Book description
When the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts, six physics students must race to save humanity-not with weapons, but with a portal they accidentally created. Dennis E. Taylor's Outland: Quantum Earth, Book 1 delivers a high-stakes sci-fi thriller that thrives as an audiobook, where the ticking clock of disaster feels terrifyingly real.
The story follows Bill Rustad and his college team after their quantum experiment fractures reality, opening a portal to Outland: an Earth eerily similar geographically, but devoid of human life. Chaos erupts when Yellowstone's cataclysmic eruption threatens to end civilization. Now, the students have hours to evacuate millions through the unstable portal before a lethal ash cloud arrives.
The audiobook's strength lies in its urgent pacing and immersive narration. You hear the panic in the students' voices as they scramble to control the portal, the frantic coordination during the mass evacuation, and the raw fear as refugees step into Outland's unknown dangers. The narrator masterfully conveys the sheer scale of the crisis-sudden, overwhelming, and deeply human.
Outland isn't a paradise. It's a harsh, resource-scarce world where survival means adapting fast. The refugees must confront not just environmental threats but the moral weight of abandoning Earth. Taylor avoids easy answers, focusing instead on how ordinary people-students, scientists, everyday refugees-rise to an impossible challenge.
What makes this audiobook standout is its balance. The science feels grounded (thanks to the physics students' expertise), the stakes are relentlessly clear, and the characters' voices carry genuine tension. You don't just hear the volcano's roar; you feel the ash choking the air in your own lungs. The pacing never slackens, mirroring the characters' desperate race against time.
Taylor builds a compelling foundation for the series. The portal isn't just a escape hatch-it's a new beginning, fraught with peril. The ending leaves you eager for more, not with a cliffhanger, but with the quiet urgency of "What now?" as survivors begin to rebuild.
For fans of The Martian meets Stranger Things, this is a gripping listen. It's not just about saving the world-it's about what it means to start over. The audiobook makes every decision, every whispered plan, feel immediate. You're not just reading about a crisis; you're living it, one heartbeat at a time.
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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