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  • Echoes from the Moon

  • The Token, Book 1
  • By: Nathan Hystad
  • Narrated by: Jay Snyder
  • Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (150 ratings)

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Echoes from the Moon

By: Nathan Hystad
Narrated by: Jay Snyder
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Publisher's summary

The last living astronaut to walk on the Moon has been murdered…

Silas visits his estranged grandfather's lakehouse in the aftermath of the deadly home invasion. What he discovers hidden below the floorboards triggers a mystery buried since the final trip to the Moon over fifty years earlier.

Rory returns to her family home in Vermont to write her second novel, but fate has a different story in mind. Her reunion is shattered when she's thrust into danger revolving around the same tokens.

Special Agent Waylen Brooks exposes a covert operation linked to the death of a retired astronaut. He soon finds out he's not the only one searching for answers and willing to kill for the truth.

The unlikely trio find themselves defying the odds, with no one to trust but each other.

Can they find the tokens before someone else does?

Where do these artifacts lead?

And what secrets should remain hidden?

Echoes From the Moon is a tale of lineage and secrets by Nathan Hystad, the best-selling author of The Other Place, Below Us, and Lost Contact.

©2023 Nathan Hystad (P)2024 Podium Audio

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Narrator great, story dull.

I enjoy this narrator in everything I’ve heard from him. I was into the story for the first half, but then it just became a dull series of predictable events. It’s like people only know how to write one story nowadays… one person (or a few people) being betrayed and having to fight against the “man” for good! I couldn’t get through the book, so take that into account when reading this as maybe it would surprise me. But I doubt it.

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His characters were really well done.

His novel moved right along. There was never a slow part. I really was impressed.

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It Could Be Real

Loved the narrator. I think I will listen to book 2 but not certain. Like the characters.

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Great narrator

Jay Snyder is great as always. Listened to him from other books. The reason why I got this book.

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One dimensional story, great narration

Spoilers Ahead!

This book started out okay; it had a good premise and a mystery that made me want to keep listening....then it quickly descended into some really weird writing styles and trivial details used as filler.

Hystad's writing became very “clipped” about a quarter of the way through - think bullet points (instead of writing in descriptive terms where you could actually “see” the story in your imagination).

There was an overarching mystery (what the tokens were all about), but this quickly became more and more boring as I began to see exactly what they were - what the title of the book says - echoes....I was waiting for the big reveal, but (so far) it has not come.

I've listened to everything but the last 1.5 hrs, and the “ending” is a real letdown for me. Spoilers ahead....

One of the characters I really liked was killed off near the beginning of the story, and her death added basically nothing to the story, and in my opinion actually detracted from it, as there was some good character development between her and Silas....so this was a real letdown for me.

Guys who were trying to kill everyone in the beginning of the book, now all just decide that it's in everyone's best interest to all work together and work for the good of everyone involved....seemed very hasty in the “ending” part (like I said, I've not gotten to the actual ending).

On a positive note, Jay Snyder, as usual, did a phenomenal job; he nails most of the narration in this book - even those characters that seem to add nothing to the story and are difficult to imagine what they'd be like because the character development is so lacking.

So, in summary, it's an okay story, but nothing spectacular. In my opinion, you could use your credit on something a lot better.

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Great story line… hard to stop listening.

Great story line… hard to stop listening. The the very first chapter, I was hooked!

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The story backstory is BOOM

With 305 space fictions behind me, thing is one the grab you pull in to embrace the characters the backstory, and hints of what is next. Thank you Nathan for another story with 9 inings .

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pleasant and fun, but ...

Don't take my 3 star story rating to heart, folks. This was a fun story and mostly kept my interest throughout. I will continue with the series. The characters are likable and even somewhat believable. If you go into it expecting the story that it looks like it's going to be, then I think you'll enjoy it too. I'm sure there was no intention for it to be any kind of literary masterpiece and it isn't. It was exactly what I expected and that was perfectly fine. On to book 2!

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Nathan at his best!!

This book was very well written. So intriguing with great characters and great mystery. Nothing ever felt over the top, boring or forced. It is going to be hard for anything to beat this as my favorite book of the year.

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loved it!!

kept me interested till the end and I can't wait for book 2! plus, Jay is an amazing narrator and he brings the story life! "we're not alone"

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