2nd Gen

By: Andrea Vaughan, William Vaughan

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

Humanity's last hope...

With Earth rapidly becoming inhospitable to human life, GS Archean carries a one-way crew of courageous passengers to Uelara, an Earth-like planet in the Cieri star system. Uelara is ideal, except for one minor detail - its distance from Earth. Traveling at sub-light speed, the generation ship won’t reach Uelara within the original crew’s lifetime.

Thirty years into the journey, a new generation born on the Archean trains to fulfill the first generation’s mission. Eager to reach Uelara, the second-gen crew prepares, as planned, to assume their parents’ responsibilities - that is, until...someone goes missing and a devastating secret is discovered, putting the future of the human race in jeopardy. Will the crew rally and carry out the mission - or is humanity doomed?

It’s all up to the 2nd Gen.

"The ultimate test of man’s conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard." (Gaylord Nelson)

©2018 Andrea and William Vaughan (P)2019 Andrea and William Vaughan

I got through it

Ummm. It was ... captivating? But simultaneously frustrating. I don’t think I have ever had such strong emotions towards characters in a book.

The story took a while to gain traction, but then things quickly happened. And the authors really like to play off cliff hangers, a lot!

Overall, it was an decent listen. I probably won’t get the second book (if there is one). The single book ended just fine.

Dramatic reading made the book even better.

Having already enjoyed reading the book, I had no imagination for how an audiobook could be different, or even better. However, this dramatic reading was exciting, entertaining, and added such dimension to the characters. I loved it! I listened to it all in one sitting and was thoroughly enthralled. This clever story is so appealing, especially to adolescents and young adults. This coming of age story encompasses many of life’s most difficult experiences, including grief and loss, death, depression, and finding life purpose, self-efficacy, relationship building, teamwork, exploring the morals of right and wrong, accountability, and so much more. I would highly recommend this book in any format.

2nd Gen Audiobook is a must!!

I’m so impressed with this audio book!! Great story, interesting and deep characters, full of adventure, science, reality, imagination, emotion, and on and on!! The voice actor was fantastic and captured the characters and story in such a way that I couldn’t wait to hear what was coming next in this Sci-Fi but very human story. I highly recommend this book for all ages!

We want more!

I just finished reading 2nd Gen and I need more now! This book was compelling, poignant, fun, and thought provoking. It deals with tough subjects in a bite sized way that allowed me to think thru them as the characters resolved their own feelings. The relationships ring true to me and I believed in their choices. I want to read whatever comes next. And there must be a next. The Vaughn’s need to hurry up and get us the sequel.

Great

Is there a sequel?! There is so much story left to tell, and this book was really well done. Characters were multi-dimensional - even the ones that you wanted to hate had some redeeming qualities. Narration was awesome as well. Please let there be a sequel!

Great story....movie maybe?

Really liked the story. Charictors could have been a bit more developed. Didn’t form a relationship with most of them. Narrator was fair. Needs practice with some age groups. Think this book could translate into a movie or even a limited series.

A couple of twists but slow overall

Almost gave up and put it down. Liked the plot but author could have done a lot more with the story.

2nd Gen is First-Rate!

Rife with tension, intrigue, and pathos, 2nd Gen is an exhilarating tale of optimism that highlights the human spirit and the will to survive. Luke Daniels' performance is wildly entertaining. This is a must-hear story for anyone who loves a good space yarn!

Thought-Provoking

I have often imagined what it might be like to be on a multi-generational starship heading to another planet, and this book does a pretty good job of illustrating that concept.

The background and characters are pretty well developed, and the narrator does a fantastic job at providing a consistent variety of voices.

Though it does seem that there will be at least one more book, I wish the authors had wrapped up this part of the story a little more cleanly and succinctly. In addition, I had hoped that they would go into a little more detail about how this entire journey began, as well as a little more about the trials and tribulations of the first generation.

Truly kept me enthralled

This book truly captured my attention and just when I thought I had figured out where the twist would go new things would happen and the reactions of the characters stay true to the personalities they had been given and I just don't think I can say how much I enjoyed this story and how well it captivated my attention.