Fantastic Books and Where to Hear Them
Send as gift
Add to Wish List
Almost ready!
In order to save audiobooks to your Wish List you must be signed in to your account.
Log in Create account
Get ready for Independent Bookstore Day with Libro.fm!
Mark your calendar for Saturday, April 26th.
Learn more
Narrator
Marguerite Gavin
This audiobook uses AI narration.
We’re taking steps to make sure AI narration is transparent.
Learn more
Length
11 hours 3 minutes
Language
English
Aliens have landed in New York.
A deadly cloud of spores has already infected and killed the inhabitants of two worlds. Now the plague is heading for Earth, threatening humans and aliens alike. Can either species be trusted to find the cure?
Geneticist Marianne Jenner is immersed in the desperate race to save humanity, yet her family is tearing itself apart. Siblings Elizabeth and Ryan are strident isolationists who agree only that an alien conspiracy is in play. Marianne’s youngest, Noah, is a loner addicted to a drug that constantly changes his identity. But between the four Jenners, the course of human history will be forever altered.
Earth’s most elite scientists have ten months to prevent human extinction—but not everyone is willing to wait.
Nancy Kress is the author of more than thirty books, including more than a dozen novels of science fiction and fantasy. Her novels have won two Hugo and six Nebula awards as well as the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel. She lives in Seattle.
Marguerite Gavin is a seasoned theater veteran, a five-time nominee for the prestigious Audie Award, and the winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones and Publishers Weekly awards. With over four hundred titles to her credit, her narration spans nearly every genre.
Featured in this playlist...
Audiobook details
Author:
Nancy Kress
Narrator:
Marguerite Gavin
ISBN:
9781504782616
Length:
11 hours 3 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:
July 11, 2017
Edition:
Unabridged
Reviews
“Sharply observant family drama that, in the best traditions of SF, functions as entertainment, education, and social commentary.”
“Kress has adapted Yesterday’s Kin, her 2014 Nebula Award–winning novella into a trilogy and starts it off with a solid, riveting and fast-paced tale. The worldbuilding—mixing a contemporary New York City filled with protesters and human shortcomings with a sterile alien environment in the middle of the harbor—is a thing of beauty, even as humanity turns violent. Kress has nailed the foibles of all the characters; whether she’s channeling a middle-aged scientist or a five-year-old boy, the storytelling is believable. You may want to look up as you read, for this is a plausible first-contact tale.”
Expand reviews
Start gifting
Libro.fm for Business
Start a membership, get two free audiobooks