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The Paths Between Worlds
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Series: This Alien Earth, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Welcome children of Earth, do not be afraid.
After a devastating car crash leaves her addicted to pain pills and her best friend dead, Meredith Gale has finally been pushed beyond her breaking point. Now, ending her life seems like the only way out, and that choice has left her dangling by her fingertips from a bridge high above the freezing water of the San Francisco Bay. But someone, or something, has other plans for Meredith. As her fingers slip from the cold steel of the bridge, a disembodied voice asks her a simple question: “Candidate 13: Do you wish to be saved?”
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"A stunning sci-fi gem. The Path Between Worlds delivers a mind bending, exquisitely crafted start to a saga unlike anything you've read before." (Steven Konkoly, USA Today best-selling author of the Perseid Collapse series)
"Fresh, original and highly imaginative. I loved it." (RR Haywood, Washington Post best-selling author of Extracted)
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- J. Wexler
- 15-04-19
This book is a rewrite of the classic Riverworld
After the first hour, I thought the general premise was oddly familiar. Basically, it is Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld, with new names and minor changes.
Another reviewer noted this online, calling it Riverworld for the new generation.
The performance was quite good, but the fact that it was so closely scripted like Riverworld, that it stuck in my throat. I have returned the book uncompleted.
Humans transplanted to another world by aliens, they interact with other humans in a struggle between good and evil, with the inclusion of various historical characters. In Riverworld the good guy was Mark Twain, here Wild Bill Hickock.
I am sorry to rank on this book. I was waiting for the bad guys to appear, assembled around some historical Baddie, and lo and behold, the SS shows up. I could not go any further.
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- Artan
- 05-03-20
Boring. Goes nowhere.
Basically a carbon copy of Riverworld. Except for a river its an island and they find a boat to get to the next land instead of going down the river. Otherwise pretty much the same. People get transported just before they die and wake up elsewhere and don't know where they are. Even people coming from different times is the same. Then the typical stereotype characters regurgitate the same info again and again.
The plot moves so slowly you could tell the whole contents of the book in the first three chapters. There is no conclusion. No answers. Not even a decent cliffhanger. This book is pure frustration.
I listened to the end because narrator is great. She does a wonderful job and I'll be seeking her out in future. The author I'll avoid. I'm suprised this doesn't violate copyright law.
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- Jean Genie
- 21-03-19
Wow, this book is a lot of fun to listen to!
Normally, I listen to audiobooks with one ear (usually as more of a distraction as I work). But this book tore my attention away from my PC and held it firm.
I wasn’t too sure about the narrators voice as Meredith as I listened to the first 5 minutes of the book. Their tone felt a little too droll. But as I kept listening (and the Meredith character became fleshed out), I actually now think the tone fits her personality perfectly.
I have only listened to the first 3.5 hours so far (all in one sitting) of this mega-eleven plus hours long book. But I just had to leave a review right away!
If you want to read a sci-fi book that takes you down a crazy rabbit hole of twists and turns, Get This Book!
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- Tony Bough
- 24-03-19
Incredibly fast-paced & filled with suspense
I’m incredibly impressed with how the plot of this book is developed. Excellent writing, with very good descriptions of the setting/world, really clever dialog, and observations about humanity that remind me of the wit of the really great authors and entertainers.
I love books that make me reflect on morality/ethics and this does that.
I also found the characters engaging and well developed. The pace is great and maintains throughout the book. I loved the idea on reading the synopsis of the book which is that different people from different times in history are thrown together. That’s a cool idea and makes for a great story!
It evoked excitement and sadness in me and I think that in itself shows it was a great book.
It wraps up nicely in that I didn’t feel that I had to wait for the next book but it also made we want to read the story in what I hope to see as the next book. Which is also important to me as I hate it when books only seem to set themselves up for the next without giving me an ending.
I enjoyed it from start to finish.
The narration is great for the style of the book and the characters are brought to life by the narrator.
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review
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- Len Marten
- 28-11-20
It’s not a complete book!
This is “part one” at best, so I’m a little disappointed that this book didn’t really have an ending. It’s like like a Dennis E Taylor, Arthur C Clarke, Isaac Asimov, or Peter Clines book - which are complete stories set in a Universe that compels you to explore that Universe further through more stories. This is clearly an incomplete part of a larger story.
The characterisations and pretty simple and very stereotypical, almost comic like. The performance and the accents are “interesting” but I quickly got over it and the performance was alright. I might give the second book a go once I’ve finished with all of the other available Sci-Fi...
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- Sabine
- 16-07-20
great idea, poor writing
I liked the idea but found the writing a bit boring at times and the characters one dimensional. It was ok though until the Nazis entered the stage. That was just a bit too much.
Won't buy the second book.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-02-20
Basically it is the TV show ‘Lost’
If you stoped watching the TV show Lost because nothing actually happened even though at the start it seemed like it was going somewhere... then you won’t like this book.
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- Kolif
- 24-04-19
Lord-of-ring-esque time travel sci-fi story
I feel the author is particularly good at writing certain scenarios and less than great while describing others. Slow and somewhat unconvincing start but the story picks up significantly from chapter 4. This is like Man In High Castle meets Lord of the Rings.
The narrator sounds like she is in her 50s. The protagonist is in her 20s. I feel someone with similar age would portray more convincily her character.
I will pick up second book when it comes out.
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- JJC
- 15-04-19
Interesting if a little frustrating
I appreciate the commercial drivers behind an author wishing to create a series that readers/listeners buy into for multiple titles but this title ended in such an abrupt manner that I found myself checking to see if I'd failed to download the last part, which I appreciate is silly as things don't work like that. For me, it took a challengingly long time for this story to get going, but I persisted, and then the pace accelerated and it became more interesting, and then it suddenly stopped. I found the first few chapters a bit of a grind through the very long struggle to survive, before some more interesting elements started to be added to improve matters. This is Sci-Fi, so we're not necessarily looking for plot logic but some of the character introductions and stereotypes and aspects such as, for example, the translational voodoo and the quick availability of, shall we say, water-borne transport, push plot credibility/acceptance to the limit, but that's sort of OK in this context. So will I buy into part 2 when it appears? Maybe, but the test will be whether the story has stuck in my mind when I come to consider the new download in a few months or whenever it becomes available.
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- Smith
- 31-03-19
An average listen ..
I couldn't seem to visualise the characters as the descriptions were somewhat lacking. One dimensional characters in my opinion. Story started good but didn't reach a satisfactory conclusion. I hope the second book offers far more descriptive characterisation and maybe a plot twist and reaches some important high points along the way The premise of this book is good however it underwhelmed me.
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- William P. R.
- 02-07-19
Nice start... but?
I did not like abrupt ending! left me hanging, really did not complete part one
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- Jane
- 16-04-19
A whole lot of fun!
Compelling. Utterly compelling. This audiobook managed to suck me in and keep my attention throughout. In fact, the story had me so engrossed that I was completely willing to overlook some quibbles that would usually knock a couple of stars off my rating!
In The Paths Between Worlds we follow Meredith, whose attempt at suicide is circumvented by an unknown entity who asks her at the last moment if she wishes to be saved. Realizing her nearly fatal error, Meredith accepts the offer and finds herself instantly transported to a very strange world.
Before long, it becomes clear that Meredith is not the only person who was transported, and hundreds of people now find themselves struggling to survive on a mysterious island. Meredith finds herself a solid group of people she trusts, and together they work to find answers about where they are, who brought them there, and why on earth they were all saved.
So, the story is really intriguing, and I was completely invested in finding out what the heck was going on. I also really liked a lot of the characters that were introduced in this volume. But there were a few small things that nagged at me throughout:
**The narrator, Kate Reading, took a long time to grow on me. Once I was used to her inflections, I enjoyed the story a lot more.
**Although the premise of this book is super-interesting, there's not really a lot new going on in the story itself. If you've read any books with "special chosen ones" who end up in a strange environment and have to wage battle now and then while figuring out what the heck is going on, then you already kind of know this story.
**The biggest problem I had, though, was that there was a fair bit of telling instead of showing going on. This was somewhat disguised as one character explaining things to another, but at times it got to be a bit much.
I think this would be a great story for someone wanting to dip their toes into sci-fi land without being overwhelmed. The explaining that was, at times, tedious for me would likely be helpful to those readers. In fact, I think this book would have struck a better note for me if it had properly been written to be YA. It would only have taken a few minor changes to the main character for the story to be fully in YA-land, and I almost wonder if it was originally designed to be a YA story.
My final verdict is that even though there were some aspects that could have been improved, this was a lot of fun! I'm absolutely looking forward to the next installment in this story.
Thanks so much to Aethon Books for providing me with a copy of this audiobook.
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- Steve L.
- 15-05-20
Hard to see the 5 star reviews
Ok, I very very rarely stop reading a book in the middle. I got about 1/3 of the way through, and just gave up on this one. Perhaps it gets a lot better later on? It isn't bad, per-se. The writing is decent, and there is some effort at character development. However, the plot just drags on, and the main character isn't really all that interesting. Way too much time spent on descriptions. Why do I need to hear about the hook used to hold a pot over a fire, or exactly how a litter is assembled from native materials. Perhaps as a historian? There are long stretches of detail which seem utterly pointless. They don't move the plot, develop the characters, or really even set the scene. Anyway, there is clearly one big mystery which one assumes the book will reveal more about, but it couldn't keep my interest that long.
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- hs
- 15-06-19
Great reader, unsatisfying ending
This is one of those books that ends, not at the end of the story, but where the next book is supposed to start. I find that annoying.
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- Christine Harden
- 22-01-20
Drags on and on. Narrator is much older than character.
This story drags on and on. The dialog is very stilted. I lost count of how many times “It’s OK” was used as a response. While the narrator is a decent actress, her voice is clearly that of a bit older female and the character is 28.
Do not waste your money as the book ends before anything is actually accomplished by the characters.
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- Donald
- 10-06-19
Hurray for the carnivorous diet of the future
In this dystopian scenario 500 million years into the future we find a mediocre rehash of a Steve Allen’s “Meeting of the Minds” using a poorly researched Wild Bill Hickock as one of the main props. There’s Silas, the easily duped, clueless “robot” you expect any time to say, “Danger Will Robinson!” Nothing to suggest that humanity has learned anything during the multiple millennia except for the creation of a Dyson swarm, manipulation of space/time, megalithic structures and “Auroras” of “pixie dust” utilizing presumed nanotechnology.
The book drags you painfully through the heroine developing an interesting relationship with a gay fellow student to addiction to prescription narcotics through jonesing slowly into a suicide. Interesting characters are dropped and boring characters retained who appear to specialize in becoming forgettable.
Meredith is identified (by a Nazi agent of the “Adversary” after being threatened with the fate of Prometheus and encouraged to talk and after being slapped about by Cho) as having been a great leader in an alternate time line. There is nothing to suggest Meredith has leadership qualities apart from her gift of mediating communication between different language speakers thanks to “pixie dust.” Edward and Cho demonstrate better judgement and leadership skills.
It is difficult to understand why the phrase “knot bumper” was tossed into conversation by Edward Hubbard then abandoned. Perhaps the author checked out the meaning in the Urban Dictionary and just forgot to edit it out.
Peter Freuchen could have been an interesting character if he reflected in any way the real life, polar exploring adventurer who dug himself out of an avalanche using his frozen stool as a digging instrument. But no. Peter is cast as a gentle, stolid giant who occasionally grasps modern concepts.
The most interesting character is Cho who comes from 200+ years into the future acting like Wonder Woman’s alter ego having been presumably genetically enhanced.
And, of course all there is to eat 500 million years into the future is salmon(along with jerky from Hickock’s saddlebags. So confident is the little group in it’s food supply that a freshly killed horse isn’t used as a food source.
The book was a disappointing read. Can’t understand how the book got rated so highly. If you like rehashed, tired themes like translocated Nazis, prehistoric megafauna transported into the future, “chosen” themes and plots that drag you might get into this book. The book is no page-turner and don’t expect cliffhanger moments. Consider the book to be a useful sleep aid.
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- Willis Burns
- 20-03-19
HOLY WOW!!
I didn’t have much experience with Jones before this but... HOLY WOW. What an experience. Kate Reading brings Meredith Gale to life. Felt like I was really there. And Paul Antony Jones weaved this crazy mystery with deep characters and creative tones. This book is top of 2019 so far!
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- G. Amundsen
- 11-04-19
Half of a good book
This felt like the first half of an excellent book. However, none of the plot points are really resolved at the end of this story, and it felt like a forced ending rather than a natural one.
Overall, enjoyed this book. Meredith is a well rounded character who makes drug addiction a sympathetic trait. Albert is adorable, and Cho is intriguing. Looking forward to seeing how this series progresses. I’d recommend trying it- the plot premise is fascinating and has a lot of potential.
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- Felicia S.
- 21-03-19
I couldn't put it down!
If you have an open mind, and a great imagination, this book is for you. It's different than what I normally read, so I was a little wary. But, my doubt was gone within the first hour. The Narrator is amazing. Great Job, and I need book 2 and 3, and so forth.
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- Ree
- 28-04-19
great premise
An interesting premise and a fascinating world, this series has a lot of potential. I like all of the characters except for the heroine/viewpoint character Meredith. I found her uninteresting, annoying, and even unlikable at times. Her friend Cho is fantastic, and I like Peter and Silas and the world enough to want to know what happens, but I don't know if I can handle another journey with Meredith, looking through her eyes, so I doubt I'll read another one. Kate Reading's performance didn't help in that regard for me at least--she's pretty terrific with all the characters but the way she captured the main character only added to my dislike of the heroine. However, characters strike readers in many different ways, so I'm sure there are plenty of people who won't mind Meredith, and for that reason I'm leaving the rating at 4 stars.
**I received this complimentary copy of the book and have voluntarily left my review.
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