Starshine: Amaranthe 1

Aurora Rising, Book One

De: G. S. Jennsen

Narrado por: Pyper Down

A rift in space that shouldn’t exist. A secret that can unite humanity, or ignite its destruction..

Alex Solovy is a lone wolf starship pilot with a talent for uncovering the hidden secrets of uncharted space. When she follows a hunch into a forbidden nebula and encounters a mysterious rift tearing the fabric of space itself, Alex stumbles into a conspiracy powerful enough to rewrite humanity’s place in the universe—or erase it entirely.

Across the galaxy, Caleb Marano, a covert operative for the fiercely independent Senecan Federation, is chasing dangerous secrets of his own. When their paths explosively collide, Alex and Caleb must forge an uneasy alliance. Now they’re the only thing standing between rival superpowers poised to shatter a fragile peace and ignite all-out war.

As shadowy conspiracies unravel and ruthless enemies close in, they must outmaneuver political betrayals, mysterious alien machinations, and their own deep-seated distrust in a desperate gambit to save civilization from destruction. The fate of humanity hangs by a thread—and no matter what happens, the galaxy will never be the same.

Starshine is the thrilling first novel in an epic space opera trilogy packed with heart-pounding adventure, unforgettable characters, and high-stakes intrigue. For fans of The Expanse, Mass Effect, Peter F. Hamilton, and Iain Banks, this electrifying journey through cosmic mysteries, galactic warfare, and the great unknown between the stars will keep you turning pages late into the night.

©2014 G. S. Jennsen (P)2021 G. S. Jennsen

Epic in scale

I had started this months ago and abandoned it because of my inability to follow the complexity and enormous cast of characters. I gave it another go and finally got a handle on it and was able to follow it. Characters were rich, but believable and natural. The plot of epic scale. The tension high, but good pacing provided occasional relief. Her writing style was beautiful, elegant, and mature. I’m debating upgrading the second book to a reading book to a reading experience, but I’ll likely continue listening due to my greediness to see how unfolds.

So-so story, romance novel sex, bad narration

The story line is not a bad concept, but the many characters are mostly two dimensional. The story is marred by the explicit sex of overheated twenty-somethings. The breathy narrator seems like a romance novel holdover and does all male voices in a deep monotone. Feels like a book written and read for a young female audience, neither of which I am.

Great scfi ......but

overall was a great book storyline was really well done but the writer overdid it completely with the romance to a sickening amount at some point I had to fast forward it to get through the romance it was almost like reading some teen vampire book I totally wish she would take out about 75% of the love story it was so unneeded and just distracted from the whole story other than that the Sci-Fi was great was a great listen if you don't get sick to your stomach from the unneeded overdone romantic scenes all I can say is thank God for the skip forward button with that you can actually enjoy this book

Who? What? Huh???

This book bounces around so much I have no idea what’s happening. One minute someone is doing something then the scene changes drastically. I realized somewhere around the 4th time this occurred that people where having flashbacks or sharing a memory. The voice of the narrator never really changes so figuring out who’s who is even more of a challenge with the scenes constantly jumping around. It’s the equivalent to a TV soap opera jumping from location to location but with no visual and everyone using the same voice. I always try to finish a book even if it’s not great but there’s no way I could listen to this for another 14 hours. So disappointed.

Storyline is compelling.

The narrator ruined a 31-book series for this author. The narrator over annunciates words. She speaks very slowly and mechanically. She commonly pauses in multiple inappropriate places which is very distracting and detracts from the story. She also mispronounces common technical terms.