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Death Wave

Written by: Ben Bova
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
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Six-time Hugo Award winner Ben Bova chronicles the saga of humankind’s expansion beyond the solar system.

In Ben Bova’s previous novel New Earth, Jordan Kell led the first human mission beyond the solar system, where they discovered the ruins of an ancient alien civilization. But one alien AI survived, and it revealed to Jordan Kell that an explosion in the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy has created a wave of deadly radiation, expanding out from the core toward Earth. Unless the human race acts to save itself, all life on Earth will be wiped out.

When Kell and his team return to Earth many years after their departure, they find that their world has changed almost beyond recognition. Not only has a second wave of greenhouse flooding caused sea levels to rise, but society has been changed by the consequences of the climate shift. Few people want to face Jordan Kell’s news. He must convince Earth’s new rulers that the human race is in danger of extinction unless it acts to forestall the death wave coming from the galaxy’s heart.

©2015 Ben Bova (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Adventure First Contact Science Fiction Space Exploration Fiction Interstellar Heartfelt Solar System
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What the critics say

“Brings space traveler Jordan Kell back to his native soil…The settings and culture are vividly rendered.”

(Publishers Weekly)

“Sequel to New Earth, in which humans explored a planet orbiting the star Sirius that turned out to be inhabited. By human-aliens…[and] Bova supplies sufficient fresh detail.”

(Kirkus Reviews)

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Less action more strategic thrill ride. I like it when there’s drama without too many twists and turns.

Fun ride

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The story was first published in 2015, but the technology several centuries on doesn't surpass the tech of 2015.

Bova doesn't improve with age

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like all sci-fi of this era it has some serious trouble writing female characters as anything other than simpering idiots. other than that, the story and concepts are solid.

good but dated

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the story, in the long run, will b great. I've personally never been a fan of the politics, but it seemed almost necessary in this one. I look forward tothe rest of the series

great story

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can I stop listening can't wait to start the third book it's a great trilogy

great

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