• Haraken

  • A Silver Ships Novel, Book 4
  • By: S. H. Jucha
  • Narrated by: Grover Gardner
  • Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,317 ratings)

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By: S. H. Jucha
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
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Nine years of tranquility came to an abrupt end when a Méridien starship entered the Hellébore system, sounding a dire warning for Alex Racine, the Haraken president. Unwanted visitors had arrived again. But this time, they're not alien; they're human.

Claiming to have followed the course of a colony ship launched a millennium ago when Earth wrestled with resource wars and climate change, the mission commander, Antonio García, requests a meeting with the planet's leaders. The Earthers profess a kinship with all humans, and their great desire is to have Méridien join their United Earth (UE).

Alex Racine journeys to Méridien to investigate and uncover the Earthers' intentions. In the Haraken world, SADEs (self-aware digital entities) have been freed from their boxes aboard the Méridien-built starships. The mobile SADEs are powerful players in Alex's strategies, inventing ingenious methods to investigate the Earthers and their ship.

Complicating matters, the Méridien leadership is in turmoil. The Council Leader insists her people ignore the Earthers, but this path has costs. As tensions escalate, García sends a request for support to his superiors back on Earth, lest his discovery of the rich, Méridien worlds, boasting unbelievable advanced technology, slip through his grasp. A UE battleshiop heeds the call, escalating the pressure for action.

Join the journey as the Harakens and Méridiens work together to protect their planets, and their way of life, from the newest invaders.

©2016 S. H. Jucha (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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Good SciFi story

The story was very good. The main con is that there was too much about what Alex and Renee were doing together. Got tired of her always "curling up" next to him or in his lap. It's a space adventure! Enough with the cheesy romance.
I'll still get the next one because I want to know what happens, but I skip through the mushy stuff.

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Engaging

This is book four in the series. Jucha is keeping things interesting. Just when I think the story is going one way, it zags. Alex Racine and the people of Haraken have had nine years of peace to build their world. A surprise visitor arrives and they are not alien but from Earth. They have first been to Meridien and want both worlds to join them in United Earth. Haraken does not want to and Alex is attempting to find out what is really going on. He discovers Earth wants their technologies and are willing to just take them. At last the Meridiens have elected a new leader and are more willing to cooperate with Haraken.

I am having such fun with Julian and his fellow SADEs now that they are all mobile. Julian and friends are AIs or SADEs (self-aware digital entities) and have full citizenship on Haraken.

The book is just about eleven hours long. Grover Gardner does an excellent job narrating the story. Gardner is an award-winning audiobook narrator.

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Time to saddle up again

Haraken is the 4th installment in S H Jucha's Silver Ships series. After a decade of relative peace, the Meridien system is visited by a military type vessel from Earth which has apparently been undergoing some violent consolidation of power for quite some time. Having discovered FTL capability, the ship is seeking out the remnants of the original colony fleets of which Meridien is one. While the Meridiens play their aloof attitude with the expectation that they'll leave. Alex Racine suspects more sinister motives and enters the fray undercover to ferret out the truth.

The sci-fi elements are in line with the Silver Ships universe. One new addition is the independent, mobile avatars for the stable of intriguing and highly productive AIs.The unique angle for the tale is a type of reverse alien contact where the arrivals represent a decidedly inferior race, scientifically speaking. The familiar Meridien persona of stuffy upper class Brits who simply want to left alone and operate on the expectation that everyone will comply is on full display and frustrating. Alex does share the creative solutions and action with a few more characters this time. There's an obvious setup for book 5 with Alex recognizing an ominous threat beyond the horizon that will need to be dealt with.

Grover Gardner's narration is excellent as usual with a solid range of voices of both genders. Pacing and tone are most appropriate and make for an enjoyable and quick listen. This is a solid series that continues to deliver and remain fresh.

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Just as good as books 1,2 and 3

The series continues to deliver getting better and better as the story continues and moves forward.

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Great Story

Can't wait for the next book to come out in audible format. Another great book by a great author.

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Loving this series

Great story of conflict of cultures and human relationships. The never ending failings of humanity and the desire to overcome them. Told with humor, romance and science fiction tech. Always fun!!

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I was a bit let down with the story.

It was a bit too much "political intrigue" for me than exploration and space battle. This could have been set in 21st century earth between nations and it wouldn't have changed the story line.

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Better than expected

The start really put me off - the characters were too hoooey gooey - (not sure that is in any dictionary …) but once the initial pages of insufferable happiness and amiability are over, the novel picks up and I must admit that I found it hard to put it down- good plot exceptional narration-

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Absurd dialog and implausible story plot

This is a very simplistic story with little that could be considered realistic. The hero of the story has never lost a single conflict as his enemies are beyond incompetent.

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If you liked 1 and 2 you will like this one too.

I loved the first and second book in this series but this last book seemed like it was just the prequel to the next one. Don't get me wrong there were some good points in it and I like how the story progresses just the ending seemed a bit lack luster.

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