Embers of the Dying Sun

By: Tommy Marcum

Narrated by: Russell VanAllen

Captain Evie Hawke must rally a broken team to save humanity. When the sun of Earth begins to die, Evie and her crew – brilliant, haunted scientist Dr. Zeke Carter, resourceful engineer Mara Delgado, and hardened General Toby Grant – board a fragile starship ark in a desperate escape. In the cold expanse between dying worlds, every decision becomes a fight for life. Old tensions flare and secrets unravel as they encounter unknown threats: can this unlikely crew overcome grief and fear to forge a new future among the stars? The fate of the human race rests on their courage and choices.

Balancing pulse-pounding adventure with deep character drama, Embers of the Dying Sun follows these heroes through sacrifice, hope, and moral uncertainty. Emotional transformation drives the story: Evie must face impossible losses, Zeke wrestles with the sins of science, and Mara and Grant struggle with loyalty and duty. As suspense builds, listeners will be swept along on a journey of exploration and survival that asks—what does it truly take to rebuild civilization? This post-apocalyptic space opera delivers high-stakes suspense, emotional depth, and hard choices without giving away the ending.

©2025 Tommy Marcum (P)2025 Tommy Marcum

Compared to how I would feel in that situation.

I liked the story. It was very gripping. The challenges rang true to what would or could be experienced.