The Voyage Home

The Voyage Home Saga, Book 1

By: D.J. Holmes

Narrated by: Amy McFadden

Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

Abducted from Earth as a child. Sold into slavery. Forced to fly the ship of a ruthless pirate. Sarah knows nothing of her homeworld or her people. Her one longing is to return home.

Little does she know humanity is no better off. The Elders, a ruthless alien race, rule Earth with an iron grip.

When Sarah’s ship is ambushed by an Elder frigate she is thrown into a life and death battle. Survival would send shockwaves throughout the galaxy. Never before has an Elder warship been beaten in one-on-one combat. For Sarah, it would also open up a way for her to return to the home she has never known.

The Voyage Home tells the story of one young woman’s quest to find her home world and confront a galactic superpower.

©2017 D.J. Holmes (P)2018 Podium Publishing

A Fun Tale that Builds on Itself

It took me a bit to get used to the writing style, having just finished a long series of books by another author. I soon found I just wanted to keep listening well into the night, as the story unfolded. Thanks for an enjoyable experience.

When finishing a book, it’s nice to have Audible present the next books in the series, but, if not published yet, an expected date of the next book’s release would be very helpful.

Voyage home

This was a great story. The plot was exactly the kind I search for. Very happy with this purchace.

Great plot. Juvenile characters, bad science

First off, if you allow for the writing style to be YA, the overly simplified characters are tolerable.
The basic plot arc isn't bad, lots of potential, and a decent tale to tell.
Oh God is the pseudo-science and battle stuff terrible.

Example: "...so they chose a very low and slow orbit." --- c'mon. Understanding how orbits work isn't science fiction. We pretty much know that stuff already and this isn't it. Understanding something as basic as that should be required before writing about spaceships and space battles. The battles had people sensing and dodging lasers. If you need help understanding why that's a problem, this book won't bother you. If you don't care, this book won't bother you. If you do understand and stuff like that bugs you -- find something else.

ITS GREAT BUY IT

When I first bought this book I expected this to tbe a standard space opera. However It was far more. Its a great read for all.

Didn't Grab Me

The story starts off dramatic - child suffers trauma, then sold into slavery, the author pulls me in by the plot. But, that's where it ends. The main characters annoy me just a bit, some of the characters are unbelievable. I will try to get through the rest of this book, but the main turn off is with the audio. I am always hearing "she said, he said, Sarah said" after EVERY sentence it ends like that, its a bit annoying and ruins the flow of the book. Advice to the author: Trust your audience is intelligent enough to make the distinction between which character is speaking. You do not always need to point it out every time.

Good, uplifting, light sci-fi.

Almost Young adultish, but in a good way. Channels a bit of Ryk Brown, but with a bit more realistic main character and less cliff hanger plot devices. The narrator really brings out the character, good and bad, of Sarah. I recommend this to anyone looking for a something interesting without requiring concentration. I look forward to the next installment!!!

I tried but couldn"t finish it

Struggled with it from the start. Got to a point where I just couldn't keep going. The MC is trusting and niave bordering on out right stupid, dispite being tortured and abused by pirates for most of her remembered life??? It was impossible to connect with the story as it went from one implausible situation to another. The MC's personality has no connection at all with her background story. The only character I liked was the ships AI.
It is sad since the story had potential.

Boring characters boring setting basic story.

Boring characters boring setting basic story. Plot is lost character with innate special ability gets something powerful right away to change her life. Nine chapters in was too far should of gave up sooner. Bad reader.

Interesting premise, poor execution

As has been stated in other reviews, the main character is the serious problem in this story. Simply put, her personality and decisions don't reflect the life she's endured and it makes her character unlikable and unbelievable.

The premise was interesting, the narrator did alright, but I cannot abide the mess of a main character the author provided.