Six Wakes

By: Mur Lafferty

Narrated by: Mur Lafferty

A space adventure set on a lone ship where the clones of a murdered crew must find their murderer—before they kill again.

It was not common to awaken in a cloning vat streaked with drying blood.

At least Maria Arena had never experienced it. She had no memory of how she died. That was also new; before, when she had awakened as a new clone, her first memory was of how she died. Maria's vat was in the front of six vats, each one holding the clone of a crew member of the starship Dormire, each clone waiting for its previous incarnation to die so it could awaken. And Maria wasn't the only one to die recently....

©2017 Mur Lafferty (P)2017 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"Six Wakes is [Mur Lafferty's] breakout book."—Cory Doctorow

"This is one of the cleverest and most exciting murder mysteries I have ever read. The confined space of the colony ship Dormire is filled with feisty and memorably strange characters who bounce off one another in ways that vary from the comic to the horrific. You like ideas in your science fiction? Lafferty does for clones what Asimov did for robots. Six Wakes will keep you turning pages right up to its startling climax. Mur Lafferty scores in this, her best book!"—James Patrick Kelly, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards

"Mysterious and tense . . . . I wish I wrote this book."—New York Times bestselling author Chuck Wendig

All hail the Queen!

gotta love the mighty Murder and fans will find this right on target for a science fiction fix.

nice storytelling for once in concept scifi

The author actually does a good job of narration in this story which in general can be very hit and miss. I would still choose a talented voice actor if given the choice. It is told in a non linear format with flash backs but not annoyingly so. the book is a personification of the ethical realities of cloning and trys to create a clone version of the laws of robotics. some of the characters seemed a bit shallow for being >200 years old but maybe thats what happens when you make a copy of a copy.

I took a chance one this, you should too!

I had never heard of the author before, and the plot sounded like a rip off of Altered Carbon. But I took a chance on this and I'm so glad I did. This was one of the most refreshing, original stories I have heard since Becky Chamber's debut novel.

The pacing was great, the characters were relatable and the ending was perfect.

I am looking forward to watching what the author does in the future because I know it will be great!

Decidedly meh.

Clue in space, with background stories sprinkled in. Forgettable both in his plot line and it’s characters. #tagsgiving and #sweepstakes

good story mediocre narrator

I quite enjoy a good murder mystery and the Sci-Fi element really help this story along.

The good.
the story is a pretty interesting sci-fi world and the author does a great job introducing some pretty complicated Concepts quickly and effectively.
The murder mystery is a tight who done it which should leave you guessing right up until the end.
I was very interested by the hence that the author drop stripped book as to who done it. I wish I had marked them down on pad of paper to keep track and I think I could have worked out who the killer or killers were, if I had sat down and thought about it.

The bad.
my only real complaint with this audiobook is with the narrator. the narrator performs her job admirably and has a good pronunciation of many not English words, always a plus. my only real complaint is that there is not much done to differentiate characters from one another so I often forgot who was narrating at the time, the point of view character changes frequently.

Good listen

Overall very well written! I was afraid the ending would be too predictable, but Lafferty closed the book very well. Character development is easy to follow even though their span large periods of time.

tight

A solid mystery, without extraneous details.

Knowing the narration is by the author helped me like the narration.

Murder mystery in space

This was a very enjoyable murder mystery taking place in a sci-fi space story. Well thought out with complex twists keeping you wanting more to find out what happened.

If the author is reading...

I would guess that the author gives the life and character that was intended for each member of the crew but it felt a little flat.

The story is ok, there are some surprises that were good but then the science parts are a bit vague and not fully convincing.

I guess its an ok sci-fi book, not the best, but definitely not the worst.

Fantastic book awful narration

I absolutely loved the story after a few minutes to really let its complexity come into its own, fantastic twists that keep coming to the end. Sadly this audiobook is totally ruined by the authors flat narration. She’s very talented as a writer but I don’t know what possessed the publisher not to hire a professional actor. I highly recommend reading this book but I can’t recommend listening to it unless you’re willing to forgive the reading.