8th Apr
I used to be tremendous excited to dive into First Contact by Kim Harrison. That is the primary audiobook within the Eclipsed Evolution trilogy launched on audio first. Narrated by Xe Sands, Harrison explores our first contact with a magical realm. A riveting story that fed my interior nerd with wealthy characters. I can’t anticipate extra!
First Contact
by Kim Harrison
Collection: Eclipsed Evolution #1
Narrator: Xe Sands
Size: 5 hours and 27 minutes
Genres: Science Fiction
Supply: Writer
Buy*: Amazon | Audible *affiliate
Ranking:
Narration: 5 cups Velocity: 1.5x
Within the wake of the photo voltaic eclipse, a portal between our world and a magical realm opens—and a scientist’s life won’t ever be the identical, on this thrilling serialized journey from the New York Occasions bestselling writer of The Hollows.
Dr. Renee Caisson is aware of there are worse issues than a beautiful man in uniform drafting her right into a secret authorities mission—particularly when Main Jackson makes it clear that he isn’t bothered by her questionable previous. However when her labs come again with decidedly odd outcomes, the Main is pressured to return clear over who the federal government is definitely finding out. Renee is shocked to be taught her topics are demonic-looking beings who name themselves “Neighbors”—refugees from a dying world, who arrived throughout the nation-wide photo voltaic eclipse.
The Neighbors’ know-how is not like something Renee’s ever encountered. At first, she dismisses an harm that inexplicably heals as “simply a kind of issues”. And absolutely August, probably the most gregarious Neighbor, begins to talk English in a single day due to the staff linguist’s expertise?
Not till August begins evolving in actual time to resist Earth’s brighter, dryer environment does she admit that the Neighbors’ “tech” feels much less like science and extra like magic—the identical magic that introduced them right here within the first place, and the identical they’re attempting to rekindle with a mysterious labyrinth in an effort to return dwelling and save their world.
Not less than, that’s what August claims they got here for…
Wow, this was improbable. Harrison not solely launched us to a magical alien species, however shared the shark distinction between scientists and army reactions and attitudes.
At just below six hours, this was a decent, participating story. We meet Dr. Renee Caisson, who’s finding out the “Neighbors,” for contagions which may impression people. I instantly favored Renee, who admits to a questionable previous. She rapidly comes to grasp and respect these clever creatures, who solely want to discover crops to avoid wasting their planet. I liked watching them work together with one another as Renee makes an attempt to speak.
The Neighbors are extremely smart, with talents past our scope and should not aggressive. In distinction, the army has them caged, and are performing checks. There’s a romance, however it’s secondary to the story. It entails people and added layers to the characters. I might say it’s character pushed story, as the main focus is Renee’s engagement with the chief of the Neighbors.
Xe Sands is an excellent narrator, and I fairly loved her voices and tone. That is an audio first trilogy, the books received’t launch till summer time.
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