Tranquility

De: Dave Creek

Narrado por: Kristin James

An explosion in Tranquility City on the moon kills 14-year-old Dacia Stark's parents and sends her on a quest to find Julian Walker, the terrorist who admitted to the crime. Now a detective on Tranquility's police force, Dacia has seen more than her share of blood, death, and grief. But that's only stiffened her resolve - not just to track Walker down, but to kill him.

©2015 Dave Creek (P)2016 Dave Creek

Wonderful Listen

Would you consider the audio edition of Tranquility to be better than the print version?

Did not read the printed version

Who was your favorite character and why?

Dacia, Her life changed when Tranquility City was bombed and she lost her parents

Which scene was your favorite?

When Dacia finally caught the killer of her parents

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, Very much so

Any additional comments?

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher

Moments in one woman's life as she grows.

Would you try another book from Dave Creek and/or Kristin James?

I do enjoy Kristin's voice acting. When the moment is explosive and needing to move quick, Kristin brings that rush to her voice yet she's still clear and easy to understand. Kristin puts the feel into Dacia's voice along with others that are present in Dacia's small group of friends.

As for a Dave Creek book... I'm not sure. Maybe.

Any additional comments?

*This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of AudiobookBlast dot com, at my request.

Right at the beginning we see a huge turning point in Dacia's life, when Tranquility City was bombed and she lost her parents. Though, here we meet her doctor. I really don't like the doctor. Dr. Portillo has no bedside manner with a 14 year old girl, telling her point blank that her parents are dead then what is/was wrong with her. Harsh. They want to keep her from feeling overwhelmed, but they hit her with all the terrible things. Though we learn that Dacia's emotions are muted, so telling her these things abruptly won't affect her at this moment. Then a week later she goes to the Memorial Service for all lost in the bomb with Dacia. The doctor feels contradictory to me this early in the book. Though as we get to see the doctor later in the story, she's a nice person and wants well for Dacia.

Dacia... Living through what she did and having the drive to find the man who did it is wonderful. But she's living her life on this obsession. She's kept her emotions muted until she finds Julian Walker and feels her hands squeezing his throat. She misses all other things in life by living this way. Eventually Dacia realizes this and with the help of her friends makes a big change in her life.

I think this story is to short. There are times where there's a lot of information that feels important and I was noting like crazy. Then there were times that I felt we were being told about Dacia instead of living with her, in this case I think the story could be better and longer if we got to live these short sections with her and through her actions.

The format of telling this story feels like it's an anthology of short stories in Dacia's life. We see different times in her life and different cases she solves. All don't feel to connect except that she's always got in the back of her mind, in each short section, that she will always look for Julian Walker. In the end, mostly they come together as to why those moments were selected to be shared.

Basically, I wanted more from the story. Bring me into the world and make those cases Dacia is working connect to what is happening and finding Julian. I feel like I'm getting news clips of Dacia and her life. (are they all important?) Even to show the rules of Tranquility a bit more clearer by living through them.

This story felt a bit rough for me going through the first time with the connections and quick glimpses in Dacia's life over a large span of years. All the moments are important in the end though, that's what saved this book from a lower rating.

Vengeance takes many forms

4.5 out of 5 stars

How far would you go to avenge your parent’s deaths? For 14-year old Dacia, it would drive the next 10+ years of her life. After watching her parents die in an explosion, she vows to avenge their deaths by finding and killing their killer.

The narration for Tranquility was done by Kristin James who does a pretty nice job. The range wasn’t all there (a few times she tried to be other characters that just sounded weird and forced). Other than that she had a really great narration voice, and I found it really easy to listen to.

The story was one of vengeance. It was like an old school detective story mixed in with a modern day thriller. Dacia as a character felt very one-dimensional, but that is most likely due to the fact that for most of the story her emotions are “muted.”

The scenes that Dave Creek painted were both that of familiarity (the lunar landing site) and brand new areas. I thought he did a really nice job weaving in things that we would recognize with new things that only a science fiction book would hold.

The science in the book (there wasn’t too much) was believable and a little out there (it is sci-fi). And I thought that overall, Tranquility was an enjoyable book. The length felt just right to me, and I’m really glad that I took the time to read it.

This book was given to me at no charge, in exchange for an unbiased review via Audiobook Boom

Police Procedural on the moon

Earth has made it to the moon, with a colony set up there, and they are on the brink of expanding further into space. But terrorist forces on Earth are wanting to stop that from happening, believing that humans should stay on Earth only. Dacia Stark is a victim of the terrorist, having lost her parents in an explosion, she has grown up wanting to get revenge.

While the major theme of the book is about this terrorist and getting revenge, large sections of the book are not about this but are about Dacia as a police officer, solving crimes on the moon. Because of this the book actually feels disjointed, like two stories (the police investigation and the revenge story) crammed together.

The story opens with Dacia as a child and with the death of her parents then proceeds to jumps forward in time, through several key events in her life, focusing on terrorist. This quick move through key points then jarringly settles into a police procedural following one case that is pretty much unrelated to the terrorist storyline. This creates a jarring effect when the police procedural comes along . I think it would have been better to just follow adult character and tell history in flashbacks/memories.

Dacia also has her "emotions repressed" during most of the book, making her an unemotional character. She thus is one of the least interesting things going on in the book because she barely reacts and barely cares about things, making it hard to care what happens to her.

The main bad guy comes across as a mustache twirling one dimensional character. Eventually some backstory is added to the character, which then gives the promise of elevating him, but in the end it's just more of the same. It doesn't give him reasons for his actions, just shows how and when he started and just makes him more unhinged.

All that said, the setting earth vs the moon, the moon station, the cusp of space travel etc is an interesting setup. I just wish something more had been done with the characters in the situation.


The Narration by Kristin James is really enjoyable. She provides distinct voices for each character, carrying the action and emotion. It is well paced, and clear.

This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of audiobookboom dot com.

Interesting storyline

I never thought of how different the perfect crime would have to be in a space vacuum. This book had many twists and turns, I can not say it was at all predictable.