good enough to continue for now (I'm reading Book 2 now) but it's not the page turner the Dune prequels were. I'm on the fence about whether to continue after finishing Book 2. It might depend on how that book ends. "

" a bit twisty at times, but a great kick-off to the series "

" I really enjoyed the book. I appreciated the narrator. I think Kevin has created some great characters and intriguing concepts. I loved his Midnight Oil nod. Good book. I recommend it. "

" Promising beginning to a series that, unfortunately, doesn't pan out. Knowing that does tarnish somewhat my opinion of the first book, but only up to a point. It remains true that an excellent series <em>could</em> have unfolded from here.<br/> "

" Kind of a mash up of the Star-wars and Dune universes but a lot of fun to read. "

" Other than the last 20-30 pages of the book being a glossary/preview/etc, so I thought there was more to read than there was, it was good. Will eventually pick up the rest of the series to find out what is going on. "

" Very readable science-fiction, not too technical. Focuses on character and storyline. Not sure if he'll be able to keep the pace for the six other novels in the series, but I'm looking forward to number 2. "

" Really solid SF story, alot of different angles.<br/><br/>The only downside for some people might that the first book takes ages to really get going, due to so many characters being introduced.<br/><br/>I personally like that im a sucker for long story's. "