The Heisenberg Corollary

The Slagmaster Cycles, Book One

By: C. H. Duryea

Narrated by: William L. Hahn

Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's Summary

Cutting-edge science. Bloodthirsty aliens. Can this band of nerdy scientists save the multiverse one dimension at a time?

Brilliant physicist Zeke Travers is on the brink of a scientific breakthrough...and a nervous breakdown. So after the beta test of his interdimensional drive goes off without a hitch, he breathes a sigh of relief. But when an alien warship materializes out of nowhere with guns blazing, Zeke and his team must risk using their invention to jump to a parallel universe.

Uncertain how to return to their native continuum, Zeke’s nerd squad must blind-hop across the omniverse from high-tech galaxies to magic-powered medieval planets. Hunted by ridiculously persistent and savage attackers, Zeke suspects the pursuers are only puppets of a far more shadowy evil. And with every roll of the interstellar dice, he fears they’re falling deeper into its sinister clutches.

Can Zeke uncover the dark force behind the attacks in time to save his crew and avoid interdimensional mayhem?

The Heisenberg Corollary is the first book in the hilarious Slagmaster Cycles, a science fiction fantasy mash-up series with an attitude. If you like quirky characters, non-stop action, and geeky pop-culture references, then you’ll love C. H. Duryea’s snarky, laugh-out-loud pause-resister. Buy The Heisenberg Corollary today to boldly go where no geek has gone before!

©2019 C. H. Duryea (P)2020 C. H. Duryea

Can’t wait for more!

I simply loved this book! It reminded me of some of the better old radio shows. The reading clearly denoted which character was speaking and the characters were fleshed out well. Background sounds were included, such as an alarm going off. The story takes place in the future, with genius-level theoretical scientists conducting a proof-of-concept test to obtain research funding. An alien spaceship appears and destroys the space station with our heroes jumping into an escape craft fleeing destruction. Then there are different universes, more aliens, magic and humorous repartee. Very enjoyable!

Awesome!

this was such an action-packed sci-fi thriller! I'm breaking out my abacus now to check the math : P.

A must read

I really really enjoyed this. I thought it was well written and I love the characters and all the movie references. I truly look forward to more book by C.H. Duryea

Creative and Imagination is above and beyond.

Creative and Imagination is above and beyond.

WOW!!! If you love novels with different voices, animation you can hear and the sounds you can feel, WELL WILL Delivers. The author has such a realistic Imagination that it puts you on that ship. The characters and their sayings will actually find you laughing out loud!!!
Wonderfully written!!!

There's potential for this series

I have mixed thoughts about this story. I'll try and get them in some kind of order. First, let's talk about the narrator. He did a really good job infusing the story with some excitement and feeling. He was easy to understand and did a good job with accents and voices. This is the first audiobook I've listened to with sound effects. At times it enhanced the experience. Other times it felt awkward, but overall, the narrator did well.

Now, on to the story itself. This is where I really have mixed thoughts. There is a lot of potential here. I love the idea of multiverses. Our group of heroes are thrust into navigating these multiverses before fully understanding the device they've built for that purpose and the effects of doing so. The story is full of action and adventure.

I think where things fell short for me was I didn't feel emotionally connected to the characters, but I can't put my finger on why. There were times the dialogue felt natural, and others when the technical mumbo jumbo felt like the author trying to sound smart. There were simpler ways to describe things and still be good science fiction. I'm also not a big fantasy reader and a lot of this first book was set in a medieval age world. Perhaps it's simply that I'm not a RPG player. The story has lots of RPG references and unfolds like those games. My guess is gamers will love this story.

All in all, I give the story a 3.5 and a PG rating.

1-5 scale and what it means:
1: I couldn’t even finish it / just plain bad
2: I hope I didn’t pay for this / disappointing
3: I didn’t hate it, but it was still missing something / forgettable but inoffensive
3.5: On the line between good and ok / like, not love
4: Solid mind candy / worth reading
4.5: So very close to perfection! / must read
5: I could not put it down and I’m still thinking about it! / a true treasure

Movie Ratings in relation to my review:
Clean--Hallmark movies, some kissing, no nudity, no sex on or off "screen"
PG--Occasional us of mild swear words. Some innuendo but nothing kids don't hear every day, sex is all closed door
PG-13--some language (more use of swear words not related to sex), more talk about sex, heavy petting, removal of clothing on screen, but sex is closed door.
PG-14—somewhere between PG-13 and R. Not erotica, but at least a paragraph of on-screen sex
R--swearing (F-bomb, on “screen” sex, sometimes feels like the whole story is about the sex and not the relationship or some other plot, but not always

Amusing in depth detail, Odd Story!

This story is quite amusing and the author goes into deep detail describing various things. The Narrator was strong and his tone let you know when things got sticky. This is a unusual type of story and I like it.

Light-Hearted Fun

Interested in a light-hearted romp through the multiverse? Wants lots of action and plenty of movie and roleplaying game references? Want the feel of a hard sf backdrop without actually having to get bogged down in the math and incomprehensible theories? Well that’s what I found in The Heisenberg Corollary, an amazingly fun sf adventure which finds a simple solution to permitting the cast of heroes to discover just about anything you can imagine in the multiverse.

The plot revolves around Zeke Travers and his fellow scientists who accidentally trigger an interdimensional chase when they test out Zeke’s life’s work—a device that permits travel to other universes. The problem—something follows the device back to earth and begins ripping through the multiverse in its efforts to catch Zeke and its device. Most of the rest of the novel is built around Zeke and his friends’ attempts to first escape and then stop the aliens who are pursuing them. The plot gets rather fanciful as it proceeds, but the fun never lets up and the pace never slackens.

Narrator Will Hahn pulled out all the stops with this one. In addition to rip-roaring, highly distinctive voices for the entire cast, he threw in enough sound effects to make this nearly a fully dramatized experience. Not enough narrators are able to bring that higher level of stagecraft to a novel, and not many authors have created an experience that lends itself so well to such dramatic audio creations.

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.

A really fun listen.

A fun off the wall peek into the weirdness that inhabits all of us that love the sci-fi genre in all its forms.
Can’t wait for his next book.

Humorous sci-fi

This was a very enjoyable listen. I enjoyed the author's off-beat sense of humour. Good story line, interesting characters and plenty happening to keep things interesting! I'd suggest this to anyone who enjoys sci-fi and has a quirky sense of humour.

Not a good listen and far too confusing

Seldom do I give up on a book, this is among my few exceptions
The ploy is too convoluted. the sound effects distract not enhance the listen. I got totally lost 3/4 through the listen and just gave up. I was a noble try hopefully the next book will be better.

Very good

Both, the book and the narrator are of an excellent standard, congratulations.
Thank you
Regards
Sebastian

Fantastic Sci-fi Fantasy!

This interdimensional story keeps the reader fully engaged. The fast pace and sometimes funny parts had me laughing at times then holding my breath at others. The story is very well written and fantastically narrated. It's so easy to visualize this world because the author is very adept at being perfectly descriptive without causing information overload. I love all the added sound effects in the audiobook as well. Highly recommended!
I received a free copy of this audiobook and am giving an unbiased review.

Disappointing

The story line of the book was good, the narrator was not. He used too much of a sing-song narration style of narration that to me was distracting. It is much like LitRPG than a story.

The book involved researchers who had devices a method to traverse realities and the misadventures when it is activated.

This book was provided free of charge in exchange for an honest review.

A right rollicking romp around the Omniverse!

'The Heisenberg Corollary' by CH Duryea contains lots of action, twists and turns in the tale and plenty of wry humour. And then there is an interesting epilogue which is one of those “Aha!” moments as in “I knew there had to be some kind of connection there!”, but exactly what it is continues the mystery. Looking forward to finding out what additional adventures will materialise in the next book.

I enjoyed this right rollicking romp around the Omniverse with the motley crew of nerdy scientists who end up teamed with an alien giant crustacean after he comes to their aid in an alternative high-tech universe. Dice appear early on in the piece and reference to one of the nerdy scientist’s partiality for role-playing games becomes more significant as they subsequently seem to end up within one of his RPG worlds on a magic-powered medieval planet. The aggressive alien force capable of interdimensional travel that attacked them in their own universe appears to follow them wherever they go. What is it that they really want, why, and are they actually pawns in someone else’s game?

The Audible version of this book is impressively narrated by Will Hahn. In addition to producing an extensive range of distinctive voices for the various characters, Will Hahn has added a substantial amount of sound effects to create more drama; it actually sounds like a full-scale radio production.

Suspend your disbelief and go with the flow, have a good laugh and enjoy the entertainment!