Emergence: A Military Sci-Fi Thriller

Extinction, Book 2

By: Michael Simon

Narrated by: Roger Wayne

The last humans in the solar system battle for survival—and encounter an alien AI—in this action-packed military science-fiction thriller.

In the aftermath of a bioengineered plague that wiped out all life on Earth, Jupiter's Europa colony has become the last bastion of human civilization, and it's Lt. Ryan Braeder's job to keep what remains of his species alive. With food and supplies dwindling, he has no choice but to take his last ships on a perilous journey to a dead colony on Ceres in a desperate bid to find provisions and replacement parts.

What Braeder didn't expect to find on the asteroid, among the barren regolith and deserted buildings, was a mutated virus and a rogue group of Russian scientists. Now, the more threads he pulls, the more he unravels a web of conspiracies, horrifying medical experiments, and a hidden threat that would see his crew marooned on the asteroid.

Meanwhile, back on Europa, Braeder's second-in-command, Rani Singh, stumbles across an alien artifact buried in the ice sheets. An extraterrestrial intelligence lurks inside, and with the colony's power failing, Singh frantically searches for a way to communicate with the otherworldly object. However, the artifact seems to have an agenda of its own, and it's impossible to know if it's intentions are friendly...or deadly.

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Does a good job of capturing and creating mystery

Like I said in the title, I wasn’t sure what the second book would be about because a lot of the mystery seemed concluded at the end of the first book, but the author did a good job of recapturing an interesting plot and delivering all the way until the end!
I feel like it is possible for the series to conclude with this book, but I can see the author having potential for a third .

Wasn't Expecting This ..

At first, it took me a while to embrace the story, yet it builds on you. I also enjoy the life quotes at the beginning of each chapter. it's very fitting in this and everyday life. Looking forward to the next book in the series