Cast Under an Alien Sun
Destiny's Crucible, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Davis
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By:
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Olan Thorensen
About this listen
What if you were thrown into a foreign society, never to see home again? What would you do, and could you survive?
Joe Colsco boarded a flight from San Francisco to Chicago to attend a national chemistry meeting. He would never set foot on Earth again.
On planet Anyar, Joe is found unconscious on a beach of a large island inhabited by humans where the level of technology is similar to Earth circa 1700. He awakes amid strangers speaking an unintelligible language and struggles to accept losing his previous life and finding a place in a society with different customs, needing a way to support himself and not knowing a single soul. His worry about finding a place is assuaged when he finds ways to apply his knowledge of chemistry - as long as he is circumspect in introducing new knowledge not too far in advance of the planet's technology and being labelled a demon.
As he adjusts, Joe finds that he has be dropped into a developing clash between the people who cared for him, and for whom he develops an affinity, and a military power from elsewhere on the planet - a power with designs on conquest. Unaware, Joseph Colsco has been poured into a crucible where time and trials will transform him in ways he could never have imagined.
Cast Under an Alien Sun is a story that's science fiction in premise, adventure in execution - a cross-genre adventure with elements of science fiction, history, hard science, epic fantasy, time travel, romance, alien contact, and space colonization.
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- Peter
- 13-06-17
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What did you like most about Cast Under an Alien Sun?
Loved the premise and the characters. Well written story and strong delivery.
What did you like best about this story?
The technical aspects and the realistic characters
Have you listened to any of Jonathan Davis’s other performances? How does this one compare?
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Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes
Any additional comments?
When will the next one be available on Audible? Very frustrating that I can't continue - may have to revert to old fashioned Kindle or heaven forbid paper!
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- Rasmus
- 31-12-17
Extremly well told and engaging story
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
A great and novel science-fiction book that spins a unique and diffrent story
What other book might you compare Cast Under an Alien Sun to, and why?
Hard to compare as it's spin on the genre is different from any other I have read/listened to
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- R-D
- 30-01-21
A journey of wonderment
A brilliantly constructed story with historical references and detail to make listening compelling. Throughly enjoyable!
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- Anonymous
- 17-09-18
A fascinating and original listen
Really enjoyed this fascinating twist on time travel.
The narrator was also excellent and kept you engaged throughout.
Looking forward to the next book
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- Alan
- 23-05-24
Check Yosef
I have spent many a hour thinking about what it would be like to travel back in time and how much my knowledge could be useful. Then I came across this book and I am hooked. Interesting to see how a Chemistry Major's knowledge has so many uses for all aspects of 17 century life. Makes me think of other sciences and how they would affect that time period. Anyway bit of a tangent.
Love the story the pace and the characters. Very well written and narrated.
Human nature is front and centre and helps fuel the larger story arc. Just bought book 2 and now I am going to get stuck in. I wonder how much Josef's chemistry knowledge has in military applications.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
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- Michael
- 31-05-17
Excellent Series - so good I read them first!
Cane across the series on kindle format and loved the premise so much, that I bought it. I am dyslexic and rarely read, thus a huge fan of audible. This is a fantasy plot, but reads like realism and is both very intelligent, detailed and at times witty. Really easy to get drawn in and hooked. This story is fantastic and I am so happy it came to Audible. Dear fellow fantasy audible lovers - I truly, truly cannot rate his series enough and the highly talented author. Haha, I am not paid or affiliated, me being a young British chap and the Author a Yank.
Definitely give it a go, I guarantee you will not waste a credit, but like me, will end up listening to it again and again.
Enjoy, I know you will!
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-05-18
great idea good execution
I have listened to all 4 books. I found the narrator average and actually nearly didn't listen past the first few minutes with his over exaggeration but he settled down.
the story idea is great and is executed well some of the writing is repetitive and there are several monologue repeating information already obtained this may be less notable if not listening to all 4 books in a short period.
I would definately reccomend listening to this series
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- John
- 14-12-18
Quite good if you listen at 1.25x speed
Good enough to bother with the next one, but why is it read in slow motion?
Happily Audible has a 1.25x speed option which saves it...
...always wondered what this was for, but essential for this one
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- 16-01-18
Wow
Is Olam from another planet? This book seems so true its like your there. Straight into next one. Excellent
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- Mark Butler
- 27-09-19
Nice hook, but its not the story
So the hook to get you in is interesting and has the feel of a classic two level story telling. So reading it means you hold out for more info on the big story anytime the daily story gets a bit dull. I loved all the reintroduction of knowledge and the family and friends is OK, but its not good enough to make you love them all. Overall fun and made me want to see the next book.
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