Husk

The Meru Initiative, Book 1

By: Nathaniel Eliason

Narrated by: Alex Knox

As a Tech, Isaac maintains the servers housing humanity’s collective consciousness. Tomorrow he turns twenty-five—old enough to transfer into the digital paradise of Meru. Virtual immortality will be his in a world free from the death and disease that plague what’s left of civilization.

But when tragedy strikes, Isaac discovers Meru may not be the paradise he thought. Powerful forces are conspiring to destroy it, and the ones he trusts most have turned against him.

Outcast. Abandoned. Exiled. Isaac must uncover the truth about Meru before it’s too late. And before he suffers a fate he thought was confined to the history books:

Death.

Husk, book one of the Meru Initiative, is Nathaniel Eliason’s post-apocalyptic, action-fueled sci-fi adventure: a gripping journey and vibrant world that forces you to question what makes you human.

©2025 Nathaniel Eliason (P)2025 Nathaniel Eliason

First person to review, this is a first

I am somebody who has listened to over 300 audiobooks and all of them being in the sci fi genre, with sole exception of the Matthew mcconaughey autobiography. I've been stuck in the state of "i've ran through all the sci fi audiobooks" for so long, I'm tired of browsing through the charts. I randomly came across this book Husk on a random youtube video, after seeing it had zero reviews of course I was skeptical, but the youtube video called it "matrix meets ready player one" and that had my attention. why not, let me give it a try. If it sucks, a panjeet customer service will just return me the credit anyway. While Husk is not the best sci-fi story, it's not the worst. And i've endured some horrific ones. Husk attempts at an immersive experience, which is very rare in audiobooks nowadays, and although not a complete original story, it has it's own little twist that at times made me not want to turn it off. I never leave reviews, but at the end of the book the author mentioned this book is self published. As an entrepreneur myself that drove me to write this first review. Hope it gains some traction and more of you give it a try