Dust of Dawn is the start of a new series by Eloise Knapp, the author of a favorite series of mine, The Undead Situation. I first heard of the book when I had the opportunity to get a free review copy, and was pretty glad to seize the chance. I had previously purchased all 4 of her prior audiobooks on Audible, so this was great luck. That said, I did end up buying the kindle edition as well.
Dust of Dawn was a novel, the first in a new series, told from the perspective of several characters. That generally worries me as in audio format, it can make it a bit hard to follow transitions. However, the author did a great job of addressing the character transitions, and the narrator did a fantastic job handling it also. They did several important things for this. Firstly, the transitions occurred at chapter breaks. Secondly, the chapters were titles with the character name and the character number. Thirdly, the narrator did leave a good amount of transition pause, rather than just running on with zero pause, as has occurred in a lot I have read.
Although it is from the perspective of different separate characters, it doesn’t take long to get into the tale and the majority or the characters are thrown together. The book starts on the day of an expected extinction event, and shortly after is in the aftermath. The book ends on a nice revelation, but feels like a complete story without an unnecessary cliffhanger.
The narrator was a new on to my collection, and did a great job, both with the excellent demarcation of chapter and character switch he’s, to clarity, to ease of listening.
I’m looking forward to further audiobooks in the series. Recommend.