Astray

The Adventures of a Xeno-Archaeologist, Book 1

De: Jenny Schwartz

Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller

Nora Devi is a xeno-archaeologist with a complicated past.

She has buried more secrets than she’s dug up. Widowed in the recently ended twelve year war between Capitoline and Palantine, she now makes a living as an independent tagger in border space.

Captain Liam Kimani could be credited with ending the latest royal war. Instead, he’s blamed for it. Dirty commoners aren’t meant to lay their hands on royalty.

He has no regrets.

When Liam and his crew of the battlecruiser RC Genghis Khan are exiled to Capitoline’s border they discover that life in unexplored space can be more dangerous than war, and that their best chance of survival lies with a mysterious, elusive tagger.

The only problem is that Nora’s secrets might destroy the precarious stability of the entire Human Sector.

Astray is a fast-paced, enthralling space opera of lost societies, ancient aliens, rugged warriors and semi-legal pirates.

©2021 Jenny Schwartz (P)2022 Podium Audio

fantasy sci fi

a little slow and uneven. I doubt I'll read the rest of the books.

Awesome SciFi!

The storyline was great! Nora’s story had me so invested and rooting for her, and her development over the book is amazing to watch (or listen!).

The narrator did an amazing job, which is super important for me in choosing which books to listen to. I just can’t believe I have to wait another month for a credit to get the next book!

Good

Hope the series is as good as book is intend to continue hope I can count. to fifteen wordsl

Good plot. Decent narrator.

Not the best sci-fi but engaging enough to make me want to find the sequels on a library based platform. The only really annoying bit was the fake curse words that made the story feel childish at times. It made it hard to believe in the supposedly ‘tough as nails’ protagonist.

Great Story & Storytelling!

I love Jenny Schwartz’s writing and Emily Woo Zeller’s storytelling. So, this was a double win for me. I find this a unique Sci-Fi story with a strong smart lead and adorable secondary characters. I rarely read and listen to a book but this series is one of those series I absolutely will do both. If you are decided give it a try. You will not be disappointed.

it took a while

It took me a while to get into this book, but now I'm intrigued. On to the second volume.

A nice read

I liked this book. It's not an absolute favorite, but it is a nice ride with more twists and turns than I expected. worth a listen and enjoyable.

Pretty good

I actually liked this book and took the length of the writing to build up the story and the characters. As for abbreviations, you don’t abbreviate proper names to your superior officer except in battle. I’m going for number two.

New plot. good story

there wasn't actually anything that I disliked about this book. All of it was really good. I was just sad it was over

Well written and engaging on multiple levels! Can’t wait to read the next book in the series

Complex sci-fi storyline touching upon perspectives and relationships between alien species and human classes and cultures as well as common political engagements regarding energy resources, their exploitation.