First Contact

Tantalus, Book 1

De: M.A. Abraham

Narrado por: Brian Callanan

Twenty ships have left the gravitational field of the Earth with the intention of colonizing Mars. Each is independent of the other and set to become domed cities upon landing. The mission is simple: go forth to develop the new planet, make it an extension of our home. Well, it sounded simple.

No one expected life on Mars to be easy, they are pioneers and that is a type of life that comes with dangers. What they didn't expect was for the settings of one of the ships to be off enough to miss their landing, to miss the very planet they were meant to settle.

Even more astounding was to find another planet within a three-week travel period that lies in the shadow of the red planet. It is where they will land, where their ship will unfold to become a domed city. Where life is dangerous in a hostile land and they find unexpected help. The indigenous winged people of the planet don't live on the surface of the planet, they live in cities in the clouds, but they are willing to extend a welcoming hand to those who have come to their land, as well as teach them what they can to survive. Their relationship begins with three words.

"Welcome to Tantalus."

©2014 Mary Ann Abraham (P)2018 Mary Ann Abraham

WE ARE THE 🌏 ALIENS

Cool new look at what it’s like to be the aliens and needing help from the indigenous species. There’s the story of a missed target and a stranded human ship with all the whodunnits and it’s tied into a story about a planet that’s having it’s own problems. Fortunately for the romance aspect, the two species are compatible. There is a lot of graphic sex scenes and romance interwoven in the two separate plot lines.
This is a surprisingly good start to a new and unique series.
Brain Callahan is a Class A voice artist and he does both male and female parts with talent.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. My review is HONEST.

TWO THUMBS UP!! 👍🏻👍🏻

Great new alien adventure.

Loved reading this first in a new series of M.A. Abraham's! Listening to Brian Callanan enhanced my experience and enjoyment of the story! Please bring out the next volume soon!

Enjoyable space story

This turned out to be an “easy read” and enjoyable time out. This is NOT hardcore science fiction. The book is written from two perspectives: a group of Mars colonists sent from Earth travel off course until they land on Tantalus; and a newly bound couple on Tantalus that are integral to replacing the ruling council. Recommend!
Callanan does a decent job with narration.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Not my favorite so far

I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

This was a slow starting and somewhat dry sci fi story for me. This could be because the author is just finding their way, but I'm unsure at this point. There were parts in the book where I struggled to get through, but it did start to pick up towards the final third of the book. I would have liked to see better explanations on the technology and what science rather than focusing so much on sex and relationships, but that's just my opinion. I am undecided at this time as to whether or not I will continue the series (once it is released, of course).

Fun story, well read

This was a very enjoyable book, well worth the time spent. Different than a lot of the first contact story’s you read, there is only one villain and everyone else wants to get along.there are moments that I was saying to myself “that’s pretty far fetched” but it’s not very often so I just moved on. I will be buying the next book and I don’t do that a lot, so yes I really liked the book. One thing to note, the book talks about sex quite a bit but it is pertinent to the story.
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Review First Contact: Tantalus Book 1

The story by M.A.Abraham and performed by Brian Callanan is very captivating. The space exploration, and the suspense of unknown attacking within the ship are compounded by the appearance of the unknown, an alien race with beautiful men and women. Love scenes, of course materialize. The psychic abilities that are revealed add more to the great work. A good listen.

Great story, but romance seems added on

Let me start by saying I really liked this book. I'm on book 2 of the series and still enjoying it.

Colonizing ships are heading for Mars, but due to a glitch, two ships miss. Fortunately, a telepathic race on another, unknown planet, are able to contact the ship and help them land on their ship.

The worlds are well developed, as are the two different cultures and societies.

My only complaint is the romance that seems tacked onto a really good science fiction story. The story is going along great, then suddenly it's like "Oh! This is supposed to be a romance novel! Let's have a sex scene!" Totally unnecessary. Yes, mating is important to the plot, but it doesn't need to be that graphic and it just feels gratuitous. Could totally have been replaced with "fade to black".

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Different Concept of Aliens

Book starts off a little slow but does pick up. Will be interesting to listen to the other books in the series as this first one was a little dry as the author gave a lot of background about the humans on the ship and the residents of Tantalus. I'm sure that will be helpful in the following books. Enjoyed the concept of the humans were the aliens on Tantalus. Also was intrigued that humans may be related to them. Narration was good.

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.

Great storyline and narration!

I love this book! I don't normally read sci-fi but am glad I gave it a chance. First Contact was well-written, has a great storyline and is very descriptive. I could easily picture the spaceship, world, and it's inhabitants in my head. Brian Callanan did an excellent job at narration. He has a great voice, was easily understood, and kept my attention. Overall a perfect for this book. I can't wait for the next to come out on audible!

Loved it!

I bought this book as an ebook originally and lived the story as I read it then. I was so pleasantly surprised to discover that listening to it as an audiobook was like hearing the story for the first time only better!! The narrator brings the whole experience to a new level and brings the characters to life like my imagination never could. I was so sad when it ended. I can't wait for the next audiobook in this series!! Definitely would recommend!! I