Harbinger

De: P.A. Vasey

Narrado por: Will Tulin

A smart, well-constructed sci-fi first contact thriller

In 2017, a mysterious interstellar object transited the Solar System bound for deep space. By the time it was noticed, it had already passed Earth. It was soon forgotten, dismissed as a comet or planetary fragment. Earth's scientists turned to more pressing matters.

But it was no mere rock. An alien spaceship looking for habitable planets, it sent a machine probe to Earth, containing a sentient quantum computer.

After crash landing in South America, the probe was found by tech billionaire Christian Becker, who used its computational power to give himself groundbreaking technology and unlimited wealth.

. . . Until something goes wrong.

Someone hacks into and shuts down Becker's secret lab. Becker is certain that War veteran Will Logan and his missing wife, Alex, are the saboteurs. Logan is kidnapped and brought to Becker's highly secret research campus.

But nothing is what it seems . . .

©2023 P.A. Vasey (P)2023 Tantor Media

Strong start

Very strong start. The first few chapters were well done. The epilogue….. well done. The last half of the book was just ok. It seems like it was a shorter story that got stretched then fell into the well worn formula. The author had all the pieces to a really good book but took the easy way out. It’s an ok book while you a looking for a great book.

Great listen!

I like how the author tied Oumuamua into the story. There is a bit of a cliffhanger at the end though. And I am not seeing anything about a sequel just yet. I didn't realize it was just recently released.

Engaging characters with exciting and plausible action

Excellent character trajectories. Plenty of unexpected twists. I can’t wait to see what PA Vasey comes out with next

Almost mediocre

The first chapter was intriguing, but I’m about 10 chapters in and ready to give up. The characters are flat tropes. The protagonist’s IQ is barely above lukewarm water. How anyone could read this and think it’s amazing sci-fi just tells me they need to read more books.

Terrible writing.

In over 500 books this is the first time I have written a review. It’s that bad. Sloppy and irrational plot, coupled with one dimensional and inconsistent characters make this the worst sci-Fi book I have ever read. I want my money back.