Rare Earth

By: Kurt Allan

Narrated by: Derek Shoales

A lost mining crew, 400 million miles from Earth. A retired miner journeys to find out why.

"There's something out there...."

Waldo Packwood has had a rough time of things lately. He's lost his job, his friends, and finally his family. At 50 years old, he's living alone in a small apartment wondering what's happened to his life. He's unexpectedly asked to travel to Hector 1, a lone asteroid in the Jupiter Trojans, to investigate the missing crew.

"That's just it, Waldo", sighed the director, "we don't know what happened."

His trip is a struggle from the beginning, as he discovers more about those around him and what they're willing to do to keep Hector 1 to themselves. Instead of answers, he's cast into the fight of his life as he struggles to uncover the secrets and lies that have been built around this distant world.

Rare Earth is a gritty science-fiction thriller and debut novel about an unconventional hero and second chances.

"It's going to be that kind of story, so buckle up."

©2019 Kurt Allan (P)2020 Tantor

Just ok

Interesting on the technical aspects but the main character just didn’t react to the situations as a trained professional. Good concept but poorly educated C plus on this

Great Story and Narration

I found myself immersed into the story from the very beginning. Author and Narrator developed plenty of mind candy and I could nearly place myself within the scene.

Entertaining!

This story was imaginative and thought provoking. It was a good old-fashioned who dunnit set in space, coupled with the raw, human element of a wounded father just trying to do the right thing. I highly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who has an interest in space, dramas, or mysteries.

Really good

Excellent hard science fiction. I really enjoyed this book. Some science fiction is silly or overdone, or the protagonist is too much of a hero. This is not silly, not overdone, and the protagonist is realistic.

Talked to fast.

Sometimes the narrator talked so fast I had to replay what he read.
I will not be told how many words my review must contain$&@“