Noumenon Ultra

A Novel

By: Marina J. Lostetter

Narrated by: Celeste Ciulla

“Lostetter remains at the forefront of innovation in hard science fiction.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

The mind-expanding journey that began with Noumenon and Noumenon Infinity continues in this wondrous mosaic tale of deep space exploration, adventure, and humanity that blends the awe, science, and speculative imagination of Arthur C. Clarke, Neal Stephenson, and Octavia Butler.

Deep in the heart of an alien mountain range, I.C.C. has lain dormant, its ships silent, for eons. Now, after one hundred thousand years, the AI is awakening. Someone is roaming the convoy's halls—someone that isn't human.

This planet, Noumenon—created by the megastructure known as the Web—is too young and brutal to have evolved intelligent life. Its surface is bombarded by unusual meteors. Crystal trees abruptly and violently arise from its bedrock. Its solar system is surrounded by a frightening space-time anomaly. So where did these visitors come from? What do they want? And do the people of Earth, whose ancestors launched Convoy Seven, know they are here?

I.C.C. reaches out to the descendants of its convoy crew to help decipher this primordial riddle. Noumenon was created and seeded by ancient aliens, and clearly their plans for it are unfinished. Together, the AI, the new lifeforms who have awakened it, and the humans will embark on an epic adventure of discovery billions of years in the making.

wow.. what an utter nightmare

why is it that the one book in a series that isnt audible plus, is always the worst?!
what a disappointment. the first 2 books were riveting. this book is beyond awful. i had to listen to the first chapter, 3 times because it was so dang boring i realized i hadnt absorbed any of it.
once they went too far into the modified humans it was ruined. why not introduce another convoy that could have met up during a time that was lasped over?
this story is going absolutely nowhere. all the characters are not even 1 dimensional. this book is comolete garbage.
i had wondered how one could write so many hours of good content. it turns out there is a limit.