The Aurora Project

Eemians, Book 1

By: Paul McGowan

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

The race to save humanity.

Two researchers working to save Earth from its climate crisis unexpectedly uncover a 100,000-year-old secret under Antarctica's ice.

Will our ancient ancestor's secret be Earth’s salvation or the greatest threat to our survival?

The action is fast-paced and nonstop in this international thriller to save the planet and humankind.

Dive into this nail-biting roller-coaster ride as Sam and Julia fight the forces of the Sons of Nephilim in this epic struggle to uncover a long-lost secret.

The first of four thrillers in the heart-pounding Eemian series.

©2023 Paul McGowan (P)2023 Paul McGowan

Controversial

I really liked this story, my imagination enjoys this kind of writing. If something like this ever did happen, you better believe there would be a lot of people trying to cover it up.

After listening to 99% true

Didn’t think I would like this however I really like it a lot. It was some really good listening. Once you get into it pretty much hold you on the edge of your seat not wanting to stop listening great job Paul! I have to give credit or credit is due. the narration was easy to listen to and very welcomed

Really fun book!

I’m am invested! I really want to know what happens and I am excited for the next in the series. The narrator does an amazing job! His pacing is perfect and he conveys a lot of emotion in moments of intensity. My only complaint is the gawdawful long pauses between chapters. I don’t know how many times I checked my phone to see if it was still playing only to find going.

The story is a bit slow to begin with and there are a few errant threads that don’t seem to get tied into the main story, and I would love to know a bit more about the background of the antagonist. He’s scary to be sure, but really his backstory is still pretty shrouded. Once the book hits it’s peak though, it’s hard to stop. Nice job and looking forward to the next one!

Very suspenseful and timely story.

I really enjoyed the characters and storyline. I feel that climate change and what is happening to our planet is something we should all be concerned about and although the story is fictional the things that are happening to our planet are not. The story kept me very engaged and left me wanting more and being a bit disappointed when it was over. I am looking forward to book 2. The narration was beyond excellent! Good read!

Great story but a little disappointed with the cliches.

Reader was a little too dramatic a times, felt cheese and unbelievable. Story was strong, but got a little too cliche with the tall religious fanatics…would have liked something more rational…no meed to go so extreme to have a believable enemy.

a bit slow to start. but great characters.

good book. glad I took a chance. a bit slow but I think it was mostly necessary. I already bought the next book in the series. debating if I should start tonight and then I'm spending a couple hours extra a week or just wait till tomorrow. Time will tell

Well crafted and engaging

The author is a well known figure in the realm of high end stereo gear, who evidently found free time during the pandemic lockdown year(s) to try his hand at fiction. Thankfully the result doesn’t display hallmarks of dilettantism, this is stylistically assured and commercial-grade thriller writing. Having a reader on the level of Edoardo Ballerini may have elevated the perceived quality, but I suspect Elmore Leonard’s advice to aspiring writers, to leave out the boring parts people skip over, played a role here. It’s a good page turner.

We’re told this is the first of a series of four, and part one is rather like Wagner’s Das Rheingold, not self-contained but a prelude. The protaganists are climate researchers, and it’s mostly set in Greenland and Antartica. They discover evidence of an ancient, far too ancient civilization, so we’re in the world of Graham Hancock, albeit properly presented as fiction. I was hearing echoes of Call of the Wild and White Fang, between the frozen settings and the prominent role of the faithful, suffering dog among the dramatis personae. Also a bit of Indiana Jones, perhaps his adventures on Hoth. There’s surely a Harrison Ford role in here.

When we make it to Act 3 of Götterdämmerung, after the fat lady to sings, a fuller appraisal can be offered.

The Sky is Falling!

It’s a good story in-spite of the frequent advertisements for the Global Warming Hoax.
The seas are not rising,
The planet is not warming.
Some glaciers are shrinking, others are growing.
Man has had no effect on climate that is not overwhelmed by each and every volcanic eruption.
No Climate Change Clown has ever been right about anything, ever!

Really looking forward to the next book!

An extremely intriguing and exciting story that makes you think. Can see the movie version. Definitely got hooked and will read the next two. Also thoroughly enjoyed the narrator. A really great performance!

New history

New take on life on earth from a new Sci Fi author who does audio equipment in his spare time