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Title: The Man Who Ended the World

Author: Jason Gurley

Narrator: Maria Hunter Welles

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-26-13

Publisher: Jason Gurley

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

When Steven Glass's third grade teacher asked his class what they wanted to be when they grew up, Steven's classmates shouted the usual answers: "A fireman!" "A teacher!" "The President!" When his turn came, Steven said, "When I grow up I'm going to be the last man on Earth."

Warning signs don't come much clearer than that.

Nearly thirty years later, Steven Glass is a billionaire. Surrounded by groupies, yes-men, investment opportunities and glamour, all Steven really wants is to be alone.

Really, really alone.

In secret, Steven builds a personal sanctuary nearly a mile underground. He vanishes from public life, goes off the grid. He's finally alone. Well, except for an artificial intelligence companion named after the only girl he ever loved.

There, Steven plays video games, heckles the news, and waits for the apocalypse. When the end doesn't come soon enough, Steven goes to work. He still has billions of dollars to spend - and there must be something he can do to accelerate the coming storm.

Wrestling with his own destiny, unaware of the young stowaways who have discovered his underground paradise, and battling his duplicitous A.I. companion at every turn, Steven Glass struggles to create the reality he has always hoped for - at the expense of the future of every single living human being on Earth...

Unless a pair of eleven-year-old children can stop him and save the world, that is.

Members Reviews:

A Worthy Sci-Fi/Apocalyptic Novel I Couldn't Put Down

Wow - just finished this novel last night, and I truly couldn't put it down. I read it out loud to my husband (a very reluctant reader), and he wants to know if the author has written more books. Although I downloaded the Kindle version for free, it's one I would have paid for. I'm a fan of the great sci-fi writers, and I will be disappointed if the author is a one-time wonder. In fact, I'd like to see a sequel to this one.

This book is a different take on the apocalypse - written from the viewpoint of an artificial intelligence created to serve the man who engineers the end of the world. We also read the viewpoints of the man himself and of two preteens who stumble onto the man's secret bunker.

No spoilers here - just read it. Although I could have done without the profanity (especially since I was reading the book out loud to hubby and those words are not in my vocab), they're used for effect: the man's entry into madness and the children's reactions to a horrifying situation.

The ending was satisfying. That's all I'll say. It was exactly the way I'd hoped it would turn out, yet it wasn't entirely predictable.

Now to search for and buy more novels by this author...his freebie accomplished what I imagine he and the publisher wanted: a new group of avid fans.

From loner to lunatic - Steven's journey is one you can't put down.

Zoom zoom. I sped through this book. No, seriously â it took me less than 24 hours to barrel my way through this nifty little piece of sci-fi. I just couldnât put the book down. Who doesnât want to learn every last thing about the guy who ENDED the WORLD?

No Quotations, No Problem

There arenât any quote marks in this book.

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Title: Neptune's Brood

Author: Charles Stross

Narrator: Emily Gray

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-17-13

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 244 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The year is AD 7000. The human species is extinct - for the fourth time - due to its fragile nature. Krina Alizond-114 is metahuman, descended from the robots that once served humanity. Shes on a journey to the water-world of Shin-Tethys to find her sister Ana. But her trip is interrupted when pirates capture her ship. Their leader, the enigmatic Count Rudi, suspects that theres more to Krinas search than meets the eye.

Hes correct: Krina and Ana each possess half of the fabled Atlantis Carnet, a lost financial instrument of unbelievable value - capable of bringing down entire civilizations. Krina doesnt know that Count Rudi suspects her motives, so she accepts his offer to get her to Shin-Tethys in exchange for an introduction to Ana. And what neither of them suspects is that a ruthless body-double assassin has stalked Krina across the galaxy, ready to take the Carnet once it is whole - and leave no witnesses alive to tell the tale

Members Reviews:

Financepunk

Originally posted at Fantasy Literature.

Krina Alizond-114, a metahuman, is worried because Ana, one of her sibs, has gone missing. Its not that Krina cares much about her sisters theyre all just the spawn (and, anagrammatically, the pawns) of their scary overbearing mother and, besides, metahumans dont have all that mushy emotional stuff that so frequently hijacked the thought processes of the Fragile race of homo sapiens that created them. The problem is that together Ana and Krina hold the key to a vast fortune and, if Ana disappears, Krina will lose the chance to get her hands on it.

Ana lives on a water world named Shin-Tethys and Krina must get there as fast as she can. First she gets a working berth on a spaceship that serves as a chapel for the remnant of the Church of the Fragile who are trying to find new planets to colonize with real human beings. When the chapel gets boarded by bat-like pirates who turn out to be insurance underwriters, Krina continues the journey with them. But the Church has not lost interest in Krina and theres also an assassin clone chasing her. That means Krina and Anas secret must not be a secret any longer. As she puts all the pieces together Krina realizes that shes about to uncover the biggest scam in the history of the universe a Ponzi scheme that she didnt even realize she was connected to.

Charles Stross Neptunes Brood, which stands alone but takes place in the same universe as Saturns Children, and which has been nominated for a Hugo Award this year, is perfectly plotted and full of imagination and inventiveness. Everything about Neptunes Brood is unusual and refreshing its characters, settings, plot, themes and structure.

Ive already mentioned Krina and her family theyre a post-human species that descended from robots that humans made to serve them. The humans went extinct and the robots lived on. For the most part you can think of Krina as a human because she mostly acts, thinks, and talks like one. But she isnt quite human she lacks our emotional range, shes really hard to kill, and she can just be uploaded to a new body if she dies. This makes her feel distant and inaccessible enough that shes hard to truly feel for or worry about. I think it was this coldness, more than anything else that kept me from loving Neptunes Brood.

Several of Stross settings in Neptunes Brood are wonderfully bizarre.

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Title: Breakers

Subtitle: Book 1

Author: Edward W. Robertson

Narrator: Ray Chase

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-05-13

Publisher: Podium Publishing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 564 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In New York, Walt Lawson is about to lose his girlfriend Vanessa. In Los Angeles, Raymond and Mia James are about to lose their house. Within days, none of it will matter. When Vanessa dies of the flu, Walt is devastated. But she isn't the last. The virus quickly kills billions, reducing New York to an open grave and LA to a chaotic wilderness of violence and fires. As Raymond and Mia hole up in an abandoned mansion, where they learn to function without electricity, running water, or neighbors, Walt begins an existential walk to LA, where Vanessa had planned to move when she left him. He expects to die along the way. Months later, a massive vessel appears above Santa Monica Bay. Walt is attacked by a crablike monstrosity in a mountain stream. The virus that ended humanity wasn't created by humans. It was inflicted from outside. The colonists who sent it are ready to finish the job - and Earth's survivors may be too few and too weak to resist.

Members Reviews:

Left me wanting more.....

I not a fan of most science fiction - especially off planet, however this book was firmly grounded on Earth, albeit with a sprinkling of aliens and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The book starts with the hum-drum existence of two couples, one based in New York and the other in southern California. From there there the plot slowly develops into a dystopian nightmare. The character development is excellent and the story is told from each males point of view, each chapter switching from one to the other until in the books last half they finally unite. The book is more about the indomitable human spirit and the desire to survive and the plot is arranged to support this premise. For lovers of suspense and who appreciate a book that has a few layers and a book which is reasonably well written, I recommend this to you.

This Book was Made for Ray Chase

Where does Breakers rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

I say Breakers ranks in the top 84-92% with a lean towards the higher %.

What other book might you compare Breakers to and why?

This book does not need comparison. Breakers stands alone as a solid work of fiction. When everything is said and done, who cares what I might compare Breakers to? Come on Audible.....what kind of question is this?

Which scene was your favorite?

When Raymond and Mia are discussing whether they should hit the road to less traveled, higher climes and Raymond brings up the fact that they would be leaving their garden. Mia throws out a perfectly timed sarcastic remark that made me laugh and rewind 3-4 times to hear it again.

Raymond was a very lucky guy to have Mia in his life. She is the kind of woman I'd like to have in my life, with or without the Squids trying to throw mankind in the garbage heap.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Walter wants revenge. Get ready for a heaping helping of dismembered Squid Alien bastards!

Any additional comments?

Ray Chase narrated this book perfectly. I think the word I am looking for to describe his narration is sardonic. When Ray Chase is matched with the right book like Breakers, he is absolutely a joy to listen to. I laughed, I almost felt like crying a time or two. I hope he continues with this series.

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Title: Appalachian Overthrow

Subtitle: Vampire Earth, Book 10

Author: E. E. Knight

Narrator: Christian Rummel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-02-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 126 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

E.E. Knight has proven a master of his craft. His prose is controlled but interesting, and his characters are fully formed and come to life (Science Fiction Weekly). In his latest Vampire Earth novel, the national best-selling author tells a tale about David Valentines fellow freedom fighter Ahn-Kha when he was imprisoned and forced into hard labor by the Kurians - and the rebellion he led against them....

Captured and sold to the Kurian-allied Maynes Conglomerate, to work as a slave in the coal mines of Appalachia, Ahn-Kha is angered and appalled by the dangerous working conditions, and the brutal treatment inflicted upon his fellow miners. When a protest against shortages is deliberately and bloodily suppressed, Ahn-Kha sets himself against the ruling Maynes family and sets out on a trail of vengeance through the Coal Country.

Finally, the people of the Coal Country are driven to the breaking point - and they now have a leader, a powerful and battle-hardened leader, determined to forge them into an army that will wage guerrilla warfare against the Maynes family and their Kurian masters - and free the Appalachians from their tyranny....

Members Reviews:

This Audiobook is Missing a Number of Pages

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

This "unabridged" book contains a number of gaps - places where one or more pages of the original text were apparently left out of the recording. The result is a disjointed, confusing, and frequently confusing listening experience.

Someone should have the author or editor "proof-listen" to this audiobook and correct the omissions. A quick comparison of the printed hardcover edition with the audio version (especially the final chapters) will confirm a number of significant errors in the transcription.

What about Christian Rummels performance did you like?

His dramatic delivery and range of voices are very impressive.

You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

The story itself isn't bad. The sloppy, error-filled transcription/editing of the audiobook spoils the listening experience.

Any additional comments?

This audiobook should be pulled from the store until the editing mistakes have been corrected. People who already downloaded it should receive a free book credit as compensation.

IF I COULD GIVE LESS THEN ONE STAR I WOULD

A complete book would help. Then i could actually grade the book n content instead of guessing DO NOT GET UNTIL IT IS COMPLETE. Current length of audio book is 9:34:10

And it is missing MAJOR PORTIONS. DO NOT WASTE CREDIT UNTIL COMPLETE. Book holds great promise but it is currently INCOMPLETE. I will ask that this be removed once the complete book is posted instead of the partial.

This book is from the point of view of Ahn-Kha.

THIS BOOK IS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF AHN-KHA!

That was my reaction as I started reading Appalachian Overthrow. I've had a fondness for the golden one since he first crossed paths with Valentine and I was simply ecstatic to discover that this book was in his voice.

This is the 10th book in the Vampire Earth series and you really must read the prior books in order to appreciate it. This is also the only book so far that hasn't been from David Valentine's perspective. The narrator shift takes some getting used to.

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Title: The Office of Mercy

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Ariel Djanikian

Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-25-13

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Weaving philosophy and science together into a riveting, dystopian story of love and adventure, The Office of Mercy illuminates an all-too-real future imagined by a phenomenal new voice in fiction.

Twenty-four-year-old Natasha Wiley lives in America-Five - a high-tech, underground, utopian settlement where hunger and money do not exist, everyone has a job, and all basic needs are met. But when her mentor and colleague, Jeffrey, selects her to join a special team to venture Outside for the first time, Natasha's allegiances to home, society, and above all to Jeffrey are tested. She is forced to make a choice that may put the people she loves most in grave danger and change the world as she knows it.

The Office of Mercy is speculative fiction at its best with a deeply imagined, lush world, high-stakes adventure, and romance that will thrill fans of Suzanne Collins, Margaret Atwood, Justin Cronin, and Kazuo Ishiguro.

Members Reviews:

Orwellian Hunger Games at Nuremberg

The Office of Mercy presents a dystopic, post-apocalyptic vision of man's attempts to reestablish civilization following catastrophic societal disintegration. The tale picks up about 300 years after the collapse in a tiny oasis of civilization called America 5. This group represents several hundred inhabitants with advanced technology, including organ replacement offering near immortality. Despite, their advanced state, the colony lives within a confined space ringed by sensors on the alert for roaming tribes of other, less civilized humans migrating through their region. Our heroine, Natasha, works in the Office of Mercy, a euphemism for the group that tracks and kills these people ostensibly due to an ethical imperative that is so focused on eliminating suffering, that mercy killing (for all those outside the colony) is consider humane and noble.

Natasha struggles with the ethics as well as romantic love interests both inside and outside the colony and makes plenty of mistakes along the way, Besides the warped philosophy leading to strained ethical conclusions (since the tribes' people may suffer in the future, it's better to kill them now to relieve that potential suffering), the story suffers from multiple inconsistencies. For examples, with only several hundred people (the zetas, the 6th in line, only number around 80), it's hard to imagine how this installation can maintain their high tech medical facilities, computer systems, sophisticated electronics for peripheral sensors, as well as high tech weaponry that are essentially cruise missiles. There are references to other similar type colonies, but in over 300 years no attempt seems to have been made for contact. It's also hard to imagine individuals remaining complacent about being cooped up for decades in what is essentially a dictatorial regime that they have no say in (what's the point of immortality if someone else will always tell you what to do?). Finally, the main infodump occurred nearly at the end, was unimpressive as far as providing necessary background, and amounted to badgering an impressionable, confused young woman.

The narration is adequate, but unremarkable.

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Title: Bio-Weapon

Subtitle: Doom Star, Book 2

Author: Vaughn Heppner

Narrator: Ely Miles

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-22-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 135 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Humans are the warheads in a lethal contest of missiles vs. long-range beams in deep space. The desperate Homo sapiens of Earth launch their experimental beamship. Its ultra-tracking and breakthrough technology allows it to out-range the Doom Stars.The Highborn want that ship. They send swarms of missiles, knowing few will reach it. In the nosecones are their secret weapons - Free Earth Corps heroes from the Japan Campaign.

Launched from the giant missiles like shells in a shotgun, Marten Kluge and his friends must ride their torps into the particle shields and storm aboard the beamship or die in the cold vacuum of space. Bio-Weapon is the story of a suicide-ride to hell through a techno blizzard.

Members Reviews:

Getting Much Better!

This book seems to want to hold your attention much better then the first book. Lots of action and drama. A good book!

The story is better than first book. Narrative bad

I am unsure it I will get all the books as the narrator is appallingly distracting. Good news is that there is no chance of Ely getting worse

Liked it much more than the first book.

Was able to get into this one much more. The first is more of a set up. Also the narrator takes a while to get used to. I believe the series is building and getting good. I recommend boosting the play speed to 1.2 or. 3. It is a bit slow for my comfort.

the reader's voices were terrible.

I had a difficult time remaining interested in the book because the voice actor was so bad.

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Title: Hour of Judgment

Subtitle: Jurisdiction Universe, Book 3

Author: Susan R. Matthews

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-18-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 25 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

As Chief Medical Officer aboard the Jurisdiction Fleet Ship Ragnarok, Andrej Koscuisko's duty is to care for his shipmates; as Inquisitor, he must extract confessions and administer punishment. But while the doctor takes pride in his healing skills, the torturer knows only self-loathing. As the planet Burkhayden prepares for the arrival of its new governor, a brutal attack on a Nurail slave woman by a ship's officer sets in motion a chain of events that culminates in murder. Called upon to minister to the injured woman, Andrei is soon pressed into duty as Inquisitor after a prime suspect is taken into custody for the murder. In this minefield of intrigue and deception, where a single misstep means death, Andrej's precarious equilibrium will be strained to the breaking point - and beyond.

Members Reviews:

Days of Judgment

Where does Hour of Judgment rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

I enjoyed this one as much as the other two, which is to say A LOT.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Two; not such a big part but a very charming character.

What about Stefan Rudnickis performance did you like?

His voice.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

I have no experience making movies.

Any additional comments?

I still think Matthews is one of the most brilliants writers I've ever come across.

Relaxing with a torturer

Despite the sometimes grisly topic, listening to these audiobooks is very relaxing. It transports me into a very different world; one that is rich in detail and totally absorbing. Beautifully written.

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Title: Gibraltar Stars

Subtitle: Gibraltar Earth, Book 3

Author: Michael McCollum

Narrator: Ramon DeOcampo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-27-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 213 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The great debate is over. The human race has rejected the idea of pulling back from the stars and hiding on Earth in the hope the Broa will overlook us for a few more generations. Instead, the World Parliament, by a 60-40 vote, has decided to throw the dice and go for a win. Parliament Hall resounds with brave words as members declare victory inevitable. With the balance of forces a million to one against Homo sapiens' Terra, those who must turn patriotic speeches into hard-won reality have their work cut out for them. They must expand humanity's foothold in Broan space while contending with a supply line that is 7,000 light-years long.

If the sheer magnitude of the task isn't enough, Mark and Lisa Rykand discover they are in a race against two very different antagonists. The Broa are beginning to wonder at the strange two-legged interlopers in their domain; while back on Earth, those who lost the great debate are eager to try again. Whoever wins the race will determine the future of the human species... or, indeed, whether it has one.

Members Reviews:

Book 3 the last book, but more could be written

This is the last book at the time of this review (4-29-13) but the way it ends there could be a few more, these 3 books feel like a prequel for something really huge latter on and I hope the author writes them.

The debate is over and the Humans are going to war with the Broa, its just not a normal war since the Broa dont really know that the Humans exist for sure but it will become something they are aware of soon - the only Broan to meet a Human is the one who was found on the ship in book 1 and hes not talking to any other Broa.

The way this book ends is sorta strange I thought there would be more to the story, its not like it ends incorrectly but it does end in such a way that you want to know more, what happens next sorta of thing. I don't want to give anything away here but really Humans and Broan never meet in battle like I was expecting but the way it plays out is really good - but like I said I hope the author writes more books that go into the aftermath of the end of this book.

This is highly recommended if you like space opera style books, this one not really long enough and not galaxy spanning as most space operas are like Peter F Hamilton or Alastair Reynolds but its up there.

A satisfying conclusion to the trilogy

With all 3 books i felt that the middle was a little dragged out but the second half always built up to a satisfying climax. I wish authors of series would completely skip the unnecessary repetition of the main plot line they feel readers need to hear again in order to keep up with the story. We're not that stupid. I most enjoy series with little or no repetition such as the Game of Thrones or the the Passage by Justin Cronin; what a joy to zip along with the plot without the fillers of dragged out recaps. Back to the Gibraltar Stars - once the plot recaps were over and the story picked up pace, the conclusion to the series was highly sanctifying. Performance was OK, but not at the level of top narrators.

A Wonderful Space Trilogy

All three books in the series were well written and fit well together. The author is not scared to let characters well built up and feel like friend to "die". (The JK Rowling affect) The pace is excellent ...

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Title: Panglor

Subtitle: Star Rigger, Book 1

Author: Jeffrey A. Carver

Narrator: Mirron Willis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-02-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 19 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Wrongly discredited as a space pilot, Panglor Balef is doomed to die in space, if sheer luck doesnt bring him through. But luck has never been in Panglors cards. Bad enough to be coerced into a mission of murder and suicide, he must also contend with Alo - a young woman, stowaway, and impossible companion. Neither of them, nor his empathic ou-ralot, could possibly anticipate the journey through space-time they are about to embark on, through a door to an insane reality from which there is almost certainly no return. It could be the discovery of the millennium, but the only way home is to journey even further into the heart of madness.

The stunning prequel to the famed Star Rigger Universe of Jeffrey A. Carver, Nebula-nominated author of Eternitys End and The Chaos Chronicles.

Members Reviews:

Pang lot (Star Rigger Universe)

I really enjoyed this science fiction story, but I must admit to being confused by some of the terminology used. In writer's worlds each writer creates their own language for the adventures. This is the case of this story. The main charter is (Panglor) a star ship pilot who has been chorused into causing another ship to go off its flight path. The boss of this group has also sabotaged his ship so that when the two ships almost collide his ship would explode. He does discover the bombs planted on his ship before entering the space before the collision is scheduled to happen, with the help of a stow away he finds on his ship. The story continues with many strange events happening to the two.

Great way of discussing human psyche

NOTE: I purchased this book from a different distributor than Amazon, so they can't and won't be able to say that this is a 'verified purchase'. Authors work hard at their craft, and deserve to be compensated for their time and effort.

On top of this remains the fact that I read this novel when it was first published and felt it was time to own it in ebook format.

This book discusses issues that resonate with how I think and feel about the average psychological/sociological 'professionals' in our societies today. Judging by consensus who might be zane or not sane... What if thy are wrong? What if the scales they use in their charts and rating system are geared to discriminate against the very people that are best able to adapt to new and unusual circumstances.

Just who are the sane ones?

Not a "fun" book, but challenging

Took me a while to settle into this book. Hard to accept the technology and other elements as being an extension of our world, but perhaps that doesn't matter. So once I gave that notion away it helped to get into this. The heart of the book is really the Disneyland-like planet on which most of the book occurs. About anything can and does occur from the weird to the macabre to the totally dumb, but it does tend to keep the reader interested. Character development was somewhat spotty: Panglor himself is never really expanded and we are left to fill in the blanks for him and Alo and others. It was a difficult book to enjoy, but all-in-all pretty interesting.

anti anti hero

This is an excellent book. I enjoyed the fact that never once throughout the book did you get a physical description of the primary protagonist.

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Title: Falling Stars

Author: Michael Flynn

Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-01-13

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 180 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In the early years of the 21st century, humans have advanced step by slow step into space. Constantly monitoring the heavens, they have discovered that certain asteroids have changed their orbitsand are on a collision course with Earth. Urgent action is required, but politics and a worldwide financial crash are getting in the way. To save humanity from disaster, two of Earths prominent families, a host of political movers and shakers, and dedicated pilots and space travelers of all stripes must band together.

From the government offices and factories of Earth, to the low Earth-orbit station, to manufacturing facilities on the moon, all spacefaring humanity is united in an epic effort to save the planet from certain destruction and a new Dark Ageor perhaps even the extinction of all life on Earth.

Michael Flynn lives in Easton, Pennsylvania. He is the winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Award and was a Hugo nominee for Eifelheim.

Critic Reviews:

"At heart a romance of the high frontier, and its most grippingand movingparts depict the satisfactions, beauties, complexities, difficulties, and especially the dangers, of working in space.

Falling Stars is, even more than the earlier books of the series, a reworking of some of the motifs of Heinleins

The Man Who Sold the Moon, and like its illustrious ancestor, it is about not only vision but heroism and sacrifice. Its old-fashioned, sentimental, and moving." (

Locus)

"Epic. A politically astute, crisis-laden SF novel in a well-imagined future." (

Publishers Weekly)

"The conclusion of Flynns grand-scale near-future epic combines the rapid pacing of SF action-adventure with the subtle maneuverings of political intrigue in a panoramic drama of human courage and sacrifice. A good choice." (

Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

Interesting

What did you like best about this story?

I was interesting, made you want to know what was going to happen next. The story moves along fast that other books in the series but is not in a hurry to get to the end.

Any additional comments?

this series was good and I enjoyed it, but it is not very fast paced and though there are many times that you don't want to stop, that are also many times where I found myself a little board and took long breaks (a day or so).

Long store. ... and a little hard to track

The base story premise is interesting. However there is a lot of characters that carry through almost all four books. I didnt really find any of them compelling. The action portions were a few islands in and ocean of dialogue. The unknown enemy is never explain it there motives defined. Just my opinion. More words doesnt fill in for story line and a good bad aliens.

Great addition to the series

Really enjoyed this one. It seemed to take a new tone which is a little darker but more mature.

satisfying

went where I thought it would but still was a satisfying conclusion to the series.