Star Road, Matthew Costello
Star Road, Matthew Costello
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Star Road

Author: Matthew Costello, Rick Hautala

Narrator: Pete Bradbury

Unabridged: 10 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/26/2014


Synopsis

The action never falters as what starts out as a routine drive for Star Road Vehicle-66' s lively crew and passengers rapidly turns into a video game- inspired nightmare, with hairsbreadth escapes, dastardly plots, heroic rescues, gnomic utterances, monsters, love interests, guns and violence, aliens, and Raiders of the Lost Ark- style tests of nerve and analysis...All in all, something for everyone." -- Kirkus Reviews " The emphasis on the unexplored evokes the vision of classic science fiction, neatly packaging this espionage novel in a speculative wrapper." -- Publishers Weekly " Star Road is full-throttle, warp-speed space action like we haven't seen in years. A grand adventure of heroes and villains written with smarts, grit and a great sense of fun. Highly recommended!" -- Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Extinction Machine and Fire & Ash " Matt Costello and Rick Hautala have a hit on their hands with Star Road. From its Stagecoach-on-hyper-drive opening to its Lovecraftian climax deep in a stygian alien cave, with its non-stop action and pulse pounding horror, the universe of the ' star road' is classic science fiction, a mind boggling concept with limitless possibilities." -- Brian Yuzna, writer/director of Re-Animator and Honey I Shrunk the Kids " Matthew Costello and Rick Hautala have teamed up to create in Star Road, a near-on mythical mixture of thrills and spills in a galaxy-spanning tale of interplanetary excitement and derring-do. They' ve given us back the future we always wanted." -- Pete Crowther, award winning author of Forever Twilight " Matthew Costello and Rick Hautala take us on a thrilling ride across the Galaxy as the band of travelers aboard SRV-66 encounter monstrous alien predators, the wonderfully creepy Road Bugs, the technological perils of the Star Road itself, and most of all, deadly fellow humans. We ride the Star Road with the diminishing band as their destinies merge and their agendas diverge. Star Road is enormous fun." -- David Dvorkin, author of Children of the Undead " Star Road is filled with suspense, mystery, and action. Matt Costello and Rick Hautala compose a fascinating sci-fi thriller that is part ' Road Warrior' and part ' Star Trek.'" -- Tim Willits, Creative Director of DOOM 3 and RAGE

About Matthew Costello

Matthew Costello is the bestselling author of a number of successful novels, including Vacation, Home, and Beneath Still Waters, which was adapted by Lionsgate as a major motion picture. He has written for the Disney Channel, BBC, SyFy, and has also designed dozens of bestselling games, including the critically acclaimed The 7th Guest, Doom 3, Rage, and Pirates of the Caribbean.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on August 13, 2022

Star Road is a Science Fiction novel by Matthew Costello and Rick Hautala. This one is set in a far future where mankind had found alien tech which allows them to travel the stars. Mankind travels to distant stars via the"Star Road", which is an unlikely solution to star travel. I have seen similar......more

Goodreads review by Mary on March 18, 2017

I got this book because I loved the cover. For me covers sell the book. The book started interesting enough. I love sci fi so this one caught my attention. Their idea of space travel was different. It was the details along the way that made it more interesting. The entire book revolved around 8 peopl......more

Goodreads review by Alian on October 10, 2017

Primitive writing. Too many. Sentences cut off abruptly. To no real dramatic effect. Also...far too many...ellipses. The whole book strives so badly to be a subpar action movie, but given my weakness for action movies and sci-fi in general, this just barely manages to score a 3-star rating.......more

Goodreads review by Jake on February 18, 2020

Nothing that hasn't been done better elsewhere. More pulp than ideas.......more

Goodreads review by Barondestructo on March 30, 2014

A former rebel leader, now working for the World Council, is tasked with traveling to a distant world and offering his former cohorts clemency and, hopefully, an end to their protracted rebellion. To get there, however, he must ride the mysterious Star Road. I was really looking forward to checking t......more