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The Confederated Worlds
- Take the Shilling, Operation Iago, and A Bodyguard of Lies
- Narrated by: Tim Brunson
- Length: 26 hrs and 51 mins
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A thousand years from now, while Earth sleeps in virtual reality, three polities - the Confederated Worlds, the Unity, and the Progressive Republic - strive to connect the scattered, terraformed worlds of humankind by artificial wormholes. When they meet, they clash, in a decades-long struggle of arms embroiling the settled galaxy, in which dedication to duty liberates worlds - and oneself.
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- Stanley S. Turbyfill
- 18-10-22
Horrible narration….
Narration was pedantic without life. By the second book and add an attempt at an old English accent and I wanted to hurl. Dragging nails across a chalk board level of annoying. Will ask to swap this one out.