Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Vol. 1: Dawn

Yoshiki Tanaka

Mar 2016 · Legend of the Galactic Heroes Book 1 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds

About this audiobook

“The Golden Brat” Reinhard von Lohengramm, a military prodigy and admiral of the Galactic Empire, has ambitions beyond protecting the borders or even defeating the Empire’s enemies. He seeks to overthrow the old order and become a truly absolute—yet benevolent—dictator. His rival, the humble Yang Wen-li of the Free Planets Alliance, wishes to preserve democracy even if he must sacrifice his political ideals to defeat the Empire. Their political and military battles play out over a galactic chessboard in an epic saga fifteen centuries in the making!

Ratings and reviews

Amazing story. I have not found a narrative this immersive since Wheel of Time or Dune.

Great performance by the narrator. Excellent scifi political drama

About the author

Yoshiki Tanaka was born in 1952 in Kumamoto Prefecture, and published his first story, "Murder at the Hanquan Pavilion," at the age of twenty. After completing a doctorate in literature, Tanaka launched his science fiction career. Legend of the Galactic Heroes, which translates the European wars of the nineteenth century to an interstellar setting, won the Seiun Award for best science fiction novel in 1987. Tanaka’s other works include the fantasy series The Heroic Legend of Aslan and many other science fiction, fantasy, historical, and mystery novels and stories.