Braking Day, Adam Oyebanji
Braking Day, Adam Oyebanji
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Braking Day

Author: Adam Oyebanji

Narrator: Ariyan Kassam

Unabridged: 15 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/05/2022

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

On a generation ship bound for a distant star, one engineer-in-training must discover the secrets at the heart of the voyage in this new sci-fi novel.

It's been over a century since three generation ships escaped an Earth dominated by artificial intelligence in pursuit of a life on a distant planet orbiting Tau Ceti. Now, it’s nearly Braking Day, when the ships will begin their long-awaited descent to their new home.

Born on the lower decks of the Archimedes, Ravi Macleod is an engineer-intraining, set to be the first of his family to become an officer in the stratified hierarchy aboard the ship. While on a routine inspection, Ravi sees the impossible:
a young woman floating, helmetless, out in space. And he’s the only one who can see her.

As his visions of the girl grow more frequent, Ravi is faced with a choice: secure his family’s place among the elite members of Archimedes’ crew or risk it all by pursuing the mystery of the floating girl. With the help of his cousin, Boz, and her
illegally constructed AI, Ravi must investigate the source of these strange visions and uncovers the truth of the Archimedes’ departure from Earth before Braking Day arrives and changes everything about life as they know it.

About Adam Oyebanji

Adam Oyebanji is the author of A Quiet Teacher. Born in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, he is a graduate of Birmingham University and Harvard Law School. When he’s not out among the stars, he works in the field of counter-terrorist financing: helping banks choke off the money supply that builds weapons of mass destruction, narcotics empires, and human trafficking networks. He currently lives in Pittsburgh.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Justine

A surprisingly good debut novel. This is a decently paced story with a thoughtfully constructed setting. The characters and dialogue were equally well done. The story plays out so neatly in part because of how nicely all these constituent parts work together. I appreciated how competently written this......more

This is a debut novel about a generation ship, which is near its destination and is about to decelerate, hence the title. I read it as a part of monthly reading for June 2022 at SFF Hot from Printers: New Releases group. There are quite a few stories set in a generation ship, from the seminal Orphan......more

Goodreads review by Luke

If you've not read many generation-ship-based novels, this novel is a great starting point. If you've read a lot of novels based on generation ships, there aren't a whole lot of surprises here, but the novel is fun and well written, so it's still worth the read. Full review on my podcast, SFBRP episo......more

Goodreads review by Cathy

„Politics, mystery and a coming of age drama aboard a miles-long generation ship.“ I stole that sentence from the author, it‘s a perfect description. Ravi trains to become an engineer and officer on a generation ship that is ruled by an officer elite looking down on the likes of him. One day he sees a......more