Proxima Rising

Proxima, Book 1

By: Brandon Q. Morris

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Late in the 21st century, Earth receives what looks like an urgent plea for help from planet Proxima Centauri b in the closest star system to the Sun.

Astrophysicists suspect a massive solar flare is about to destroy this heretofore-unknown civilization. Earth's space programs are unequipped to help, but an unscrupulous Russian billionaire launches a secret and highly-specialized spaceship to Proxima b, over four light-years away.

The unusual crew faces a Herculean task - should they survive the journey. No one knows what to expect from this alien planet.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 Brandon Q. Morris (P)2020 Podium Publishing

A nice pairing

I enjoyed this book and the narrator was, as always, amazing. I love his voice and find it to be very soothing. The story that the author has written is quite fabulous, I listened in one day, had to keep going. Where there is only one person, yet to be joined by Adam & Eve to grow as they get to their mission is very well written.the, action and science is believable. I’m hoping that the 2nd book is just as exciting, I want more alien interaction, friendly or not so friendly.
I highly recommend this for the story and narration. I do believe I have not heard or read anything by this author before, looking forward to the next book!

very interesting

I really like the world building in the end. the early chapters are very lonely but needed for setting the scene.

Eduardo Ballerini’s storytelling captivates audience with hard science fiction.

I don’t think any adjustment to dialogue, narrator’s tone, character, development, really anything, could improve on this audiobook. I have listened to this book multiple times and getting ready to start again

Good Story… Unfortunate Cliffhanger Ending

Liked the story premise and performance just fine. Novel concepts for otherwise impossible human travel to another star. Not that there is anything wrong with having multiple books in a series but one must ease the reader/listener into the transition more smoothly than this title does and certainly not make it look like the break was done solely to get you to paying for the next installment but having that next installment ready to go offering a preview teaser at the end. Had this title left the reader with a more satisfying ending with a epilogue summarizing generally how the protagonists moved on from nearly loosing their guiding AI and at least exploring the discovery at the end some with lots of questions for the next book, maybe the ending would not have seemed so calculated. You have to leave the listener with the option to feel the ending was satisfying enough NOT to consume another credit or buy another book. If the story and writing is good enough then moving the audience to the next book does not require marketing gimmicks. The author chooses to just end the story hanging having overcome a serious threat and the implication that the threat may (and probably will) return in the next book(s). Not sure I feel like rewarding that behavior by using a credit to listen to the rest of the story. BTW, i’ve noticed a TREND when it comes to book series on Audible… let the subscribers stream the first book in the series ONLY and use credits for the rest. See how that works?

Wonderfully fascinating trip ....

from the perspective of the AI. An intriguingly mysterious story. All told in a most soothing of voices. A great tale without the depravity & gross perverseness of typical modern stories. This proves entertainment can be had without being dragged through the gutter of human decline.