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Winter World

Written by: A. G. Riddle
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Amanda Leigh Cobb
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The ice is coming. It was the last thing we expected, but the world is freezing. A new ice age has dawned and humanity has been forced to confront its own extinction. Billions have fled the glaciers, crowding out the world’s last habitable zones. They can run from the ice, but they can’t escape human nature: a cataclysmic war is coming. 

In orbit, a group of scientists are running the Winter Experiments, a last-ditch attempt to understand why the planet is cooling. None of the climate models they build make sense. But then they discover an anomaly, an unexplained variation in solar radiation...and something else. Close to the burning edge of the sun, they catch a fleeting glimpse of something that shouldn’t be there....

Suddenly humanity must face the possibility it is not alone in the universe. And the terrifying possibility that whatever is out there may be trying to exterminate us.  

©2019 A.G. Riddle (P)2018 Recorded Books

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Stunning concoction of everything I love in a great story

Once again I hold a treasure of a story by A. G. Riddle filled with a magnanimous blend of science and AI with adventure, motivation, and determination. Each character is filled with distinguishable personality made even more prominent by exceptional actors giving life through astounding and synchronous voices.
The story advances with an excellent pace that readers / listeners will have no complications with. The story is entertaining, interesting, adventurous, educational, and extremely well composed. The humour and sarcasm mix well to enliven each conversation and person and enhance the listening experience. The story details are pieces together and released at well thought out points during the story and confirm Riddle has exceptional story telling abilities whilst maintaining faith in the readers and the way minds work to gather information and draw conclusions just in time to arrive at more information and better conclusions. Henry’s movie quotables are absolutely hilarious followed with James’ sarcasm. Such an enjoyable listen! But I will not divulge what happens. You must read this story to find out. You won’t be disappointed.
I can’t hardly wait to read book two. :)

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good

I am an avid sci fi reader. this is pretty good. not as silly as some, not hard science fiction either....

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Can't wait to hear the next book

The use of 2 narrators is pure genius and allows the reader to dive more into these characters and get different perspectives on the story while been wisked away ...

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WARNING - it isn't good.

While this should be a good book, it is not. Do not be fooled by the other ratings.
You know how a book can be so good you are disappointed when it ends? That isn't this. It goes on, and on, and on - you'll get tired of it.
But you'll be so frustrated too. There's an awful "secret" about one of the main characters. He did something that got him thrown in jail. Something so terrible that everyone hates him. You get teased with the secret of what he did FOR THE ENTIRE BOOK only to discover it was stupid. What a waste of time. Why drag that out? None of it made any sense.
And it is poor writing. Some of the other reviews note that it is lazy writing that often just tells you details rather than showing you in the action or writing. It is frustrating.
Skip it and if you don't then you've been warned.

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Good idea, poor execution

Great narration which sort of makes up for a somewhat cliche and predictable story with one dimensional characters. It has a original story idea which is why I kept reading because I wanted to know what would happen but I found the social interaction between characters cringey and distracting. The most cringey bits: 1. Every character seems to want to sacrifice themself for someone else which gets pretty circular and annoying 2. Every action a character that isn't James (even the female lead Emma) takes is meant to boost his ego or develop his character. I'm not interested in reading the sequel.

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Lacked detail

A good story line, however, I felt it should have been directed towards the younger teen reader. Overall somewhat simplistic.

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His best book since Departure!

Loved it. Look forward to listening to the next one in the series. The narration was also great!

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Beware of present tense.

Good story and entertaining. The book being written in present tense is a negative mark from me. The story would have been much better served in past tense.

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The worst book on audible

I've never not finished a book on audible but this came dangerously close, the main character Mary Sue and Twilight level quality of writing made every moment of listening painful.

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I enjoyed the story overall.

The main plot is great, I enjoyed Oliver. The relationship between the two main characters feels like it was written by a teenage girl who has never been in a relationship. How do you go so long without open communication with both parties accepting that.

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