Stars Beyond

De: S. K. Dunstall

Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller

The crew of Another Road are back, closer than ever to the biggest score in the galaxy. . . if they can stay a step ahead of the Justice Department agents and Company men tracking them.

An engineer with a fondness for weapons. A captain with no memory. An obsessive genemodder who loves to tinker. Meet the crew of Another Road.

Josune, Roystan, and Nika have escaped the company thugs trying to kill them. They've gotten a new spaceship to replace The Road (after it was blown up underneath them). And their new ship is armed to the teeth with dangerous weapons, courtesy of Josune. All that's left to do before they head out to find the legendary lode of transurides is to restore Roystan's memory. To do that, they need to collect the genemod machine Nika has ordered.

But first, they have to shake off the Justice Department agent and the Companies tracking them.

It should be easy. They've done it before. What could possibly go wrong?

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Praise for Stars Beyond

"A vigorous sequel exploring the depths of space and human deceit…the vivid action and lovable characters keep the pages turning."--Publishers Weekly

Praise for Stars Uncharted

"A fun adventure novel with an irresistible ragtag crew."--The Washington Post

"An absorbing space opera, in the tradition of The Expanse and The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet."--Charles Stross, award-winning author of The Delirium Brief

"[A] brilliant female-driven tale...Readers of Asimov, Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan saga, or Anne McCaffey's Pern series will enjoy this story."--Booklist (starred review)

"A fresh concept, cutting edge technology, and characters that pop! A must-read." -William C. Dietz, New York Times bestselling author of Battle Hymn

A too quick wrap up

The second book in what probably should have been a trilogy. They seemed to be in a hurry to wrap up the big threads from the first book. The universe definitely felt big enough for a third book!

Great story! wish there was another.

Great story! wish there was another. The narration was good except for the fact that she always whispers the non-dalene so you have to turn it way up and then when people speak it's really loud

Great 2nd book. Ready for 3rd!!

Mrs Woo Zeller did a fantastic job reading this great 2nd book. This book opened the universe quite substantially, so there is room for many more books!!

Another great story

No spoilers, I enjoyed Dunstall’s storytelling and Zeller did an excellent job on the narration.

Another slow begining but amazing ending

First mention has to be the narrator. I didn't have an issue with lower tones before but this time around she was almost inaudible. she was so quiet! It almost ruined the story for me. When she was speaking dialogue it was fine, but every other time i was straining my ears to hear.

And not to continue bashing the story, because I really did like it, but most of the story around Alistar seemed so unnecessary and boring in the beginning. I skipped a fair amount of his chapters.

There are also too many times in the story that seemed just too convenient for the bad guys. Every time the crew had a problem there were 9 other things that they had to do to solve the problem and it just seemed highly unlikely and irritating. For example (no spoilers) "oh a locked door, oh no there's a bomb too, oh look someone is also chasing us with a gun, and oxygen is about to run out!" This is not in the story and a bit of an exaggeration but that's how the story feels at times and it makes no sense how they escaped.

Now for the good stuff... Once you get past their ridiculous escapes the story is amazing. We get to learn more about some of the crew and new characters. Relations grow closer and we get to travel with the crew to new lands and makes amazing discoveries. This would be a great adventure to continue with the crew without being chased all the time. I hope the author considers that. Although I did like the first book better, this one still adds great depth to the story, their world, and the characters. I hope Another Roads story continues!