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Narrated by:
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Emily Woo Zeller
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By:
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Madeleine Roux
A woman on the run. A captain adrift in space. One of them is infected with an alien parasite.
In this dark science fiction thriller, a young woman must confront her past so the human race will have a future.
Rosalyn Devar is on the run from her famous family, the bioengineering job she's come to hate, and her messed-up life. She's run all the way to outer space, where she's taken a position as a "space janitor", cleaning up ill-fated research expeditions. But no matter how far she goes, Rosalyn can't escape herself. After too many mistakes on the job, she's given one last chance: take care of salvaging the Brigantine, a research vessel that has gone dark, with all crew aboard thought dead.
But the Brigantine's crew are very much alive - if not entirely human. Now, Rosalyn is trapped on board, alone with a crew infected by a mysterious parasitic alien. The captain, Edison Aries, seems to still maintain some control over himself and the crew, but he won't be able to keep fighting much longer. Rosalyn and Edison must find a way to stop the parasite's onslaught...or it may take over the entire human race.
"Salvaged scared the hell out of me, and I write horror for a living! Madeleine Roux conjures real darkness with a brilliant novel that any fan of ALIEN will simply devour. Brava!" (Jonathan Maberry, New York Times best-selling author of V-Wars and Rage)
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Critic reviews
"Elegant and inevitable, this is the prose equivalent of playing a survival horror game. Each piece feeds perfectly into the next. Beautifully written." (Seanan McGuire, New York Times best-selling author of Middlegame)
"Madeleine Roux’s Salvaged is a breathless, claustrophobic twist on the SF thriller, full of deep space dread, conspiracies, and malevolent alien spores, with a woman at the center whose courage was forged in all too human trauma. This is the Alien we need right now.” (Christopher Golden, New York Times best-selling author of Ararat and The Pandora Room)
"Salvaged is riveting and brutal, a study in scars. The masterful writing and bittersweet beauty of these characters will haunt you long after you finish reading." (Ann Aguirre, New York Times best-selling author)
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Outstanding story
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started out great
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Emily Woo Zeller also did a fantastic job with the different voices and accents. Each character has its very recognizable way of speaking, and she even nails the voice of a little boy. That can't be easy. Like for all my audiobooks I did speed it up to about 1.3x.
I did miss a little more science concerning the main problem (trying to avoid spoilers here), and more details about the motivations of certain baddies. But I'm still really glad I picked this up, and some imagery invoked by the book I will never forget, and I mean that in a good way.
So good
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Very slow burn
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Throughout the audiobook the theme that kept getting pushed is no matter what... be present. When it all starts to fall apart and the fan has drowned, forward doesn't exist without first being present.
Every character has a purpose, and feels relevant to the story, to the moment. And they drive it. For all the talk of gore and violence it has a purpose and a place that makes the story work instead of just being put in for zazzle or shock. And after it all finished, I only really have one question... about little talking roots.
Do yourself a favor and pick this up today.
Another solid hit
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Started out really good….
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There are tropes that modern sci-fi readers will recognize as made popular by franchises like Alien and The Expanse. The insightful twist comes with how the menacing alien threat is portrayed. I'd seen this hinted at with other works, but not in this particular way where one comes to question their own mental state.
Original take on a familiar trope
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An excellent spooky read
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Well written and entertaining horror story.
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Strong start, weak finish
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