Stellar Heritage: The Complete Series

Stellar Heritage, Books 1-4

By: Bob Mauldin

Narrated by: Mark Boyett

Contains all four books in the Stellar Heritage series. Listen to Legacy, Spheres of Influence, Far Horizons, and When One Door Closes to witness the rise of man's first galactic federation: The Terran Alliance.

When Simon and Katherine Hawke stumble upon an alien shuttle that has landed on Earth, it will not only change the course of their lives but also the entire world. Taking the shuttle into orbit, they discover a much larger ship left adrift with no one on board. Commandeering it, they confirm that we're not alone in the universe and must prepare the human race for what is about to come.

©2019, 2020 Bob Mauldin (P)2025 Podium Audio

Boring

could have been so much more but the continuous relationship building and non sci fi distractions ruined the story.

Started with action and ended with shopping trips, picking out matching uniforms, and wine drinking at every meeting.

Everyone has different tastes in Science fiction and obviously this was not for me. I purchased the full set after sampling book one, but by book four, I was listening at 1.7-2.0 speed.
While I initially enjoyed book one, by book two I felt the story/plot had taken a hard turn. The story jaringly becomes a woman empowerment dialogue that never embraces the importance of supportive relationships beyond "sisterhood".
The narrator gave each female the same breathless voice, which soon became grating and difficult to determine which character was speaking without giving one's full attention.

Kids at summer camp save the earth

This book is written like kids at summer camp would write it. A camping couple find a space ship and quickly build a fleet to save the earth from big bad aliens. Characters are shallow. Women take a too prominent part (sorry ladies it gets ridiculous). In their first major space battle, the woman captain has the stupidity to allow her ship to fly right through a cloud of debris from an enemy ship she just shot up, and gets destroyed - come on! Lead male character is always overshadowed by the girls in his life. Where did the title "Herald" come from? Why not just "supreme female leader"?

Its a long listen - but the story holds you just to see what happens in the end - which I will let you find out for yourself. Sorry - don't blame me.

couldn't stop listenung

It's been a long time since I've spent all my free time listening to a book. Great story line,keeps your interest.

I have to admit, the ending of book 1 was a huge letdown.

Luckily I came across a review of book 1 that gave a hint of what’s to come in subsequent books so I used up a credit and glad I did.