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Motus

By: P. A. Kramer
Narrated by: Nikola Hamilton
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For centuries, the people of Motus have tunneled through the rock in search of the resources they needed to survive. Until Corun, armed with his late father’s pickaxe, uncovers an unfamiliar ore in the underground city’s path.

Far from the riches he hoped for, an appraiser identifies the ore as slag from the furnace, rock long ago stripped of its useful water and oxygen. It can only mean one thing.

They’ve been moving in circles.

Faced with the prospect of retracing their steps or descending to more inhospitable depths, the city’s laborers go on strike. Corun, inspired by an outspoken Ascensionist, believes their only hope lies on the rumored Surface. But to get there, they will have to contend with cold rock, thin air, and a jaded board member impeding their progress at every turn. And what they find will test their wits and resolve and make them question everything they were ever told.

Reminiscent of Wool and City of Ember, with an adult, hard sci-fi twist, MOTUS explores the travails and triumphs of a people determined to carve an existence out of cold and unforgiving stone.

©2025 Philip A. Kramer (P)2025 Philip A. Kramer Dystopian Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction
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Motus is one of those rare audiobooks that transports you completely into its world. The story of Corin, a miner whose discovery of a strange ore sets off revelations about the underground city’s dark history, is both deeply human and richly imaginative. The worldbuilding is incredible: an entire society surviving beneath the earth, powered by industry, politics, and quiet desperation.
The narration by Nikola Hamilton is superb: clear, emotive, and perfectly paced. Nikola brings warmth to the characters and a quiet dread to the mystery that unfolds. The pacing builds beautifully, from the claustrophobic tension of the mines to the larger questions about survival, progress, and rebellion.
If you enjoy immersive science fiction with heart, something between The City and the Stars and The Expanse, this is an audiobook that will stay with you long after it ends.

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