The Artifact

A First Contact Standalone

Preview

Failed to add items

Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.

Add to basket failed.

Please try again later

Add to wishlist failed.

Please try again later

Remove from wishlist failed.

Please try again later

Adding to library failed

Please try again

Follow podcast failed

Unfollow podcast failed

Try Premium Plus free

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.

Unlimited access to our all-you-can-listen catalogue of 15K+ audiobooks and podcasts

Access exclusive sales and deals.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

The Artifact

By: Peter Cawdron

Narrated by: Siobhan Waring

Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

About this listen

Five hundred miles from the Mediterranean, deep in the interior of Libya, lost in the heart of the Sahara itself, lies an oasis trapped in the past.

With no surface water, Harat Zuwayyah barely supports any life at all. The scorching wind howls across the desert, driving the sand and threatening to bury the village. Professor Susan Taylor is excavating an Egyptian tomb dated to 4500 BCE. She uncovers the mummified remains of a wealthy family that died on the trade route, revealing insights into a lost culture, but it's the talisman watching over the grave that causes her heart to race. Red eyes glow from the back of the cave...

First Contact is a series of standalone novels that explore humanity's first interaction with extraterrestrial life.

Contains a special note from the author.

Peter CawdronSiobhan WaringPodium AudioFirst Contact

Adventure

First Contact

Hard Science Fiction

Science Fiction

Heartfelt

Africa

Adventure First Contact Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Heartfelt Africa

Most relevant

I thought the narration was very good, despite O'Connor's suspect accent, I didn't mind it. The story moves very slowly but with some interesting local observations. This is the 4th of Peter Cawdron's first contact novels that I've read, now I'm off to find another.

Thought provoking concept of first contact

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

A great addition to this "first contact" series. A wonderful rollercoaster ride of a story, full of thought provoking ideas. Plus a fantastic narration... always good to have an actor who brings the story alive. An all round great listen. thanks!!

intelligent and thought-provoking.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.