Aurora: CV-01

Frontiers Saga, Book 1

By: Ryk Brown

Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer

Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

A world recovering from a devastating plague. A brutal enemy threatening invasion. A young man seeking to escape the shadow of his father. A ship manned by a crew of fresh academy graduates. A top-secret experimental propulsion system. A questionable alliance with a mysterious green-eyed woman.

What destiny has in store for the crew of the UES Aurora is far greater than any of them could ever imagine. And this is only the beginning....

©2012 Ryk Brown (P)2013 Tantor

Pretty good but.....

Have you listened to any of Jeffrey Kafer’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No

Any additional comments?

While I enjoyed the story overall, the thing that annoyed me was the same mistake that most sci-fi authors. Nukes in space are NOT very good weapons as they have to impact your target to do any real damage. There is no atmosphere in space and therefor no shockwaves which means the only thing doing damage is the heat, radiation and the initial explosion radius.

Pretty Good!

I enjoyed this novel. It's an easy listen, I liked the characters, and the plot. It's kind of short and I normally don't buy novels less than 9 hours long unless they're on sale, because I feel I'm waisting a credit. After all, why but a 6 hour book when you can get a 30, or 40 hour one. Any way, I got it because it has such high reviews, and because I want to take a break from epic fantasy for a little while, and I'm glad I did purchase it. It's is a simple book not requiring 100% of your attention, which at times can be a good thing. The first 20 minutes, or so were kind of slow, but it picked up the pace quickly, and maintained a fast pace from then on. It was pretty predictable at times, and it's kind of cookie cutter, but with the stage set the series could go anywhere. The narrator is good, if a bit dry at times, and even though doesn't have a huge number of character voices, I still do like him. I've decided that I'm going to continue the series, even though the next 2 books are less than 9 hours long, when I normally wouldn't, because I liked the 1st book so much. It's around a 140 dollars worth of credits to get through the entire series. That's a lot!

I like this series.

I bought all the books in the series and have enjoyed listening to them. I think I might listen to them more than once. Jeffrey Kafer's performance is also very good.

Best space story I've heard

It's very, very interesting. I'ts very intense listening from start to finish and there's always something happening. So sometimes I find myself still listening it in my car after a hour of my arrival home. After finishing it I couldn't wait to start listening the next episode. Very much recommended.

Good Story

I did enjoy most of the story but it is unreal to believe the Military would send a ship out not fully armed and to face possible danger. Author must do real world research about the Military.

Basically Star Trek fan fiction, but in a great way.

All of the classic Star Trek character archetypes are present, and the story isn't a far cry from what could be a short story arch of any one of the series. I don't want to spoil anything by being more specific than that. Now, you may read that statement and cringe a bit, but I will say, even with all of it being true, it's actually a very entertaining listen. Entertaining enough that I'm going to jump immediately into the next book of the series.

Not Bad

This was a good book. I like pretty much anything Mr Kafer narrates. But I think the second book in the series is done by someone else so I will pass on it. If they can get Mr Kafer to do other book in the series I will buy those

Love this series

What did you love best about Aurora: CV-01?

A young character growing with new amazing experiences. The story starts from the first, not the middle. I can't stand books that start after events. Why not write about the events. Yes the digital plague wasn't there but it's still good start.

What did you like best about this story?

Travel to other solar systems.

Which character – as performed by Jeffrey Kafer – was your favorite?

That's one thing I didn't like is that most characters sounded the same.

Any additional comments?

I've read this series and it's so good i'm listening again on audio.

Good book Try Something Different By Him

Not a great but a good book especially when compared it to what’s available out there. I won’t but looking to see if there’s more in the series because there was nothing new about the story. The writer does a good job so I will try something else by him.

Very soft sci-fi

This is not a very serious reading, this is like a sci-fi adventure for teenagers (if you are a teenager, I mean no offence, it is just not my cup of tea). Very light on physics plausibility, throwing things like 10 times faster than light easily. It is a short book, and I guess it was supposed to catch my attention and make me want to read the next one, but I say ‘meh’ and am going to excuse myself ;)