Contact

Echoes in the Dark

By: Joshua T. Calvert

Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar Young

Alone in deep space, she wakes to find her crew dead, her ship failing, and a mysterious signal pulsing from a distant planet. Is she truly alone?

In the unforgiving silence of deep space, a lone astronaut awakens—disoriented, alone, and haunted by fractured memories. The cryostasis pod that saved her life now feels like a coffin. The rest of the crew? Gone—victims of mysterious malfunctions that ravaged the ship. Only a glitchy, well-meaning robot remains to keep her company.

Stranded twenty-five light-years from home in an alien solar system, the spaceship is falling apart. Doors hiss open without command, shadows flicker in the failing lights, and something in the ship's stern—a colossal, energy-draining cargo hold—remains sealed, defying her attempts to uncover its secrets.

But isolation might be the least of her fears. As sensors detect a pulsing signal from the rings of a distant gas giant, the question becomes chillingly clear: What—or who—is out there?

A tense, atmospheric journey through the void, Contact: Echoes in the Dark is gripping hard science fiction from million-selling author Joshua T. Calvert. Fans of Andy Weir, Arthur C. Clarke, and Peter Cawdron will be captivated by this tale of survival, mystery, and the eerie possibilities lurking in the dark reaches of space.

©2025 Joshua T. Calvert (P)2025 Podium Audio

Very boring

Seems like a book written for 5-year-olds. I can’t take it seriously. It might get better but after 3 hours I don’t have any more patience.

Home is where you make it.

I started thinking I knew where our space traveler was about 2/3 of the way in, although I was pleasantly surprised when all was revealed. The author did an amazing job of keeping us engaged in the story even though very few details were revealed. Ultimately, it’s the relationship between the traveler (are we ever told her name?) and the Ahmed robots that that touches us the most. I wish the ending to the book is what would happen in reality, but I have my doubts, still I’m an optimistic person and humanity has a way of surprising us all.

I made it until the end but it was close

I knew as soon as the robot character was introduced that this was…..well….. not a serious sci-novel. Except for the ending plot twist it was just meh. This is really more of an adolescent/young adult book. The weird accents were well …. weird. Your mileage may vary.

Different angles

A stellar performance from this narrator. A plot that keeps you guessing is exactly what I love. This book delivered in an unexpected way.

Great story and actor

Loved the story and the voice acting was very good. I listened to the whole thing in two days!