The Expansion: Publisher's Pack
The Expansion Series, Books 1-2
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The Expansion: Publisher's Pack
Acheter pour 37,58 $
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Narrateur(s):
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Luke Daniels
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Auteur(s):
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Devon C. Ford
À propos de cet audio
The Expansion: Publisher's Pack includes Recon, book one, and Contact, book two.
The universe is expanding, and so is humanity’s reach.
Years after clean energy ended the world’s reliance on fossil fuels, a lull of peace encompasses all of humanity. Some think we should travel to the distant corners of the galaxy; others oppose the idea, thinking that the harnessed singularity reactors are unnatural.
When a terrorist group attacks the Lunar colony, members of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force are divided as a result of the incursion.
Years later, Lieutenant Commander Kyle Torres comes face to face with old friends, as he’s thrown into an assignment that could change everything: a reconnaissance mission with huge implications for humanity and science alike.
©2018 Devon C. Ford (P)2019 Podium Publishing• Book One ('Recon') introduces the United Nations International Defense forces: largely stationed on the Moon and powered with tech like Singularity generators, giant Mech suits & cybernetic Android soldiers. It introduces the futuristic technology (including humanity's first experience with FTL travel) & follows a power struggle (and Civil War) between political factions within the alliance.
While advancing thought-provoking plausible Science, the book is disappointingly heavy on nuanced intrigue and annoyingly cerebral.
• Book Two ('Contact') picks up the story five years later, where 'Kyle Torres' - UN Peacekeeping Force officer - is posted to the Captaincy of the Star Ship 'Ichi' and spearheads the discovery of two Alien Species. The UNPF allies with the peace-loving, empathic 'Kullan', while going to war with the aggressive 'Va'alen'.
This second installment does a better job of providing & describing action, but remains far too preoccupied with behind-the-scenes power plays and military protocols.
Bottom Line: While the writing is capable, the pacing is awkward, attention paid to military command structure is overdone to a yawnworthy extent, and the plot never really captivated me.
As to presentation: Luke Daniels does an admirable job injecting true-to-life voice-acting into a text that demands dozens of accents among the United Nations forces - and Podium Audio sound engineers provide exemplary technical support - but Daniels also takes injudicious deep breaths frequently, delivers a couple of questionable cartoonish character interpretations, struggles with realistic female voices, and makes it quite clear that he's reading a book lying open on his lap at times. The performance is adequate but unspectacular.
Altogether, the audiobook merits 5.5 stars out of 10. I won't personally be continuing with 'The Expansion Series', but it could grab you, I suppose. As for me, it was a serviceable distraction for a couple of quiet afternoons as a 'Plus' offering.. but save your Credit for something else should they ask for one
"Decent" Military SciFi
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the listen , although predictable, was only made worse by the cartoonish narration... I've heard worse, but if you like kafer's narration style, you'll love this too
I would never have purchased if it wasn't included, so I guess a good audible find
predictable
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You may really like it but I won’t be continuing the series.
Interesting but not
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