Amazing as always 🙌

a brilliant run of books just gets better with ever chapter , archeology, aliens and special powers .
Riveting,,,

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Wow!

Loved every minute of it. The story and the story teller. Although, the ridiculous way he kept pronouncing Ankara made me grind my teeth.

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Better than the previous part

This part had much more action and interesting revelations. I recommend even if the previous part made you think the story doesn't improve. This part made me very curious about the next book.

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Nice continuation of the series with a great twist

I didn’t see the twist coming, and whilst certainly not high brow literature this series is very entertaining with some very interesting concepts. I think a pretty good find all around. Sometimes reminds me of the popular sci-fi of the 50s and 60s .

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Best so far in the series!

This book is by far the best of the series, you won't be disappointed! I think because it is a bit shorter than the others, the story was better.

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Good continuation of the story

A lot of stuff gets repeated throughout the book, it's OK but gets a bit boring hearing the same stuff over and over again. Good performance from the reader. Overall a good continuation of the story.

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So thought provoking

Absolutely love the Not Alone Series. it could be real life. Narrater puts everything into the story and plays the characters well. a series with reading. getting book 5 now. cannot wait to get listening.

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Sci-fi for beginnerd

As my feelings about this book are identical to those of the first I have simply copy and pasted that review for this book and will do so far the third book and fourth book of the series.

I don't want to say too much right now as I'm writing this at a time when I'm half way through listening to the fifth book, and that alone should tell you something.

I usually only listen to educational books but fancied something a little less mentally taxing, and so went to browse the sci-fi section for a stand alone story. I found 'Not Alone' but wasn't immediately persuaded so added it to a list to enable easy location later, and continued searching. Obviously that search returned little else of interest so I started listening.

First impressions were not great. I felt the narration was dreary, and the story didn't seem to be going in the direction I expected or desired.

I increased the speed slightly to 1.20 which was much more pleasant, and the more I got used to his voice the less I could imagine anybody else reading it. Now half way through book five I feel it just wouldn't work with a different voice.

The story it's self whilst not what I expected, got more and more interesting to the point where despite seeking a stand alone story, I was thrilled to learn of additional books.

There are a few unnecessary additions to the story which lead nowhere and could easily be removed but not enough to lower my rating. Also worth mentioning is how easy things are for the characters. Many times circumstances just happen to be right which is quite obviously unrealistic, as is the statuses the main characters find themselves as, and their methods of achieving those statuses. Like I said though, this is sci-fi for beginners.

As for the characters themselves, I believe they are the reason I still listen. Witnessing how they develop themselves as well as how the relationships with each other develop is nice, although again it seems to happen very easily and exactly how the reader would want, with very little tension. The narrator gives each character - well...each of the main characters, the perfect voice, and the story details them to such an extent that I'm sure I'd recognise them in the street.

This series is perfect if you:

Are looking for your first sci-fi series.
Enjoy rolling your eyes at the obvious.
Are more interested in characters than story but still like a good story.

This series is not for you if you:

Are looking for a single book.
Consider yourself any further along than 'introductory' in your exploration of the genre.
You enjoy 'it could happen'.

The following three books in this series would receive near identical reviews from me as my feelings match my words. Currently my thoughts differ for the fifth book so I will likely write a different review, but of course I will complete the book prior to sharing my final thoughts.

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Not the best in the series

I think that as soon as you put a baby in the story, it changes it. And it happened here.

That, plus a lot of choices which were much less reasonable than in the previous books.

I'll continue the series anyway though. Have to know..!

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Mind blowing

Totally loved it. So many twists and turns kept me hooked to the story big time.
Roll on book 5😁

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