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3zekiel

By: Peter Cawdron
Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
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Summary

Deep within the Congo, a team of scientists prepares for the greatest event in the history of humanity, making first contact with an intelligent extraterrestrial species. Only the jungle is no place for doubts.

Could first contact be our last?

©2019 Peter Cawdron (P)2020 Tantor
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Not bad at all.

I rarely read fiction, but I thought I would on this occasion and wasn't disappointed.

The brisk and "follow-able" story is clear and entertaining.
Problem is, that unlike reference/educational/scientific and "out there" books, it's one one off read.

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Congo first contact

A really solid and enjoyable first-contact story. The characters are believable, the story engaging and exciting, and the writing capable. I got drawn in and listened over two days. There are some really interesting ideas and I found the author's chat about the science at the end added to the experience. It's also a bit different to have such a story set in Africa, although I would have liked more African characters. But overall definitely a good listen.

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Good read.

Recommend this book. I found it to be a really good read. Good storyline. Well thought out and did have me gripped at times.

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Original and digestible

A decent piece of science fiction literature with original ideas and executed in style. The one big issue was relying on Google translate for commands used by Russian soldiers - why not dig deeper for the language if everything else seems so well researched?
Altogether though a fun and digestible, action-packed story that kept me interested and invested.

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Give him a go

To be fair I didn't know what to expect but it kept me listening until the end.

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different take on firot contact

really enjoyed this book and presentation. Strange take on the firot contact theme, different than other I have read, but I enjoyed it.

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Good find

I've only just discovered this author with this title. It was on Plus catalogue so gave it a go.
I thoroughly enjoy Mr Cawdron's delivery of HardSF. Great attention to detail and well researched facts and logic of actions. Yet distilled and delivered in a very reader friendly style, as I've come to know after researching him, is his objective with his approach. Friendly HardSF... Quite unique, and I will surely be purchasing his other works. Great job and very enjoyable Mr Crawdon!

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Took a chance and glad I did!

I love science fiction films but hadn’t read a science fiction novel before.
3zekiel caught my eye and it wasn’t long before I was engrossed in its intriguing and well told story. I really enjoyed that it was told using facts about physics & space which helped me relate to the characters experience. Some thought provoking ideas to mull over to.. very good!! Good luck to the author with his future novels !

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Very interesting take on finding intelligent life

One of my top 20 books to date. Well thought out and written. Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this.

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This is one of the best listens I've had on Audible

The storyline is completely absorbing and I listened every minute I had a chance to. The characters are believable and the science threaded through the narrative is explained in a very clear and enjoyable way and certainly gives food for thought. The narration was excellent and certainly gave the story real life. I heartily recommend this title and will be consuming more from this author

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