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Carpathians

An Epic Sci-Fi Adventure

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An epic first-contact story on a galactic scale.

Humans have reached the stars. There is no evidence any other species survived its own sentience long enough to do the same. Until now, when the Magellanix deep-space scout Accipiter discovers the Artifact, a million-year-old alien construct resting in a dormant volcano on a faraway world.

Now, TransGalactic has sent the Carpathia to steal it. Two ships, two rival corporations, and a race only one of them can win.

The stakes are greater than they seem. The Artifact is more than just a technological marvel. It holds the key to humanity's survival, and—perhaps—an understanding of our place in the universe at last.

©2023 Paul A Dixon (P)2024 Podium Audio First Contact Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Space Exploration
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There's nothing about this Audible title that jumps out once you get past the cover. The book is nothing special: single-dimensional, written in an even, pedestrian style. Potentially interesting avenues are abandoned (the elderly ascetic who begins as a terrifying interrogator and part-time torturer gets steadily more boring). The voice performance by Tim Gerard Reynolds is competent, especially given the plodding dialogue.

That is, competent apart from a truly awful South African accent that made me want to hack off my own ears; and the eccentric choice to voice a tough-but-loveable female character like a 1950s debutante ("Oh, Mummy, can't I just play one more set with Roger?").

Would I recommend this? Will I rush off to buy more Paul Dixon books?

No. I'm afraid not. Just not to my taste.

Nice cover.

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