Book description
The decade's silence has finally broken, not with a shout, but with the slow, terrible crack of peace shattering like spun glass. John Scalzi, that master we've waited for, returns to the Old Man's War galaxy with The Shattering Peace, and the audiobook sings with the quiet tension of a universe holding its breath.
Hear it now: the hum of starships in the quiet corridors of the Colonial Union, the weight of unspoken treaties, the fragile calm before the Consu civil war-a conflict that isn't just theirs, but a spark to ignite all we've built. Gretchen Trujillo, mid-level diplomat in the bureaucratic shadows, finds herself thrust into the heart of it, where every whisper could be a weapon, every silence a promise.
Scalzi's prose, in audio form, becomes a living thing. The narrator's voice, warm as worn velvet, carries the rhythm of a ship's thrum, the sharp click of a comm, the slow, heavy sigh of a peace too long maintained. You feel the tension in the air-thick as the vacuum outside a docking bay-when Gretchen steps into that secret chamber, where Earth, the Conclave, and the Union's fragile alliance tremble on a knife's edge.
This isn't just a story of empires; it's the quiet, devastating beauty of a moment when a single diplomat's choice could stitch the stars back together or tear them apart. Scalzi doesn't just tell you the stakes-he makes you hear them in the tremor of a voice, the pause before a decision, the way the silence hums with everything left unsaid.
A decade's wait, and the return is pure, resonant magic. The peace was never truly peace, only the calm before the storm. Now, the storm is here, and in this audiobook, it arrives with the grace of a falling star and the weight of a universe. Let Scalzi's words settle in your bones, as the Consu war begins-and with it, the shattering of everything we thought we knew. You won't just hear this story. You'll feel the silence of space, the pulse of a galaxy, and the fragile, luminous hope that, against all odds, we might yet find our way back to the stars.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience