Inside a Silver Box
In Inside a Silver Box, two people brought together by a horrific act are united in a common cause by the powers of the Silver Box. The two join to protect humanity from destruction by an alien race, the Laz, hell-bent on regaining control over the Silver Box, the most destructive and powerful tool in the universe.



The Silver Box, will stop at nothing to prevent its former master from returning to being, even it it means finishing the earth itself.
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Inside a Silver Box
In Inside a Silver Box, two people brought together by a horrific act are united in a common cause by the powers of the Silver Box. The two join to protect humanity from destruction by an alien race, the Laz, hell-bent on regaining control over the Silver Box, the most destructive and powerful tool in the universe.



The Silver Box, will stop at nothing to prevent its former master from returning to being, even it it means finishing the earth itself.
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Inside a Silver Box

Inside a Silver Box

by Walter Mosley

Narrated by Dion Graham

Unabridged — 6 hours, 54 minutes

Inside a Silver Box

Inside a Silver Box

by Walter Mosley

Narrated by Dion Graham

Unabridged — 6 hours, 54 minutes

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In Inside a Silver Box, two people brought together by a horrific act are united in a common cause by the powers of the Silver Box. The two join to protect humanity from destruction by an alien race, the Laz, hell-bent on regaining control over the Silver Box, the most destructive and powerful tool in the universe.



The Silver Box, will stop at nothing to prevent its former master from returning to being, even it it means finishing the earth itself.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Well written and imaginative...plenty here—both style and story—to satisfy readers of speculative fiction.” —Booklist on Stepping Stone/Love Machine

“One of this nation's finest writers.” —The Boston Globe

“A writer whose work transcends category and qualifies as serious literature.” —Time

FEBRUARY 2015 - AudioFile

Mosley creates two unlikely characters who are brought together under terrible circumstances. Their mission is to save the world. Dion Graham’s narration jumps from character to character in an edgy manner, forcing the listener to anticipate imminent apocalyptic devastation. Graham’s overall quick pace and short pauses heighten the tension in this sci-fi thriller. He skillfully matches his voice to the story’s words. For example, as the female protagonist is described as having a “furious pace,” Graham’s tone holds a furious urgency. While the two characters—Ronnie the thug and Lorraine the privileged desirable—do sound stereotypical at times, Graham carries the listener to the end, without any stagnation. T.E.C. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine

Kirkus Reviews

2014-11-06
After an African-American thug murders a white graduate student jogging in Central Park, the two team up to combat an alien menace in Mosley's (Rose Gold, 2014, etc.) latest science-fiction effort.When Ronnie Bottoms brains Lorraine Fell with a rock, her corpse conveniently falls on top of the Silver Box, an incredibly powerful AI remorseful about its original purpose: fulfilling the whims of the Laz, a sadistic conquering race. When the Box acts to help Ronnie resurrect Lorraine, they also inadvertently awaken the Laz as well, which soon sets its sights on Earth. Mosley is always genuinely interested in getting inside people's heads and trying to bridge social, economic and racial divides—or at least, to disseminate understanding about the natures of those divides. But for some reason, his science fiction is typically crafted in the form of fables, and the insights which seem organic and integrated in his mysteries lose subtlety in his SF. The message of this particular fable is also somewhat murky: What do Lorraine and Ronnie gain by their encounter with the Silver Box? Have they really become more enlightened? Ronnie does become a more philosophical person, willing to consider the implications of his actions (although fidelity doesn't seem part of that package). But Lorraine seems to have gained Ronnie's less attractive qualities in return, rejecting philosophy (formerly her area of study) and words for the purely physical, running for miles and having sex with a stranger (the oddly named Alton Brown—does Mosley have some connection with the Food Network celebrity?). And although she's strong enough now to resist her domineering father's bullying, she apparently has no problem continuing to accept his financial support and never for one second worries that it might be cut off. Food for thought, if not entirely digestible.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940171734640
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Publication date: 01/27/2015
Edition description: Unabridged
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