Hand and Space
A Captain Brian Saber Story
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Sometimes the elderly can make a real difference when given a chance. Captain Brian Saber must recruit a 91-year old discredited scientist to help save all of humanity from a deadly attack by aliens deep in space.
Science fiction with a human touch.
USA Today best-selling writer Dean Wesley Smith has written over a hundred novels and at least twice that many short stories. He has written thrillers, fantasy, and science fiction, including many Star Trek novels for Pocket Books and the only two original Men in Black novels for Bantam books. With Kristine Kathryn Rusch he write the acclaimed 10th Planet series for Del Rey books.
©2012 Dean Wesley Smith (P)2013 Dean Wesley SmithListeners also enjoyed...
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 802
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 802
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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Diving into the Wreck
- Diving Series, Book 1
- By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 486
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 391
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Story4 out of 5 stars 390
Boss loves to dive historical ships, derelict spacecraft found adrift in the blackness between the stars. Sometimes she salvages for money, but mostly she's an active historian. She wants to know about the past--to experience it firsthand. Once she's dived the ship, she'll either leave it for others to find or file a claim so that she can bring tourists to dive it as well. It's a good life for a tough loner, with more interest in artifacts than people.
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4 out of 5 stars
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NOT Clive Cussler in Space
- By W. S. on 03-18-10
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The Skylark of Space
- Skylark Series #1
- By: E. E. "Doc" Smith
- Narrated by: Reed McColm
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 206
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 150
Brilliant government scientist Richard Seaton discovers a remarkable faster-than-light fuel that will power his interstellar spaceship, The Skylark. His ruthless rival, Marc DuQuesne, and the sinister World Steel Corporation will do anything to get their hands on the fuel. They kidnap Seaton's fiancée and friends, unleashing a furious pursuit and igniting a burning desire for revenge that will propel The Skylark across the galaxy and back.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Space Operas - Good Story telling!
- By Madge on 01-27-10
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Mutineer
- Kris Longknife, Book 1
- By: Mike Shepherd
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,654
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,281
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,273
Kris Longknife is a daughter of privilege, born to money and power. Her father is the prime minister of her home planet, her mother the consummate politician's wife. She's been raised only to be beautiful and marry well. But the heritage of the military Longknifes courses through Kris' blood - and, against her parents' objections, she enlists in the Marines.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Harsh reviews seem undeserved to me
- By Jeffery on 09-29-10
By: Mike Shepherd
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The Daedalus Incident
- By: Michael J. Martinez
- Narrated by: Kristin Kalbli, Bernard Clark
- Length: 16 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 155
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 142
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Story4 out of 5 stars 146
Mars is supposed to be dead. Bizarre quakes are rumbling over the long-dormant tectonic plates of the planet, disrupting its trillion-dollar mining operations and driving scientists past the edges of theory and reason. However, when rocks shake off their ancient dust and begin to roll seemingly of their own volition carving canals as they converge to form a towering structure amid the ruddy terrain, Lt. Jain and her JSC team realize that their routine geological survey of a Martian cave system is anything but. The only clues they have stem from the emissions of a mysterious blue radiation, and a 300-year-old journal that is writing itself.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I wanted to love this more, but still solid...
- By A reader on 09-11-13
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Death Becomes Her
- The Kurtherian Gambit, Book 1
- By: Michael Anderle
- Narrated by: Emily Beresford
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,308
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,136
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,133
What you thought you knew about vampires and werewolves is wrong...so very, very, wrong. A thousand years of effort to keep the Unknown World hidden is unraveling and the Patriarch is tired. He needs to find someone to take over. He finds Bethany Anne.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Vamp action at its' finest
- By BikeVON on 04-19-17
By: Michael Anderle
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The Mote in God's Eye
- By: Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
- Narrated by: L J Ganser
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7,936
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5,967
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6,004
The Mote In God's Eye is their acknowledged masterpiece, an epic novel of mankind's first encounter with alien life that transcends the genre. No lesser an authority than Robert A. Heinlein called it "possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read".
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4 out of 5 stars
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A great read!
- By J. Rhoderick on 02-12-10
By: Larry Niven, and others
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Battle Cruiser
- Lost Colonies, Book 1
- By: B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,768
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,418
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,407
One starship will either save Earth or destroy her. A century ago our star erupted, destroying Earth's wormhole network and closing off trade with her colonized planets. After being out of contact with the younger worlds for so many years, humanity is shocked when a huge ship appears at the edge of the solar system. Our outdated navy investigates, both curious and fearful. What they learn from the massive vessel shocks the planet.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing, Juvenile
- By Russ on 12-27-15
By: B. V. Larson
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Assault Troopers
- Extinction Wars, Book 1
- By: Vaughn Heppner
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,135
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,042
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,041
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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2 out of 5 stars
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Angry, Poor action, No reality, A lot of Yelling
- By Edward on 10-26-13
By: Vaughn Heppner
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The Genome
- By: Sergei Lukyanenko
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4 out of 5 stars 48
Five months after the horrific accident that left him near death and worried that he'd never fly again, master-pilot Alex Romanov lands a new job: captaining the sleek passenger vessel Mirror. Alex is a spesh - a human who has been genetically modified to perform particular tasks. As a captain and pilot, Alex has a genetic imperative to care for passengers and crew - no matter what the cost.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not as captivating as the nightwatch series
- By David Dembkoski on 04-01-16
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StarFire
- Vince Lombard, Book 1
- By: Mike Lee
- Narrated by: Jason Brenizer
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 604
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 567
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 567
Captain Vince Lombard, G-Marine company commander, is tasked with tracking down a stray ship. The Alliance Military Ship StarFire has gone silent, and previous attempts to locate her have resulted in the loss of more ships. After two previous wars with xenospecies humanity bumped into while expanding into space, no one knows what might be the cause of StarFire's missing in action status.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good solid Sci-Fi
- By Bob H. on 10-25-14
By: Mike Lee
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Ship Wrecked: Stranded on an Alien World
- By: Mark Wayne McGinnis
- Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 439
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 406
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 406
A wicked snowstorm had blown in from the north and the roads were a mess. Recently split from his one-time girlfriend, there was now nothing holding Cameron Decker here in the little backwater mountain town of Larksburg Stand. Time to get back to college, back to Stanford. Seeing a guy knee-deep in slush at the side of the road, he pulled to the curb and waved him over. The guy smacked his head getting in - knocked his watch cap askew. Only then did Cameron notice - noticed that the individual couldn't possibly be human. Cameron decided to help his stranded passenger - a decision he'd soon come to regret. Along with his rust-bucket of a pickup truck, he was soon heading deep into space aboard an interstellar spacecraft. After the vessel crash-landed onto an alien world, he would now have to contend with a murderous droid and a slew of strange alien life forms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional book .. as always
- By Rodnie on 09-20-18
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Constitution
- By: Nick Webb
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,118
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,911
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,911
The year is 2650. Seventy-five years ago, an alien fleet attacked Earth. Without warning. Without mercy. We were not prepared. Hundreds of millions perished. Dozens of cities burned. We nearly lost everything. Then the aliens abruptly left. We rebuilt. We armed ourselves. We swore: never again. But the aliens never came back. Until now. With overwhelming force the aliens have returned, striking deep into our territory, sending Earth into a panic.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I'm not sure what to think about this one..
- By Chris on 09-22-15
By: Nick Webb
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A.I. Destroyer
- The A.I. Series, Book 1
- By: Vaughn Heppner
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,429
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,312
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,308
It came from deep space. It sent the signal. Now our computers are killing us, helping the enemy drive us into extinction. But some of us refuse to die. We fight back. We learn. Jon Hawkins revives from cryogenic sleep in a drifting SLN battleship. The crew is dead and the main computer has been destroyed. Jon is a soldier, the start of the resistance, the one man with the will to beat the alien death machines that have terminated 1000 races. This is our hour as we face the ultimate evil, the galactic destroyer of life.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Religious
- By Anonymous User on 12-18-18
By: Vaughn Heppner