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The Quantum Magician

By: Derek Kunsken
Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
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The breathtaking debut from acclaimed short story writer Derek Kunsken

Belisarius is a quantum man, an engineered Homo quantus who fled the powerful insight of dangerously addictive quantum senses. He found a precarious balance as a con man, but when a client offers him untold wealth to move a squadron of warships across an enemy wormhole, he must embrace his birthright to even try. In fact, the job is so big that he'll need a crew built from all the new sub-branches of humanity. If he succeeds, he might trigger an interstellar war, but success might also point the way to the next step of Homo quantus evolution.

©2018 Derek Kunsken (P)2018 Recorded Books Genetic Engineering Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Fiction
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Although everyone has different levels of patience for techno jargon and complex storyline’s this is a very enjoyable book.
Once I absorbed all the characters and their interactions I wasn’t able to put this down. There were a few moments of relistening parts to clarify but overall I enjoyed it.
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Outstanding story

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a great story with plot twists and turns laced full of fun quantum physics, and I met several characters I liked :) I'm looking forward to listening to it a second time :D

fantastic space opera

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Every moment entertaining, very creative sci fi tale with likeable characters following a heist story structure, think faracape crew, cyberpunk themes, space opera.

Great world and character building out there concepts, great performance

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If you enjoyed films lies Oceans 11 then you will enjoy this heist story. You can almost see Brad Pitt in the lead role

A heist story

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A space opera that explores what it is to be human against a back drop of a classic Sting. All the characters bring something new to the story and are brilliantly performed by T. Ryder Smith. This is a book you’ll want to tell people about.

A SF gem

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The narrator made the story come to life
Would like to read more if Mr Kunsken

Good narration

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I’m planning to buy the hard copy. I can’t stand the narrator’s lip-smacking between paragraphs; the voice sounds old, with a touch of loose dentures. The accents completely pull you out of the story.
Gave up after chapter 7 .

Another good book ruined by a terrible narration

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Had read before the House of the Styx that I really enjoyed. This story is more epic and tackles human evolution as well. You will certainly enjoy it for the mix between scientific precision and speculation.

The best space opera in years

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Despite some reviews to the contrary, the audio narration on this book is excellent. Well paced with great accent changes for the numerous lead characters.

Great narration

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If that's your thing, go for it.
Performance was good. Story kept me listening.
Won't be for everyone. It's a fairly niche genre.
Space opera heist with some hard science thrown in.

space opera meets ocean's 11

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