The Atlas Complex

Atlas Series, Book 3

By: Olivie Blake

Narrated by: Andy Ingalls, Caitlin Kelly, Damian Lynch, Daniel Henning, David Monteith, James Patrick Cronin, Samara Naeymi, Siho Ellsmore, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Steve West

This program features multicast narration.

The Atlas Complex marks the much-anticipated, heart-shattering conclusion in Olivie Blake's trilogy that began with the New York Times bestselling phenomenon, The Atlas Six.

Only the extraordinary are chosen.

Only the cunning survive.

An explosive return to the library leaves the six Alexandrians vulnerable to the lethal terms of their recruitment.

Old alliances quickly fracture as the initiates take opposing strategies as to how to deal with the deadly bargain they have so far failed to uphold. Those who remain with the archives wrestle with the ethics of their astronomical abilities, while elsewhere, an unlikely pair from the Society cohort partner to influence politics on a global stage.

And still the outside world mobilizes to destroy them, while the Caretaker himself, Atlas Blakely, may yet succeed with a plan foreseen to have world-ending stakes. It’s a race to survive as the six Society recruits are faced with the question of what they're willing to betray for limitless power—and who will be destroyed along the way.

Also by Olivie Blake

The Atlas Six

The Atlas Paradox

Alone with You in the Ether

One for My Enemy

Masters of Death

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books.

©2024 Olivie Blake (P)2024 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

"This audiobook...is fully realized by a talented ensemble of narrators."—AudioFile on The Atlas Six

ugh

I really enjoyed the first two books and was excited to see where the story went. There were so many possibilities… but (I suppose this is a spoiler), it goes nowhere. Not an exciting end, not a satisfying end, not even a particularly poignant end.

The Series that Got Progressively Worse

Sorry, Olivie. I was confused most of the time. Some storylines were too long, and we kept repeating the same thing over and over to no avail for all of the characters. I cannot believe I thought I would rather see the series than continue reading the book. The book ended lazily, and it was SUPER slow. The story could have been told in half the time and made a better impact. There was so much unnecessary history and theatrics, especially the scene with Tristan in the end. Libby's journey was exhausting, and I wish her story had a better outcome. There are too many characters, too many plot lines, and not enough answers for the questions that were raised in the first two books.

Did this book even make sense?

The performance was pretty good, but boy I had no idea what was going on through most of this book 🫣

The book is a disappointing end to a promising start

The last book just loses the plot, becomes preaching and meandering and in the end is quite a disappointment to what was promising to be a quite an epic story. It is trying to portray the pointlessness of exclusive access to information by creating a pointless story about exclusivity of access to information.

Uninteresting

I couldn't even finish the book I was so bored... I felt like I wasted my time XC

Not as good as the others in the series.

I really like the first 2 books in the series so I tried to finish this one but it was too difficult to stick with and unenjoyable.

Magical pretentious mind f^<¥

If you enjoy flashbacks and constant monologue, and this is the book for you. It is disappointing how high my expectations were considering it had all the ingredients to be good. However For a dark academia, it was poorly and regularly plot, driven with no clear objective. Lackluster character development and forced chemistry, which did not fit the characters. This is probably one of three bad reviews I’ve Ever! written and I only finished it because I’ve already purchased the books and felt like I had to.

Worst of the three

Such a waste of amazing material. The first book was amazing!! Such great characters and intriguing magic. But man the last two books are soo bad. My ultimate advise would be to not start the books at all. Bc you will get so hooked with Atlas Six just to have a huge let down for 2nd and 3rd book.

I had high hopes, but too opaque and self-indulgen

Fantastic premise, interesting characters, and very talented writer. Unfortunately I just don't like the approach and direction she chose. Opacity is great at the outset and even middle, but the denouement remained too thickly opaque to satisfy. Character development is good and psychology is interesting, but too much is too much. The multiverse premise, which drives much of the ultimate plot line, isn't developed enough to be believable as the foundation for the characters' motivation. I left feeling frustrated with what could have been.

Well written but mediocre story

Like her style, dislike the overall lack of depth in the world that contains a similarly shallow story and characters