Mission One

Titan Chronicles, Book 1

By: Samuel Best

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Five months to Titan. Four brave crew members. One incredible mystery.

Jeff Dolan always wanted to be an astronaut. After helping a private space company build a ship that can travel to Saturn's largest moon in five months, he gets his chance.

Shortly after launch, a devastating malfunction forces Jeff and the crew to make a choice: continue to Titan or go back home. As the truth about their mission unravels, one thing is clear: Someone on Earth knew about the system flaw and covered it up.

Yet surviving the journey isn't the crew's only concern. Even if they make it to Titan, they will face another problem: Something is already there.

Fans of thoughtful space exploration science fiction will enjoy this near-Earth first-contact adventure. This is the first book in the Titan Chronicles, a thrilling addition to space-travel fiction.

©2022 Samuel Best (P)2022 Podium Audio

really interesting sci fi thriller

the story of a private aerospace company trying to get to titan first in order to claim mining and mineral rights

four astronauts head towards Saturn's moon, Titan. when they get there, they find they aren't alone

their command back on earth are struggling with conspiracies, espionage, and betrayal

the story is medium paced with good characters and plenty of tension.

Captivating story

This was a very captivating and enjoyable book. The mission seen through Jeff's point of the story was very interesting. As the story unfolded different aspects and layers were revealed. I can't wait to read book 2 in the series!

Poor Audio, Depressing story.

Story felt fairly negative, somewhat depressing... Sound tech did not normalize narration. Volume constantly at a low whisper transitioning to a loud yell. Really bad and difficult to listen to in a car or any other setting with any background noise. Couldn't even hear some of the whisper. Listen to it in isolated quiet room...

Not Outstanding. Easy listen

I’m not going to follow up on the following volumes. Samuel Best is a good writer but this book did not break any patterns.

Great space adventure

Suspense and action... great. There are unknowns, eventually revealed, that add to the suspense and awe of space discoveries and the risk thereof.

Wow - a new propulsion method

A great space story. A crew of four head to Titan, one of moons of Saturn. They are using a new propulsion system that gets them to Titan in less than half the time as the normal method.

Half way there is a malfunction that gets the ship to their destination even faster. They discover another ship had already beat them and an artifact believed to be from another place in space.

The rest of the story is about the crew’s encounters with the other vehicles and each of the crew member’s way of dealing with the situations they encounter.

Great book for people interested in space travel.

Enjoyable

There were enough twists and plots to keep you busy and wanting more. Fun sci-fy adventure.

Decent

Way too many technical terms and explanations to the point it got boring. The story is awesome but could definitely do without so many terms the normal person wouldn't understand. Felt like a science class.

Would make a pretty good "B" movie

I enjoyed the book, but I didn't expect a lot of deep science or deep fiction. It would make a pretty good "B" movie and, with good special effects and some big stars, it could be a middling summer blockbuster. It was fun enough, and it didn't end in a big cliffhanger forcing you into reading the next installment. So I'm happy I read it, but I'll not be checking out Book 2.

What lies out there?

Samuel Best wrote a story that leaves us wondering what's out there and is benevolent or not. I'm looking forward to the next part of the story.