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Dandelion

By: Philip R. Johnson, Justin C. Louis
Narrated by: John Keating
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Amber Houston was born light-years away from Earth aboard the enormous colony starship Dandelion.

By the age of 14, she has spent her entire life training as a Ranger, ready for the day when she will be among the first humans ever to set foot on an alien world and build a new civilization.

When Dandelion suffers an emergency toward the end of its journey, Amber and her fellow young rangers are evacuated and land on the planet Newhome years ahead of schedule. While the adults left behind on Dandelion slow the ship and turn it around to come back - in eight years - Amber and her friends must build lives for themselves amid revelations that will change humankind's destiny forever.

Meanwhile, aboard the ship, secrets that were buried over three hundred years ago finally come to light....

©2020 Philip R. Johnson & Justin C. Louis (P)2021 Podium Audio

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looking forward to the next book.

while I wait for the next book in this new series I'll keep reading deathworlders.

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A riveting listen

The beginning of a story that promises much growth of character for the main protagonists.

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A fun new world

A thoroughly enjoyable first contact story appropriate for young adults and not so young adults.

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Slow start but keep going!

This audiobook starts out fairly slow and juvenal, but stay with it ... it will start speeding up as the back-story fills in the intellectual gaps! I look forward to the next book!

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great HFY sci-fi

overall this is an amazing sci-fi audiobook. it definitely has the humans are the space monsters vibe which I dig. I personally love deathwolders and this has a subtle vibe compared to that. definitely a highly suggested read.

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Fun read

Excellent book, great world building, and well written. Excited for the next book to come out!

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Amazing story

This book is full of well rounded characters and amazing story telling. I fully recommend it to anyone who likes sci-fi

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Great Book!

I really enjoyed the book. Great concept. Where is the next book in the series?

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Loved it!!

I can’t wait until the sequels come out. The science in the book is believable. The characters are all likeable. And the world building is deep. There’s not a dull point in the story, and every chapter just has something new you want to learn more about. I love the AI who runs the ship. I’m only sad this book only came out in 2020 so I’ll probably have a little while to wait for the next book. If you’ve read The Expanse or the Bobiverse you’ll like this one.

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Can't wait for book 2!

It's not the Deathworlders (would love to get an audible copy of that!) but it's excellent nonetheless. So much more story to tell with an interesting universe. Ican't wait for book 2!

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