Extension

De: Melody Kepler

Narrado por: Haley Catherine

On a dying world, salvation lies 87 light-years away. As Naratu's atmosphere fails, geneticist Ayathesti holds the key to her people's survival: creating a hybrid species on a distant planet called Earth. The mission is clear - collect DNA, establish a colony, and secure a steady supply of gold to save their world. But what begins as a desperate bid for survival will unlock an adventure spanning two worlds.

When Ayathesti discovers the surprising intelligence of Earth's native species, her moral compass clashes with duty. Every choice weighs heavily: the extinction of her own people versus the exploitation of another. Adding to her internal struggle is Tiamet, the mission's charismatic director, whose presence awakens feelings she's long suppressed.

As time runs out and dangerous new threats emerge, Ayathesti must decide: Will she fulfill her mission to ensure her people's survival, or follow her conscience and protect Earth's indigenous population? And can she resist the growing attraction to Tiamet that threatens to compromise everything?

EXTENSION is the first book in a thought-provoking science fiction trilogy that explores the conflict between duty and morality, set against the backdrop of humanity's first contact with an alien civilization. Perfect for fans of Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time and Mary Robinette Kowal's The Calculating Stars.

Book 1 of The Entension Trilogy.

©2020 Melody Kepler (P)2024 Melody Kepler

An Amazing Performance

Loved reading this book originally and the narrator really gave this book life. Still an amazing story and definitely an amazing narration.

There is no science in my sci-fi.

The characters were emotionallt constipated and one-dimentional. it felt like everyone was a teenager surrounded with love-me/love-me-not drama. The female lead was too anxious and had such abysmal self-confidence it's not believable for her to be a college graduate, much less lead genericist on the planet at ehatever tender age she was. I also had zero reason to care about these people or this planet, not to mention more than the first half of the book is just two characters pining over one another while pushing each other away. Except he won't take no for an answer and keeps being super pushy every time he's around her and then gets angry when she blows him off again. The mission is half-baked and they basically assault the local fauna upon arrival. The entire science plot is a McGuffin to get these two on a remote planet together. By the time they got to the planet I was hoping everyone would just die and save me the rest of the listen. It doesn't get better. I bumped it from 1.5x to 2x speed maybe two hours in and then once on the planet cranked it to 3x and it still droned on and on. Voices could use a lot of work, like the actor didn't know how to do subtleties and instead just went with a wildly different accent for all but the two leads. It was jarring given they're all supposed to be from the same town.