Endeavour

Name: Endeavour
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (9 reviews)
Author: Ralph Kern
ISBN: 9781494577704

Author: Ralph Kern

Series: Sleeping Gods #1

Narrator: Michael Kramer

Unabridged: 10 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/21/2015

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Since we first looked at the stars, there have been no signs of alien life, no one who has tried to speak to us, a mystery that a long-dead scientist called the Fermi Paradox. "Where are they?"

In 2118 the first daring mission to another star, Tau Ceti, twelve light-years away is launched. Tom Hites and Harry Cosgrove command the starship Endeavour on an epic journey to solve the Fermi Paradox. From the first, nearly disastrous steps on a distant world, their quest takes them further than they ever imagined. Out amidst the mysterious long-abandoned worlds and ancient relics they discover, some strange, some wonderful and some deadly, that question they seek to answer becomes:
"Where are they now?"

About Ralph Kern

Ralph Kern is a uniformed officer in the West Midlands Police in England. He earned a degree in aerospace technology and also received his pilot license in the United States. Aside from writing, he enjoys traveling, scuba diving, and long-distance running.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mike

This is an ambitious offering for a debut novel; a lot of ground is covered and the ideas are both big and interesting but it does suffer from poor editing; something all too common in debut novels. I know I can be a little bit pedantic about such things but they do keep involuntarily drawing me out......more

Goodreads review by Kevin

A space opera of sorts spanning quite a bit of time as well as distance. I thoroughly enjoyed the story. This is the writers first book and it does sort of show. That i can overlook as the story was coherent and enjoyable. The only drawback to this book was the lousy proofreading. My e-book version......more

Goodreads review by Synobal

The ending was exceptionally anticlimactic.......more

Goodreads review by Kelly

I didn't think I'd enjoy this space novel, but I did despite its problems and possibly lifting the scenario from a very popular tv series. Humans search out the Galaxy in search of alien life and to colonize new worlds using a network of interplanetary gates. A new ship and small crew find a "lost c......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

I really wanted to enjoy this book more as it has a good premise but the narrator had an odd cadence that continually jerked me out of the story. The story itself was ok for a debut, dealing with the Fermi Paradox in an interesting way. It was a bit weak on character building but the way the timelin......more