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Countdown

Written by: Michael Atamanov, Andrew Schmitt - translator
Narrated by: Rudy Sanda
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At long last, an extraterrestrial civilization reached out and made the First Contact. However, no one on Earth took their communique for the genuine article.

In a similar vein, very few people appreciated just how little time our new suzerains had promised to keep our planet safe. Regardless, the end of their message showed humankind how to access a mysterious game. The objective of this game is unclear. No one can say where its servers are located, and its inner workings are beyond comprehension.

But the game slowly gained momentum, pulling in more and more players. Soon enough, it became impossible to ignore the fact that things that happened in the game had a direct impact on our reality. And not only ours....

But as people figure out this mysterious game, the countdown timer ticks away. And no one can say exactly what will happen when Earth's safety is no longer guaranteed.
©2018 Michael Atamanov; English translation copyright 2018 by Andrew Schmitt (P)2018 Tantor
Adventure Science Fiction Space Opera
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Combination game lit. And first contact

I like the concept. VR game world and progression. With some first contact, humans being introduced into the galactic community. A new scenario I haven’t seen before. Story line decent too.

But it’s not going to be one I remember fondly. It’s got some very distracting quirks. Feels like the author was trying to pad the word count. EVERY character seems to use the phrase “By the way” in EVERY conversation. I almost want to buy a digital copy just to run a word search for the phrase. There’s several other unnecessary phrases like that which are just not used in a natural way.

Narator is “ok”. The voices are a little over done. But not the worst I’ve heard for overdone voices. Does a good job of putting energy into the characters, and working with the phrasing given to him.

I Feel like the narator quality fits the writing quality well. Meaning, not exceptional, but not going to stop me from listening to the unique story concept for the genre.

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Fun

Good story
Nice development
Looking for next book
Interesting twists
Fast pace
Good levelling
Recommended

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