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Escape Velocity

By: Victor Manibo
Narrated by: Joel de la Fuente
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IN THIS NEAR-FUTURE INTERROGATION OF PRIVILEGE, A DECADES-OLD MURDER LOOMS OVER THE CLIENTELE OF A GLAMOROUS SPACE HOTEL …

WHILE A THREAT LURKS IN THE SERVICE CORRIDORS.

Space Habitat Altaire is the premier orbital luxury resort, perfect for the Rochford Institute’s lavish class reunions: prime opportunities for alumni to jockey for power—and to advance their applications to live on Mars. Earth is dying, and only the best deserve to save themselves.

At their 25th high school reunion, finance magnate Ava pursues the truth about her brother’s murder during their senior year. Political scion Laz hopes to finally win Ava’s heart. Sloane, collecting secrets to offset his family’s decline, angles for a key client. And Henry, heir to a healthcare empire, creates an unorthodox opportunity to reach Mars in a last-ditch effort to outrun a childhood secret.

But the Rochford alumni are so consumed by their own plans that they can’t see the global conflict unfolding before them … Soon, the rich and powerful will regret underestimating those they would leave behind on Earth.

©2024 Victor Manibo (P)2024 Recorded Books Mystery Science Fiction Heartfelt
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Thoroughly Unlikeable

I don't know where to start. I was hoping for an intriguing who-dunnit. If that's what you're looking for, this is NOT it.

The main problem with this story is that there are no relatable characters, no one that is even remotely likeable. No redeeming features. No one to root for. They are all rotten to the core, and while I kept waiting for some revelation that shed a positive light on at least one person, it just got worse and worse. Even those that stand up to the core group of characters are morally disgusting in their own way. I considered stopping several times, but didn't want to give up part way through, By the end however, I was relieved when it finished. Victor Manibo gives his reader nothing to hope for, no one to care for.

Learn from my mistake and avoid this!

I should add that the voice acting/narration is great, so there's that at least.

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