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The Extrapolated Man
- Author
- Doug Franklin
- Publisher
- Skyboat Media
- Publish Date
- 2 December 2025
- Run Time
- 16 hours 32 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Science fiction, Fantasy
What to expect
A wrecked starship. A dead man’s mind. In a desperate race across Mars, Maggie must unravel their secrets before the Tharks erase them forever.
Commander Gray of the United Colonies Space Force died when his experimental ship crashed on Mars, but a backup of his mind survived.
When Maggie discovers the wreck a century later, she becomes the target of a psychopathic rival intent on stealing the ship, and a hive of weaponized lifeforms bent on erasing the backup.
It is only after she restores Gray’s backup in the body of a battered warbot that she learns his deadly secret: his ship was capable of traveling faster than light, which makes it an incredibly valuable and terribly dangerous prize, for a starship is the ultimate weapon of mass destruction.
Critics Review
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“Franklin’s space drama is vast in scope and in its efforts to create a new world with all new life forms and language. The premise is irresistible, and the narrative’s alternating perspectives across very different time periods on the Mars colonies work well.”
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Details
- Author
- Doug Franklin
- Narrator
- Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle de Cuir
- Duration
- 16 hours 32 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 December 2025
- ISBN
- 9798228744097
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Skyboat Media
- Genre
- Science fiction, Fantasy
Synopsis
A wrecked starship. A dead man’s mind. In a desperate race across Mars, Maggie must unravel their secrets before the Tharks erase them forever.Commander Gray of the United Colonies Space Force died when his experimental ship crashed on Mars, but a backup of his mind survived.When Maggie discovers the wreck a century later, she becomes the target of a psychopathic rival intent on stealing the ship, and a hive of weaponized lifeforms bent on erasing the backup.It is only after she restores Gray’s backup in the body of a battered warbot that she learns his deadly secret: his ship was capable of traveling faster than light, which makes it an incredibly valuable and terribly dangerous prize, for a starship is the ultimate weapon of mass destruction.
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