Helliconia Summer – Brian W. Aldiss Free Audiobook

Written by Brian W. Aldiss
Format: M4B
Bitrate: Variable
Unabridged

Set during high summer in the tropical contintent, Campannlat. Yuli’s settlement is now the capital city of a great empire. Meanwhile, the residents of Avernus are holding occasional lotteries to ameliorate their ennui, the winners being allowed to go down to Helliconia and experience a short period of “real life” before succumbing to the Bone Fever/Fat Death virus. Despite the fatal consequences, the chance of visiting the planet’s surface and interacting with its people is considered a great adventure, and the lotteries are popular. One winner, Billy Xiao Pin, gets involved in high politics, with messy consequences.