
The Emissary
A First Contact Novel
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It wasn't the aliens she had to worry about; it was the humans.
A troubled young woman is recruited by a race of ancient alien explorers to be their emissary to save the human race from extinction. The problem is that not everyone believes the world is doomed, and not everyone trusts the aliens' motives. Holly Burton will have to overcome opposition from world leaders, attacks by religious zealots, assassination attempts, intractable bureaucracies, and her own fears and doubts if she is to save the human race, not just from the coming apocalypse, but from itself.
She will have to become a very different person to lead a remnant of humanity into space and become the architect of a new civilization. The question is: Can she use the extraordinary knowledge and abilities given to her without losing her own humanity in the process?
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Apollo 32, commanded by career astronaut Vivian Carter, docks at NASA's Columbia Station in lunar orbit en route to its main mission: exploring the volcanic Marius Hills region of the Moon. Vivian is caught in the crossfire as four Soviet Soyuz craft appear without warning to assault the orbiting station. In an unplanned and desperate move, Vivian spacewalks through hard vacuum back to her Lunar Module and crew, and escapes right before the station falls into Soviet hands.
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hot lunar action alt history
- De tili en 12-16-22
De: Alan Smale
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Gate Crashers
- De: Patrick S. Tomlinson
- Narrado por: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Duración: 15 h y 21 m
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On humanity's first extra-solar mission, the exploration vessel Magellan, or, as she prefers, "Maggie", discovers an alien artifact. Deciding that finding advanced alien life is too important to ignore, Captain Allison Ridgeway chooses to return to Earth while ordering her crew to reverse engineer technology far beyond anything back home. Meanwhile, at mission control, the governments struggle to maintain the existence of aliens a secret while also combating bureaucracy, the military industrial complex, and everyone else who wants a piece of what could skyrocket humanity into a new technological age.
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Solid Satire
- De Matthew en 03-16-20
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Phenomena
- A Neuroscience Thriller
- De: Douglas Phillips
- Narrado por: Natasha Soudek
- Duración: 11 h y 54 m
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Amelia Charron is a neuroscientist researching brain disorders. She routinely uses astonishing mind-linking technology that allows her to enter the dream world of patients. Each night, Amelia acts as a guide through the bizarre wonderland of the mind-an assisted lucid dream. It's a technique that reroutes neural pathways to heal the brain, but it's not without psychological dangers for both the patient and the guide. Orlando Kwon will do anything to keep the frightening voices at bay. Alien voices, he's sure, but he has no idea what they are saying.
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Great entertainment with mind expansion and spiritual challenge
- De Robert D. Mitchell en 06-29-23
De: Douglas Phillips
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The City Who Fought
- Brainship
- De: Anne McCaffrey
- Narrado por: Constance Towers
- Duración: 3 h y 18 m
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A huge space station on the fringes of human space, SSS-900 is controlled by the brain of Simeon, a shellperson who relieves his daily monotony by replaying computer simulations of great battles. When a battered, jury-rigged ship appears to threaten the station, they rescue the people who are fleeing from the vicious Kolnari pirates. As the Kolnari take over the station, the stationers and the Bethelites from the rescued ship must devise ways to work together to fight the invaders. Will Simeon become the only thing standing between ruthless alien pirates and total destruction?
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Cropped and chopped
- De Nori Lamphere en 10-06-06
De: Anne McCaffrey
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Visitor
- Transcendence, Book 1
- De: John Triptych
- Narrado por: Todd McLaren
- Duración: 12 h y 57 m
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Years have passed since Earth encountered its first known interstellar object: Oumuamua. Now an even larger one has been discovered, following the exact same trajectory as its predecessor. Scientists around the world theorize that this can no longer be passed off as mere coincidence - the new contact must be an artificial construct of some kind.
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The Story had Potential but Failed in Execution
- De Commander Dave en 12-12-21
De: John Triptych
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Cosmic Horizon
- Slip Runner, Book 9
- De: J.N. Chaney, M.F. Lerma
- Narrado por: Neill Thorne
- Duración: 10 h y 7 m
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Noth, humanity's greatest threat, has awoken and he's out for blood. So is Cole and his merry crew of misfits. They have the means to get it, too. Sort of. Their weapon might not be fully functional, but it just needs a power boost. How hard can it be? Pretty freaking hard, as it turns out. Especially when their enemies will do anything to stop them. When someone close to the crew is murdered and Cole is framed for the deed, things only get more complicated. Under the circumstances, that problem should be put on the backburner, but nothing is ever as it seems.
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Amazing!
- De LA Hutchens en 03-30-24
De: J.N. Chaney, y otros
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Black Earth
- How We Got Here
- De: Michael Cook
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 11 h y 33 m
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What truths lie in the black void between the stars? It’s late September 2019 when a young astronomer working at the Haleakala Space Observatory in Maui, Hawaii, accidentally spots a black dot in the night sky and is calculated to be closely trailing Earth by only seventy-five million miles…on the same ecliptic plane. NASA launches an unmanned probe to Earth’s nearest neighbor, given the name ILK-87b. The images coming back from the black planet both shock and amaze those inside the halls of NASA. Curiosity, fear, and dread overcome insiders as infrastructure is detected on the black ...
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What you say 5 stars
- De Anthony en 03-03-25
De: Michael Cook
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The Arrival
- A Military Sci-Fi Alien Invasion Series
- De: Joshua T. Calvert
- Narrado por: Jeffrey Kafer
- Duración: 7 h y 32 m
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On New Year's eve 2022, unknown flying objects appear over Europe and ignite an inferno of violence among themselves. Debris from one of the spacecraft falls on Athens, turning the city center into a smoking crater. The destroyed remnant of the former metropolis is declared a restricted zone by NATO forces and sealed off. Amid the few survivors struggling for food, medicine, and clean water, Nikos takes care of his girlfriend, Maria, only to soon find out that to avert a creeping death, there is only one way out of the hell of Athens—the wreckage of the alien ship.
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Started slow. Good finish
- De Tim en 05-06-22
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The Hercules Text
- De: Jack McDevitt
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 13 h y 20 m
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From a remote corner of the galaxy, a message is being sent. The continuous beats of a pulsar have become odd, irregular, and artificial. It can only be a code. Frantically, a research team struggles to decipher the alien communication. And what the scientists discover is destined to shake the foundations of empires around this world - from Wall Street to the Vatican.
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Lots to recommend here!
- De Matthew en 10-19-18
De: Jack McDevitt
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Wake Him Up
- The One U.G.L.Y. Marine Series, Book 1
- De: Michael Anderle
- Narrado por: John Pirhalla
- Duración: 8 h y 29 m
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Centuries after being driven from Earth as part of a massive diaspora triggered by an alien invasion, can the Valers face their worst—and unimaginable—nightmare? Can they withstand the might of the Komran Empire as it sweeps across the galaxy in a campaign to conquer all in its path? When the conflict reaches a crisis point, will they recognize that what they see as their greatest strength is their greatest weakness before it’s too late? Sometimes, situations are so ugly that only an ugly solution will suffice.
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A Power Fantasy Filler
- De O-C en 07-02-22
De: Michael Anderle
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Earthrise: 2176
- De: J. C. Gunn
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 12 h y 55 m
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The Year is 2166: To the people of Earth, the universe seemed to be a very lonely place. Astronomers had discovered tens of thousands of planets and many had indications of organic life. SETI had been searching for signals for over 200 years. There had been a few tantalizing bits of radio or radar energy received but nothing was ever proven to be of intelligent origin. But there was an alien civilization out there, in fact, many of them linked together in a Web of Worlds. They were watching us quietly, carefully and patiently. It had long been the prime directive of the Web that no ...
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- De L. F. C. en 02-28-25
De: J. C. Gunn
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The Man Who Broke the Moon
- Man Who Broke the Moon Series, Book 1
- De: Michael James Ploof, Devin G.P. Ploof
- Narrado por: Noah Michael Levine
- Duración: 4 h y 34 m
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After ending the Luna-Terra war by destroying the rogue colony Lunar 1, Captain Jason has retired to the US Virgin Islands intent on self-destruction. If the booze doesn't kill him first, the Colombian drug cartel surely will. But before he has a chance to properly pickle his liver, and before a jealous drug lord has a chance to take him out, the Admiral of Space Fleet recruits Jason for one last mission.
De: Michael James Ploof, y otros
Would make a great movie
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A great story, I can't wait to listen to more
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I read some negative reviews before listening. The book seems to have triggered a few people: woke antichristian bias, blah blah blah. I don't think those reviews should discourage anyone considering listening. The behavior and rhetoric of those characters is actually understated compared to what we can find any given day just turning on the news.
good especially for audible plus
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First Contact Intersects the New World Order
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Great story!
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Best book I’ve read in a while!
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Unique plot
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Really, very good.
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Thought provoking sci-fi
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I genuinely liked this story's set up and most of the execution. I hope this is the first of a series as the ending has potential for much more.
The main flaw was in the motivations of the main villains. The author chose to trot out the white supremacist cliche to provide the impetus for the antagonists' actions. Does the author perhaps believe in this or just pandering to some audience? A much more believable motivation and something that would have made for a story on a firmer foundation would be the simple fact that the arks could only save a very few people leaving behind billions to die. That fact would incentivize lots of rich powerful people of all races to attempt to gain control of the only hope for survival. As it stands we are to believe that billions of Asians, Africans, and lots of white people would passively and nobly wait for their fiery ends.
Unfortunately most SF written is trapped within the political and ideological controversies of its time and the authors can't resist 'axe grinding' on any number of issues. Within a few years the story's impact is weakened by this sort of dating, and within a decade or two most are regarded as quaint. The best SF rises above this context even though there will always be traces betraying when and where it was written, and the story and characters retain the ability to entertain and say something meaningful.
Interesting Set Up
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