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Will Captain Paola Mackie, independent space courier, thrown out of her home ten years previously, escape the unsavory clutches of the man who thinks she can lead him to the notorious Revisionist mothership secretly orbiting within the Lutrana system and plotting to destabilize its economy, its culture, its very way of life?

Will Paola be reconciled with her estranged and aged father before it's too late for him to pass on his onerous legacy to her? And will she finally get it together with Nantuke Orlis, the Revisionist President's enigmatic scout?

The Plitone Revisionist is a fast-paced, sexy science-fiction thriller that will keep you enthralled to the end -- and beyond.

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By: Anton Bondar
Just finished the last episode.. Great story, great narrative... Absolutely mind blowing audiobook.. (i can go on, but you get the point).. Anyhow, I can't wait for the sequel thou' =) Thanks, Paul!

By: PaulJ
(Warning - possible spoilers) I'm grateful for the critique, Devious. You make valid points - ones that I did wonder about during, and after, writing the story. The title is perhaps misleading as to who is the central character, but I feel that "The Revisionist's Daughter" might be a (double) spoiler. As for Governor Jellis, it's true that he ought to get his come-uppance for his behaviour, but he's still around, and there will be a sequel (I'll say no more on Jellis...) Regarding the explicit content at the beginning, that many commenters have remarked on: The Plitone Revisionist is my first novel, and when I started writing Paola's story I had entirely different intentions for it. It wasn't going to be a novel at all, but a series of self-contained short stories. It was only after deciding that I should have been writing it as a novel that I chopped and changed the beginning, interleaving other characters' viewpoints. As a result I found the story taking off in another direction (that's when the idea of the Revisionists in their secret orbiting ship emerged). I abandoned the episodic framework that I had hoped would appeal to a particular market, and went with the novelistic structure. I'm glad I did, as it freed me to go where the story dictated. I don't regret including the explicit stuff - I feel it fits with the earthy and unpleasant nature of the initial setting - but I agree that taken with the later parts of the novel it makes the whole a bit uneven. Thanks muchly for your comments (including about the sound quality and the music), and for the stars! The sequel is on its way.

By: Devious Grin
Hey Paul, Great book! It was recommended to me by Mike Bennett, author of "One Among the Sleepless" and the "Hall of Mirrors" podcast. Those are also excellent listens. Warning, these comments may contain spoilers... The sound quality for the Plitone Revisionist was great, I like your soothing narration voice, even if you don't create distinct character voices, your choice of intro/outro music was great and I find myself singing "Sad to Say" throughout the day. I agree, your male characters have less substance than your female characters, but I do like how you created believable emotional connections between the characters, except for that gratuitous girl-on-girl scene which seemed out of place. After the two rape scenes,the the voyeuristic scene, and the lesbian embrace scene, I thought I'd stumbled into erotica, yet it had a solid plot holding it together. The rest of the book had a much different feel, more decidedly gritty sci-fi. I was fine with the change though, it was all very entertaining. The fact that the Jealous character never appears again after his mistreatment of Paola feels like a loose end. There was some good misdirection and I had some genuine moments of delightful "Ah ha!". Sometimes I was able to predict plot elements, like Jolli's sex cap, but it didn't ruin the story for me. The title seems unrelated to the story. Adam Fairfax has an almost negligible part of the story and seems to only be included as a way to connect the characters and serve as a reason for them to return to plitone. Maybe the sequel use him more, but then the second book should be called the Plitone Revisionist. The first book should have been called, The Revisionists Daughter, since it applies to both Terri and Paola. Anyways, thanks for the great podiobook. I donated and gave you 5 stars across the board. Cheers

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