Achilles

Deep Sky Saga, Book 1

By: Greg Boose

Narrated by: Kyle McCarley

The year is 2221, and humans have colonized an earthlike planet called Thetis in the Silver Foot Galaxy. After a tragic accident kills off dozens of teenage colonists, Thetis's leaders are desperate to repopulate. So the Mayflower 2, a state-of-the-art spaceship, sets off across the universe to bring 177 new recruits to the colony.

For Jonah Lincoln, an orphaned teen who's bounced between foster homes and spent time on the streets of Cleveland, the voyage is a chance to reinvent himself, to be strong and independent and brave the way he could never be on Earth. But his dreams go up in smoke when their ship crash-lands, killing half the passengers and leaving the rest stranded - not on Thetis, but on its cruel and unpeopled moon, Achilles.

Between its bloodthirsty alien life forms and its distance from their intended location, Achilles is far from an ideal resting place. The situation is already dire, but when all of the adults suddenly disappear, leaving the teenage passengers to fend for themselves, Jonah doubts they'll survive at all, much less reach Thetis. Especially when it appears Achilles isn't as uninhabited as they were led to believe.

©2017 Greg Boose (P)2017 Tantor

About 4.5 Stars <3

The only reason why this book isn't a 5 star for me is because I personally would have changed a couple of things during the beginning of the book. The things I would have changed, however, aren't necessarily bad, I just have my own personal preferences. As usual, Kyle McCarley was masterful in his performance of this work. There isn't a narrator alive that can perform the way Kyle does, and I stand by that opinion. <333