Neptune Crossing, Jeffrey A. Carver
Neptune Crossing, Jeffrey A. Carver
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Neptune Crossing
The Chaos Chronicles, Book 1

Author: Jeffrey A. Carver

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 10 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Skyboat Media

Published: 09/06/2016

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

The first installment in the thrilling, action-packed Chaos ChroniclesWhen John Bandicut sets out across the surface of Triton, he’s hardly ready for the storm of chaos that’s about to blow through his life. The alien Quarx that soon inhabits his mind is humanity’s first contact with an alien life. The Quarx, part of an ancient galactic civilization that manipulates chaos theory to predict catastrophic events, seeks to prevent a cometary collision that could destroy the Earth. But it must have help. If Bandicut chooses to trust the Quarx, he must break all the rules—indeed, sacrifice his life as he knows it—to prevent humanity’s greatest cataclysm. Leaving friends and lover behind, hurtling across the solar system in a stolen spaceship, Bandicut can only pray that his actions will save the Earth—even if he doesn’t live to see it again.

About Jeffrey A. Carver

Jeffrey A. Carver’s most recent novel, Eternity’s End, was a finalist for the Nebula Award. He has written more than a dozen novels, including his critically acclaimed novelization of Battlestar Galactica. He lives in Arlington, Massachusetts.

About Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom, CBE, is an English film and stage actress, known for leading roles in plays such as Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll’s House, and Long Day’s Journey into Night, along with nearly sixty films and countless television roles, during a career spanning over six decades. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Queen’s birthday honors for services to drama.

About Stefan Rudnicki

Stefan Rudnicki is a Grammy-winning audiobook producer and an award-winning narrator who has won several Audie Awards, as well as more than twenty-five Earphones Awards, and been named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chloe

Okay, I am a total sucker for this kind of book and I devoured this one. It's set on Triton, Neptune's moon (I love Neptune). I'm tired because it's late at night or else I would write more. Anyway, if you like sci-fi -- especially if you like classic-type sci-fi (like the stuff from the good old da......more

Goodreads review by Maria

I originally downloaded this book because, well, it was free. I had a day-long training seminar for work, it promised to be boring, there was a long bus ride, I'm broke ... well ... you get the picture. I download a lot of free books. I read pretty voraciously, and the truth is, most of them aren't r......more

Goodreads review by Ryan

If 15-year-old me were writing this review, this would be four stars. I first read this book when I was about that age, and remember liking it a lot, but I couldn't find the sequels in any of the local libraries (and this was pre-Amazon). On a lark, I searched for it in 2009, to figure out if the se......more

Quotes

“Jeff Carver is a hard sf writer who gets it right—his science and his people are equally convincing. Neptune Crossing combines his strengths, from a chilling look at alien machine intelligence, to cutting-edge chaos theory, to the pangs of finite humans in the face of the infinite. If you like intriguing ideas delivered in an exciting plot, this is your meat.” Gregory Benford, astrophysicist and Nebula Award–winning author

“A roaring, cross-the-solar-system adventure of the first water. The kind of stuff that made us all love science fiction.” Jack McDevitt, Nebula Award–winning author of Coming Home

“[A] promising series kickoff about an astronaut exploring the surface of Neptune’s moon, Triton, Carver masterfully captures the joy of exploration…[a] love story combines amusingly with an unlikely case of xenophobia, and a fiery conclusion sets Bandicut up for further adventures…[a] fine rendering of difficult scientific concepts.” Publishers Weekly

“The author of Dragons in the Stars and The Infinity Link excels at exuberant storytelling as he explores the very real day-to-day problems of playing host to an internal guest. Hard-science aficionados will delight in the story’s focus on chaos theory; general sf fans will appreciate the adventure and mood.” Library Journal

“[A] captivating opener to a…series incorporating the emerging science of chaos theory…Carver has created yet another electrifying scenario as well as a winning combination in Bandicut and the sometimes vulnerable yet super intelligent quarx. First-rate entertainment.” Booklist

“A complex and believable protagonist—an ordinary man rising to extraordinary circumstances—and an alien presence that is at once convincingly strange and deeply real. I’m really glad to have read this one.” Melissa Scott, author of Wind Raker

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