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Audible Narration:
Ocean of Storms is inarguably entertaining, as fast-paced as it is far-reaching. In its opening pages, a disastrous calamity on the Moon leaves Earth hobbled, down but not out. Like Andy Weir’s The Martian—which I also admired—the story imagines a quickly assembled partnership between the US and Chinese space programs, which must mount a joint mission in short order and under emergency circumstances to address the crisis.
Much of the warmth and humanity of this book arises from the resulting interactions of this diverse ensemble cast of astronauts, taikonauts, and a couple of captivating archaeologists, who must overcome their mutual distrust as a matter of survival. Like the screaming momentum that propels this story forward, the crew’s group dynamic—charming, funny, emotional, and suspenseful—entertains, even as coauthors Christopher Mari and Jeremy K. Brown drop hints that a larger motive waits in the wings.
Partly a love letter to NASA’s long-abandoned Apollo missions, this ambitious novel bravely speculates about some of the most fundamental questions we can ask about ourselves. So what exactly opened up the enormous fissure on the Moon that triggers this story? While getting there to find out is at least half the fun, the answer will delight, possibly confound, and almost certainly surprise.
Much of the warmth and humanity of this book arises from the resulting interactions of this diverse ensemble cast of astronauts, taikonauts, and a couple of captivating archaeologists, who must overcome their mutual distrust as a matter of survival. Like the screaming momentum that propels this story forward, the crew’s group dynamic—charming, funny, emotional, and suspenseful—entertains, even as coauthors Christopher Mari and Jeremy K. Brown drop hints that a larger motive waits in the wings.
Partly a love letter to NASA’s long-abandoned Apollo missions, this ambitious novel bravely speculates about some of the most fundamental questions we can ask about ourselves. So what exactly opened up the enormous fissure on the Moon that triggers this story? While getting there to find out is at least half the fun, the answer will delight, possibly confound, and almost certainly surprise.
- Jason Kirk, Editor
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