The Architect

Humanity's Leap, Book 2

De: C.S. Garrand

Narrado por: Patricia Santomasso

We didn't know what to expect when we jumped through the Leap Point. We certainly didn't anticipate finding that humans had been out here before. We thought we were the first to leave our star system, but we we're wrong.

Maybe Hegemony was correct. Maybe we are just blundering our way from discovery to discovery, and it's only a matter of time before we encounter something in the vast darkness that takes a real bite out of us.

It would certainly help if the government had our back. If they weren't trying to seize our assets, arrest our executives and sic a murderous AI on us, we could probably put a solid foot forward into the galaxy, for all our sakes.

©2024 C.S. Garrand Publishing (P)2025 C.S. Garrand Publishing

Bring on the Next Novel in this series.

I loved it. Surprising twists and turns. I never saw some things coming. I can't wait for the next novel to come out.

Great story

The story line is very good the audiobook is well narrated. I definitely recommend this series and look forward to next book

What an unexpected find!

I seldom leave reviews, but do so because I hope Audible will record the third installment. i listened to the first book because it was in the Audible Plus catalog and was highly rated. I was pleasantly surprised by both the quality of the story and by the quality of the production. I bought the second title and was not disappointed. This series should appeal to fans of the Expanse, but I find that having the story told by a feminine AI brings something new to this genre as does the philosophical framework. Kudos to the author, especially, as well as to the team that brought the books to life and made my commute time less painful.

Excellent Second Book

Really enjoyed the continuation of the series. Can’t wait for number three. The performance was world class.

Gripping sequel to Species Seventeen

A rollercoaster of action and plot twists I didn’t see coming. I keep going back to the character development aspect in this series - there are a lot of them. But the author does a great job of keeping them distinct and relevant. The way the story ended, there has to be a book 3, right? Right??

Not usually a military sci-fi fan

I think there's a good space opera in the writer! Looking forward to his future series! As for this one, there's a good balance between starry eyed mystery and action/battles to keep me interested in the story. IOW, the action moves the plot vs. the plot being an excuse for battle scenes. Also, the characters are decently drawn, although lacking a bit of depth/personal back story. I also really appreciate the lack of boys-only humor that will make me stop reading books a lot of the time in this genre - in the future if there is space travel, I guarantee there will be less dualistic concepts of gender. We're already headed in that direction (hence the ridiculous backlash happening). Looking forward to book no. 3!

Great continuation.

Very glad the author continued the story. Thank you.
I think it’s a little hackneyed to have parasitic arthropod villains, but it is only a minor annoyance in the glory of this story.
I really laughed a lot at Cabrera’s gaff with the marked territory, that was a GREAT SCENE, so funny in a serious story.

Awesome Second Book

Does an great job of getting right back into the action where the first book left off. More good world building, can’t wait for the third book.

great stuff! I've really enjoyed this series so far.

I'm definitely looking forward to the next book. I love the direction it is going overall. there's a lot to enjoy here in the reading, but there's an AI that just steals the show in these novels and she is written very well. the narrator is perfect to accentuate this.

Great story!

Wow! Military Science Fiction written by someone who understands both the military and science. It is a relief to enjoy a story that has depth, worldbuilding, and subject knowledge. Mr. Garrande is on my favorite authors list!