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In Ascension

by Martin MacInnes
Freya Miller
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Leigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as a refuge from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the marine world of her childhood, she excels in postgraduate research on ancient algae. When an unfathomable vent appears in the mid-Atlantic floor, Leigh joins the investigating team; what she finds there will change her life forever.
Around the same time, a trio of engineers, unknown to each other, make a seismic breakthrough in rocket propulsion, announcing an almost limitless era of space exploration. Billions of dollars is poured into projects, and Leigh's classified research on the ocean vent sees her recruited to develop an experimental food source for off-world travel. From her base in the Mojave desert, she's drawn further into the space agency's work, where she learns of a series of anomalies suggesting a beacon sent from the far side of the solar system. In responding to this beacon, Leigh embarks on a journey that will take her across the breadth of the cosmos and the fullness of a single human life.

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    June 1, 2023

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      • ISBN: 9781004113682
      • File size: 392860 KB
      • Duration: 13:38:27

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Freya Miller narrates an adventure story with little action. Leigh, a Dutch marine biologist who is fascinated by the origin of life, has a remarkable experience while on an expedition to explore a newly discovered trench in the ocean. From there, she joins a long space mission on which she works to develop strains of algae for the crew's food. Miller portrays Leigh as introspective and totally absorbed in algal science and the mission's success. The few other characters are secondary and are depicted as such. In the last part, the point of view shifts as Leigh's sister and the daughter of the mission's leader compulsively seek answers to the sudden loss of contact with the mission. Miller bestows them with little personality. The mission is everything. J.E.M. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

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