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Space Unicorn Blues Review
This isn't your grandmother's space opera-and thank God for that.
T.J. Berry throws us headfirst into a universe where magic isn't mystical, it's mechanical. Where unicorn horns power starships and magical creatures are harvested like renewable resources. The audacity alone deserves applause.
Gary Cobalt isn't your typical hero. He's a half-unicorn escapee with trauma carved into his very biology, literally ground down for humanity's cosmic convenience. When he finally tastes freedom, fate-or terrible luck-hands him Captain Jenny Perata. She's stolen his ancestral ship, yes, but she's also delivered him straight into the most explosive reunion in recent memory.
The tension crackles through every moment. Here's Gary, finally free after years of captivity, facing the woman he murdered her best friend in front of. Her co-pilot happens to be the dead woman's husband. It's a powder keg wearing space boots.
Berry doesn't waste time with gentle introductions. We're thrust into this broken relationship-former captor and captive, killer and grieving widow-forced to navigate the galaxy together. The dialogue bites and snarls with genuine hatred barely contained beneath professional necessity.
What makes this audiobook pulse with life is how Berry weaponizes familiar tropes. The misfit crew? They're misfits because they're all guilty of something unforgivable. The noble quest across stars? It's fueled by revenge, guilt, and the desperate hope that saving magical creatures might somehow balance their own moral ledgers.
The narration captures every jagged edge of this relationship. You feel every uncomfortable silence, every loaded glance, every moment where these characters choose cooperation over murder. It's emotionally exhausting in the best possible way.
Berry's background in political blogging shows-this is science fiction with teeth, asking uncomfortable questions about exploitation disguised as progress. Magical beings become less than human through their usefulness. Their powers fuel humanity's expansion while they themselves disappear into the machinery.
The audiobook format amplifies every moment of conflict. You're trapped in that stone ship with them, breathing the same recycled air, feeling the claustrophobia of impossible choices. When things go wrong-and they do, spectacularly-you're right there when the accusations fly and alliances shatter.
This is science fiction that refuses to comfort you. It's angry, it's messy, and it's absolutely necessary. Berry has crafted something genuinely original: a space adventure where the real battles happen between people who've already lost everything.
Space Unicorn Blues earns every moment of its chaos.
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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
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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