Book description
neuvel's mind spins like a centrifuge flinging fragments of history against the walls of narrative. the audiobook hums with restless energy. female voices carry the weight of generations. mia's family. 99 identical generations. same mission. different bodies. same purpose. survive. advance. take them to the stars. the repetition becomes hypnotic. almost musical.
wernher von braun. nazi rockets. american dreams. the moral calculus of progress laid bare. neuvel doesn't flinch from the ugliness. doesn't look away from what we become when survival trumps ethics. the women who enable. the men who obstruct. voices overlapping. competing timelines. the audiobook format amplifies the tension. breathless pacing. urgent whispers.
linguistics phd turned storyteller. the man who wanted to be an astronaut writes about women launching humanity toward the stars. there's something deliciously ironic about that. the technical precision meshes with emotional brutality. rocket fuel and maternal sacrifice. cold equations and warmer blood.
neuvel drops us into 1940s paranoia. the audiobook crackles with period authenticity. accents. machinery. the sound of history being rewritten by women who refuse to be written out. first contact thriller wrapped in historical fiction wrapped in space opera. the layers accumulate. each revelation peels back another version of the truth.
run. never fight. preserve knowledge. survive. the rules echo across decades. across voices. across the void between earth and everything that might be out there. the women carry the burden. always the women. neuvel understands something fundamental about who actually moves civilization forward. spoiler alert. it's never the men in charge.
dark satire dressed as adventure story. the humor bites. the action propels. but underneath. something deeper. something about the cost of being human enough to reach for stars while remaining human enough to care about the price. the audiobook breathes with this contradiction. voices rising. falling. reaching. always reaching.
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Switch
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience