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Railhead
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Series: Railhead Trilogy, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Literature & Fiction
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- Paul Snook
- 30-07-16
Letting the train take the strain
A brilliant, innovative adventure story for kids (and the middle-aged like myself). Philip Reeve is a master of imagination and this is some of his best work to date.
This story is set in a universe where planets are linked by railways. Not the plodding, choking diesel things of the 20th century but majestic machines that are sentient and emotional. Imagine some of the American streamliners of the 1930s but on a grand scale and you won't go far wrong. These railways lead into K-gates; like Cluedo tunnels that allow the trains to travel between worlds in an instant, much faster than spacecraft.
Add to this feudal politics as rival families control corporations that compete for power over the rail network, Railforce polices the lines with brutal efficiency, and mysterious, ethereal beings, part gods, part computers manipulate everything to maintain the balance.
Into this mix strays a petty thief, a teenager with little prospect, who ends up as the most wanted boy in the universe and the unwitting agent of the secretive Raven.
This is a fantastic rollercoaster of a story that I can't recommend enough, especially now that Audible have fixed the fault where the last chapter was missing.
The sequel, Black Light Express, must be coming to a station near you soon. That's a big hint Audible!
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- Marcus H.
- 11-05-21
Thoroughly enjoyed. Well narrated.
Did what every good story should; it kept me wondering what would happen next, all the way through. I like to read 'hard' scifi, all that good physics and technical detail, this book is not that! It does a great job of painting the picture, without getting bogged down by reality, but still leaving a framework that we can suspend our beliefs from.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-05-21
Railhead rocks!
Railhesd ignited my imagination just like Mortal Engines did when I read it as a teenager. Filled with big, bold set-pieces with fleshed-out, morally-grey characters. Hugely enjoyable. Buying the sequel now.
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- Cynder
- 12-10-20
An interesting story.
An interesting story leaving you wanting for more but without feeling unsatisfying. nicely fleshed out with curious characters.
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- nyad21
- 18-04-22
Amazing concept and so much detail
The story is original and very complex. I really enjoyed it however it required a lot of concentration so was not a relaxing listen.
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- Thomas Trevor-Roberts
- 12-10-20
Wonderful
I loved this book. Reeve creates a compelling and unique setting that really draws you in. The story line is fairly simplistic but for me this is no bad thing. Very well read too.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-10-19
I really interesting read
a well written book with an extremely good storyline well worth going onto the next book
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- Mrs C.
- 26-01-19
it was great😀
It was good to see a lot of great aspects of this story and the srory line
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- mrs rose anne underhill
- 20-06-18
Brilliant, imaginative, touching
This is a great book, well written and captivating. Truly futuristic. I would recommend it to all ages , let’s say 12plus . Thank you so much for writing it Mr Reeve .
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- maty
- 28-03-18
One of my favorites
Loved it a lot just as good as when I read the book for the first time hope it come as a movie one day.