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Into the Black
- Odyssey One, Book 1
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Series: Odyssey One, Book 1
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Summary
This edition of Odyssey One has been completely edited and remastered to correct the typos and content issues that reviewers commented on in the original edition.
Beyond the confines of our small world, far from the glow of our star, lies a galaxy and universe much larger and more varied than anyone on Earth can possibly imagine. For the new NAC spacecraft Odyssey and her crew, the unimaginable facets of this untouched world are about to become reality.
The Odyssey’s maiden voyage is an epic adventure destined to make history. Captain Eric Weston and his crew, pushing past the boundaries of security, encounter horrors, wonders, monsters, and people, all of which will test their resolve, challenge their abilities, and put in sharp relief what is necessary to be a hero.
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- terence Leahy
- 20-07-19
non-stop action
good science fiction story plenty of action the characters were good quite original storyline I read a lot of science fiction it was quite different
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- Peter
- 17-05-22
Brilliant series!
I’ve listened to hundreds of sci-fi/space based books and this is easily in the top 2 or 3 of series I’ve ever listened to.
I’ll be re-listening and LOVING it!
Thanks Evan and David!
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- BrankoUK
- 12-11-20
Sad to see what’s popular
This is how far sci-fi has fallen. It’s like reading a fan fic about a bad science fiction story. Avoid if you’re human.
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- Kindle Customer
- 13-08-20
Fantastic books, fantastic narrator!
Extremely well written and engaging story made even better by the Narrator David de Vries. Listened to all of the Odyssey series and each one as excitingbas the last!
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-08-19
Brilliant
Really enjoyable book. Well narrated. Evil aliens verses stalwart Humans. Kept me enthralled. Will now buy book 2.
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- M. Jones
- 10-04-20
Re-recorded the narration.
I'm not a fan of the new narrator and his style. His tempo, pitch, and annunciation do not match what he's reading. It's really strange to hear. It's like you're being read a rom-com but the actual words are sci-fi if that makes sense.
Its to bad, I listened to the book a while ago and the narration was really good. It's what made me come back to listen again.
Its like "the Martian" all over again.
7 people found this helpful
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- jessica goldman
- 12-03-20
The narration is horrible.
The narrator made this an impossible listen. sounds like just some random guy reading a book out loud.
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- Matthew J. Weaver
- 13-04-20
The narrator is extremely irritating
While this is generally a decent story, the narrator and his fake accents, was extremely irritating and distracting. Ruining what might’ve been an otherwise decent book.
5 people found this helpful
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- Dean Benedict
- 07-07-20
A bit juvenile
Decent story, good concept, unfortunately the writing seemed juvenile. Overly describing character to character statements and not enough description of environment to create a clear picture. Many of the reactions and responses from character to character seemed canned or stereotyped rather than developing good depth and characters.
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- Trina P.
- 19-08-21
Good story, excessive swearing.
The storyline was good but it had too much swearing. Wasn't able to finish the book due to the f-bombs.
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- Dee McCracken
- 06-11-19
Inconsistencies and lots of unanswered questions
Was an interesting book once you got past the inconsistency. The Colony crew lieutenant that they rescued was in an escape pod with a RADIO emergency beacon. Later in the read the planetary admiral was unable to communicate with the Odyssey because they no longer used Radio signals. The Drasin did use radio waves to send three pulse transmission which is also interesting or may prove so in later books.
There are a large amount of secrets still being withheld. And why was there a break in the colonies that created “The Others”? Why are the Drasin all of a sudden attacking the colonies? Why is the Drasin origin so close to earth?
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- M. F. Hampton
- 17-09-19
Great space opera
I loved the story. I had a bit of trouble following the characterizations the narrator used and sometimes confused who was speaking. Fortunately, I also have the print version and was reading that when I could and listening when that was more convenient. I'm eager to read the rest of the series now. Great non-cliffhanger ending with enough to tempt me to keep going!
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-09-19
I’ve listened to this book a lot over several years; The new performer is great!
This book is one of my favorites to read and listen to. I enjoy the unique technologies and setting, as well as how the characters interact with both in compelling ways. It is a very different first contact scenario than those encountered in other sci-fi books I have read. I always found the performer, Benjamin L . Darcie, to be good despite the lack of an expected amount of... vigor in his performance. I decided to listen to the book again, through kindle unlimited as I usually do (is is probably my 5th listen in 3 years), and was surprised to hear a different performer. This performer, David de Vries, did a fantastic job! There is energy, emotion, and technical expertise throughout his performance, which really took my experience to the next level. The quality of the recording has also improved. I am pleasantly surprised to find that even my purchased audiobooks of this series, which I bought last year, have been updated to the de Vries version, so I can now experience familiar stories in a new way without additional cost. If you would like to try this book without using an audible credit, I recommend checking it out though kindle unlimited, as the entire series is available to read and listen to for $10 a month. This is cheaper than the cost of a credit, even if you don’t like the book. If you do like the book, you can binge listen to all the currently released books for $10 in that month instead of having to wait a month for your next credit or spend ~$90 on enough 3 credit packs to listen to the entire series (which is still ongoing). I hope you give this series a go!
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- AMC
- 03-05-21
Ruining SciFi with racial insensitivity!
"The palest black man I ever saw..." No race descriptors for caucasian characters. Do better
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-04-21
i really liked this book
Good balance of character, scifi and action. Definitely my cup of tea. I will get more books from this author.
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