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Craig Gaydas
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While exploring a cave with his friend, 16-year-old Nathan stumbles upon someone unexpected: science officer Satou of The Explorers' League.
Satou is equally surprised, and after Nathan breaks through the security barrier, he does the only thing he can and takes Nathan with him, forever changing the balance of the universe.
Nathan is introduced to the Consortium - an intergalactic league of explorers, scientists, soldiers, and diplomats. He also discovers the Universal Map, an ancient artifact locked away long ago by the mysterious cartographer.
After Nathan accidentally unlocks the Universal Map, a chain of events is set in motion - one that threatens to tear at the very fabric of the universe and to destroy Earth.
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By: Michael Anderle
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This Alien Shore
- Outworlds, Book 1
- By: C. S. Friedman
- Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney
- Length: 19 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 164
It is the second stage of human colonization - the first age, humanity's initial attempt to people the stars, ended in disaster when it was discovered that Earth's original superluminal drive did permanent genetic damage to all who used it - mutating Earth's far-flung colonists in mind and body. Now, one of Earth's first colonies has given humanity back the stars, but at a high price - a monopoly over all human commerce.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another excellent novel by C.S. Friedman!
- By KH on 09-06-12
By: C. S. Friedman
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Rift
- By: Nathan Hystad
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone, Flynn Earl Jones, Mark Sanderlin, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 126
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 116
They’ve watched us for centuries through the Rift. They’ve prepared. Invasion is inevitable. The Earth Fleet has known of the Watchers for years, unwilling to share the knowledge with humanity. Now it might be too late. Hidden away from the Fleet, one man is creating a new colony ship destined for the other side of the Rift, but he’s missing a few pieces. Three other people have varied paths to get there. Ace goes from the streets of Earth to the Fleet training facility on the moon. Flint, an ex-Fleet pilot, must decide if a job is worth his life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The story didn't end.
- By Amazon Customer on 06-25-20
By: Nathan Hystad
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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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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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Rebel Stars: Books 0-2
- By: Edward W. Robertson
- Narrated by: Ray Chase
- Length: 20 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 372
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 337
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 336
A thousand years ago, an alien invasion set humanity back to the Iron Age. Slowly, we recovered, colonizing the Solar System in peace. And discovered that an unknown force is stopping us from exploring any farther. But before the cause can be discovered, a slow-burning conspiracy threatens to explode into System-wide war. With enemies at home and in the darkness beyond, a team of unlikely heroes-a janitor, a mercenary, an asteroid miner, and a pirate-are the only ones who can avert a second apocalypse. This set includes the first three books of the newly-finished REBEL STARS series.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fun and entertaining.
- By Shirley on 01-04-18
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Will Save the Galaxy for Food
- By: Yahtzee Croshaw
- Narrated by: Yahtzee Croshaw
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,994
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,108
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,089
Space travel just isn't what it used to be. With the invention of quantum teleportation, space heroes aren't needed anymore. When one particularly unlucky ex-adventurer masquerades as famous pilot and hate figure Jacques McKeown, he's sucked into an ever-deepening corporate and political intrigue. Between space pirates, adorable deadly creatures, and a missing fortune in royalties, saving the universe was never this difficult!
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great
- By K. F. on 03-09-17
By: Yahtzee Croshaw
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Fallen Empire
- Born of Ash Series, Book 1
- By: Marc Alan Edelheit
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 102
After years of catastrophic fighting, the rebellion is over. The First Galactic Empire has fallen. Instead of liberation and a return to democracy, freedom, and a new golden age, humanity has been plunged into darkness. Eighteen years after the Great Fall of civilization, stranded on the wrecked world Asherho, Keira Kane struggles to make her way. Adopted, protected, and raised by former Imperial Marines, Keira has been trained as a mechanic and technician. Her skillset is indispensable to maintaining the decaying infrastructure of her dying planet.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don't pay attention to those John Lee haters
- By Ricky Heaston on 08-27-22
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Mimic and the Space Engineer Omnibus
- Space Shifter Chronicles, Books 1-3
- By: James David Victor
- Narrated by: Nick Tecosky
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 62
Higgens has the best job in the galaxy. Except for the fact that he’s technically a janitor on a galactic mining vessel. When he discovers an unknown alien species, his world gets turned upside down. He will have to find unlikely allies if he is going to save his new friend and help her build a new home. The Mimic and the Space Engineer boxed set contains the first three books in the Space Shifter Chronicles. If you like fast-paced space adventures with engaging, and quirky, characters, you will love Higgens, Mimic, and their adventures in space.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting premise, but I've read better
- By Reviewer on 12-05-20
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Space Tripping
- By: Patrick Edwards
- Narrated by: Nick Tecosky
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 95
Chuck never thought too deeply about whether aliens existed - not until Jopp, an intergalactic transport pilot, drunkenly crashed on Earth and tried to steal his truck. Now Chuck finds himself unwittingly roped into helping Jopp work off a debt to the universe's most powerful corporation, the Prime Partners Intergalactic Consortium. Through a series of mishaps and misfortune, the duo find themselves in possession of a mysterious black case. In order to survive, they must fend off murderous marauders, an interplanetary police force, and a peculiar crime boss.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book!
- By Ian Matties on 09-07-17
By: Patrick Edwards
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The Gordian Protocol
- The Gordian Protocol, Book 1
- By: David Weber, Jacob Holo
- Narrated by: Gabriel Vaughan
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 268
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 235
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Story4 out of 5 stars 233
Doctor Benjamin Schröder was far from a man of action. In fact, he was a history teacher - chairman of the Castle Rock University history department - and if his life wasn't perfect, it was close. Until, that is the discussion of his star student Elzbietá Abramowski's dissertation on Operation Oz, the Pacific Allies' invasion of Vladivostok, was brutally interrupted. The psychotic episode that turned his entire world upside down struck with absolutely no warning, and it was more terrifying than anything he should have been able to imagine.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Trash
- By E on 05-08-19
By: David Weber, and others
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The Circuit
- By: Rhett C. Bruno
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 28 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,060
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 993
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Story4 out of 5 stars 986
Earth is a dying planet. To survive, humanity founds the Circuit, a string of colonies across the solar system, dedicated to mining resources vital to preserving what remains of mankind. Here there are no heroes or villains, only those willing to do what's necessary to survive. The New Earth Tribunal, a powerful religious faction, has risen to rule the Circuit. They believe a Spirit within the Earth will one day appear and welcome humanity back home.
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2 out of 5 stars
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If you liked The Expanse, walk away.
- By Anonymous User on 09-25-18
By: Rhett C. Bruno
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Inception
- A Near Future Thriller
- By: Jonathan Yanez
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 451
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 397
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 396
My history is unknown. My present is violent. My future may be more dangerous still. I use my unique skillset in one of the Moon’s many watering holes. Here, miners can spend their hard-earned money to forget that they’re not among the wealthy elite in the paradise colony on Mars. When a known crime boss walks in, events will begin to unfold hinting at a dark past and an even murkier future.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Hunh?
- By Linda Luella on 11-08-19
By: Jonathan Yanez
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Braking Day
- By: Adam Oyebanji
- Narrated by: Ariyan Kassam
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4 out of 5 stars 40
It's been over a century since three generation ships escaped an Earth dominated by artificial intelligence in pursuit of a life on a distant planet orbiting Tau Ceti. Now, it’s nearly Braking Day, when the ships will begin their long-awaited descent to their new home. Born on the lower decks of the Archimedes, Ravi Macleod is an engineer-in-training, set to be the first of his family to become an officer in the stratified hierarchy aboard the ship. While on a routine inspection, Ravi sees the impossible: a young woman floating, helmetless, out in space.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engaging and inventive sci-fi
- By Keith D. on 11-09-23
By: Adam Oyebanji
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Assemblers of Infinity
- By: Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 142
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 119
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 120
The crew of Moonbase Columbus makes an amazing discovery on the far side of the Moon - a massive alien structure is erecting itself, built up atom by atom by living machines, microscopically small, intelligent, and unstoppable, consuming everything they touch. The mysterious structure begins to expand and take shape, and its creators begin to multiply. Is this the first strike in an alien invasion from the stars? Or has human nanotechnology experimentation gone awry, triggering an unexpected infestation?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Alien nanotech unbound
- By Michael G Kurilla on 08-08-12
By: Kevin J. Anderson, and others
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Guardians of the Galaxy
- Collect Them All
- By: Corinne Duyvis, Marvel
- Narrated by: Scott McCormick, full cast
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 101
When the Guardians attempt to evacuate a Kree prison planet and end up in a fight for their lives - what else is new? - they discover their old pal Groot is stretched a little thin. Someone is planting stolen branches of the monosyllabic hero and selling the saplings across the galaxy! The search to find Groot's missing pieces forces the Guardians into an alliance with the unscrupulous Collector, but the real problem is more complicated than he wants them to believe.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Same old same old
- By B. Williams on 06-14-21
By: Corinne Duyvis, and others
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Last Day on Mars
- Chronicle of the Dark Star Series, Book 1
- By: Kevin Emerson
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
Liam Saunders-Chang is one of the last humans left on Mars. The son of two scientists who have been racing against time to create technology vital to humanity's survival, Liam, along with his friend Phoebe, will be on the last starliner to depart before Mars, like Earth before it, is destroyed. Or so he thinks. Because before this day is over, Liam and Phoebe will make a series of profound discoveries about the nature of time and space and find out that the human race is just one of many in our universe locked in a dangerous struggle for survival.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story, great narrator
- By Allie-Lex Funk on 01-17-21
By: Kevin Emerson