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- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
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Humankind has escaped a dying Earth and set out to find a new home among the stars aboard an immense generation ship affectionately named the Ark. Bryan Benson is the Ark's greatest living sports hero, enjoying retirement working as a detective in Avalon, his home module. The hours are good, the work is easy, and the perks can't be beat. But when a crew member goes missing, Bryan is thrust into the center of an ever-expanding web of deception, secrets, and violence.
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Nearly there
- De Michaela en 05-11-16
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Rebel Fleet
- De: B. V. Larson
- Narrado por: Mark Boyett
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
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They hunt us. They bomb our worlds for target practice. A star cluster in the constellation of Orion rotates once every 1,000 years. Those who rule there have an ancient tradition: When each cycle ends, they train their fleets by spilling the blood of lesser beings. The enemy fleets are coming again. In response, the Rebel Worlds gather their starships to face the terrifying threat, and this time humanity is asked to stand with them. The last time they considered Earth, Vikings in longboats were raiding English coastlines. Today, we're less primitive. Today, we're a target.
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Swarm series all over again
- De Kenneth en 03-18-17
De: B. V. Larson
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Omega Rising
- De: Joshua Dalzelle
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 6 h y 41 m
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Jason Burke was a man hiding from himself in a small cabin high in the American Rocky Mountains when his simple, quiet life was shattered one night by what he first assumed was an aviation mishap. But when he investigates the crash, what he finds will yank him out of his self-imposed exile and thrust him into a world he could have never imagined.
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Entertaining but nothing special. Take a look.
- De Desmond en 10-31-15
De: Joshua Dalzelle
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Time Salvager
- De: Wesley Chu
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 15 h y 37 m
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Convicted criminal James Griffin-Mars is no one's hero. In his time, Earth is a toxic, abandoned world, and humans have fled into the outer solar system to survive, eking out a fragile, doomed existence among the other planets and their moons. Those responsible for delaying humanity's demise believe time travel holds the key, and they have identified James, troubled though he is, as one of a select and expendable few ideally suited for the most dangerous job in history.
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Thrilling time-traveling adventure full of twists.
- De Daniel en 11-13-15
De: Wesley Chu
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Tin Man: A Galaxy's Edge Prequel
- De: Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
- Duración: 52 m
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In the wilds of a jungle planet, the Legion fights in brutal combat as Republic marines fly their SLICS from one tragedy to the next. H292, a repurposed warbot, shows the heart of a hero as he wades into the battle not to destroy - but to save.
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So cool
- De Chris en 02-01-20
De: Jason Anspach, y otros
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Last Command
- Fallen Empire, Book 0
- De: Lindsay Buroker
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 2 h y 26 m
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In the final days of the empire, Cyborg Corps Colonel Leonidas Adler plans to die in a manner befitting of an imperial officer. He will fight until his last breath, giving his life to defend Emperor Markus, as it was meant to be. But when the emperor himself summons him for a final special mission, how can he refuse?
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Pretty good teaser for lighter space opera
- De 🔥 Phx17 🔥 en 10-15-21
De: Lindsay Buroker
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The Event
- De: Nathan Hystad
- Narrado por: Luke Daniels
- Duración: 6 h y 33 m
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Cities all around the world reported strange alien vessels descending. Some saw them as the heralds of a new age; others fired everything they had at them. All were taken as the beams lashed down and drew them into the sky. Dean was left behind, seemingly the last man on Earth. A trail of clues left by his dead wife guides Dean on a perilous journey across America and beyond to learn the truth behind the mysterious ships and save humanity from its doom.
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Did not inspire me to get the next book.
- De MD en 12-13-18
De: Nathan Hystad
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Mercury's Bane
- Book One of the Earth Dawning Series
- De: Nick Webb
- Narrado por: Greg Tremblay
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
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They're all gone. We remember them like yesterday: pieces of our stolen heritage. Things like NASA. Football. Parades and pies. Good things, comfortable things. We remember a time when we were alone in the universe, safe and oblivious. But it's all gone now. We called them the Telestines, and in the face of their ruthless invasion we were powerless. By 2040, all the world's governments and militaries had fallen, and the remnants of humanity exiled to the solar system. We looked down on our blue planet, so close to our birthplace, so close to our home.
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A shockingly bad book.
- De Ginger en 04-12-17
De: Nick Webb
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Up Against It
- De: M. J. Locke
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 16 h y 45 m
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Geoff and his friends live in Phocaea, a distant asteroid colony on the Solar System's frontier. They're your basic high-spirited young adults, enjoying such pastimes as hacking matter compilers to produce dancing skeletons that prance through the low-gee communal areas, using their rocket-bikes to salvage methane ice shrapnel that flies away when the colony brings in a big (and vital) rock of the stuff, and figuring out how to avoid the ubiquitous surveillance motes.
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Very old school SF, in ways good and bad
- De A reader en 06-19-12
De: M. J. Locke
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Requiem for a Ruler of Worlds
- The First Adventure of Alacrity Fitzhugh & Hobart Floyt
- De: Brian Daley
- Narrado por: Brian Holsopple
- Duración: 9 h y 57 m
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Mankind was beginning its third leap into the Galaxy, but Old Earth had so long kept to herself that her people were unable to travel safely among the rough-and-tumble cultures that had evolved on distant worlds. That annoyed Earth's rulers, for Hobart Floyt--a minor Terran bureaucrat-- had been left a mysterious inheritance by the deceased ruler of a small but wealthy interstellar empire.
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Best Sci Fi Fun anywhere!
- De A. Foxter en 07-07-15
De: Brian Daley
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Starfire
- De: B.V. Larson
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 13 h y 1 m
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On June 30, 1908, an object fell from the sky, releasing more energy than a thousand Hiroshima bombs. A Siberian forest was flattened, but the strike left no significant crater. The anomaly came to be known as the Tunguska Event, and scientists have never agreed whether it was the largest meteor strike in recorded history - or something else. Alien artifacts have been uncovered since the 1908 event, and a new star drive is discovered.
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Het
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 04-09-17
De: B.V. Larson
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Assault Troopers
- Extinction Wars, Book 1
- De: Vaughn Heppner
- Narrado por: Christian Rummel
- Duración: 12 h y 32 m
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The Earth died when aliens rained thermonuclear warheads on her cities and sprayed the surface with a bio-terminator. A deadly poison drifted to every corner of the planet, threatening the last survivors with annihilation. For a soldier like Creed, there is only one way to keep breathing untainted air. He must bury his hatred of the extraterrestrials and join the Jelk Corporation as an assault trooper, leaving the planet for outer space. In return for his and other people's services, the corporation will house the last humans for as long as the assault troopers keep winning.
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Angry, Poor action, No reality, A lot of Yelling
- De Edward en 10-26-13
De: Vaughn Heppner
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A Song for Arbonne
- De: Guy Gavriel Kay
- Narrado por: Euan Morton
- Duración: 19 h y 45 m
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The lands of Arbonne and Gorhaut are on the verge of an all-consuming conflict. When a devious high priest of Gorhaut seizes the opportunity to wage a holy war against residents of Arbonne, an epic clash between the two cultures ensues.
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Beautiful, moving, full of suspence and adventure
- De Efrat Kotzer Hassid en 07-22-20
De: Guy Gavriel Kay
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The Ember Blade
- The Darkwater Legacy, Book 1
- De: Chris Wooding
- Narrado por: Simon Bubb
- Duración: 30 h y 40 m
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Aren has lived by the rules all his life. He's never questioned it; that's just the way things are. But then his father is executed for treason, and he and his best friend, Cade, are thrown into a prison mine, doomed to work until they drop. Unless they can somehow break free.... But what lies beyond the prison walls is more terrifying still. Rescued by a man who hates him yet is oath-bound to protect him, pursued by inhuman forces, Aren slowly accepts that everything he knew about his world was a lie.
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I cried at the end of this damn thing.
- De Amazon Customer en 05-09-19
De: Chris Wooding
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Spin of Fate
- The Fifth Realm, Book 1
- De: A. A. Vora
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 11 h y 39 m
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Aina’s world is governed by Toranic Law, a force that segregates people into upper and lower realms. It’s said that if the sinful lowers commit themselves to kindness and charity, their souls will lighten, allowing them into the peaceful upper realms. But Aina, one of the few lowers to ever ascend, just wants to go back home. Aina is desperate to reunite with her mother, hoping she’s survived the beasts and wars of her homeland alone. After failing to weigh down her soul with petty crimes, Aina joins a rebel group defying the authorities and bringing aid to those condemned.
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Love it but note for Audible
- De Beth Peters en 07-05-24
De: A. A. Vora
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The Emissary
- A First Contact Novel
- De: Michael J. Edwards
- Narrado por: Alison Ewing
- Duración: 12 h y 34 m
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A troubled young woman is recruited by a race of ancient alien explorers to be their emissary to save the human race from extinction. The problem is that not everyone believes the world is doomed, and not everyone trusts the aliens' motives. Holly Burton will have to overcome opposition from world leaders, attacks by religious zealots, assassination attempts, intractable bureaucracies, and her own fears and doubts if she is to save the human race, not just from the coming apocalypse, but from itself.
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Very entertaining
- De NMwritergal en 08-15-24
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Interstellar Gunrunner: The Complete Series
- A Space Opera Box Set
- De: James Wolanyk
- Narrado por: Garrett Michael Brown
- Duración: 30 h y 35 m
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Bodhi Drezek is heartbroken, universally despised, and drowning in debt from the 65 million tons of explosive compounds in his cargo hold. Despite his former glory as one of the galaxy’s foremost arms merchants, times are tough. The tyrannical Halcius Hegemony has nearly finished crushing a rebellion, depriving him of his top two customers. Under the gun to absolve his debts, Bodhi takes a job to help a group of desperate rebels pull off a daring heist on a Hegemony flagship.
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Where on EARTH did this come from??
- De Christopher en 05-17-22
De: James Wolanyk
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Powersat
- The Grand Tour Series
- De: Ben Bova
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 13 h y 33 m
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Two hundred thousand feet up, things go horribly wrong. An experimental low-orbit spaceplane breaks up on reentry, falling to earth over a trail hundreds of miles long. And in its wake is the beginning of the most important mission in the history of spaceflight.
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Great book but substandard recording
- De Greg en 11-25-11
De: Ben Bova
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A Song for Arbonne
- De: Guy Gavriel Kay
- Narrado por: Euan Morton
- Duración: 19 h y 45 m
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The lands of Arbonne and Gorhaut are on the verge of an all-consuming conflict. When a devious high priest of Gorhaut seizes the opportunity to wage a holy war against residents of Arbonne, an epic clash between the two cultures ensues.
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Beautiful, moving, full of suspence and adventure
- De Efrat Kotzer Hassid en 07-22-20
De: Guy Gavriel Kay
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The Ember Blade
- The Darkwater Legacy, Book 1
- De: Chris Wooding
- Narrado por: Simon Bubb
- Duración: 30 h y 40 m
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Aren has lived by the rules all his life. He's never questioned it; that's just the way things are. But then his father is executed for treason, and he and his best friend, Cade, are thrown into a prison mine, doomed to work until they drop. Unless they can somehow break free.... But what lies beyond the prison walls is more terrifying still. Rescued by a man who hates him yet is oath-bound to protect him, pursued by inhuman forces, Aren slowly accepts that everything he knew about his world was a lie.
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I cried at the end of this damn thing.
- De Amazon Customer en 05-09-19
De: Chris Wooding
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Spin of Fate
- The Fifth Realm, Book 1
- De: A. A. Vora
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 11 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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Aina’s world is governed by Toranic Law, a force that segregates people into upper and lower realms. It’s said that if the sinful lowers commit themselves to kindness and charity, their souls will lighten, allowing them into the peaceful upper realms. But Aina, one of the few lowers to ever ascend, just wants to go back home. Aina is desperate to reunite with her mother, hoping she’s survived the beasts and wars of her homeland alone. After failing to weigh down her soul with petty crimes, Aina joins a rebel group defying the authorities and bringing aid to those condemned.
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Love it but note for Audible
- De Beth Peters en 07-05-24
De: A. A. Vora
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The Emissary
- A First Contact Novel
- De: Michael J. Edwards
- Narrado por: Alison Ewing
- Duración: 12 h y 34 m
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A troubled young woman is recruited by a race of ancient alien explorers to be their emissary to save the human race from extinction. The problem is that not everyone believes the world is doomed, and not everyone trusts the aliens' motives. Holly Burton will have to overcome opposition from world leaders, attacks by religious zealots, assassination attempts, intractable bureaucracies, and her own fears and doubts if she is to save the human race, not just from the coming apocalypse, but from itself.
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Very entertaining
- De NMwritergal en 08-15-24
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Interstellar Gunrunner: The Complete Series
- A Space Opera Box Set
- De: James Wolanyk
- Narrado por: Garrett Michael Brown
- Duración: 30 h y 35 m
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Bodhi Drezek is heartbroken, universally despised, and drowning in debt from the 65 million tons of explosive compounds in his cargo hold. Despite his former glory as one of the galaxy’s foremost arms merchants, times are tough. The tyrannical Halcius Hegemony has nearly finished crushing a rebellion, depriving him of his top two customers. Under the gun to absolve his debts, Bodhi takes a job to help a group of desperate rebels pull off a daring heist on a Hegemony flagship.
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Where on EARTH did this come from??
- De Christopher en 05-17-22
De: James Wolanyk
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Powersat
- The Grand Tour Series
- De: Ben Bova
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 13 h y 33 m
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Two hundred thousand feet up, things go horribly wrong. An experimental low-orbit spaceplane breaks up on reentry, falling to earth over a trail hundreds of miles long. And in its wake is the beginning of the most important mission in the history of spaceflight.
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Great book but substandard recording
- De Greg en 11-25-11
De: Ben Bova
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Endurance
- The Complete Series
- De: A.C. Spahn
- Narrado por: James Fouhey
- Duración: 13 h y 58 m
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Join the Endurance's crew - a trigger-happy first officer, a hyperactive engineer, a shy covert operative, a conspiracy-spouting physicist, and a captain trying to earn his way back into his superiors' good graces....
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This one is special.
- De Naomi en 06-03-23
De: A.C. Spahn
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Duty, Honor, Planet
- The Complete Series - Box Set
- De: Rick Partlow
- Narrado por: Ryan Kennard Burke
- Duración: 50 h y 5 m
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Jason McKay and Shannon Stark, two young Republic Space Fleet Intelligence officers, are given the leadership of a new special ops unit. The mission? Guard the spoiled daughter of an important senator. Neither thought the mission would be anything more than babysitting....Until the aliens invaded the colony. Implacable, relentless, merciless - the armored creatures will slaughter anyone. Survival will be the least of their challenges, as Jason and Shannon are forced to weigh the lives of the people they lead, and the ones they love, against their duty, honor, and planet.
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can't go on
- De Ginger Gypsy en 03-24-22
De: Rick Partlow
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Stone & Sky
- The Stone & Sky Series, Book 1
- De: Z.S. Diamanti
- Narrado por: Peter Leppard
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
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Orin is a sworn protector. As a stalwart member of the Griffin Guard, he’s proud to protect the kingdom against a dreaded nation of orcs. But when the fires of war burn bright from the north, his entire squadron falls to deadly wyvern riders, leaving the devastated Orin bloody and alone. With his squad dead, Orin has his mind set on saving others from the same fate.
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Bringing the fantasy to life
- De Brianna L. Earlley en 04-06-24
De: Z.S. Diamanti
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Spirits Abroad
- De: Zen Cho
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 12 h y 49 m
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Nineteen sparkling stories that weave between the lands of the living and the lands of the dead. Spirits Abroad is an expanded edition of Zen Cho’s Crawford Award winning debut collection with nine added stories including Hugo Award winner “If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again”. A Datin recalls her romance with an orang bunian. A teenage pontianak struggles to balance homework, bossy aunties, first love, and eating people.
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An Array of Magic
- De Suzi en 05-06-24
De: Zen Cho
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Lt. Reilly - Bundle: 5 Book Series
- De: Matthew O. Duncan
- Narrado por: Dave Cruse, Caroline McLaughlin
- Duración: 36 h y 43 m
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Jack Reilly's luck ran out just before the war did. Resigning his commission in the Alliance shortly after the end of the war with the Serkins, he went out into the galaxy looking for a job. Signing onto the Glacier Runner 17, an old and rundown cargo ship, Reilly finds himself working for a clueless captain, mixed up in an intergalactic conspiracy, on the run from assassins, and involved with two women in relationships that he could only call "complicated". And that's just book one. Follow Lt. Jack Reilly and his partner, Major Mitchel, through their adventures.
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Seems geared more toward women
- De S. Stevens en 11-18-22
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The Given Day
- De: Dennis Lehane
- Narrado por: Michael Boatman
- Duración: 23 h y 47 m
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The Given Day explores the crippling violence and irrepressible exuberance of a country at war with, and in the thrall of, itself. As Danny, Luther, and those around them struggle to define themselves in increasingly turbulent times, they gradually find family in one another and, together, ride a rising storm of hardship, deprivation, and hope that will change all their lives.
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As Good As It Gets
- De D. Jay Ritt en 02-02-09
De: Dennis Lehane
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Empire of Silence
- Sun Eater, Book 1
- De: Christopher Ruocchio
- Narrado por: Samuel Roukin
- Duración: 26 h y 6 m
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The galaxy remembers Hadrian Marlowe as a hero: the man who burned every last alien Cielcin from the sky. They remember him as a monster: the devil who destroyed a sun, casually annihilating four billion human lives - even the emperor himself - against Imperial orders. But Hadrian was not a hero. He was not a monster. He was not even a soldier. Fleeing his father and a future as a torturer, Hadrian finds himself stranded on a strange, backwater world.
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A Slow start at best....then the story tapers off
- De paul nordquist en 08-21-19
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The River Saga: The Complete Series
- The River Saga, Books 1-4
- De: Nathan Hystad
- Narrado por: Christopher Ryan Grant
- Duración: 54 h y 33 m
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Colton Beck has six months to live. He works for the Angor near Los Angeles, aware that any day could be his last. The Angor arrived twenty years ago, resolved to help mankind survive, but not everyone believes their motives are honorable. When the Angor offer humanity a colony world, Colton is determined to see another planet before his final breath. He's been diagnosed with Xeno, a rare disorder that surfaced with the Angor's arrival, but he won't let this stop him.
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Best of the best
- De Tom S. en 09-03-24
De: Nathan Hystad
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These Burning Stars
- De: Bethany Jacobs
- Narrado por: Natalie Naudus
- Duración: 15 h y 28 m
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Jun Ironway—hacker, con artist, and occasional thief—has gotten her hands on a piece of contraband that could set her up for life: proof that implicates the powerful Nightfoot family in a planet-wide genocide seventy-five years ago. The Nightfoots control the precious sevite that fuels interplanetary travel through three star systems. And someone is sure to pay handsomely for anything that could break their hold. Of course, anything valuable is also dangerous. The Kindom, the ruling power of the star systems, is inextricably tied up in the Nightfoots’ monopoly.
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Wow - what an excellent space opera 🚀
- De Marie S. en 10-23-23
De: Bethany Jacobs
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Axiom's End
- A Novel
- De: Lindsay Ellis
- Narrado por: Abigail Thorn, Stephanie Willis
- Duración: 15 h y 59 m
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It's fall 2007. A well-timed leak has revealed that the US government might have engaged in first contact. Cora Sabino is doing everything she can to avoid the whole mess, since the force driving the controversy is her whistleblower father. Even though Cora hasn't spoken to him in years, his celebrity has caught the attention of the press, the internet, the paparazzi, and the government - and with him in hiding, that attention is on her. She neither knows nor cares whether her father's leaks are a hoax and wants nothing to do with him.
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Short Circuit w Aliens?
- De Eric en 08-05-20
De: Lindsay Ellis
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The Spear Cuts Through Water
- A Novel
- De: Simon Jimenez
- Narrado por: Joel de la Fuente
- Duración: 17 h y 17 m
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The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons, the Three Terrors—hold the countryside in their choking grip. They bleed the land and oppress the citizens with the frightful powers they inherited from the god locked under their palace.
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This is why I read
- De Chris en 11-26-22
De: Simon Jimenez
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Of Blood and Fire
- The Bound and the Broken, Book 1
- De: Ryan Cahill
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 16 h y 23 m
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Epheria is a land divided by war and mistrust. The High Lords of the South squabble and fight, only kept in check by the Dragonguard, traitors of a time long past, who serve the empire of the North. In the remote villages of Southern Epheria, still reeling from the tragic loss of his brother, Calen Bryer prepares for The Proving - a test of courage and skill that not all survive. But when three strangers arrive in the village of Milltown, with a secret they are willing to die for, Calen’s world is ripped from under him and he is thrust headfirst into a war.
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Didn’t expect a “grow up power fantasy”
- De Mike Thomas en 07-23-22
De: Ryan Cahill
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Wistful Ascending
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- Jake LaFrance
- 04-23-23
Fantastic space opera debut!
The author of Wistful Ascending gave me the audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
I liked this book! I wasn't really sure what to expect when I started, but I ended up enjoying it for the most part. I liked the characters, the world building was very intriguing, especially with the wormhole stuff and the different alien species, and the humor was great throughout the whole book. The dialogue was great as well. And the audio narrator was great!
My main complaint is with the pacing, it felt very inconsistent at times, moments of action and tension went by very quickly, followed by many chapters of quiet and not much happening. And some chapters felt a bit repetitive. I'm sure this will improve, seeing that this is the authors debut novel. I will eventually give book 2 a listen.
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- mrgoodyear
- 04-10-23
I loved it!!!!
This was so entertaining! I was hooked from the first few chapters. Amazing characters, fun story, and incredibly unique.
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- T. A. Bruno
- 09-29-23
Nothing like anything else I've read this year!
Wistful Ascending by JCM Berne might be one of the more surprising books I’ve enjoyed reading this year. I listened to the audiobook, narrated by Wayne Farrell, who did an excellent job bringing every character to life and teasing out a bit more likeability in each of them.
First, I want to mention the tone and delivery. I think it’s worth noting that the story is delivered via character interactions over various lunches and dinners between Rohan and the friends he meets along the way. If readers were expecting high-octane action the entire time, they might miss it here. However, we get very thoughtful conversations between action that help the characters develop more naturally as the story progresses. It’s also delivered in a way that I somewhat consider “episodic,” where Rohan doesn’t have an overarching problem to solve, but a few problems to solve while dealing with his daily life. I’ll admit, once or twice, I found it a little interrupting to cut away from a scene to a lunch when I was expecting more to happen. Still, the overall story and characters make it work. I only mention this because it’s nice to know it beforehand to set the mood for maximum enjoyment.
The space station Wistful is a wonderful place to hang out. JCM Berne has made an area I felt like I was living in with Rohan, a lot of it due to the slice-of-life moments with Rohan making the whole place feel more natural. I loved hearing about the il’Drach and Rohan’s powers and how he struggles to redefine himself from his past as a super-powered soldier. A true monster lurks behind his gentle, charming exterior, and the fight to remain true to himself is genuine and well-written.
When the action hits, it SLAMS. The juxtaposition between Rohan during lunch and Rohan destroying warships is intense and amazing. It didn’t feel like I was just reading about “superhero but in space.” It felt unique and exciting. (I’ve worked on a few superhero films in my day, and this felt very fresh to me! Bravo!)
Overall, I really enjoyed my time with Wistful Ascending! It was nothing like anything else I had read this year.
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- CJDsCurrentRead
- 03-12-23
Such a fun story and narration!
This is Hybrid Helix book 1, and I was sent a download code for the audiobook, and I’m now pissed I didn’t get to it sooner!
This. Story. Is. So. Much. Fun.
Ever wonder what you’d get if you added science fiction with superheroes? Ever wonder what a story would be like if you took out the kind of corny undertones of caped crusaders? Rohan is half human and half il’Drach. The combination gives him superhuman abilities, and responsibilities. After years of fighting, he just wants to retire from it all. Nothing, the universe included, seems to be accepting that.
Sentient space stations and ships, alien races and wormholes, wars being fought by superhuman armies, this novel has some pretty awesome plot points. I really enjoyed the hard science beats in the book, as well as some of the more mysterious things spread throughout. It’s funny that a book about superheroes off of earth could make me want a prequel about them on earth so badly.
I enjoyed that the superhuman power was being pulled from somewhere and it wasn’t entirely bottomless. The main character can be hurt, even killed, and he does have to dig deep each time he faces a fight. Rohan’s home of the space station Wistful feels like a full and fast world, the author has written in multiple alien cultures to give it depth. I’ve never been so immersed while in the dead of space.
For fans of Guardians of the Galaxy with some real grit like Watchmen or The Boys. These ‘superheroes’ will save the galaxy, but they will also snap your neck for looking at them wrong.
Personally a 5/5* for me. I have the ‘prequel’ Zero Twist, but I can’t wait to get into book two as well. Wish the audio was out for it! Wayne Farrell did an amazing job with narration.
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- Derek B.
- 01-29-23
Superheroes, sentient AIs, and space bears, oh my!
(4.5 rounded up) Please note that I received a free code for the audio version of this book, but that has not affected the honesty of this review.
Despite an opening that I found odd as well as some humor that didn't quite charm me, I really enjoyed this epic slice of life in space that is brimming with quirkiness and some high stakes action.
CHARACTERS
This story centers around Rohan, a half human "hybrid" whose (il’Drach) alien side grants him superhuman abilities (although they come with a little bit of a nasty side). Rohan has made a new life for himself aboard a sentient space station named, Wistful, in order to move on from a colorful past in the imperial military. The truth about who he was is slowly revealed over time and I loved how the tangled web of his past was unraveled, bit by bit. In his new life, he's chosen to take up the job of a simple "tow chief" which, in theory, would allow him to life out his days doing the simple, honest work of hauling in ships arriving at the station, as well as guiding those who wish to depart. While most presumably do this job with the help of small towing machinery, Rohan's abilities allow him to simply throw on a mask, fly into space, and do the job by hand. As one might expect though, Rohan's life gets more complicated through a series of events that pushes him further and further toward the person that he used to be. Seeing this struggle to accept who he was and reconcile that with who he thinks he should be was definitely one of the more interesting aspects of his character. It helps that Rohan is a sensitive guy who wants to do good though I sometimes found his deflective, snarky sense of humor to be grating at times (very realistic, but still a little annoying).
Surrounding Rohan is a fantastic cast of exotic alien beings, sentient space ships, and a couple other humans. From Rohan's reptilians friend, to a lovely alien love interest, and even a whole ship full of talking space bears, there are so many fun and distinct personalities to discover. Wistful herself might be my personal favorite and I definitely left with the sense that there is more to learn about her.
PLOT/TONE
This story is described as a space opera and while it definitely checks off all of the boxes required for that subgenre, I'd almost argue that this is mostly a slice of life story of epic, intergalactic proportions (at least for the first 75% or so). Things are definitely action packed throughout, but I think what I found most compelling about the story is that we get to have such an up-close-and-personal view into Rohan's daily life. We see him go to work, get dinner, train for combat, spend time with friends, and date. While that might not sound all that interesting, I think the truly alien setting made every little detail a pleasure to discover. Rohan and some other humans discuss the best places to eat and how different foods are similar or different from what they had on earth. Ursan culture (the space bears) is explored early on, and different alien abilities are described in detail.
In addition to the cozier elements, there is also a rich lore for this universe which is doled out in waves, mostly through revelations about Rohan's past. These characters and species have histories which made me feel like I had a lot to learn, but not that I was missing critical information (or that I was being given too much information, for that matter). A lot of it is rather serious and sometimes dark, but I found it fascinating. Lightening things is an overarching layer of somewhat dry humor. A lot of the characters are quite reasonable (sometimes unreasonably reasonable) and genuinely caring toward one another, but they are also very blunt and often snarky with their banter. I liked all of the characters, but some of these interactions just didn't always work for me, which I think mostly came down to personal preference. Another aspect that didn't click with me was the chaotic prologue. I had a really hard time picturing what was going on and who was involved. I also felt like the story took so long to catch up to this point that it didn't really add much other than to sort of spoil the ending conflict a little. I'm not against prologues in general, this one just felt somewhat unnecessary and led me to worry that I would not enjoy this book until the first chapter started and then I was gripped from there.
SETTING/WORLD
The story being mostly confined to a single space station was no problem at all since this place is huge and a lot of the action does take place in space or on neighboring planets/moons. As I mentioned, this is a universe with some deep history between the expanse of the il’Drach empire, the system the Ursans fled from, and a version of earth where being protected by superheroes is a reality. While the story doesn't actually venture to these corners of the universe, a lot of interesting information is shared about them which almost made it feel like we got to see them. I found myself reminded of my experience with learning about alien worlds and societies in the Mass Effect video game series, which I loved and I appreciated all the careful thought that was put into this aspect of the story.
THE AUDIOBOOK
I was lucky enough to listen to the expertly produced audiobook edition. Wayne Farrell somehow manages to make it seem as though the book is narrated by a small army of different narrators instead of just one person. He moves from one accent to the next when delivering character dialogue and his Canadian/American accent for Rohan is so good that I kept forgetting that he is actually British. I was also particularly impressed with how he handled the Ursans. The prose is delivered with similar grace and the action scenes felt punchy and clear, though I am sure some of this can be attributed to Berne's writing.
CONCLUSION
WISTFUL ASCENDING is a polished and worthwhile piece of science fiction that I think fans of both science fiction and fantasy (and perhaps other genres) can enjoy. I'm very happy I gave it a chance and very grateful to the author for gifting me a code for the audiobook.
(+) Fascinating depictions of life aboard a sentient space station
(+) Extremely high quality narration
(+) Space bears...
(+) Zany side characters and a good-natured main protagonist
(+) Interesting lore with some surprising revelations toward the end
(+) A ton of interesting alien species (yes, including the space bears)
(+) Exciting action sequences throughout the story
(+) A well-executed conclusion
(-) Dry humor that wasn't always to my taste
(-) A chaotic Prologue that didn't really any anything for me
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- SurfSraph17
- 06-01-24
Deep Space 9 meets Dragon Ball Z
Deep Space 9 meets Dragon Ball Z but make the space station older than the empire and sentient and make the saiyans alien hybrids who's power is fuelled by rage. Laugh out loud funny, action-packed and full of heart. The most fun read I've had in a long time.
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- Aaron
- 09-27-22
Wonderful in every way
The description of this book does not do enough. Yes, it provides some details for some aspects of this story, but it just isn't enough. In fact, after having finished Wistful Ascending, I just don't think any description could possibly do enough to explain the sense of wonder that the reader will feel once they finish it. I am quite simply stunned by the imagination and skill of the author to craft this tale. I just don't know how he was able to combine small, slice-of-life elements with epic battle scenes so seamlessly. There are wonderfully small, intimte moments between friends mixed with supremely powerful beings and monsters. I just don't know how he pulled it off. But, he does and I cannot recommend this story highly enough. It is so much more than a superhero story and you owe it to yourself to dive right into it. You won't regret it.
Regarding the audiobook, the narrator did an excellent job of telling me this epic story. Wonderful all around.
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- L. Williams
- 04-28-23
Just terrific!
I can’t add much to what everyone else is saying, but if you’re looking for a space opera with a truly likable yet conflicted protagonist and enjoy slice of life (a la Becky Chambers) with equal measures of action, I heartily recommend this book. I just wish the next two in the series were available on audio. The reader is fantastic!
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- MaMcBeth
- 02-10-24
Spectacular performance of a cheeky space fantasy!
Normally a book that opens with a smart-ass protagonist getting the crap kicked out of him wouldn't be my cup of tea. But then a dwarf was thrown into the mix and I reluctantly thought: Okay, I need to see where this goes.
Where it goes is a spectacularly built world involving a space station and first contact with a species of sentient bears. Yes, you read that right; a dwarf, and sentient bears. But wait, there's more!
Like the space station the novel centers on, full of disparate alien species, the book itself has a smattering of wildly different literary ideas: clever, futuristic tech; engaging personalities; space super heroes; bad-ass women (and bear women); ancient cultures; a love story; checkered pasts; misunderstood scientists. Seriously, it's all in there, and it's seamless, not so forced you get whiplash.
I only have two minor complaints. A lot of the dialog takes place over meals-not in itself bad, but having the food described as thoroughly and often as it does gets distracting. Every time he ate breakfast I found myself wanting farm-fresh eggs. There is also an overabundance of pop-culture references that seem out of place for something so futuristic (though the one dwarf/Thor reference was superbly dropped). But who knows, maybe comic books will survive the centuries!
The audiobook narrator is superb; one of the best I've heard. He brings the character emotions (or flatness for the AIs) to life with a wide range of accents and voices. Slow and heartbreaking when appropriate, and energized and gripping for the action sequences.
An excellent, highly recommended listen or read.
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- Eddie F. Castro
- 09-25-22
Wow
This book has nostalgia written all over it , Little nuggets are sprinkled throughout the book.
in this case the audio with A great narration from Wayne Farrell !!
Between space bears ..love boat and A scene that reminded me of the first Iron Man movie.
In some aspects Rohan is a superhero but I’m not calling him Superman ! I’d rather call him Clark Kent cause Rohan Doesn’t need the alter ego and cape! He doesn’t need to bring attention to himself or his past.
He’s just a local tower at a space station called Wistful!
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