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.

You know, I backed the kickstarter and a couple days later became really woried. Spacedock seemed to want to create as realistic a Sci-fi setting as posible but my worries were that this would take away focus from other important stuff like characters and plot. Turns out I was worried over nothing. Thanks to the fact that most of the worldbuilding has been done elsewhere exposistion is kept to a minimum and the focus is on the characters, their relationships and strugles. The characters and their actors have done a fantastic job, sure some lines are cringeworthy but they really are a joy to listen too. The plot wastes no time in getting started, just after half the first episode we have already left the tantalus cluster and gone into an unknown nebula. What follows is a story filled with mystery, politics, and pyhisics based porblemsolving. Recomended for any fan of BSG, Firefly or the Expanse.

Everything I expected and more from devout Sci-Fi fans like the cast and crew of this masterpiece. I haven't felt this excited by a new series since The Expanse. This is my first audio book but I felt completely immersed. Hats off to everyone in production of this, you've punched a big space for yourselves in genre and I'm waiting on tenterhooks to see what you do with it. Fair Winds