Architects of Memory, Karen Osborne
Architects of Memory, Karen Osborne
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Architects of Memory

Author: Karen Osborne

Narrator: Sophie Amoss

Unabridged: 12 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/08/2020

Synopsis

Karen Osborne debuts with a lightning-fast, science fiction action and adventure combining the corporate greed of The Expanse with the underdog characters of Firefly.Terminally ill salvage pilot Ash Jackson lost everything in the war with the alien Vai, but she’ll be damned if she loses her future. Her plan: to buy, beg, or lie her way out of corporate indenture and find a cure.When she and her crewmates salvage a genocidal weapon from a ravaged starship above a dead colony, Ash uncovers a conspiracy of corporate intrigue and betrayal that threatens to turn her into a living weapon.

About Karen Osborne

Karen Osborne is a speculative fiction writer and visual storyteller living in Baltimore. She is a graduate of Viable Paradise and the Clarion Writers’ Workshop, and won awards for her news and opinion writing in New York, Florida, and Maryland. Her short fiction appears in Uncanny, Fireside, Escape Pod, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and more. Architects of Memory is her science fiction debut.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley on September 08, 2020

So! The good: The pacing, a lot of the action, the core concept of the aliens, and the OTT blowout of the end. The so/so: The relatively generic space-opera feel with very little to make it stand out from most space-opera setups. Such as corporate indenture. Has no one read Cherryh? Scavenging is also......more

Goodreads review by Mike on June 26, 2020

The main character of this book is a space salvage operator. She had been indentured to a mega-corporation as a miner, but the planet she was working on was attacked by aliens, the company holding her indenture went under, and now she’s indentured to *another* mega-corp hoping to earn enough to pay......more

Goodreads review by R.J. on October 04, 2019

With badass, nuanced characters indentured to fight a war no one can win, Architects of Memory is a thoughtful, heartbreaking story that takes the surreal dread of VanderMeer's ANNIHILATION and rockets it to the stars.......more

Goodreads review by Hsinju on September 07, 2020

Indenture Ash knows if Aurora found out about her celestium sickness, she will never become citizen. But priorities change when she stumbles upon a huge corporate conspiracy that contradicts everything she used to know. "They didn't know we could die." – Ash I love how this quote is on the cover of th......more

Goodreads review by Judy on June 27, 2020

Riveting. That's really all I need to say about this book. Well, that and a few more things to convince you that you simply have to read it. Ashland Jackson and her entire family were indentures working in a mine, trying to earn citizenship when war with the alien Via destroyed that world and left As......more

Quotes

“Exciting, scary, fun, smart. sad, and moving all at the same time. You need this book in your life.” Sam J. Miller, Nebula Award–winning author

“A thrilling labyrinth of plot twists exploring loyalty, trust, and promises.” Sue Burke, author of Semiosis

“Far-future corporate dystopia plus deep-space mystery plus powerful character drama.” Michael R. Underwood, author of Annihilation Aria

“A twisty, political space opera about corporate espionage and alien contact…Space opera enthusiasts will enjoy this fast-paced tale and look forward to more from Osborne.” Publishers Weekly

“With its swiftly paced narrative, exciting battle scenes, an economic-class-based society run by corporations, an alien race straight out of Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars, and human-alien hybrid experimentation reminiscent of The X-Files, Osborne’s excellent debut will be enjoyed by science fiction adventure fans.” Booklist

Awards

  • Amazon Best Book of the Month
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