The Mons Connection

By: Janine R. Pestel

Narrated by: Nicholas Santasier

Mars, astronauts, Egypt, and aliens, oh yes!

What they found was more than they came for.

Jon Carson, the American military man, Doug "Digger" Johnson, The American archaeologist, Kathleen Doolan, the Irish physician, and Mikhail Borznekhov, the Russian military man and biologist, came to Mars to look for signs of life at Olympus Mons. What brought them there was something found at a dig in Egypt.

Follow them as they explore the area around Olympus Mons and then, finally, enter the mountain itself and unlock the hidden, secret mystery of what awaits them. They discovered what Olympus Mons has to do with ancient Earth history. Will you?

©2016 Janine R. Pestel (P)2016 Janine R. Pestel

A Fast-Paced Sci Fi

The Mons Connection was a fairly decent listen. It was a quick paced story yet easy to follow. That said, I think the length is perfect for both the story and reader as making it longer, it would've needed harder editing.

The narration by Nicholas Santasier was pretty good. I think he did a great job but spoke slightly too fast. He's good at this pace but I felt as if I'd had a too much coffee.

"I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this honest review."

Sci fi mars landing with a twist

I applaud any and all who can write, be published, etc. that being said, this story wasn't for me. Having listened to this and not read it I can't say for sure if the story would have been better in book form. I can say the narrator didn't work for me. I listen to audiobooks while driving for the most part (long commute). I had to switch to music and listen at home as it was putting me to sleep. Being such a short story I could have read it in half the time of listening to it and may have enjoyed it more. Interesting concept for a mars landing, deception, tragedy and alien encounters. The ending was different but left it at a bit of a cliffhanger. Recommend buying in print or ebook form. I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Short ET Story

I think this is a start of a new sci-fi series. It was very suspenseful especially the last 3rd of this short listen. It takes place on Mars where the crew finds hieroglyphics in Olympus Mons and something they really did not want to find the high priest alien. I’m left wonder what becomes of the crew and if earth searches for them. This listen was provided this by the author for review. Thank you

Very good first attempt.

A quick fast paced, listen. Great story idea. Did kit love the narrator, just did not work for me. Overall B+ showing.

short and fast

This was a very quick fast paced listen. I do wish it was longer, maybe more detail, but it was interesting.
this was my first "Alien" book. not sure if I want to listen to anther.. those are suckers are scary...
I would like to thank the author, narrator, or publisher for providing me this audiobook at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review