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Grone

Legends of the Known Arc, Book 1

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Grone

By: Patrick Cumby
Narrated by: Nikola Hamilton, Jennifer Jill Araya
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JOURNEY INTO THE DARK HEART OF THE MACHINE--AND TO THE FARTHEST REACHES OF THE GALAXY...

TWO HOSPITAL BEDS in a Stanford University lab. Two still figures, attached by bundles of cables to the experimental QARMA supercomputer. Analise and Wolfe are true scientific pioneers, the first humans to ever leave the shells of their physical bodies to explore an entirely new virtual universe beyond time and space. But their creation, the most vivid VR metaverse ever envisioned, has come under attack.

ON A CROWDED MANHATTAN STREET, a young woman materializes within a pillar of fire. Does the arrival of this mysterious stranger correspond to the unprecedented swarm of sunspots that has turned noontime to twilight, or the auroras that ripple across daytime skies, or the regular micro-tremors that have begun to ring the Earth's crust like a church bell?

IN A SUBURBAN CALIFORNIA BASEMENT, fifteen-year-old Fiona Martinez is playing an online video game. The phone rings. A stranger is calling. “Please don’t hang up,” the man pleads. “You’re about to be approached by a character in your game. She’s hurt. You must keep her safe, at all costs. Do you understand? Help her, or she’ll die. Help her, or we’ll all die.”

. . .The first volume of the Legends of the Known Arc Trilogy, GRONE is a groundbreaking mix of hard-SF, LitRPG and space opera that the Seattle Book Review calls "AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE OF SCIENCE FICTION."

Inspired by the thick-and-thoughtful cyberpunk and space opera epics from Adrian Tchaikovsky, Neal Stephenson and Dan Simmons, GRONE is a fast-paced adventure set in a world where the ambitious experiments of a game developer, a neuroscientist and a physicist have created a virtual universe more real than our own, but in the process may have aroused a vast and unimaginably powerful cosmological force that jealously guards the powers of creation.

Immerse yourself in the grand tapestry of GRONE, and see why critics call Patrick Cumby "A MASTER STORYTELLER."

©2023 Patrick Cumby (P)2024 Patrick Cumby
Science Fiction Space Opera Fiction Video Game Game Interstellar LitRPG
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Engaging Storyline • Multilayered Adventure • Excellent Narration • Original Concept • Immersive Worldbuilding
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 Great computer in game science fiction,  hopefully?! I can’t wait for volume two!

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A bit too much technical jargon, hard to follow if you don't know what they are talking about.

very gripping

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The story and the narrators are excellent. You wont be disappointed. Its a wild ride! looking forward to the audio book for Longstar.

This book is AWESOME.

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I suspect that both eye or ear reading this would be very enjoyable. I recommend

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I enjoyed Everything about this audio book. I can’t wait to hear the next one. It’s very good.

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This book was perfect. Well written, long, great story and character development. It seems like some people reference comparisons to Ready player One, and while I enjoyed that book, that is much more intriguing of a story. Cannot wait for the next one to come out.

Best book I’ve listened to in years!!!!

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pulls you in from the beginning. great story, fresh idea, can't wait for the rest of the series

great story

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The world building was done flawlessly. I enjoy how the narrative played out like it was being played sometimes. definitely a new favorite and I cannot wait for part two

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I have listened to a lot of science fiction over the years and thought this book would be like some other books.... this book, in my opinion, stands out from the pack of video game books, lit rpg? if that's what they call it.... good stuff, like ready player 1 or ascend online this book was like that for me.. something different enough that it doesn't remind, or straight up rip off in some cases, anything else... just my review but it's worth the price of admission and the time spent...

great listen!

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I enjoyed the way the story was told there were points where I got confused but by the end of the book it all became clear.

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