The Sojourn | Volume One: The Cold Divide | Inclement Weather | Yesterday's War

Daniel Orrett

Aug 2020 · The Sojourn Book 1 · Spacedock · Narrated by Larissa Thompson, Emily Serdahl, Ben Prendergast, Full Cast, Laura Faye Smith, Lelia Symington, Matthew Kaufman, Stephen Trafford, and Tim Parker

About this audiobook

The Tantalus Cluster is the fragile cradle of humanity.

Adrift in the divide between galaxies and surrounded by the vast emptiness of the intergalactic void, the Tantalus Cluster is the only home humanity has ever known.

Desperate and facing starvation, humanity’s only hope is a strange nebula that has suddenly appeared beyond the edge of the cluster. It’s shifting clouds may hide a source of salvation for the people of Tantalus, but time is running out.

Signing on to the ambitious Avalon Expedition, Privateer Captain Cassandra Farren will face the shadows of both the past and future as she leads her small crew into the unknown in a last, desperate bid for the survival of the human race.

Directed and produced with careful scientific consultation, The Sojourn captures every detail of life aboard ship, from the sounds of the smallest airlock seal to the largest space battle.

Featuring a full cast of veteran voice actors, backed up by high-quality sound effects and an epic original soundtrack, The Sojourn is a unique and striking audio experience.

Starring Larissa Thompson as Captain Cassandra Farren, Emily Serdahl as Director Elizabeth Ancelet, Laura Faye Smith as Tamara Melari, Ben Prendergast as Mathias Croft, Stephen Trafford as Inquisitor Castian Vadric, also featuring Matthew Kaufman as Lieutenant Jasper Ravi, and Lelia Symington as Empress Valendra the Sixth. Written by Daniel Orrett, sound design and audio editing by Kennedy Phillips, music by Sam Redfern.

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Ratings and reviews

A wonderfully written universe, with a variety that refreshes sci-fi. It's political and military drama continually expand the story, ramping up the listener for a long term investment in characters and the series as a whole. Only lacking in fleshing out as a full written novel or television series could bring.

It is fascinating and an excellent way to get a similar experience to actually reading a book. I'm not fond of audio books because they don't stimulate my imagination as much, but this doesn't suffer from that issue. Rather than feeling like someone is simply reading you a book, this feels like you are actually listening to the experience happen in real time. The cast members breathe a great deal of personality into the show, especially Ben Pendergast (who Apex Legends fans may know as the voice actor for Fuse). The sound design makes the whole series feel less like a static audio book and more like a dynamic log collected from the mircrophones that come standard for the spacecrews of the surrounding ships.

Brilliantly written, this is the first time I’ve listened to a full audio book, as I normally only read off physical copies, needless to say if you listen to this, it was stunning. Voice acting is on point Plot is great Characters are deep The world feels lived in The sound design is on par with AAA films The music is incredible Anyone who has any interest in Sci-Fi or Space whatsoever should give this a shot, no need to wait for further episodes for this to get good, it hits home right from the start. Fair winds