Galaxy Raiders: Abyss

Galaxy Raiders, Book 1

By: Ian Douglas

Narrated by: Devon Sorvari

The riveting and deeply immersive first installment in a new military sci-fi series—pitting amortal humans against a mystifying alien intelligence in a galaxy-spanning conflict—from New York Times bestselling author Ian Douglas.

Centuries in the future, the Galactic Authority reigns over millions of advanced civilizations throughout the cosmos. From deep within the Galactic Core, the Authority’s principal Mind has won the allegiance of myriad nations, offering security, connection, and access to a network of interstellar Gates in exchange for compliance.

While technological advancement has brought interstellar travel and life-extending procedures to Earth, humans are struggling to maintain their sovereignty and cultural identity. The Galactic Authority’s presence and technological prowess looms large, eliciting both awe and apprehension from a human society that finds itself at a crossroads: yield to the allure of advanced alien technologies, or preserve their autonomy in an increasingly fractious cosmic landscape.

Naval captain Alexandra Morrigan has little trust for the Authority, and by all accounts, war is brewing. When the extrasolar colony at Sirius goes silent, suspicions arise that Galactic forces or their proxies are pressuring humankind into submission. To preserve any hope of Earth’s future, Morrigan and the forces she commands will do the unthinkable: travel through the Abyss gate, and make one last stand against the Galactic forces, whose powers may defy comprehension.

Too Many Glitches in the Audio Recording

There are so many serious glitches in the audio recording that is almost ruined the listening experience for me.

On at least 9 or 10 occasions, perhaps more, there were entire sentences or long phrases missing---cut off in mid-stream, and resumed again (after long silences and pauses) in mid-stream.

This is unacceptably bad quality in this digital age.

The entire base recording needs to be uploaded again into the Audible database.

I did not get my money's worth; instead I got aggravation.

The performance by the reader was fine---I only heard a few errors in pronunciation. But the poor and erratic quality of the recording as played on Audible is the worst of my over 200 audiobooks. Audible needs to correct this---it is unacceptable.