Nether Station

De: Kevin J. Anderson

Narrado por: Scott Brick

From New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson comes Nether Station, a thrilling mix of epic science fiction and Lovecraftian horror.

Space is vast. Space is full of wonders. Space is terrifying.

In the darkest part of the solar system lies a wormhole. Nether.

Astrophysicist Cammie Skoura has joined the first research team traveling to the Nether anomaly, eager to understand the mechanics of the wormhole and to explore its possibilities as a shortcut to Alpha Centauri.

But another race of ancient beings has already been here—an impossibly long time ago—leaving remnants of their vast complexes and gigantic temples built for horrific beings beyond comprehension.

What dangers did those elder races find in the hidden corners of spacetime?

What did they unleash?

And what remains?

Now, Cammie and the crew of Nether Station must find the answers—before the darkest part of the cosmos swallows them up …

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Need sequel!

It was good, a lot of fun, I love anything lovrcraftian and so much of it is pretty terrible so I pounced on this book. Decent characters. Not so blindingly stupid you want to kill then off yourself. Interesting ending. Definitely set up for another book or a series. Can’t wait!

Very good book

This was a nice book to listen too. It started a bit slow but picked up speed quickly. The author did a good
Job putting everything together and left it open for a nice series.

Great narrator

Whenever I listen to a book narrated by Scott Brock I can’t tell is the book is really that good or if Scott makes it that good. I have the feeling with this one that it is an ok book made better by Scott.

Hard SciFi turns into eldritch horror

I picked up the book because I'm a fan KJA and didn't read the blurb because sometimes I want a total surprise. Yup, this one did it. An anomaly is discovered at the edge of the solor system, probes are sent out and after some blurry pictures, one disappears and a couple of years later, the signals from the probe come in from light years away, it had gone througha worm hole. A super rich guy has been secretly preparing for this moment and gathered a crew of the best to go. Things start going from hard science fiction to down a Lovecraftian horror tunnel. It had the hairs standing up on my neck a few times.

A new Saga?

I loved it. I love hard sci-fi and the physics that goes along with making stories plausible. I didn’t like the zombie creatures that resurrect. Demonic stories and movies go against my core beliefs and in this case go against plausibility.

I see some parallels to the Seven Suns saga which I loved. This book is a change from the military sci-fi that seems to dominate and has grown old to me, This book hopefully starts the beginning of another saga with fantastic civilisations and creative interpretations of how alien worlds interact. I don’t get wrapped up in character development, not my focus but I’m sure another saga will leave multiple opportunities to introduce new societies and people. I can’t say any of the remaining crew are outstanding but they’ll do.

Looking forward to book 2

Can’t wait to see how everything plays out in the next book. Scott brick again pulls an excellent performance

Wormhole at the edge of the solar system

Kevin J Anderson’s Nether Station explores an anomaly at the edge of our solar system that appears to be a wormhole to Alpha Centari after a probe goes missing but sends a message back to Earth at a later date as if it had been instantaneously transported to Alpha Centari. A team led by a tech billionaire goes out to investigate and that’s where the trouble begins. The majority of the crew cannot be revived from their cyrosleep pods after the senior physicist dies in the process. Science duties fall to a younger, autistic scientist. Alien lifeforms are found around elaborate structures, and a story emerges that rather than a transportation hub, this station is defensive in nature against a powerful, dangerous entity.

Anderson offers an interesting sci-fi concept piece with alien technology operating at the edge of our solar system. Character motivations are a bit underwhelming with an autistic female physicist who is clueless about the romantic inclinations of her mentor as well as the tech billionaire who seems to imagine a huge trading opportunity with the other end of the wormhole.

Narration is excellent with solid character distinction. Pacing is smooth and a tad brisk.

nothing better than a new space Opera

I have been reading Kevin j. Anderson forever and I'm glad he's starting up again. my only disappointment is either that I've read too much science fiction and can see what's coming or he was a bit too predictable. anyways, it's a good read and a fun time

Gave me vibes of alien

I kept getting vibes of early Alien. Good story, and fun evolution of events. I would look forward to a second book.

Fun listen

Good narration. Fun story line. Enjoyed the whole story. Hopefully there will be a sequel.