At the Sign of Triumph: A Novel in the Safehold Series (#9) Audiobook (Free)
- Oliver Wyman
- 34 h 30 min
- Macmillan Audio
- 2016-11-08
Summary:
At the hallmark of Triumph: David Weber’s NY Times-bestselling Safehold series begun with Off Armageddon Reef, By Schism Rent Asunder, By Heresies Distressed, A Mighty Fortress and exactly how Firm a Foundation.
The Cathedral of God Awaiting’s triumph over Charis was inevitable. Despite its prosperity, the Charis was a single, small island realm. It boasted less than two percent of the total human population of Safehold. How could it perhaps resist total devastation? The Church got every reason to be about At the hallmark of Triumph: A Novel in the Safehold Series (#9) confident of a swift, crushing success, an object lesson to other rebels.
But Charis had something a lot more powerful than simple numbers. It got a ruler, a crown prince, and a navy ready to pass away where they stood in its protection. It got the Brethren of Saint Zherneau, who understood the reality about Safehold’s founding. Who knew that the Cathedral of God Awaiting was a monstrous rest. And it acquired Merlin Athrawes, last survivor of long-vanished Globe. Merlin, the cybernetic avatar of a woman dead over a thousand years, who was simply determined to break the Church’s hold upon the human mind and spirit.
Therefore after eight years of battle, it isn’t Charis however the Church that stands upon the brink of defeat. But the Chapel still commands huge resources, and – confronted with the unthinkable – it’s chose it, as well, must embrace the forbidden technology which has carried Charis up to now.
In the end, it is simple, for only one may survive. The lines are attracted, the navies and armies have already been raised, and most of Safehold is poised for the ultimate battle between those that believe in independence and those who crush it permanently.
‘Oliver Wyman narrates the ninth and final installment of Weber’s Safehold series with deft accents and enthusiasm.’ -AudioFile
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