Ascension Series: Volume I

Books 1-3

By: Ken Lozito

Narrated by: Jeff Hays

Length: 21 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

Contains books one, two and three of the action-packed space opera Ascension series.

They’ve been watching us for hundreds of years. Now they need our help. Earth is not safe.

Zack is good at finding things, but when he discovers a global conspiracy, life as he knows it is over. Sometimes, the truth doesn’t set you free. It traps you instead.

Kept secret for 60 years, the discovery of an alien signal forces an unlikely team to investigate a mysterious structure discovered in the furthest reaches of the solar system.

Join the crew of the Athena, Earth’s most advanced spaceship on the ultimate journey beyond our wildest imagining.

©2016 Ken Lozito (P)2020 Podium Audio

Great story, Book 1 to 3

I’ve read these books & this audio book is just as great. Just about to start the next 3. Performance is excellent,

Wow

Very enjoyable listen, kept excited and look forward to more!
The end was a little weak and I would have liked ties or hints as to what was in store for the surviving crew!

A good Space Opera.

I enjoyed it a lot, well worth a listen. the narrator did a very good job with the various voices and was easy to listen to.

Book review

A good book with twist and turns to keep you listening
It was a great series.

Good Story Concept, great characters

Ken always creates interesting and compelling characters. This is great lightweight sci-fi, like the trashy romance novels my wife likes, but the aliens are all creatively designed, the challenges compelling, and as an audio book that you can listen to while multi-tasking, it's an engaging "read" and a great performance. I probably wouldn't bother spending the time to actually read this on paper, but i drive a lot, so it keeps me occupied (at a price).

Great for a long commute

I enjoyed the story and was entertained. Voices were a bit growly and one dimensional but still good enough.

Great story!

Very entertaining and fast action with many special surprises I didn't see coming. you will enjoy this book.

Basic Editing?

Does the writer know any words other than ‘said’? It is repetitive and pervasive and once heard can’t be unheard.
Dear Ken, what follows is list of words you might try just to make the dialogue blocks less painfully repetitive.
Replied
Responded
Agreed/disagreed
Cried
Shouted
Fretted
Worried
Suggested
Advised
Wondered
Demanded
Supplied
Ordered
Whispered
Complained
Whined

I’m about halfway through the second book and I keep hoping the dialogue writing mechanics will improve.

A Great Story with an Awesome Narrator

I'm enjoying all the characters and different types of species. This narrator is one of the best I've listened to so far.

Good start to a new series

Good start to a new series, but not really what I expected from the descriptions. When it says "Earth's most advanced spaceship", it does not really clue you in that it is pretty much Earth's only spaceship and we are barely dipping our toe into the big black ocean. Once I got over that, I found an enjoyable story about our first encounters with alien life. The aliens themselves while imaginatively designed where not really brought to life that well. They sometimes reminded of aliens from an old episode of the original Star Trek, just kind of cheesy with bad makeup and made up words for things. There was also an unlikely love triangle that just felt forced and unnecessary.