The Last Days of Good People

Name: The Last Days of Good People
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: A.T. Sayre
ISBN: 9781666689730

Author: A.T. Sayre

Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla

Unabridged: 6 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 02/25/2025

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

On a small corner of a doomed world, where the capricious laws of nature can’t be reversed, a civilization arrives at the end of its days.Warin is one of a small team charting the demise of the last few inhabitants of Retti 4, a distant planet in the throes of an extinction-level virus. It’s not Warin’s job to intervene in natural evolution or to question the whims of a cruel universe. He is only to observe and report. Until Warin actually steps foot on Retti 4. Not the primitive species Warin believed them to be, the rettys are an industrious and ethical lot working together in a close-knit farming village. Lacking the human traits of fear, suspicion, and aggression, they are welcoming, curious, and eager to share their traditions—even in the shadow of a tragedy that they, and Warin, are powerless to stop. As they embrace Warin into their fold, his compassion grows. So does his own self-discovery. For Warin, far away from Earth, comes a deeper understanding of friendship, civilization, and the true meaning of humanity. And above all, the peace and profound strength it takes to accept the inevitable.

About A.T. Sayre

A.T. Sayre has been writing in some form or other ever since he was ten years old. From plays to poems, teleplays to comic books, he has tried his hand at pretty much every medium imaginable. His work has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Haven Speculative, Aurealis, Andromeda Spaceways, and StarShipSofa. His first short story collection, Signals in The Static, was published in May 2024 by Lethe Press. Born in Kansas City, raised in New Hampshire, he lives in Brooklyn and likes to read in coffeehouses. Find Sayre on his website (https://www.atsayre.com/fiction) or follow him on Twitter (@AtSayre).

About Chris Andrew Ciulla

Chris has narrated over 530 titles in his audiobook career. Just last year, he received two Audie nominations for Best Thriller (Snowstorm in August, Blackstone Audio) and Best Multi-Cast (Star Trek: No Man’s Land, Simon and Schuster Audio). He’s received parts of six Earphones Awards from AudioFile Magazine, a 2022 SOVAS nomination for Best Mystery (No One Will Miss Her, HarperCollins Audio), and an Odyssey Award (Sadie, Macmillan Audio). Chris is also a TV and Film actor with credits in such shows at Castle and Gotham (he always seems to die), is a frequent video game voice actor known for Mickey Caviar in Starfield, over 30 characters in the AAA game series Fallout for Bethesda, and can be heard voicing the Ultimate History Quiz on your nearest Alexa device for The History Channel/A&E. He’s married to his high school sweetheart Suzanne, loves to spend every day with his Frenchie Leo and Boston Terrier Coco, and dearly misses his first-born Pug-boy Rocky.

Reviews

Goodreads review by John on December 16, 2024

Conservationism in the era of intergalactic travel isn't easy. Sayre imagines rebellion against convention to serve overlooked and vulnerable life, no matter what it costs.......more

Goodreads review by Jamedi on May 07, 2025

Review originally on JamReads The Last Days of Good People is an excellent and heart-wrenching sci-fi novella, written by A.T. Sayre, published by JAB Books. A thought-provoking story that, with a relatively simple plot, plays to its strengths, delivering a rather contemplative and moving feeling......more

Goodreads review by Yari on February 16, 2025

This story started out an an exploration tale. It provided an cozy exploration of a planet and alien civilization and the role of advanced species in aiding in the survival of stagnant civilizations. The storytelling is executed in the same rhythm and pace of Becky Chambers' Monk and Robot series, b......more

Goodreads review by Ramblies on March 29, 2025

Brilliant. I’m such a fan of the, yes, brief, but frankly beautiful work A.T Sayre has managed. While it’s no epic, the 200 or so pages is plenty to establish a wonderful foundational premise and explore it. Clear-cut writing and some absolutely astounding and profound chapters makes this author sta......more

Goodreads review by Read By Kyle on February 27, 2025

The first 2/3rds of this was great! It was following two explorers that are aware an alien civilization is about to be wiped out by a plague, so they go down and start talking to them in order to learn about them before their extinction. This part of the book was excellent and I enjoyed the interact......more

Quotes

Sayre does a nice job exploring weighty questions such as whether it’s possible to be an impartial observer, whether conflict is a necessary driver of evolution, and whether cultural 'stagnation' must always be a bad thing.