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The Blue Star

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The novel is set in a parallel world in which the existence of psychic powers has permitted the development of witchcraft into a science; in contrast, the physical sciences have languished, resulting in a modern culture reminiscent of our eighteenth century.

The protagonists are Lalette Asterhax, a hereditary witch, and Rodvard Bergelin, an ordinary government clerk who has been recruited into the radical conspiracy of the Sons of the New Day. Rodvard, though attracted to the daughter of a baron, is commanded by his superiors to seduce Lalette instead to gain the use of her blue star in the furtherance of their revolutionary aims. The witch is no more truly enamored of him than he is of her, but both fall in with the scheme for their own reasons, unaware of how much they are simply pawns in the larger scheme of things. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia) (9 hr 43 min)

Chapters

Prologue

15:05

Read by Mark Nelson

Netznegon City: March Rain

19:05

Read by Mark Nelson

April Night

21:15

Read by Mark Nelson

Escape

21:11

Read by Mark Nelson

Daylight; Refuge

21:19

Read by Mark Nelson

Night; Generosity; Treason

21:12

Read by Mark Nelson

Night and Day; The Place of Masks

18:48

Read by Angelique G. Campbell

Sedad Vix: A New Life

22:46

Read by Mark Nelson

High Politic

21:01

Read by Mark Nelson

Spring Festival: Intrigue of Count Cleudi

17:45

Read by Mark Nelson

Prelude to the Servants’ Ball

18:32

Read by Angelique G. Campbell

Kazmerga; Two Against a World

24:18

Read by Mark Nelson

Netznegon City; A Zigraner Festival

24:20

Read by Mark Nelson

Farewell and Greeting

20:34

Read by Angelique G. Campbell

The Eastern Sea; The Captain’s Story

22:38

Read by Mark Nelson

Charalkis; The Door Closes

26:00

Read by Angelique G. Campbell

The Eastern Sea: Systole

22:02

Read by Mark Nelson

Charalkis: The Depth and Rise

24:54

Read by Mark Nelson

Decide for Life

19:57

Read by Mark Nelson

Two Choices

15:29

Read by Mark Nelson

Inevitable

17:52

Read by Mark Nelson

Midwinter: The Return

23:04

Read by Angelique G. Campbell

The Law of Love

18:27

Read by Mark Nelson

Netznegon: Return to Glory

18:20

Read by Mark Nelson

Speeches in the Great Assembly

18:18

Read by Mark Nelson

Interview at the Nation’s Guest-House

11:25

Read by Mark Nelson

The Court of Special Cases

12:15

Read by Mark Nelson

Winter Light

16:43

Read by Angelique G. Campbell

Embers Revived

16:25

Read by Angelique G. Campbell

No and Yes

9:56

Read by Angelique G. Campbell

Epilogue

3:36

Read by Mark Nelson

Bewertungen

not bad

(4 Sterne)

well written but the plot never seems to develop. it's not bad not great.

Enjoyable

(3 Sterne)

Enjoyable listen, little bit confusing sometime but overall not bad .

(5 Sterne)

great story I loved it all well read