The Echo
The Anomaly Quartet (Book 2)
- Author James Smythe
- Narrator Rupert Farley
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 13 April 2017
- Run Time 11 hours and 34 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Adventure fiction, Classic fiction, Hard science fiction, Psychological thriller, Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic, Science fiction: military, Science fiction: near-future, Science fiction: space exploration, Science fiction: space opera.
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What to expect
The stunning sequel to James Smythe’s critically acclaimed literary sci-fi novel THE EXPLORER
TWENTY YEARS following the spacecraft Ishiguro’s disappearance, humanity is setting its sights on the heavens once more.
Under the direction of two of the most brilliant minds science has ever seen – twin brothers Tomas and Mirakel Hyvönen – this space programme has been tasked with one of the most difficult missions in its history: to study what is being called ‘the anomaly’ – a vast blackness of space thought to be responsible for the loss of the Ishiguro.
But as the anomaly tests Mira and the rest of the hand-picked crew’s sanity, Tomas will have to use all his ingenuity if he is to save his brother and their mission.
Critics Review
‘If you love GRAVITY try James Smythe’
Buzzfeed.com
‘Creepy, compulsive Science Fiction’
Metro
‘Science Fiction for those who don’t think they like it’
Independent
‘A tightly knotted, expertly constructed space trip of a read’
Guardian
‘A wonderful examination of coping with loss, time and
death’ SFX
‘It’s like an episode of Star Trek written by JM Coetzee’ Guardian
n| Author | James Smythe |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Rupert Farley |
| Series | The Anomaly Quartet |
| Duration | 11 hours and 34 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9780008223182 |
| Format | x-book® |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Genre | Adventure fiction, Classic fiction, Hard science fiction, Psychological thriller, Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic, Science fiction: military, Science fiction: near-future, Science fiction: space exploration, Science fiction: space opera |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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