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The Salvage Crew

Written by: Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
Narrated by: Nathan Fillion
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Award-winning actor Nathan Fillion (Firefly, Castle, The Rookie) brings to life a snarky artificial intelligence you won't soon forget. Don't miss his hilarious performance in a story perfectly crafted for sci-fi fans of The Martian, Red Dwarf, and We Are Legion (We Are Bob).

They thought this was just another salvage job. They thought wrong.

An AI overseer and a human crew arrive on a distant planet to salvage an ancient UN starship. The overseer is unhappy. The crew, well, they're certainly no A-team. Not even a C-team on the best of days. And worse? Urmahon Beta, the planet, is at the ass-end of nowhere. Everybody expects this to be a long, ugly, and thankless job.

Then it all goes disastrously wrong. What they thought was an uninhabited backwater turns out to be anything but empty. Megafauna roam the land, a rival crew with some terrifyingly high-powered gear haunts the dig site, and a secret that will change humanity forever is waiting in the darkness.

Stuck on this unmapped, hostile planet, lacking resources, and with tech built by the cheapest bidder, the salvage crew must engineer their way to payday...and beat Urmahon Beta before it kills them all.

©2020 Yudhanjaya Wijeratne (P)2020 Podium Audio
Fiction First Contact Science Fiction Space Opera Space Solar System Witty Funny Fantasy
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What the critics say

"Yudhanjaya Wijeratne's ingeniously crafted The Salvage Crew starts with a comforting science-fictional familiarity, before using its A.I.-co-authored idiosyncrasies to hurtle headlong into the gravity well of its considerable ambition. A novel of meteoric energy, flaring brighter and brighter as it falls further into its world." (Indrapamit Das, Lambda Award-winning author of The Devourers)

"A classic sci-fi adventure wrapped around a deeply philosophical core. With skillful plotting, interesting details, and a motley crew of humans and A.I., it's a story that embraces its meta-origins...with an ending worth waiting for." (S.B. Divya, Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated author of Runtime and Machinehood)

"With animation and wry humor, Fillion introduces listeners to OC, an artificially intelligent yet poetic overseer...with tenderness and sorrow [he] conveys OC's dawning realization that their mission has turned into a nightmare. Fillion's talents are undeniable...." (Audiofile Magazine)

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Great narration

Loved Nathan Fillion as narrator. Storyline kept me interested and the characters were raw and real. But again, Nathan as narrator was perfect for this project!

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Great book

An interesting story and a fantastic performance by Nathan Fillion. I definitely enjoyed this book.

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audio won't play

audio won't play doesn't matter what I do every thing else works just not the audio

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It's ok......

Nathan Fillion was the best part of this book. Story was ok but just couldn't really get into it.

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Not bad, not great

I had no problem with hearing the narration. Nathan Fillion acted the words rather than reading them. I realize you can do both but this book seemed to emphasize conveying the narrator’s emotional state over clarity of diction. I don’t have a problem with that. I think he did a really good job.

I wasn’t as happy with the story which I found to be predictable and kind of depressing. Without giving away the ending, when you get there I found what seemed like an implausible mix of smart and stupid. The ending went on too long. That said, there were a number of good moments especially toward the beginning.

If you get partway through and you’re not into it, bail. It doesn’t get better.

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it was a good story

an interesting take on the future and Sci fi. I would enjoy knowing more of this universe

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We’ll done Nathan

Nathan brought life to this character the delivery is wonderful and there’s a perfection to his use of pauses.

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Difficult to listen to

I could only make it about five minutes in. really struggle with the narration.

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strange story

I didn't really like this story.
I found the poetic Buddhist human replicant to be a strange and sometimes kind of annoying main character. The voice acting also sounded whispered and had too much of a hiss far too often. I also found the first half and second half of the story to have a totally different feel, from action adventure to alien philosophy.

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Amazing science fiction!

I just loved this audible…the authors ideas are unique and kept me engrossed. Just when I thought I knew what the storyline was about it twists into an unexpected direction. I highly recommend.

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