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Ascension Wars, Book 1
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Jasper T. Scott
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FROM MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER JASPER T. SCOTT
The Forerunners set out from Earth to colonize neighboring star systems
And to search for intelligent life...
The United Nations of Earth sent out the Forerunner ships to explore and colonize the four most promising star systems within 50 light-years of Earth.
Forerunner One left Earth under the command of Captain Clayton Cross, heading for Trappist-1. After a ninety year journey to reach it, the crew encountered not only a habitable world, but alien life already inhabiting it, and dark secrets lurking beneath the surface.
The revelation of who these aliens are and what they want proves more terrifying than promising, and Captain Cross is forced to make tough decisions that will affect not only his crew, but the fate of the entire human race.
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A Star-Wheeled Sky
- By: Brad R. Torgersen
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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Over a millennium in the past, humans fleeing Earth in slower-than-light vessels discovered the Waywork, an abandoned alien superhighway system that allows instantaneous travel from star to star. The problem: there are a finite number of Waypoint nodes - and the burgeoning population of humans is hemmed in as a result. Furthermore, humanity is divided into contending Starstates. One of the strongest is based on an oligarchy ruling families, but still mostly democratic. The other is a totalitarian nightmare. War seems inevitable.
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Familiar and New
- By Jace Killan on 02-21-19
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The Other Place
- The Glass, Book 1
- By: Nathan Hystad
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Drake, a retired police detective, receives a call in the dead of night from an alien-obsessed podcaster. He hastily departs for Montana the following morning. The phenomenon continues all over the globe. What are they? What do they mean? Britt is on assignment for a digital magazine when she encounters one of the Glass in a tragic boating accident, leaving her no choice but to follow the lead. Panic ensues as mysterious creatures are sighted.
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Underdeveloped characters, superficial plot
- By Lawly on 10-03-22
By: Nathan Hystad
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Nightstalkers: The Extinction Event
- Nightstalkers, Book 1
- By: Jasper T. Scott
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Adam and Kimberly Hall are enjoying a quiet suburban life with their daughter, Crystal, and their dog, Bowser, when an emergency message flashes on their phones: meteor impact imminent, seek immediate shelter. Minutes later, the shock wave rages through South Austin like a hurricane, and they’re left to pick up the pieces. As dusk begins to fall and horrific creatures come crawling out of the impact craters, they realize they’re under attack—and the attackers are not from Earth.
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Adventurous
- By A. Hunt on 11-02-23
By: Jasper T. Scott
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Hell Divers
- Hell Divers Series, Book 1
- By: Nicholas Sansbury Smith
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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More than two centuries after World War III poisoned the planet, the final bastion of humanity lives on massive airships circling the globe in search of a habitable area to call home. Aging and outdated, most of the ships plummeted back to Earth long ago. The only thing keeping the two surviving lifeboats in the sky are Hell Divers - men and women who risk their lives by skydiving to the surface to scavenge for parts the ships desperately need.
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A little cliche action hero-y but damn good story anyway
- By Jillian Noone on 09-04-19
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Conscript
- By: Scott Bartlett
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 18 hrs and 1 min
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Po Abbato turns to crime in a desperate attempt to free his younger siblings from debt slavery. He's caught, and offered a choice: Spend 25 years in a digital prison while his body rots...or join the Marines.
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Never disliked a character this much
- By banebadboo on 09-29-24
By: Scott Bartlett
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Infinite
- By: Jeremy Robinson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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The Galahad, a faster-than-light spacecraft, carries 50 scientists and engineers on a mission to prepare Kepler 452b, Earth's nearest habitable neighbor at 1400 light years away. With Earth no longer habitable and the Mars colony slowly failing, they are humanity's best hope. After 10 years in a failed cryogenic bed - body asleep, mind awake - William Chanokh's torture comes to an end as the fog clears, the hatch opens, and his friend and fellow hacker, Tom, greets him...by stabbing a screwdriver into his heart. This is the first time William dies.
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a rather complex science fiction story
- By Midwestbonsai on 12-26-17
By: Jeremy Robinson
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-25-20
This was a good book and the star of a good series
The story was great, the narration ... One thing that did grate on my ears, everytime I heard it, was pronouncing corpsman as corpse-man. The S is always silent. It was that way throughout the book. Setting that feedback aside, the narrator was skilled, did multiple voices well, had exceptional tempo, and overall created added value to the story. I would have no problem purchasing a book with the same narrator in the future, or by the same author.
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- Someone who bought.
- 08-22-21
A new author for me, and I loved it
Great narration. I was not sure it was going to.be the sylebof scinfin that i.like, but I was hooked right away!
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- Sidney
- 02-17-20
Great
This book was a great beginning for a series. The development of the characters was unexpected and added to the mystery of what was going on. I really enjoyed listening to this book.
The narrator did an outstanding job of amplifying the emotions of the characters as well as the multiple voices required for the characters.
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- Ron Johnson
- 06-28-21
Poorly narrated
The story was good, however the narrator was so poor that it almost caused me to quit listening, after 4 or 5 chapters.
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- Cindy Meyer Lady of the Loch
- 05-01-20
Excellent Read for for sci fi fans...
...And those who like off world military Adventure. I have enjoyed everything I have read by Jasper T Scott!!
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- America First
- 11-03-20
Proper pronunciation
Corpsman is pronounced coreman. The P is silent. A corpse is a dead body. It’s very disconcerting to hear this mispronounced over and over and over.
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- Brynn Kemp
- 08-05-20
Too "Alien" for me
Simply not my cup of tea. It reminded me too much of the movie "Alien" for whatever reason.
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- Hugo R Martinez
- 07-18-20
Though a much used theme, very well written and presented.
Like most readers, I thought, I wouldn't have done that, the heros should have known better. But, like in real life, people do what they're going to do, even if it's wrong. That keeps the story exciting. A few surprises keeps you coming back for more. I recommend it. You will enjoy.
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- Angela Ackerman
- 06-29-23
Great Book for Scifi Newbie
This is the first scifi book I have ever listened to. It was good from the beginning. Quick paced, never felt bored. Narration was good.
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- Wanda
- 02-26-20
very animated narrative active story
very intense creatively written. animated narrative. would read a sequel if one exists. Scott and Thomas have done it again thanks.
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