The Sojourn Season One, Volume One

By: Daniel Orrett

Narrated by: Larissa Thompson, Emily Serdahl, Laura Faye Smith, Ben Prendergast, Stephen Trafford, Matthew Kaufman, Lelia Symington, Tim Parker, Full Cast

Length: 1 hr and 34 mins

Publisher's summary

The Tantalus Cluster is the fragile cradle of humanity.

Adrift in the divide between galaxies and surrounded by the vast emptiness of the intergalactic void, the Tantalus Cluster is the only home humanity has ever known.

Desperate and facing starvation, humanity’s only hope is a strange nebula that has suddenly appeared beyond the edge of the cluster. Its shifting clouds may hide a source of salvation for the people of Tantalus, but time is running out.

Signing on to the ambitious Avalon Expedition, Privateer Captain Cassandra Farren will face the shadows of both the past and future as she leads her small crew into the unknown in a last, desperate bid for the survival of the human race.

Directed and produced with careful scientific consultation, The Sojourn captures every detail of life aboard ship, from the sounds of the smallest airlock seal to the largest space battle. Featuring a full cast of veteran voice actors, backed up by high-quality sound effects and an epic original soundtrack, The Sojourn is a unique and striking audio experience.

Starring Larissa Thompson as Captain Cassandra Farren, Emily Serdahl as Director Elizabeth Ancelet, Laura Faye Smith as Tamara Melari, Ben Prendergast as Mathias Croft, Stephen Trafford as Inquisitor Castian Vadric, also featuring Matthew Kaufman as Lieutenant Jasper Ravi, and Lelia Symington as Empress Valendra the Sixth. Written by Daniel Orrett, sound design and audio editing by Kennedy Phillips, music by Sam Redfern.

Transcripts available here: www.thesojournaudiodrama.com/transcripts

Patreon: www.patreon.com/thesojourn

Website: www.thesojournaudiodrama.com

Twitter: twitter.com/TheSojournHQ

Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheSojournHQ/

Discord: discord.gg/rppU77f

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First Impressions:

Overall, I'm impressed. The worldbuilding, while still shallow, is what hooked me onto the story and I can't wait to see it developed in upcoming volumes. Will be following this series closely.

Casting-wise, they did a pretty good job. The only major criticism I have is with regard to the lead protaganist's voice actress. She doesn't sound a like starship captain; let alone a war vet. She sounds too young and doesn't carry the gravitas I would expect of an experienced commander or soldier.

Writing was a little awkward in places, but good overall. I do find the Director's character to be a little unbelievable. For what is supposed to be an internationally cooperative expedition, I would have expected someone a little more serious and traditional appointed to that role. Some of the character development seems a little rushed. The interactions between the Director and Cass, for example, give the impression that they are old friends of some sort despite them just meeting.

Despite those flaws, I look forward to the next volume. Definitely worth the price.

An exciting start that shows lot of promise!

I've been eagerly awaiting The Sojourn on Audible given all the good things I've heard about the series and my own love for the work that goes into the Spacedock channel on YouTube. And man, this really does feel like a fully realized setting that clearly had a lot of time and love invested into its creation.

The whole first volume does a great job of setting up the narrative reality while teasing of the greater story to come. I understand why things have to be this way but this also leads to my main complaint that I want MORE and this setup has gotten me chomping at the bit to unlock more of the mysteries at the heart of this story.

I'm already loving the primary cast and they've done a tremendous job of getting this series off the ground. Even with the limited dialog, our crew feels fully realized and I'm genuinely starting to care for them in so short a period of time.

I can't wait for volume 2!

just good sci fi

not much to elaborate on if you like sci fi like star trek or star wars you'll love this

Good start to a series

Good start to a new universe, great cast. Going to support on Patreon for sure.

Highly recommended! Beyond beautiful!!

One of the best audiobook that tackles sci fi. It was well thought out and executed. I will await the next one with bated breath!

awesome

great world building and story telling loved every minute can't wait for the next volume

great voice acting and sound! great story!

Usually i don't write reviews, a book ia s book.
but I had to for this one.

Also usually I don't like audiobooks with sound effects and many voice actors, but this one impressed me despite my pre-judgement.

every little detail seems on point. not too much, not too little.

my only negative feedback is: way too short! I want the story to continue.

without spoilers I can only compare the story to the very beginning of Mass Effect game series.

Excellent Sci-fi

Well written and well developed sci-fi series. Manages to subvert expectations without throwing out the baby with the bath water

A bit difficult to keep names/affiliations straigh

a bit difficult to keep names and affiliations straight. interesting writing and great performances. I recommend it.

Good, but shorter than I expected

I had never looked into this before because I was waiting for a section to complete. I figured this was going to be one episode, but this running time is actually three episodes put together. What's there is good, there's just not much to judge.