“To do my job, you had to wear a mask and hide your feelings, you had to choose carefully what you said and what you kept inside.

So the struggle begins, divisions and violations of the sacred, divide the family and new ideas shake the very foundations of Eden. John Redlantern believes change is coming, change is needed but culture and belief oppose it. The young are getting restless are are no longer listening. “every one of us In Eden came from the same mother and the same father.” Dark Eden by: Chris Beckett The progeny of of a couple stranded on a dark planet, has waited 163 years for rescue.They live in a small valley waiting for rescue from Earth, but now the family is over five hundred humans, some are genetically damaged from the incestual nesesity and life is hard for all and getting harder as the population grows and they resist departing from the place where they began and where they expect to be rescued. Loved it! And don't listen to any comments that complain of the abrupt ending - the ending is perfectly placed and timed. I earned a gold all-nighter badge from Audible listening to this! Therefore, you can imagine how hooked I was. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? A nice change from the flat characters of countless novels. It so profoundly reflects the nature of being human, the way people never stay the same, they get wiser, make mistakes, become kind, lose hope, ever-changing.

I love how all characters are so transcendent - they all change, cross boundaries, rise and fall, play heroes and villains. Which character – as performed by Oliver Hembrough and Jessica Martin – was your favourite? What other book might you compare Dark Eden to, and why?ĭark Eden is hard to compare - if you love science fiction, you will find links to so many books, yet nothing quite like it. Going deeper, it says so much about life and human character, the structure of society, history. On surface level - a thrilling story told in a beautiful and imaginative way. Gripping story set in a beautiful unusual world.

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