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In the Image of Gods, Book 2
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John Stilwell
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This action-adventure is set during an interstellar war. A secret agent discovers a war inside the war. This sets off a race to acquire alien technology.
The interstellar war between mankind and the Qwelleron Empire had entered its 10th year. It was only a matter of time before the monsters' full force would be brought to bear and complete the conquest. Then the existence of a new alien race is discovered. The rumors were of possibly extinct creatures who possessed super technology. It was a shadow race in the image of gods.
Believing it was their only hope for survival, a starship sets out to find the homeworld of these mysterious beings. Their only clue is a story about a girl who, 10 years earlier, had found one of their artifacts. With it she had defeated entire battle fleets. If they could find her they might be able to save the human race.
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,075
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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3 out of 5 stars
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Did not inspire me to get the next book.
- By MD on 12-13-18
By: Nathan Hystad
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Intrinsic
- By: Philip C. Quaintrell
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 378
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 338
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Story4 out of 5 stars 338
Kalian Gaines has a secret; he just doesn't know it yet. He looks like us, he lives like us...but he is not one of us. Kalian knows nothing outside of his mundane life teaching history on 30th-century Earth, until a day like any other triggers a series of events that will tie his fate to that of humanity. A human handprint, embedded into a rock with alien script, is discovered on a moon that mankind has never set foot on. This discovery holds a secret, which will sweep Kalian into the heart of a conspiracy that has corrupted the galaxy for 200,000 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unexpectedly Brilliant
- By Fraser on 04-22-18
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Prominence
- By: A. C. Hadfield
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 855
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 801
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 801
They tried to destroy our planets. Our way of life. They tried to send us into extinction. But we, the Coalition, fought them and won. That was a decade ago. They’re known as the Host: a cabal of aliens seeking to dominate our sector of space. And they’re back - with help from a powerful new enemy. We’re outnumbered and unprepared. But there is hope. An ancient race of long-dead but technologically advanced aliens called the Navigators have a ship called the Blackstar that could potentially turn the tide. That is if I, Kai Locke, a humble ship racer, can find it and learn how to harness its power in time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Newly found love.
- By L. Rampey on 03-22-19
By: A. C. Hadfield
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Expendable
- League of Peoples, Book 1
- By: James Alan Gardner
- Narrated by: Christine Marshall
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 161
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 137
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Story4 out of 5 stars 136
Under the benevolent leadership of the League of Peoples, there is no war, little crime, and life is sacred...unless you're an Explorer. The ugly, the flawed, the misfit, the deformed, they are the unwanted, flung to the farthest corners of the galaxy to investigate hostile planets and strange, vicious creatures. Out there, there are a thousand different - and terrible - ways to die.
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3 out of 5 stars
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FU@@ING EXPLORERS
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 03-06-15
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Predator - Incursion
- The Rage War, Book 1
- By: Tim Lebbon
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,425
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,288
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,291
Predator ships stream into human space in unprecedented numbers. The Colonial Marines, controlled by Weyland-Yutani, respond to the incursion, thus entering the Rage War. This terrifying assault by the Yautja cannot go unchallenged, yet the cost of combat is high. Predators are master combatants, and each encounter yields a high body count. Then, when Lt. Johnny Mains and his marines - the VoidLarks - enter the fray, they discover an enemy deadlier than any could imagine.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I was really wanted to like this book!!
- By jeremy lamarch on 05-15-16
By: Tim Lebbon
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The Ark
- Children of a Dead Earth, Book 1
- By: Patrick S. Tomlinson
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 661
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 614
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Story4 out of 5 stars 613
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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3 out of 5 stars
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Nearly there
- By Michaela on 05-11-16
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The Reality Dysfunction
- Night's Dawn Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 41 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,499
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,215
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,205
In AD 2600, the human race is finally beginning to realize its full potential. Hundreds of colonized planets scattered across the galaxy host a multitude of prosperous and wildly diverse cultures. Genetic engineering has pushed evolution far beyond nature's boundaries, defeating disease and producing extraordinary spaceborn creatures. Huge fleets of sentient trader starships thrive on the wealth created by the industrialization of entire star systems, and throughout inhabited space the Confederation Navy keeps the peace.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally on Audible!! My favorite Hamilton series!
- By Patrick on 04-05-16
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The Atlantis Ship
- By: A. C. Hadfield
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 431
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 405
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 405
Carson Mach, a former war hero turned freelancer, seeks the biggest payday of his life when he's tasked to hunt down a ghost ship that has echoed through the centuries. The legendary Atlantis ship has become a reality, appearing at the Commonwealth frontier and obliterating an orbital station.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Good Story, Looking Forward to the Next Book
- By Striker on 09-13-15
By: A. C. Hadfield
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Pandora's Star
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 37 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 9,782
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 7,676
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,691
The year is 2380. The Intersolar Commonwealth, a sphere of stars some 400 light-years in diameter, contains more than 600 worlds, interconnected by a web of transport "tunnels" known as wormholes. At the farthest edge of the Commonwealth, astronomer Dudley Bose observes the impossible: Over 1,000 light-years away, a star...vanishes. It does not go supernova. It does not collapse into a black hole. It simply disappears.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Epic Scifi
- By Devin on 10-17-09
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The Last Exodus
- By: Paul Tassi
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,501
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,143
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,134
The Earth lies in ruins in the aftermath of an extraterrestrial invasion, the land devastated by a desperate war with no winners between mankind and a race of vicious, intelligent creatures. The seas are drying up while the atmosphere corrodes and slowly cooks any life remaining on the now desolate rock. Food is scarce, trust even more so, and the only people left alive all have done horrific things to stay that way.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Paint by numbers
- By sonofapharmacist on 08-19-19
By: Paul Tassi
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InterWorld
- By: Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves
- Narrated by: Christopher Evan Welch
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,345
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 964
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Story4 out of 5 stars 964
Joey Harker isn't a hero. In fact, he's the kind of guy who gets lost in his own house. But then one day, Joey gets really lost. He walks straight out of his world and into another dimension. Joey's walk between the worlds makes him prey to two terrible forces: armies of magic and science who will do anything to harness his power to travel between dimensions.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A good listen
- By Gurmukh on 10-31-07
By: Neil Gaiman, and others
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Dark Space
- Dark Space, Book 1
- By: Jasper T. Scott
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 556
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 511
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Story4 out of 5 stars 510
Ten years ago the Sythians invaded the galaxy with one goal: to wipe out the human race. Now the survivors are hiding in the last human sector of the galaxy: Dark Space--once a place of exile for criminals, now the last refuge of mankind.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Blech
- By Joki on 03-22-15
By: Jasper T. Scott
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War of the Spheres
- By: James Millington, B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 640
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 592
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 591
When humanity reaches for the stars, our probes are destroyed. They crash into an incredibly advanced piece of technology: a massive force-field. Unknown beings have placed a barrier around our star and planets, enclosing us within. We’re locked inside a Great Sphere. Was this invisible obstacle built to imprison us - or to protect us? No one knows the truth, but it soon becomes clear the barrier has leaks. Aliens infiltrate and try to sabotage our efforts to escape our cage.
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2 out of 5 stars
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misleading summary...
- By Neil Kresl on 04-04-19
By: James Millington, and others
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The Ember War
- Publisher's Pack, Books 1-2
- By: Richard Fox
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,700
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,136
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,120
The Ember War, book 1: The Earth is doomed. Humanity has a chance. In the near future, an alien probe arrives on Earth with a pivotal mission: to determine if humanity has what it takes to survive the impending invasion by a merciless armada. The probe discovers Marc Ibarra, a young inventor who holds the key to a daring gambit that could save a fraction of Earth's population. Humanity's only chance lies with Ibarra's ability to keep a terrible secret and engineer the planet down the narrow path to survival.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A COUPLE OF BULLETS AND FOUL LANGUAGE TO DEFEND
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 12-10-16
By: Richard Fox
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Excelsior
- By: Jasper T. Scott
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 258
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 242
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Story4 out of 5 stars 237
The year is AD 2790. With space elevators and giant orbital fleets hovering over Earth, open war looks inevitable, and people are anxious to get away. The lines are drawn, with the Confederacy in the East and the First World Alliance in the West. In hopes of finding a refuge from the looming war, the Alliance is sending Captain Alexander de Leon to explore an Earth-type planet, code-named Wonderland, but at the last minute before launch, a Confederate fleet leaves orbit on a trajectory that threatens both the mission and Alliance sovereignty.
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2 out of 5 stars
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This is not military sci-fi
- By ACC on 06-24-16
By: Jasper T. Scott
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Orion
- Orion Series, Book 1
- By: Ben Bova
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 705
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 453
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Story4 out of 5 stars 458
John O'Ryan is not a god...not exactly. He is an eternal warrior destined to combat the Dark Lord through all time for dominion of the Earth. Follow him, servant of a great race, as he battles his enemy down the halls of time, from the caves of our ancestors to the final confrontation under the hammer of nuclear annihilation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Cornucopia of Genre's
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 06-10-12
By: Ben Bova
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Ashfall Prophecy
- By: Pittacus Lore
- Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 74
Syd Chambers grew up on Earth with his human mother and barely remembers his alien father from Denza, who left on a mission when Syd was very young. After leaving Earth, Syd learned the truth of his father’s disappearance on the planet Ashfall—his father had died protecting a devastating secret about the history between humans and Denzans.
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5 out of 5 stars
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the pace
- By troy douglas on 07-12-24
By: Pittacus Lore