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Title: Lunar Discovery
Subtitle: Discovery Series, Book 1
Author: Salvador Mercer
Narrator: Mark Boyett
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-27-16
Publisher: Podium Publishing
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 789 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
What lies on the dark side of the moon could change the course of humanity forever.
When a Chinese rover discovers an alien technology on the dark side of the moon, it is up to Richard "Rock" Crandon and his NASA team of scientists and engineers to devise a way to return before the Chinese and Russians.
Forced to deal with bureaucratic oversight and a complex team of personalities, Rock Crandon pushes his team to their limits.
With pressure mounting, the world is pushed closer to conflict and war as the NASA team finds itself seriously behind in the newly initiated space race. The future of mankind, its ideological and technological advances are at stake, as the world's super powers race to discover what lies on the dark side of the moon.
Who will get there first, and at what cost?
Members Reviews:
Tech savvy people beware
I stopped listening after ten minutes. This is supposed to be a book about technology, and it contains three howlers in the first ten minutes, including one in the first sentence. They were: "Oxygen in the atmosphere caught fire," "A species that had literally no culture" (followed by a member of that species giving a verbal command to prepare for battle.) And then the final straw: "The voltage must be less than one megawatt."
If these don't bother you, the writing quality seems fine, the narrator is good, and the story may be interesting.
Somehow comes off as a Tom Clancy book in space.
Not stellar, a lot of USA and NASA chest thumping. Very light on the sci-fi.
Some characters do nothing for the story other then ask for clarification for simple concepts and be "not very nice" (ehm, every NSA member). This book seems like it is always holding your hand, wasting alot of time on overblown explanations ham fisted into the dialog (comes off about as natural as a rabbit laying eggs).
The characters are not very well devoloped (there are alot of them however) and it became hard to care if the "good" guys pulled it off in the end.
It is too bad as the idea was neat and the audio performance was great but this book was a dissapointment.
Surprising start to a promising series.
If you could sum up Lunar Discovery in three words, what would they be?
Dynamic
Interesting
Original
What was one of the most memorable moments of Lunar Discovery?
The rescue scenario ( not a spoiler, as it can't be a series if they all die) is compelling listening.
Have you listened to any of Mark Boyetts other performances before? How does this one compare?
I don't recall any, although I know I have listened to his work in the past. He is very good in this offering.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The dynamics between some of the characters are moving at times.
Any additional comments?
Some glitches in the production ( I listen on headphones, and there was some background noises ). There is also a lack of proper research, with naming conventions abit off, and the never ending repeating of the time setting is redundant.
All that said, this is a unique, slightly derivative but nonetheless solid beginning to a series that I will be sure to listen to through to the end. A solid credit worthy sci fi investment.
A Must Read.
I read and listen to a lot of books, with sci-fi and mystery thrillers (Agent Pendergast) being my drugs of choice, so I'l am not a novice to Audible.