G581 The Departure, Christine D. Shuck
G581 The Departure, Christine D. Shuck
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G581: The Departure

Author: Christine D. Shuck

Narrator: JP Sampson

Unabridged: 10 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/19/2020


Synopsis

A devastating virus. Humanity’s final hope. One man stands between a second chance and the end of the world.On a six-year journey to Gliese 581g, Zarmina’s World, Daniel Medry and a crew of scientists plan to explore a brand-new world. But when a man-made virus wipes out most of Earth’s population and leaves the rest infertile, their exploration mission becomes humanity’s only hope for survival.Alone in deep space, some worry that a series of equipment malfunctions may not be accidental. As their ship's issues become critical, some fear that someone onboard wants to keep them from making planetfall. With time running out, Daniel must stop the saboteur before humankind's last hope of survival is crushed in the unforgiving vacuum of space.Gliese 581: The Departure is an exhilarating sci-fi thriller. If you like dystopian future worlds, second-chance heroes, and suspenseful mysteries, then you’ll love Christine Shuck’s gripping intergalactic thrill-ride.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michelle on May 23, 2016

I received this book at a discount in return for an unbiased review. Christine Shuck painted a horrifyingly plausible scenario of the way humanity may unintentionally bring about its own downfall. I did not care much for the transitioning of different character viewpoints but Mrs. Shuck wrote the tr......more

Goodreads review by Tom on November 10, 2017

It’s the later part of the 21st century, and our planet has all ready experienced a second Civil War. Monsanto has become EcoNu, and America is readying the Calypso, a space ship to take 250 top scientists to Zarunina’s world, a newly located planet identified as Gliese 581, where humans might live......more

Goodreads review by Leif Dolan on July 18, 2018

New Earth, Old Earth Neither one can ever touch each other again. The virus makes the old earth different from the new earth. They can talk across the stars, but can they ever be the same again?......more

Goodreads review by Casie on October 14, 2017

I loved this book. I can't wait for the next one!......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on July 11, 2016

Great post-apocalyptic meets space colonization story! This book has everything I love, the thrilling thought of venturing into deep space to a habitable planet out of our solar system and the colonization thereof AND the excitement/horror of an extinction level event on Earth. This particular virus......more