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The Rift

Hard Science Fiction

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The Rift

By: Brandon Q. Morris
Narrated by: Daniel Thomas May
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There is a huge, bold black streak in the sky. Branches appear out of nowhere over North America, Southern Europe, and Central Africa. People who live beneath The Rift can see it. But scientists worldwide are distressed - their equipment cannot pick up any type of signal from it. The rift appears to consist of nothing. Literally. Nothing. Nada. Niente. Most people are curious but not overly concerned. The phenomenon seems to pose no danger. It is just there.

Then something jolts the most hardened naysayers, and surpasses the worst nightmares of the world's greatest scientists - and rocks their understanding of the universe.

©2019 Brandon Q. Morris (P)2019 Tantor
Dystopian Hard Science Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Fiction
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Great Science

I love how the author uses hard science and known and theorized physics. The use of a future setting helps with the theoretical.

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Good twist :)

great listen. shocked at the twist at the end. i enjoyed it could have went on with the story a little bit more :)

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Ending is weak and i conclusive.

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The robot M6 is the best character in the story.
The anomaly is never explained, and with an ending like nothing ever happened we are just left guessing.
The narrator is very good though.
I was hoping for a big reveal, which there isnt.

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Story cohesion was lost in the riff

I have really enjoyed nearly every book I've listened to by this author, but this one kind of missed the mark. Overall, the story was entertaining and relatively captivating, but there were certain aspects that, when mentioned, would kill any story immersion you had. The most notable holes were caused by simple logic errors, with the biggest one being, How can a plane fly into the rift, but for researchers to investigate it, they need a space elevator, and the Farmer trio needed a rocket? Seems like the simplest solution was just ignored. Then there's M6 and Siri, whose ability to close the rift and how was apparently lost in translation.

Excellent narration, with my only complaint being that the voice change to Marebels' daughter was rather abrasive and distracting.

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Every character!

I liked the entire book! 11 on a 10 scale! If you like good hard science and great story development..Read Brandon Q Morris..
I’ve been reading good literature for almost 70 years ! All kinds🎶

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What in the world just happened to my brain

I have no idea where in the heck this title came from I must've just happened to hop on audible at the right time because I have never seen this title and it absolutely blew me away. I am a big science fiction nerd and I love when writers/authors have clearly thought out the science with a well crafted plot.

The way this story is laid out is really spectacular I found myself constantly wanting to listen to more I practically finished the book overnight. And the way it ended! Like WHAT?! New favorite audiobook right here taking over a dear place in my heart - Bobiverse. Which if you liked those books you will love this book by the way. Any true sci fi fans will want to listen to this a second time right after you are done.

I bought this book with my own hard earned money and it was well worth it. Love it, love it, looove it.

Update: Listening to this now again for second time. Someone said it's predictable but it's more like, "I hope this happens.." a few times and then it does and you're so happy because he maintains very sound science throughout the book without turning it into totally crazy theories in an attempt to awe people or be 100% unique. If you're a true sci-fi fan and like to really consider the nature of our universe and matter itself - this book is right up your alley. If you're looking for listen-and-forget-spaceships-shooting-lasers stories then this book may not be for you.

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Time Novels are a good read

Good time novel..Read well, Das ist die richtige antwort ja, ich habe kein problem mit..

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interesting concept

Interesting concept, not amazingly executed, still worth the read I suppose. Was captivated for the most part, but I feel like it was too predictable at some points.

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Lacks a definitive ending

This audiobook had a good buildup to a ‘meh’ ending. Some of the scenes were rather far-fetched, but the plot kept moving along. The ending was weak and left the listener hanging.

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Common Brandon Q Morris W!

I love the way Brandon writes AI so much it's one of the best in all of Sci-fi imo. I'm glad we have a new addition to the family with M6!

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