Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Ad Astra cover art

Ad Astra

By: Jack Campbell
Narrated by: Adam Verner
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Buy Now for £19.99

Buy Now for £19.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

Boundless cover art
Spinward Fringe Broadcast 0: Origins cover art
Stark's War cover art
Vanguard: The Genesis Fleet, Book 1 cover art
Tarnished Knight: The Lost Stars, Book 1 cover art
Pirate of the Prophecy cover art
Dauntless cover art
Dreadnaught cover art
Ten Tales: Journey to the West cover art
Aurora: CV-01 cover art
Falling Dark cover art
The Empire of Bones Saga Volume 1 cover art
Hell Divers cover art
Breach of Peace cover art
Storm Clouds cover art
Lost Signals cover art

Summary

In this collection of short stories, New York Times best-selling author Jack Campbell explores what kinds of problems mankind might face as our horizons expand.

"Lady Be Good": The Lady Be Good is an old ship, running obscure routes with her loyal first officer Kilcannon and reclusive captain. When Kilcannon decides to rescue the survivors of an attack on a Vestral Company ship, a mysterious new passenger thanks him by asking difficult questions about the Lady, with unexpected answers.

In "Kyrie Eleison," the Verio, shipwrecked centuries ago on an out-of-the-way planet, and the descendants of the ship's survivors have gotten along as well as they can by following the orders that were passed on to them. But when the Bellegrange arrives on a rescue mission, her captain will have to reckon with the unexpected social order on the planet.

In "Do No Harm," a ship is so technologically advanced that it can repair itself - but turning over the keys might not be the best idea. And in "Down the Rabbit Hole," a series of failed attempts at faster-than-light travel leads to a novel approach: sending an untested naval captain out in a space ship to see if he can figure out what's gone wrong.

©2013 John G. Hemry (P)2016 Tantor

Critic reviews

"These stories were just a lot of fun. Some were humorous, some serious and some thought provoking. All were excellently written and not a one bored me." ( Booklikes)

What listeners say about Ad Astra

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    9
  • 4 Stars
    7
  • 3 Stars
    3
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    10
  • 4 Stars
    7
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    9
  • 4 Stars
    7
  • 3 Stars
    1
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Great, but for the spoilers

Stories are clever and well written and the performance OK, if a little quirky but my problem is that the authors notes for each story are read prior to reading the story itself. These notes contain spoilers, especially for "down the rabbit hole," but others too. If you can, skip the authors notes the first time through. Not always easy to do in audio versions. My download didn't provide chapter names only numbers. A simple error, but a very annoying one. So, skip the notes first time through and get a better experience as a reult and hopefully next time the authors notes will come after the story is complete.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Enjoyable collection of Sci-Fi short stories

Thoroughly enjoyed most of the stories, and the author notes that accompanied them. The stories I enjoyed were exciting and fresh with solid endings that leave room for thought. The stories that weren't as engaging were possibly just too different from the standouts which is maybe I didn't enjoy them as much. Certainly worth another listen as there was much more good than the not so good.

The performance by Adam Verner was first-class, varied voices and well paced.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!