Apprentice to the Gods (2024)

• Project Hail Mary

• By: Andy Weir
• Narrated by: Ray Porter
• Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
• Unabridged

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Bazinga

• By Davidgonzalezsr on 05-04-21

• George Orwell’s 1984

• An Audible Original adaptation
• By: George Orwell, Joe White - adaptation
• Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, and others
• Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
• Original Recording

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• A Revelation!

• By wotsallthisthen on 04-07-24

• The Martian

• By: Andy Weir
• Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
• Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
• Unabridged

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.

• 1 out of 5 stars

• I love Wil Wheaton but why not R. C. Bray?

• By L. Newman on 01-11-20

• Halfway

• By: Michael Honnah, Imeldha Eloni
• Narrated by: Patricia Allison, Lenny Henry, Arinzé Kene, and others
• Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
• Original Recording

Leading the field of artificial intelligence, Halfway, a subsidiary of Soul-Tech, provides customers with the opportunity to digitally upload their minds so that in the eventuality of their death, loved ones will be able to communicate with an AI simulation and gain closure. But at what cost?A year after her brother Mark’s death, Florence is still consumed by grief. And though her parents encourage her not to dwell on the past, Florence decides to visit Halfway and speak to the simulation of Mark that was created not long before his passing.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Edge of my seat

• By ChidiA on 06-09-24

• Starter Villain

• By: John Scalzi
• Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
• Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
• Unabridged

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Volcanic Lairs, Death Rays & Cats… Oh My! 😼

• By C. White on 09-19-23

• Artemis

• By: Andy Weir
• Narrated by: Rosario Dawson
• Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
• Unabridged

Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down.

• 3 out of 5 stars

• A ferrari with no motor

• By will on 11-18-17

• Project Hail Mary

• By: Andy Weir
• Narrated by: Ray Porter
• Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
• Unabridged

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Bazinga

• By Davidgonzalezsr on 05-04-21

• George Orwell’s 1984

• An Audible Original adaptation
• By: George Orwell, Joe White - adaptation
• Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, and others
• Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
• Original Recording

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• A Revelation!

• By wotsallthisthen on 04-07-24

• The Martian

• By: Andy Weir
• Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
• Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
• Unabridged

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.

• 1 out of 5 stars

• I love Wil Wheaton but why not R. C. Bray?

• By L. Newman on 01-11-20

• Halfway

• By: Michael Honnah, Imeldha Eloni
• Narrated by: Patricia Allison, Lenny Henry, Arinzé Kene, and others
• Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
• Original Recording

Leading the field of artificial intelligence, Halfway, a subsidiary of Soul-Tech, provides customers with the opportunity to digitally upload their minds so that in the eventuality of their death, loved ones will be able to communicate with an AI simulation and gain closure. But at what cost?A year after her brother Mark’s death, Florence is still consumed by grief. And though her parents encourage her not to dwell on the past, Florence decides to visit Halfway and speak to the simulation of Mark that was created not long before his passing.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Edge of my seat

• By ChidiA on 06-09-24

• Starter Villain

• By: John Scalzi
• Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
• Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
• Unabridged

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Volcanic Lairs, Death Rays & Cats… Oh My! 😼

• By C. White on 09-19-23

• Artemis

• By: Andy Weir
• Narrated by: Rosario Dawson
• Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
• Unabridged

Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down.

• 3 out of 5 stars

• A ferrari with no motor

• By will on 11-18-17

• Rise of Humanity

• The Kantaki Saga 1
• By: Andreas Brandhorst, Lynn Taylor
• Narrated by: Mark Rossmann
• Length: 18 hrs and 40 mins
• Unabridged

In the fifth millennium, Humanity has made it... ... they have settled the galaxy! This feat was only possible through the help of the Kantaki, insectoid aliens who possess the technology of faster-than-light space travel. Two superpowers, the Consortium and the Alliance, rule over the vast human empire. In the year 421 of the new era, the leader of the Consortium, Rungard Valdorian, wants only one thing: to become immortal, as the biological treatments that prolong his life no longer have an effect. Though he's wealthy beyond imagination, it isn't enough to buy more time.

• 2 out of 5 stars

• Too long

• By Kindle Customer on 06-20-24

• Space Age: Volume 1

• Space Age, Book 1
• By: Dallas Korol
• Narrated by: Dallas Korol
• Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
• Unabridged

After the collapse of society and the natural world, what’s left of the human race is divided into multiple space-faring superpowers. All with a goal of maintaining its legacy, and values. These differing values, however, fuel an extreme, and ever-growing tension between them, sparking a feud of interstellar proportions.

• Arc

• Embers & Ash, Book 1
• By: JD Glassco*ck
• Narrated by: Shatavia Woodie
• Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
• Unabridged

For over a hundred and forty years, heroes and villains fought all over the world, the Long War. The Vigilant, the coalition of Supers, did their utmost to keep the depredations of the Citadel, the conglomerate of Villains, in check. After endless decades, The Vigilant finally thought they'd won but a decade ago, the heroes fell, betrayed, and utterly crushed by those they tried to save. This is the story of Arc, the last Vigilant.

• The Last Fleet: A Military Sci-Fi Series

• The Last Fleet, Book 1
• By: Joshua T. Calvert
• Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
• Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
• Unabridged

For generations, we colonized worlds, and the human race spread throughout the galaxy. One discovery could end it all. They called the ship Lady Vengence, and her Captain, Gavin Andal, was young, a bit arrogant, and the perfect fit for a bunch of misfits more interested in shore leave than work. Nobody was interested in being a hero. Sometimes there's no choice.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Intense story

• By Amazon Customer on 05-26-24

• Broken Stars

• Universe on Fire, Book 1
• By: Ivan Kal
• Narrated by: James R. Cheatham
• Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
• Unabridged

Sixty-seven years ago the Qash'vo'tar conquered Earth. Ever since then, the aliens had ruled from above. The Qash'vo'tar did not care what humanity did on the ground, as long as they didn't attempt to build anything that could get them to the stars. And now, sixty-seven years after they had been conquered, it was time for humanity to show the Qash'vo'tar that they had been right to fear humanity.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Ivan Kal is quietly amazing ...as usual

• By CDM860 on 05-01-24

• Artifact

• Saturn's Legacy, Book 1
• By: Joshua James
• Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
• Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
• Unabridged

Carpenter Lowell is a disgraced Marine assigned to a remote US research station on Saturn's moon Enceladus, where scientists have made an extraordinary discovery in the ocean below. A special forces team, led by Lowell’s murderous former commanding officer, shows up to investigate. Almost immediately, everything begins to unravel. Something beneath the surface has been activated.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• REALLY Satisfying

• By Bill Campbell on 05-26-24

• Rise of Humanity

• The Kantaki Saga 1
• By: Andreas Brandhorst, Lynn Taylor
• Narrated by: Mark Rossmann
• Length: 18 hrs and 40 mins
• Unabridged

In the fifth millennium, Humanity has made it... ... they have settled the galaxy! This feat was only possible through the help of the Kantaki, insectoid aliens who possess the technology of faster-than-light space travel. Two superpowers, the Consortium and the Alliance, rule over the vast human empire. In the year 421 of the new era, the leader of the Consortium, Rungard Valdorian, wants only one thing: to become immortal, as the biological treatments that prolong his life no longer have an effect. Though he's wealthy beyond imagination, it isn't enough to buy more time.

• 2 out of 5 stars

• Too long

• By Kindle Customer on 06-20-24

• Space Age: Volume 1

• Space Age, Book 1
• By: Dallas Korol
• Narrated by: Dallas Korol
• Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
• Unabridged

After the collapse of society and the natural world, what’s left of the human race is divided into multiple space-faring superpowers. All with a goal of maintaining its legacy, and values. These differing values, however, fuel an extreme, and ever-growing tension between them, sparking a feud of interstellar proportions.

• Arc

• Embers & Ash, Book 1
• By: JD Glassco*ck
• Narrated by: Shatavia Woodie
• Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
• Unabridged

For over a hundred and forty years, heroes and villains fought all over the world, the Long War. The Vigilant, the coalition of Supers, did their utmost to keep the depredations of the Citadel, the conglomerate of Villains, in check. After endless decades, The Vigilant finally thought they'd won but a decade ago, the heroes fell, betrayed, and utterly crushed by those they tried to save. This is the story of Arc, the last Vigilant.

• The Last Fleet: A Military Sci-Fi Series

• The Last Fleet, Book 1
• By: Joshua T. Calvert
• Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
• Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
• Unabridged

For generations, we colonized worlds, and the human race spread throughout the galaxy. One discovery could end it all. They called the ship Lady Vengence, and her Captain, Gavin Andal, was young, a bit arrogant, and the perfect fit for a bunch of misfits more interested in shore leave than work. Nobody was interested in being a hero. Sometimes there's no choice.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Intense story

• By Amazon Customer on 05-26-24

• Broken Stars

• Universe on Fire, Book 1
• By: Ivan Kal
• Narrated by: James R. Cheatham
• Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
• Unabridged

Sixty-seven years ago the Qash'vo'tar conquered Earth. Ever since then, the aliens had ruled from above. The Qash'vo'tar did not care what humanity did on the ground, as long as they didn't attempt to build anything that could get them to the stars. And now, sixty-seven years after they had been conquered, it was time for humanity to show the Qash'vo'tar that they had been right to fear humanity.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Ivan Kal is quietly amazing ...as usual

• By CDM860 on 05-01-24

• Artifact

• Saturn's Legacy, Book 1
• By: Joshua James
• Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
• Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
• Unabridged

Carpenter Lowell is a disgraced Marine assigned to a remote US research station on Saturn's moon Enceladus, where scientists have made an extraordinary discovery in the ocean below. A special forces team, led by Lowell’s murderous former commanding officer, shows up to investigate. Almost immediately, everything begins to unravel. Something beneath the surface has been activated.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• REALLY Satisfying

• By Bill Campbell on 05-26-24

• Sacrifice of the Sinners

• Atlantis Legacy, Book 0
• By: Lindsey Sparks
• Narrated by: Dana Dae
• Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
• Unabridged

As a psychic warrior in the elite Order of Amazons, Peri is tasked with protecting the last vestiges of her people on the sanctuary planet of Atlantis, no matter the cost. For over a thousand years, she has enjoyed relative immortality, cycling into a freshly cloned body when the old breaks down. But corruption has taken root at the core of the settlement, and cracks are forming in the peaceful façade. Peri is no longer convinced that the mission she has devoted lifetimes to is still worth her loyalty....

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Really Enjoyed This Series

• By Rebecca Campbell on 08-19-21

• Running from the Gods

• The Seventh Shaman, Book 1
• By: D.T. Read
• Narrated by: James R Cheatham
• Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
• Unabridged

Blamed for the accidental deaths of two family members, Akuleh—Ku to his friends—flees his shamanic society to fight in an interstellar war. An excellent bush pilot, he gets accepted for flight training, even though he’s underage—a quality that makes him the target of abuse from many of his peers.

• 4 out of 5 stars

• Pilot Into An Interstellar Adventure

• By Morgan Straughan Comnick on 06-04-24

• What the Fantasy?

• WTF Series, Book 1
• By: Stephen Knight
• Narrated by: Maxwell Zener
• Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
• Unabridged

What a lovely way to start a novel about my present life, don’t you think? Adam Green never sought out much adventure in the real world, but when he accidently trips and gets zapped into a video game, his life is turned upside down. Now stuck in a fantasy world, he must cope with his new surroundings while trying not to let the computer AI know that he is an imposter in the game.

• Before, Books 1-3

• The Before Series
• By: Margie Benedict
• Narrated by: Sonja Field, Alex Picard
• Length: 17 hrs and 6 mins
• Unabridged

BEFORE THE KILLING: After 19-year-old Cassie returns home from her first year away at college, her boyfriend, Julian, is implicated in a brutal killing. Seven years later, a freak occurrence gives Cassie a unique time-traveling ability, allowing her to re-live that earlier time with the benefit of foreknowledge. But in witnessing the truth, she inadvertently reveals herself to the killer, who begins to pursue her in past and present both. “Once I started I couldn’t put it down!” -Bookshelf Adventures

• The Promethean Challenge

• By: John Lallier
• Narrated by: Virtual Voice
• Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
• Unabridged

In 1960, mankind pushed out into space. Sixty years later, space is pushing back! Mankind had been looking to the stars for centuries, first for its gods, then for its neighbors. What will the humans do when the neighbors finally arrive? Before the Commonwealth and the Regent, Earth teeters on the brink of disaster … in more ways than humanity even knows.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• A Great Introduction to this New to Auible Author

• By Tim on 06-20-24

• The Indus Incursion

• By: John Lallier
• Narrated by: Virtual Voice
• Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
• Unabridged

The Commonwealth now has outposts days or weeks from Earth. When problems arise at the outpost in the distant Epsilon Indi system, no one knows what is happening. Everyone has a theory. And some are taking action. Admiral Ngene is caught off guard and needs to act fast before someone crosses a line that could lead the Commonwealth to disaster.

• The Rings of Grissom

• Tales of a Former Space Janitor
• By: Julia Huni
• Narrated by: Rachel Music
• Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
• Unabridged

Triana Moore lost her job as a maintenance technician when her boss discovered her true identity. But decluttering the galaxy isn’t just for janitors. When she visits the ringed planet Grissom with security agent Ty O’Neill for his sister’s wedding, Triana discovers just how messy life can get. Deported before she can finish her coffee, Triana barely misses an exploding shuttle. But in true space janitor fashion, she decides to investigate.

• The Dark Side of the Moon

• By: Derek Wachter
• Narrated by: Zachary Clark
• Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
• Unabridged

"Friday, October 4th, 1957. Scientists from the Soviet Union successfully launch Sputnik 1, a Soviet satellite up into space. It’s the first man made satellite that has successfully entered orbit, triggering the Space Race between the United States and the USSR. Countries from around the world fill their tabloids with news related to the success of the Soviet scientists, dubbing the event as a “modern marvel of scientific ingenuity”.

• The Hunter's Code: Book 1

• By: Yuri Vinokuroff, Oleg Sapphire
• Narrated by: Brian Telestai
• Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
• Unabridged

I was a Hunter, and I honored the Code. For my services to humanity and for leading a "proper" life, I was to be rewarded. A new life after death, and a new world to give me some well-deserved rest. But something went wrong. Once again, I must fight. The Monsters that face me here are far more terrifying than those of my past life. They are cleverer, crueler, more unpredictable. And their name is.

• 1 out of 5 stars

• MC makes me cringe!

• By Amazon Customer on 02-19-24

• Magic Kingdom at War, Book 1

• By: Tao Wong
• Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
• Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
• Unabridged

Dying the first time sucked. Matt's trying to avoid a repeat performance. Having to save the world after being reincarnated is rather enjoyable. In a soul-crushing responsibility kind of way. For Matt, joining Earth's last line of defense in a magical realm might just be what he was re-born for.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Great story. A little too short needs to be more of an amusem*nt, then individual

• By Cory on 06-11-24

• A Door into Time

• An Alex Hawk Time Travel Adventure, Book 1
• By: Shawn Inmon
• Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
• Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
• Unabridged

The wall just didn’t look right. Alex has been trying to cope. Life after his deployment had been rough. His ex-wife thought he needed to stop disappointing their daughter. She was right. He would try harder. With six hours before his little girl’s fourth birthday party, he saw the anomaly. One wall was too short. Plenty of time to tear out a panel and look behind it. He found a brick wall. His house wasn’t made of brick. Behind that was another just like the first. He still had time. When the second wall came down, Alex stood and stared at the shining doorway.

• 2 out of 5 stars

• maybe 8 year old boys would like this

• By Jojo11 on 09-15-20

• Void Drifter

• Void Drifter, Book 1
• By: Jason Anspach, J.N. Chaney
• Narrated by: Mark Boyett
• Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
• Unabridged

The Amazon rainforest holds a world-changing secret—a ship lost to time from another world. College student Will Kaufman unearthed the biggest archaeological discovery in human history… he just needs to find a way back to Earth to tell people about it. Four thousand years ago, a Federation bounty hunter Void ship crashed on a remote and primitive planet. There it remained until Will found it and accidentally reactivated it, launching him light-years away.

• 3 out of 5 stars

• The academic is going to teach the warriors to be humane

• By Thomas Allen on 06-19-24