Neptune Crossing
- Author Jeffrey A. Carver
- Narrator Stefan Rudnicki
- Publisher Skyboat Media
- Publish Date 6 September 2016
- Run Time 10 hours and 50 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Science fiction, Science fiction: space opera.
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What to expect
The first installment in the thrilling, action-packed Chaos Chronicles
When John Bandicut sets out across the surface of Triton, he’s hardly ready for the storm of chaos that’s about to blow through his life. The alien Quarx that soon inhabits his mind is humanity’s first contact with an alien life. The Quarx, part of an ancient galactic civilization that manipulates chaos theory to predict catastrophic events, seeks to prevent a cometary collision that could destroy the Earth. But it must have help. If Bandicut chooses to trust the Quarx, he must break all the rules—indeed, sacrifice his life as he knows it—to prevent humanity’s greatest cataclysm.
Leaving friends and lover behind, hurtling across the solar system in a stolen spaceship, Bandicut can only pray that his actions will save the Earth—even if he doesn’t live to see it again.
Critics Review
u201cJeff Carver is a hard sf writer who gets it rightu2014his science and his people are equally convincing. Neptune Crossing combines his strengths, from a chilling look at alien machine intelligence, to cutting-edge chaos theory, to the pangs of finite humans in the face of the infinite. If you like intriguing ideas delivered in an exciting plot, this is your meat.u201d
u201cA roaring, cross-the-solar-system adventure of the first water. The kind of stuff that made us all love science fiction.u201d
u201c[A] promising series kickoff about an astronaut exploring the surface of Neptuneu2019s moon, Triton, Carver masterfully captures the joy of explorationu2026[a] love story combines amusingly with an unlikely case of xenophobia, and a fiery conclusion sets Bandicut up for further adventuresu2026[a] fine rendering of difficult scientific concepts.u201d
u201cThe author of Dragons in the Stars and The Infinity Link excels at exuberant storytelling as he explores the very real day-to-day problems of playing host to an internal guest. Hard-science aficionados will delight in the storyu2019s focus on chaos theory; general sf fans will appreciate the adventure and mood.u201d
u201c[A] captivating opener to au2026series incorporating the emerging science of chaos theoryu2026Carver has created yet another electrifying scenario as well as a winning combination in Bandicut and the sometimes vulnerable yet super intelligent quarx. First-rate entertainment.u201d
u201cA complex and believable protagonistu2014an ordinary man rising to extraordinary circumstancesu2014and an alien presence that is at once convincingly strange and deeply real. Iu2019m really glad to have read this one.u201d
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