The Parafaith War

De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.

Narrado por: Joel Richards

Some bad ideas go back a long way, and this one goes all the way back to the original home planet: Someone's god told them they had a right to more territory - so they figure they can take what they want by divine right.

In the far future among the colonized worlds of the galaxy, there's a war going on between the majority of civilized worlds and a colonial theocracy. Trystin Desoll grows up fighting against religious fanatics and becomes a hero, a first-class pilot, then, amazingly, a spy.

What do you do if you're a relatively humane soldier fighting millions of suicidal volunteers on the other side who know that they are utterly right, and you are utterly wrong, with no middle ground? Trystin Desoll has an idea.

©1996 L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (P)2018 Tantor

I had faith they would do this audiobook!

When i first got into audiobooks, this novel was one of the ones I searched for. I am glad they finally made it and made it well.

This novel is science fiction the way science fiction should be. Yes it tells a story of how humanity might be in a far distant future beyond this stellar system. However it does not forget that good stories depict a human story. This story follows Trystan Desol as he learns about cultures and the ways cultures meet and interact. This is a heroic story of a human choosing how he wants to live.

Joel Richard does a wonderful job with his performance.

I started hating this book from the beginning.

I thought it was going to be a run of the mill military sci-fi story. You know the routine...sweat through basic training, become a pilot, kill a bunch of aliens or other bad-guys, rinse and repeat until you get wounded, meet a beautiful but unapproachable female (maybe a nurse) fall in love, win the war. I really loathe those books. This one has some nuance, however. this one is a little different. It portrays a more realistic picture of combat...weeks of boredom punctuated by moments of soul-scorching terror. The final part of the book gets more cerebral. What makes people enemies? Is there any point to retribution or revenge? The essence of people is the same, we are all subject to the prejudices and fears we are taught. There is no point in blind hatred and while we may continue to differ in opinion from our "enemies" we can learn to understand that while our differences may persist, we can still live together and prosper.

Amazing, just amazing

I have loved this book since my first read many, many years ago. it was one of the books I was hoping to be made into Audio.

With great wisdom comes a curse

This was very intense for me, with my education in science & especially christian theology. Beautiful in conceptualization & implementation, although I only accept the scriptures of the Protestant Bible. Brilliant ending.

Great stand alone sci fi

Great story and use of technology. It presents a good storyline showing several moral and ethical considerations and shows how they influence the actions of the main character. This is the second time I’ve read/heard this story and it’s just as good now on Audible!

Long build-up that goes flat at the end.

The author spends 95% of the book with a slow long build-up, then its over.
The end seems like it was squeezed out at the last minute, and is not really plausible.
The whole book is a case study; in a false equivalency between religious fanatics and rational people.