The Tuloriad (Legacy of the Aldenata Series) [Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged] [MP3 CD]

John Ringo (Author), Tom Kratman (Author), Marc Vietor (Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 6, 2009 | Series: Legacy of the Aldenata Series (Book 12)

Of the once innumerable battle clans of the Posleen only a handful survive. And that on the sufferance of a group of despised Indowy and Himmit. Plucked from the maelstrom on Earth they are cast out into the eternal blackness of the stars with only a slightly insane Indowy and a computer virus to guide them. What follows is a trail of tears and remembrance as the Posleen retrace the footsteps of their ancestors in a search for their homeworld. A search to determine if the Posleen possess the one thing no Human would give them credit for: A soul. Returned to their beginnings, the question remains: Is there a new path for the Tular Posleen?

Editorial Reviews

Review

"As its Homeric-sounding name suggests, the latest Posleen War novel (after 2007's Yellow Eyes) tells of a defeated people fleeing annihilation in search of a new home... They embark upon a search for the origin of their species and discover just how cruelly their people were treated long ago when their ancestors dared to question the godlike Aldenata... Ringo and Kratman turn this space adventure into an intriguing discussion of the power of faith apart from the existence of God." -- Publishers Weekly (Oct.) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

John Ringo is author of the New York Times best-selling Posleen War series which so far includes A Hymn Before Battle, Gust Front, When the Devil Dances, and Hell’s Faire, as well as the connected novels Cally’s War, Sister Time and Honor of the Clan  (with Julie Cochrane), The Hero (with Michael Z. Williamson), and Watch on the Rhine and Yellow Eyes (with Tom Kratman), and is the hottest new science fiction writer since David Weber. A veteran of the 82nd Airborne, Ringo brings first-hand knowledge of military operations to his novels of high-tech future war.

Tom Kratman, in 1974 at age seventeen, became a political refugee and defector from the PRM (People's Republic of Massachusetts) by virtue of joining the Regular Army. He stayed a Regular Army infantryman most of his adult life, returning to Massachusetts as an unofficial dissident while attending Boston College after his first hitch. Tom is currently an attorney practicing in southwest Virginia. Baen published his first novel, A State of Disobedience and his previous collaborations with John Ringo, Watch on the Rhine and Yellow Eyes.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• MP3 CD
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD; MP3 Una edition (October 6, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1441806113
• ISBN-13: 978-1441806116
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (72 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,832,641 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The End of the Posleen Wars, October 3, 2009

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Elaine C McTyer "avid reader" (Dawson, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tuloriad (Legacy of the Aldenata) (Hardcover)

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The Posleen are defeated, finally. They are waiting for the final attack by the Humans when they are offered an out by the Indowy, Aelool. The out takes them on a pilgrimage back to their beginings. The small party of Posleen led by the God-King, Tulo'stenaloor are hi-jacked by a virus and led to where they are wanted to be. Planet after planet they see until they find the one they came from.

On Earth the religions led by father Dwyer and the AID, Sally who is now human, gather some of Earth's different religions and decide to find the Posleen and save their souls. They are sure the Posleen has souls. They will follow the Posleen through space.

However, someone else seems to be leading both expeditions, someone very powerful and all-knowing. No one really knows who, or why but we get some answers. The humans led by Dwyer, Guano, a god-king who was saved in a church and is now a priest, Sally, The Switzers, Guano's mate and son, and a host of others, are dedicated to saving the Posleen.

I found the story enthralling, the concept and the revelations really caught me and I was rooting for the Posleen all the way. I enjoyed it and I think it is a fitting ending to a very long and torturous saga. The religious aspect may not be to your taste but it was fasinating to me.

37 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can YOU make a Hero out of a reptilian centaur that eats people?, October 5, 2009

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Walt Boyes "Walt Boyes" (Aurora IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tuloriad (Legacy of the Aldenata) (Hardcover)

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Once upon a time the Earth was nice, uncomplicated, and normal. Then the Galactics showed up. They said the Posleen were coming, and the Posleen were hungry. Earth was chosen to provide the armies that would stop the Posleen from eating everyone in the known Galaxy.

Unfortunately, the warriors the Galactics unleashed did their jobs too well...you see the Posleen and the Humans were supposed to kill each other off. But the Humans won.

So there he was, one of the last remaining Posleen GodKings on Earth. All the rest of the Posleen hordes had been killed. Can he save the Tulor Posleen from complete annihilation, or will his struggle to overcome the nature that the Aldenata built into the Posleen be futile?

This is a book that is both full of action and thoughtful. One thinks of Ringo and Kratman as mow-'em-down, high body count mil-science fiction writers, but both are pigeonholed as that too much, I think. Even though Tom's nickname is "Genghis" and Ringo's is "Oh, No, John Ringo, No!" both of them are easily capable of fine storytelling with some significant deep thinking behind the writing.

The first books in the Aldenata series make the Posleen into the epitome of horrible alien invaders...not only do they want Earth, but they want to eat Humans..."thresh" they call them. In fact, Posleen will eat anything... even each other.

But that's what the Aldenata, a vanished race of superbeings, made them into, not what they want for themselves.

The Tuloriad is the story of the Posleen's search for racial redemption. And it is a whacking good story, too.

Go buy this book.

Walt Boyes

Associate Editor

Jim Baen's Universe magazine

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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Non-standard Ringo, September 23, 2009

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William Howe "wildwily" (Terrytown, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tuloriad (Legacy of the Aldenata) (Hardcover)

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First off, this book starts well before the "Eye of the Storm" book. So if you are looking for a straight-forward continuation of the Aldenata cycle, this is not it. Also, this is not a smash and bash book. There are no vast armies clashing with artillery and death at every turn.

What this book does is ask: How, in relief from the genocide we faced, do we regain our humanity? Is there redemption? Most of the book is the travels of a small group of Posleen as they try to rediscover their roots and attempt to find a new Path for their species. There is also a significant section dealing with human survivors of the invasion trying to deal with a new reality. Can you be true to your religon after what has happened?

I think this book was a necessary step towards bringing the Posleen into the 'new' fight alongside of, rather than against, humanity. I DO reccommend this book for anyone who follows the Legacy of the Aldenata universe. I must say that I would NOT reccommend this as a first book or introduction to the world of the Posleen. Of course, I may be a bit snobbish about it, having read all of the books in the series...