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Edges

Inverted Frontier Series, Book 1

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Edges

By: Linda Nagata
Narrated by: Nicole Poole
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From the Edge of Apocalypse:

Deception Well is a world on the edge, home to an isolated remnant surviving at the farthest reach of human expansion. All across the frontier, other worlds have succumbed to the relentless attacks of robotic alien warships, while hundreds of light years away, the core of human civilization - those star systems closest to Earth, known as the Hallowed Vasties - have all fallen to ruins. Powerful telescopes can see only dust and debris where once there were orbital mega-structures so huge they eclipsed the light of their parent stars

No one knows for sure what caused the Hallowed Vasties to fail, but a hardened adventurer named Urban intends to find out. He has the resources to do it. He commands a captive alien starship fully capable of facing the dangers that lie beyond Deception Well.

With a ship's company of explorers and scientists, Urban is embarking on a voyage of rediscovery. They will be the first in centuries to confront the hazards of an inverted frontier as they venture back along the path of human migration. Their goal: to unravel the mystery of the Hallowed Vasties and to discover what monstrous life might have grown up among the ruins.

©2019 Linda Nagata (P)2020 Tantor Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera
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Such a monotonic and wooden performance I thought it was an AI.
There was almost no vocal differentiation between the characters and no rthym to the telling. The story lost so much of its momentum from this lack of basic storytelling techniques. So disappointing.

Great story, terrible performance

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Very enjoyable series. A few complex sci fi themes are foundational to the story but they are handled gently and, to the credit of the author, the book never tries to be too smart for itself and doesn’t try to cram too much information in. (A mistake so many other authors in this genre make.) The narrative style is soothing and absorbing with good use of language. The moments of drama are intense and engaging.

I really liked it

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The plot and characters are engaging and entertaining, but the narration really does sound like an AI.

Interesting plot, spoiled by robotic narration

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