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A really delightful story with tension but without gory details.
Earth has been reduced at some time in the past to a totally inhospitable world incapable of supporting life. Most of the population had fled in seven Colony Ships, heading into space in search of new worlds to call home. But some had stayed and domes had been constructed to protect the last of humanity remaining behind. But the domes had started to fail. Finally, only one remained and it, too, was coming to the end of it's life. Soon, the occupants of Come 17 would also die - unless an evacuation to one of the long distant Colony ships could be made.
Science had advanced considerable in the several generations since the ships had left. Now it would be possible for a team of two to reach a ship using faster than light technology and, from there, build a portal for the other doomed Dome 17 inhabitants to walk through, away from earth and into safety. But time is very short and the location of and conditions within the ships was unknown. We follow two intrepid adventurers, Michael and Jamie, as they set out on their mission to save the last people on Earth.

Simply written, with sufficient characterisation to make the two main protagonists endearing and with colourful representation of the worlds encountered, this book grips the attention and imagination in the way that Journey into Space, a 1950s radio drama did so many years ago.As well as the excitement and wonder of the unknown​, there is also the race against time to add piquancy. Narrator John Thornton has a clear and pleasant English voice, with the hint of a Northern accent, and his dialogue is excellent, from the human male and female voices to his representation of the A.I.s. He does, however, have a slightly dislocated reading of the text in between, with short inappropriate tiny pauses, especially after giving someone's conversation, for example when noting something that Jamie had said, but then moving on to the next conversational comment as if it were this same person speaking. Fortunately, as already noted, the character voicings are so distinctive that this does not make the story unclear. There is also a brief paragraph in chapter 26 which is repeated twice, an editorial flaw. Throughout, Mr.Thornton's narration is bright and perky, obviously to keep the story upbeat for younger listeners. Unfortunately, this also has the effect of dampening down much of the intrinsic tension, putting it more on the level of Winnie the Pooh in that regard.

My thanks to the rights holder for gifting me my copy of Recovery of a Colony Ship, via Audiobook Boom. Despite being decades older than the 13 or over suggested reading age, I did enjoy this book. It was fresh and somewhat unusual. Because of the gentle text and, especially, the up beat reading, I think that many younger than aged 13 adventurous listeners would enjoy it, too.

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A beginning for a New series.

The author John Thornton imagination in the first book of this series already shines beautifully.

The narration of each character in this creation is done perfectly by Alexander Doddy.

My recommendations !!!


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.Outstanding Sci fi ,Top Rate!

I'm going to start by saying that I've read it twice in a matter of days -- once devouring it cover-to-cover(so to speak ), fueled by that insatiable need to find out what the hell happens next (pulling an all-nighter, if I might add), and then simply to savor its cleverness, awed yet again at John Thornton's ingenuity. But as I finished it for the second time, I realized something extremely important: This cold very well be the future of our planet. The narrator is excellent and can turn his voice to many accents and has a good range.
I have it on very good authority that we can expect a lot more of this series soon which I am thrilled about.It's thrilling, jaw-dropping and fabulously written. The last 2hrs pages or so were a masterpiece, keeping you glued to the" pages" and at the edge of your seat, but the entire book is spectacular.If I was forced to liken it to something I would liken it to a few of the SG1 episodes or maybe a reverse version of the 100 but less bloody.
Recovery of a Colony Ship is nothing like I’ve ever read. It certainly isn’t like any other novel . The word ‘DIFFERENT’ is just etched into its very essence. I feel like John carved out a part of his mind and soul placed it on a silver platter for us to observe and draw our own conclusions from it and this also became evident as the book went on .This book by the way, I wholeheartedly encourage you to read. Hell, no. Scratch that. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ Recovery of a Colony Ship . Not because of the hype. Not because of the genre. Not because of John's awesome writing skills ,But because of the message and the epic journey we will go on with the characters we have grown to love when the next books come to Audible. I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.I received this title for free in exchange for an unbiased review.As always this is my honest opinion .

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A decent story, average narration

This book is the start of a series and sets the scene very well, the last days of planet Earth, the journey to the colony ship, the struggles and wonder of visiting a new world are very well written, The only thing that disappointed is the narration, The narrator pauses in the middle of sentences for no reason and has no great range of voices, otherwise a good start to the series.

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A Solid Start

Being the first book, there is obviously a lot of set up to be done, but the whole premise is very interesting and has a lot of promise for all of the different Colony Ship series. The dialogue is a bit stiff and clunky, but the characters still have charm. The narration is very bright and adds a lot to the story, although it has some awkward pauses after lines of dialogue. I feel it worth noting that some of the violence seemed unnecessarily graphic, and a little out of place, but those segments were brief. Still enjoyable.

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