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Extinction, Book 1
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Michael Simon
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In this military SF thriller, a colony on one of Jupiter's moons will either be the last bastion of human civilization . . . or ground zero for its extinction.
At long last, humanity has moved beyond Earth and begun seeding new worlds. Colonies extend across the solar system, from Luna to Mars to Saturn's satellite Titan. Even Jupiter's moon Europa has become home to a couple thousand brave souls willing to risk their lives adapting to its frozen and deadly landscape.
After his previous mission in Africa ended in a violent uprising in which he lost every man under his command, Lt. Ryan Braeder's posting to Europa is his last chance to salvage a military career that's in tatters. Here on Jupiter's moon, he's been tasked with easing tensions between the military and an unruly civilian board.
It seems the governor and his cronies are attempting to usurp military command in a play for control. But Braeder's diplomatic efforts are met with defiance as mistrust grows on both sides, threatening the colony's safety. And that's before events Earthside turn his world upside down.
Braeder can only watch helplessly as war erupts on his home planet, releasing a biological plague that sweeps the globe. Supply transports to the colonies are canceled. In a few short months, Braeder's friends, his family—everyone he has ever known—are dead. The human race hovers on the brink of extinction.
Now, Braeder's got one chance to save the colony on Europa. Can he implement a ration plan that borders on starvation, avoid a full-blown mutiny, and prevent Earth's survivors from bringing the deadly plague? One thing's for sure: the future of his species depends on it.
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Critic reviews
"Leviathan Wakes meets Battlestar Galacticain this high-stakes story of survival on the moon of Jupiter. Heart-pounding and thrilling, Extinction follows an unlikely leader as he races to save humanity against impossible odds." —Claire Barner, author of Moonrising
"An interstellar yarn wrought with suspense and indelible characters." —Kirkus Reviews
"Packed with intense action, layered characters, and thought-provoking dilemmas . . . This is a story that lingers, making you ponder the fragile line between extinction and survival." —Literary Titan
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- By: Christopher Hinz
- Narrated by: Brandon Pollock
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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Eddie Boka’s first combat mission is a success... until he’s overwhelmed by a raging compulsion and eats an enemy soldier! His cannibalism threatens to derail the plans of Blayvine Industries, whose secret project has genetically enhanced Eddie and three other prototypes with reptilian DNA. The corporation needs Eddie’s urges brought under control before it can introduce its dino-humans to the world and begin selling armies of them.
By: Christopher Hinz
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Tunnel Jumpers
- By: D. R. Swan
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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Tunnel Jumpers Earth 2303 After the scars and devastation of two world wars, humans have, as a species, begun to cooperate towards a common goal, the expansion into space and the successful colonization of Mars and our Moon. This has led to the exploration and eventual building of domed outposts on some of the moons of the outer gas giants. Because of a breakthrough in space travel, vehicles can move at nearly 20 percent of the speed of light, allowing humans to reach the outermost parts of the solar system and beyond in practical time. When an experiment to study dark matter beyond the ...
By: D. R. Swan
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Doppelgänger
- An Orphan, a Prodigy, a Murder
- By: Chip Walter
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
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Doppelganger is a riveting futuristic thriller where artificial intelligence make reality so fractured it is nearly impossible to know what is true and what isn’t. It explores the clash between machines and human passion, evil, love, trust and time. Even after the last seconds you’ll wonder what is real and what isn’t.
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One of the worst pieces of literature I’ve ever read
- By Amazon Customer on 06-06-25
By: Chip Walter
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Crazy Hawk
- By: R.J. Stewart
- Narrated by: Katie Hagaman
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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Riding her Soul Horse, Danny, Deirdre Buford relentlessly pursues the men who took her sister through an America wrecked by the Great Virus, endless civil war and a collapse of the global order called the Breakdown. She’s forced by circumstances to ally with a nomadic photographer. His gentle decency moves her to the core, but her mission leads her away from the man she’s falling in love with and toward a confrontation with the people who hold her sister. To defeat them, she’ll need the help of the powerful Nations, a league of indigenous tribes.
By: R.J. Stewart
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Exemplar
- The Autonomous Sequence, Book 1
- By: Alastair Wells
- Narrated by: Cody Roberts
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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After damaging climate change, humanity is divided, torn into the technophobic nature-worshippers on Earth and the banished children of science on the new worlds. Jaruss awakens, drifting 300 light-years from Earth, trapped, memoryless, and alone. Who is he, where does he come from, and what are these recurring nightmares that trouble his sleep? To find out, he must outwit an efficiency-obsessed AI and join the dangerous crew of the stealth ship, Pangolin.
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Nothing Original
- By TERRENCE P DUGAN on 04-06-25
By: Alastair Wells
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Accidental Conscript
- Accidental Conscript, Book 1
- By: John Walker
- Narrated by: John Pirhalla
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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Sam Levine knows what it means to struggle. After several missed opportunities, he's been forced to turn his talents to freelance work, picking up whatever dirty job he can find only to make ends meet. But there's an end in sight. An opportunity to change everything. And when a dangerous, high-profile job comes his way, he sees light at the end of the tunnel. Hope has been in rare supply, but even with the dangers inherent in his decision, he puts his life on the line for a chance to elevate his situation.
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Only a third of the story!
- By Wilson McDonald on 06-17-25
By: John Walker
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Cold Eternity
- By: S.A. Barnes
- Narrated by: Amara Jasper
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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Halley is on the run from an interplanetary political scandal that has put a huge target on her back. She heads for what seems like the perfect place to lay low: a gigantic space barge storing the cryogenically frozen bodies of Earth’s most fortunate citizens from more than a century ago… The cryo program, created by trillionaire tech genius Zale Winfeld, is long defunct, and the AI hologram "hosts," ghoulishly created in the likeness of Winfeld’s three adult children, are glitchy. The ship feels like a crypt, and the isolation gets to Halley almost immediately.
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Speechless
- By Shelby ecker on 04-09-25
By: S.A. Barnes
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Specters of Past Wars: Unfit for Duty
- By: C R Daems
- Narrated by: Carrie Coello
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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The Padang Commonwealth Alliance has been invaded by aliens called the Sytorians. The war is in its tenth year, and the Padang Alliance is losing a war of attrition. Initially, the two nations' cruiser-kill ratios were equal. Today, the Sytorians destroy three Padang cruisers for every two Sytorians cruisers. The Padang admiralty is having a difficult time finding replacement crews for those injured and killed. Particularly experienced fleet and squadron commanders.
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Huge Disappointment.
- By Kindle Customer on 05-02-25
By: C R Daems
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The Army We Have: Desert to Desert
- By: Mark Wolf
- Narrated by: Michael Joss
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
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SPC Phillip is trying to understand his place in the mechanized infantry. When his commanding officer gives the brigade a briefing on their upcoming action to end Ctenizidae piracy, he can’t help but question the wisdom of sending crack cold weather troops to a scorching desert planet. As the saying goes, ‘ours is not to question why…’ So, his brigade is loaded into vessels to cross the wastes of interstellar space and bureaucracy. Dropping into a nightmare of combat and logistical blunders, Phillip fight what seems like a never-ending conflict from one dune to another.
By: Mark Wolf
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Return of the Martial Messiah
- Martial Messiah, Book 1
- By: ToraAKR
- Narrated by: Nick Mondelli
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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When the AI infected the internet, three hundred years of industrial and technological advancements were eradicated overnight. After untold sacrifice, humanity won—barely. Victory was only possible thanks to the hidden martials revealing themselves and stepping onto the stage of history. They were named the Old Monsters, immortal superhumans with impossible strength and speed, capable of dismantling entire armies with their bare hands. Thus began the gold rush of the 25th century; the rush to fitness, to the unimaginable power displayed by the Old Monsters.
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Great Start to a compelling story
- By Amazon Customer on 04-17-25
By: ToraAKR
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Tracer
- The Tracer Series, Book 1
- By: David E Graham
- Narrated by: Abe Goldfarb
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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Andre Duroz, a former Frontier Alliance officer haunted by his past as a Sovereign Tracer, seeks solace in the quiet life of a salvager. Alongside his trusted crew – the skilled pilot Kat, the tech-savvy Bex, and the eager young engineer Caleb – he scours the edges of the galaxy aboard their ship, The Venture, seeking valuable salvage to keep them afloat. Their latest job, a derelict luxury liner called the Kalendis, promises a much-needed payday.
By: David E Graham
This isn't even about Braeder's lack of spine or charisma (which made me despise him as a character), but everything to do with how nonsensical the plot is.
I refuse to believe a civilian 'board' so blatantly and demonstrably corrupt in this situation (on a colony where even the smallest mistake could doom everyone).
The fact that they were allowed to stick around when that negligence bore fruit was absurd.
What made me finally stop listening however was them being ACTIVELY SEDITIOUS and INCITING RIOTS in an extinction event where rationing needs to happen, and they weren't all immediately executed.
Nah. Don't buy it. Complete nonsense. This could maybe be believable were it two civilian factions duking it out, but when it's the military that's supposed to be keeping control and protecting everyone?
Don't believe it. You didn't still it. Absolute, frustrating rubbish.
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a colony in trouble..goes from bad to worse!
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