The Expedition

Expedition, Book 1

By: Loren Robinson

Narrated by: Maynard Villers

Astronauts Jim Parker and Michael Murphy, aboard the space shuttle Charger II, were wrapping up a routine mission. Just prior to re-entry, they encountered a mysterious cloud bank in space and were never heard from again. Two years later, a metal box was unearthed at a construction site in St. Louis. In it was a previously unknown, yet apparently authentic, journal of the historic Lewis and Clark expedition: written by astronaut Jim Parker. Did Parker and Murphy alter history, or did they save it?It's about time: download more of the Expedition series.©2003 Books in Motion (P)2003 Books in Motion

This one surprised me

Where does The Expedition rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Easy to listen too, did not want to stop.

What other book might you compare The Expedition to and why?

I am not sure I have read a time travel book that involved the history of the US quite like this.

What three words best describe Maynard Villers’s voice?

The narrators voice was even and well modulated

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes

Any additional comments?

The occasional background squeaking or metallic noise in the recording was distracting. However...

I like all things related to Time Travel, and I thought this one might be a little...dorky? silly? But I was pleasantly surprised. The premise worked and the story was interesting. It also sparked a renewed interest in all things Lewis and Clark related.

Time Travel meets the Lewis & Clark Expedition

This novel explores the Lewis & Clark Expedition. It was more of a historical story than a time travel story. My only complaint was the narration wasn't the best.

Good History Lesson

Well, after having read a lot about Lewis and Clark, I found this a good story but it was soooo monotone. It also felt like a tricky way to teach history.

NOT A TIME TRAVEL SCI-FI BOOK!

There are others who commented the same. I read the premise of the first book, not being aware that there are 8 in the series, and thought: "Great, a nice time-travel story".

NOT!

Allow me to say that as a history lesson, it is quite nice. BUT, since I am a little OCD, I could not get myself to NOT listen to the whole series. So I bought and listened to it all, and it was fine, ok, so-so. I was REALLY miffed that this was a cowboy-western story with a clickbaited title and initial premise of time-travel/sci-fi. This should be categorized as history-drama or western.

I did not want to rate it too badly with the star-system, as I don't think it is a terrible series. It is simply "ok", but the fakery of the initial book's premise was extremely disappointing. I have no reason to trust a future book by this author, and possibly even by Audible for miscategorizing this so.

enjoyed story line

reader Very clear but could have used more inflection; got a little monotone at times