Ocean of Storms, Christopher Mari
Ocean of Storms, Christopher Mari
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Ocean of Storms

Author: Christopher Mari, Jeremy K. Brown

Narrator: Luke Daniels

Unabridged: 13 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 12/01/2016

Synopsis

In the near future, political tensions between the United States and China are at an all-time high. Then a catastrophic explosion on the moon cleaves a vast gash in the lunar surface, and the massive electromagnetic pulse it unleashes obliterates Earth’s electrical infrastructure. To plumb the depths of the newly created lunar fissure and excavate the source of the power surge, the feuding nations are forced to cooperate on a high-risk mission to return mankind to the moon.Now, a diverse, highly skilled ensemble of astronauts—and a pair of maverick archaeologists plucked from the Peruvian jungle—will brave conspiracy on Earth and disaster in space to make a shocking discovery.Ocean of Storms is an epic adventure that spans space and time as its heroes race to fulfill an ancient mission that may change the course of humanity’s future.

About Christopher Mari

Christopher Mari was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and was educated at Fordham University. He has edited books on a wide variety of topics, including three on space exploration. His writing has appeared in such magazines as America, Current Biography, Issues and Controversies, and US Catholic. His next novel, The Beachhead, will be published by 47North in 2017. He lives with his family in Queens, New York.

About Jeremy K. Brown

Jeremy K. Brown has authored several biographies for young readers, including books on Stevie Wonder and Ursula K. Le Guin. He has also contributed articles to numerous magazines and newspapers, including special issues for TV Guide and the Discovery Channel, and recently edited a collector’s issue on Pink Floyd for Newsweek. Jeremy published his first novel, Calling Off Christmas, in 2011 and is currently at work on another novel. He lives in New York with his wife and sons.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Robert

I do not normally write negative reviews, since there really is nothing to be gained by this. Ocean of Storms, however, requires comment, mostly because of its build-up as a Kindle monthly give-away. I write successful hard science fiction, and so know what it takes to blend believable science with a......more

Goodreads review by donna

Bad science predominates in this novel, enough that I almost added a special "terrible science" shelf for it. But if you can overlook the complete mangling of current tech and science, and the vast underestimation of the path of future tech, then it's a pretty readable story. Let's just say "the fic......more

Goodreads review by Paul

Actual rating: 2.5 stars. Kind of an interesting premise, half science fiction and half thriller, but overall a skimpy effort: skimpy characterization, skimpy (and sometimes inaccurate) science, skimpy plotting, skimpy followup on intriguing threads. But first, let's have a drink. Sorry, that's an ins......more

Quotes

“Ocean of Storms is an action flick in book form!” —Revolution SF “Impending apocalypse. A heart-pounding Space Race. Political thrills. Oceans of Storms has all this and more, and it is also a story made up of many different parts. With scenes and situations reminiscent of movies like Independence Day, Armageddon, or Jurassic Park, the book also felt to me a lot like a Hollywood summer blockbuster in prose form. Indeed, looking back at the notes I took while reading, the thing that kept cropping up in my comments and descriptions was the word ‘cinematic’” —BiblioSanctum

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