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Apostles of Mercy: A Novel (Noumena Book 3) Kindle Edition

by Lindsay Ellis (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 208 ratings
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THE INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Apostles of Mercy is the new alternate history first contact novel from the instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal and LA Times bestselling Lindsay Ellis.

First Contact has not been going well. The nations of Earth are rapidly militarizing against the arrival of the Superorganism, an alien civilization that promises to destroy humanity before it can develop into a real threat. The Superorganism has done it before–to their distant transient relatives–and they could easily do it again. But the alien Ampersand and his human interpreter Cora Sabino are done with trying to save humanity from both the Superorganism and itself; to them, this is a civilization that does not deserve to be saved.

When a strange new form of communication between the two of them reveals to Cora how alien Ampersand truly is, she begins to question her blind devotion. But she soon learns of a danger that may force them to leave Earth before either of them are ready: a group of superorganism enemies that have been wreaking havoc on Earth for decades. Existence on the margins has made them desperate and bent on revenge against any of Ampersand's race whose path they cross. Before Cora and Ampersand can make their final escape, these hostile aliens stage an attack, and take that which is most dear to both of them.

Ampersand's enemies will not consider any form of truce; the greatest threat to them is not from the Superorganism, but from an increasingly fearful and violent human civilization newly aware of their existence. Cora and Ampersand must go to extreme measures to take back what was stolen and prevent wholesale human extermination–but in doing so they may be no better than the civilizations they are trying to escape.

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"Gripping and relentless, Apostles of Mercy is the strongest book yet in a thrilling and addictive series. I absolutely tore through it, devoured it in a day, and find myself still hungry for more of these fierce, desperate, passionately loving characters, working so hard to save each other and all of their worlds." - Amal El-Mohtar, co-author of the New York Times bestselling This is How You Lose the Time War

"Apostles of Mercy takes an already terrific series to new heights. It's equal parts interstellar warfare, geopolitical thriller, and hard-earned romance, with a gripping ending. " - Emily St. James, co-Author of Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files and writer for Yellowjackets

"Lindsay Ellis shows us that humans are just as much the other as their alien counterparts with incredible detail, humor, and empathy, and never better than in this un-put-downable continuation of the Noumena saga. Cora Sabino has officially joined the pantheon of first contact heroines." - Jamie Loftus, New York Times bestselling author of Raw Dog

“Immersive, action-packed...does not disappoint.” - Publishers Weekly

“Between the political intrigue and well-defined cast, this is a lovely reading experience. A charming but taut political SF thriller in which the readers are the only winners" - Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

LINDSAY ELLIS is a New York Times bestselling author, Hugo Award finalist, and video essayist who creates online content about media, narrative, literature, and film theory. After earning her bachelor's in cinema studies from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, she earned her MFA in film and television production, with a focus in documentary and screenwriting, from USC's School of Cinematic Arts. She lives in Long Beach, California. Her debut novel, Axiom's End, was an instant New York Times bestseller.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CFJVYLS3
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin's Press (June 4, 2024)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 4, 2024
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4494 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 450 pages
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Lindsay Ellis is an author and video essayist on media, narrative, and film theory, and also co-writes and co-hosts the fiction-focused web series It's Lit! for PBS Digital Studios. After studying Cinema Studies from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, she earned her MFA in Film and Television Production from USC's School of Cinematic Arts with a focus in documentary and screenwriting. She lives in Long Beach, CA. You can find her on twitter @thelindsayellis and on instagram @namebrandlindsay.

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Ajd041
5.0 out of 5 stars A fitting conclusion to a great series
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2024
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It's hard to believe that I picked up the first book in this series so long ago. Lindsay Ellis really did end up finding her niche in the sci Fi space, creating an intimate, character-driven but still actiony story that follows an epic trilogy of aliens but also keeping it very human. It's a story about coming to a greater understanding, about the potential of working together, and of keeping a hold on our better demons.

The way this book ends was satisfying, and open ended. We feel like things are at a natural point where the main arcs of the story have concluded. The author goes beyond the sometimes functional-feeling endings of other books and delivers something good.

I especially liked her portrAyal of mental health and it's associated struggles as a main plot and character device. It's a very tricky thing to portray it accurately without making a book too depressing or bogged down, and she does it very well. She also manages to weave a sci Fi plot into it with gripping stakes and a serious conflict.

I'm looking forward to whatever she dreams up next. This is a great ending to a great series!
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Danielle Stoebe
4.0 out of 5 stars A fun and gripping final book of this trilogy
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2024
4.5/5 ⭐️

I'm always strapping in and not quite sure where things are going to go when it comes to these books, but I know it will be a fun time. This book is no different and I really enjoyed the ride.

Some aspects that I loved:
- Cora's growth and agency! I've loved her character arc across the series and this book really showcases just how much she has overcome while highlighting how comfortable and confident she has become.
- This book probably has the most action of the three and includes some moments of suspense that made me want to keep reading.
- There are some great themes about humanity - what it means to be human and so on that Ellis does a great job of interweaving throughout each book.
- Romance - I won't get into it for spoilers but there are some, let's say interesting moments between Ampersand and Cora.

I think of the three, book 2 was my favorite. The themes about mental health were so good and I really connected with them. Something that stands out to me about these books is that while they are all part of a series, they really stand out individually with how they tackle what first contact might mean on Earth. I'm sad to be leaving this series but I'm looking forward to what Ellis writes next!

Thank you to NetGalley, Lindsay Ellis, and St. Martin's Press for my early access to this.
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Jeremy A. Moffitt
5.0 out of 5 stars A return to form after middling Truth of the Divine
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2024
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Apostles of Mercy brings us back to the compelling sci-fi universe from Axioms End without all the bizarre suicidal ideation that permeated Truth of the Divine. It's like a defibrillator brought back energy and agency to the main characters and those that surround them. Rife with interesting questions about humanity, aliens, legal rights of outsider, love, secrets, and the universe.... you'll be turning pages past bedtime following where the story is going next and wondering how you would react to some of the philosophical questions surfaced by the storyline. The story is ambiguous about whether this is the end of the Noumena series, if it is, its a fine note to go out on.
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Mudassir Ibrahim Chapra
5.0 out of 5 stars Individualistic hubris
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2024
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The author jokingly referred to the previous book in the series as "Dark Forrest for Girlies" on her website. While the joke seems to be about reclaiming a juvenile insult, this series is a great companion to Liu Cixin's Rememberance of Earth's Past trilogy. They seem to tackle the same question; how would humanity react to a hostile first contact.

Where Cixin opts for Collectivist optimism, Ellis goes for Individualistic Pessimism. We have already seen how petty and self-interested humans can be during a global crisis. As far as the book is concerned, it is the 'weakest' of the three. Which means it took 4 days to read through, rather than 3. It does sideline my favorite character, but having multiple narrators really enriches the experience.
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Matt Cohen
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2024
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What a fabulous continuation of the series. I love this series.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Finally, A Page Turner
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2024
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Apostles of Mercy is Lindsay Ellis' third SF novel in her intelligent space-bug first contact series. This is the best of the bunch so far, though that isn't saying too much. This is all in the vein of a name-your-streaming-service original SF series and I'm sure this is the ultimate objective. While the previous two novels in the series were VERY uneven, this one at least is consistently engaging, probably more in the page-turner style she was hoping for when setting out. I was hoping things would wrap up with this one, but it looks like there's more to come. This novel is generally fun, but a couple negatives stand out: the human characters no longer have consistent personalities and strange metaphors abound. Ellis is infatuated with cultural references that probably don't exist as memes outside of her own head and date the writing badly to whenever the rough draft was first written. So, if like scratching your head over the oddities of Pizza Hut menus from 2008 and the arrangement of the furniture in hip bars and restaurants in NYC of the same era and then like to connect those obvious things to inner workings of the thoughts of journalists and CIA agents, then by all means enjoy yourself. Further, around the two-thirds mark of the book, it seems like another author takes over the writing, and what had been the fairly standard personalities of main characters like Cora go out the window as she suddenly becomes much more James Bondish (a cultural reference I think most people get), while more headstrong and mature Paris gets all weak and weepy for a while--almost as if the editor swapped the two names later on without a major rewrite. We'll never know. Some of the promises of the earlier books don't really pay off either, like the mind-bending space-bug mental telepathy and the apocalyptic third species being a total menace. So, yeah, don't take this too seriously and the near constant action should carry the day to the finish line.
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