The Blue Star


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(4 stars; 28 reviews)

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

Reviews

not bad


(4 stars)

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

Enjoyable


(3 stars)

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


(5 stars)

great story I loved it all well read