The Eridani Incident

By: John Lallier

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

As the Solar Commonwealth expands beyond the home system, humanity needs to find allies. The Tyndal seem like the best choice, but can they be trusted? Admiral Ngene and the battleship Midway will soon find out when planned exercises turn into a very real rescue mission to a star system beyond human space.

Tough One to Finish

If you are a fan of military space stories, do not listen to this one. The virtual narration makes it very hard to tell the characters apart as they all sound the same and the voice is so monotonous that I find my mind drifting away from the story. Also, I listened to this immediately after finishing the Terms of Enlistment series by Marco Kloos and found myself rolling my eyes at the military and battle interactions. There was no comparison and this made my just cringe when in the middle of a space battle the Terran forces are asking "can you hear me" over the radio; bridge crew stops their work and turn they chairs toward the officers to answer questions in the middle of the battle. I found myself not caring if they won because I was kinda frustrated and didn't feel a connection to any of the characters.