Terraformer

By: Colleen Houck

Narrated by: Piper Goodeve

Deadly toxins can be hidden inside the most beautiful flowers. That's what Astra Meador's famous biophysicist mother taught her.

As her mother's apprentice, Astra has developed skills in botany, chemistry, medicine, and, most importantly, in keeping secrets. In fact, keeping Astra's secret was the reason her family decided to leave Earth and join a terraforming mission to colonize a distant planet called Crillain IV. But when Astra wakes early from hypersleep, she discovers that her mother never made it onboard and her father died in transit.

When the ship lands and she's reunited with her brother, Nash, Astra hopes to settle into a new life, especially when she meets the charming engineer Jax and is recruited by the mission commander to train alongside his handsome son to be a future leader of the small colony.

Then Astra learns she's not the only one with a dark secret. As both young men contend for her affection, Astra searches for answers, trying to determine who to trust. But with the sudden disappearance of her beloved brother, Astra can't listen to the whisperings of her heart, especially when someone or something else on the planet is whispering to her mind even louder.

©2020 Colleen Houck (P)2020 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Amazing!

Such wonderful world building! I loved the characters and the thought provoking parts about global issues and taking care of our planet. I loved the idea of Gia, ( I listened to this so I'm not sure how it's spelled), being a place where all other things originated. The romance was sweet and the science fiction interesting.

Not like this author's other books!

I'm not quite finished with this book but I'm forcing myself to finish because that's the way I am, but then I'll be returning it. The author is hardly recognizable as being the same one as Tiger's Dream and the narrator is annoying and lifeless. The first part of the book was decent but then it took the weirdest turn and there is huge amounts that just don't make sense. Usually I can still enjoy a book through nonsense, but this one isn't even enjoyable because there are so many "stupid" aspects. Very disappointing.