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The Object

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The Object

By: Joshua T. Calvert
Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
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Deep space holds secrets…

…and one astronomer for NASA has found a big one.

But it's not what she thinks.

Dr. Melody Adams, a physicist at the Gemini North Observatory, was studying Pluto in the telescope data, and it struck her as odd. The numbers didn't make sense. Could there be an extraterrestrial object in our solar system?

She followed protocol.

The scientific community didn't believe her.

And before she knew what happened, her career was over.

The day that changed Melody's life was like any other over the previous two years. She'd found she had a gift for writing, and her career as an author had almost healed the pain of losing her job. When the Secret Service rang her bell, everything changed.

Something was nearing Saturn…

…and it was slowing down.

Had she been right about the object?

You'll love this hard science fiction novel because Melody is about to find out that everything she knew about space and time was wrong.

©2022 Joshua T. Calvert (P)2024 Podium Audio Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Space Exploration Space Opera Solar System Astronomy
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I disliked the 2/3 of the story that seemed to be about getting ready for the mission - easy to write and yet still silly at times. Finally getting to the 'alien' was too late and clearly the more creatively difficult part

Too much preparation

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Interesting, intelligent sci-fi. Leads you to unguessable scenarios. Well structured with interesting dialogue. really enjoyable.

other worldly

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Love the story as a part of it based on current technologies, and the interpretation and questions about reality.

A must listen

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Highly recommended for all those who love hard SF - perhaps a slow start but stay with it. The ending is great.

Great SF

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The voice actor, as always is very good. The story is kept at pace. The addition of Musk as a 'rocket engineer' and the constant Space X plugs got on my nerves no end. It was a shame as the story is fairly good.

Sponsored by Space X

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