The Sojourn | Season One - 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, Laura Faye Smith, Ben Prendergast, Stephen Trafford, Matthew Kaufman, Lelia Symington, Tim Parker, and full cast

About this audiobook

“Battlestar Galactica meets Master and Commander.”

With human civilization on the brink of collapse from famine, privateer Captain Cassandra Farren seeks to escape her troubled military past by signing up for the Avalon Expedition - a desperate multi-national mission to explore a distant nebula in search of life-saving resources, led by the energetic and optimistic Doctor Elizabeth Ancelet. Cassandra, Elizabeth, and their crews face not only division within the Expedition itself, but an unexpected new threat: a fanatical alien race who will stop at nothing to eliminate outsiders.

Grounded in a rich sci-fi universe inspired by the age of sail, The Sojourn is an epic interstellar adventure told entirely through audio, with a cast of veteran voice actors, immersive sound effects, and a sweeping original soundtrack.

“The Sojourn is a melange of rich storytelling, superb sound effects, and well-written characters that sound so real it's like you're in the shuttle beside them. There's a lot to enjoy in this immersive, fun audiodrama." - Jeremy Szal

“It's my first audiodrama and it sets the bar very high! Really high quality sound effects and talented voice actors bring the story to life like nothing else.” - Matterbeam, ToughSF

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.

Transcripts available here: https://www.thesojournaudiodrama.com/transcripts

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