Skythane

Liminal Sky: Oberon Cycle, Book 1

By: J. Scott Coatsworth

Narrated by: Kevin Earlywine

Jameson Havercamp, a psych from a conservative religious colony, has come to Oberon—unique among the Common Worlds—in search of a rare substance called pith. He’s guided through the wilds on his quest by Xander Kinnison, a handsome, cocky wing man with a troubled past.

Neither knows that Oberon is facing imminent destruction. Even as the world starts to fall apart around them, they have no idea what’s coming—or the bond that will develop between them as they race to avert a cataclysm.

Together, they will journey to uncover the secrets of this strange and singular world, even as it takes them beyond the bounds of reality itself to discover what truly binds them together.

©2017 J. Scott Coatsworth (P)2022 J. Scott Coatsworth

Grabbed me and didn’t let go.

Skythane is not my normal type of book to read but a couple of things made me want to listen to and review it. First off, I’ve owned a copy of this book since 2018 when the author gave me a copy to review when I have time (oops). Second, I’ve enjoyed other audiobooks performed by Kevin Earlywine.

I’m kind of kicking myself for waiting so long to enjoy this story. It grabbed me from the beginning and held my attention throughout. I don’t think I can do a better job of describing the it than the blurb does. Reading science fiction isn’t something I do often so trying to write a review is hard for me. The characters were interesting and the plot well developed. The story doesn’t exactly end on a cliffhanger as many things were resolved but it definitely left me wanting to read or listen to the next book.

Regarding the audiobook: Kevin Earlywine did a good job and I know I’ll be listening to more of his work.

Intriguing

This is a good sci fi story. I don’t read a lot of Sci fi fantasy but occasionally like stepping out of the box.
This had a long prologue but was be easy for set up.
Once the story got going and action rolling it was hard to put down.
There are lots of twists and turns.
Intriguing characters but a very good plot and storyline. The romance is slow burn and off page.

At first I wasn’t sure j was going to like the narration as I prefer voice acting to being read to. But this worked with the story as you got the world building and settings plus there was a little music and other things to break up the story and make it more interesting.