A novel from the Wanderer Universe.An ancient, unsolved mystery.Everyone wants to survive. Everyone wants answers.The Outer Layer is an enigma to its residents. Representatives from countless races and civilisations wander the many territories hoping to unlock the secrets and progress further into its depths.An anomaly has been detected in space by an artefact from an extinct civilisation. … anomaly has been detected in space by an artefact from an extinct civilisation. Ciqalo, a machine intelligence from the Wanderer civilisation, is tasked with investigating and weaponizing the anomaly for a galactic war.
Tolren, playmate to the heirs of a powerful Roranian family, becomes a hunted fugitive. He finds himself thrust into a dangerous adventure aboard a structure in space that defies understanding. What’s more, he’s not alone. Seremend, a fellow Roranian, has also been ensnared. Why have they been chosen?
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This was my first exposure to the Wanderer Universe and I was quite intrigued. It’s definitely hardcore sci-go, and that’s exactly what I was looking for.
James Murdo is very creative with his characters and storyline. I also found his writing to be very descriptive.
The narration, by The Voice of Nick, was very well done. I thought his style worked well for this story.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.
Long Paradise: Wanderer Universe was one of the first audiobooks I wanted to stop listening to for the first quarter of the book. The story seemed to be told in a fairly confusing way. However, at about the third of the way point things became clear and once I understood why the author had built the narrative this way the story took hold and I settled in for a very enjoyable story. If you enjoy science fiction stories that challenge you as a reader, grab a copy and see what you think. Narration by The Voice of Nick really brought the characters and story to life. I received a review copy through StoryOrigion and chose to provide this review.
This is a somewhat complicated story. It begins in a normal fashion but quickly plunges into a series of actions taking the characters thru a set of kaleidoscopic realities. The world building is beyond my wildest expectations and is nearly overwhelming. The characters develop over the course of the book into well designed actors. It takes a bit of effort to get thru some passages but the reader is well rewarded for efforts expended. The story requires some tenacity from the reader but the rewards are ample. I recommend it to anyone who wants a reading challenge. The author has obviously spent much time and effort to create this book and it pays off.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Weird SciFi Universe!
This is the first book I’ve read from James Murdo’s Wanderer series. I found the prologue quite interesting but the story jumps around so much I had a hard time keeping track of the characters for the first part of the book. It’s an unusual adventure that combines unique alien species, AI machines, a quirky world, time travel and several complex moral issues. The ending sets the scene for another future book. I received an advance copy and voluntarily leave my honest review.
Long Paradise, my first read from author James Murdo. I’m not normally a Sci-Fic reader and this book took a while to get going. 440 pages but reads longer. Extremely detailed, you have to like Sci-Fic to get into it. No spoilers here though, buy the book, read the book, get into a good author I have! (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 – July 24, 2018).
A complex world created and described to a tee. Enables the reader to envision everything clearly. A thought-provoking read. Well thought out and well written.
A nice and interesting sci-fi book with an incredible rich writing.
I enjoyed reading this book but the story was sometime a little bit confuse for me.
I recommend this book.
Author James Murdo has come a long ways since his first novel! This story has all the right ingredient’s, action, adventure, intrigue and attitude and a whole lot more. Get this novel, read it and enjoy it.
First off, I was given the opportunity to receive a copy of the first book in the Wanderers series, Gil’s World. Second, I enjoyed it so much that I read the next two books in the series, Searching the Void and Infinite Eyes. Now even though this current book, Long Paradise, is technically a stand-alone, I’m glad that I read in this order. We enter into an intriguing and somewhat alarming world, complex with several parallels to our own today. Technology has become integral in this universe, with mind boggling implications and applications…time travel just being one of them, which is another contributor to the non-linear storytelling. Definitely the series for more cerebral/science-based scifi and space mystery fans. You’ll be fascinated by the Wanderers cosmos! I received a free review copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
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“Long Paradise” is my first Introduction to Murdo’s writing.
The author could, I think, do a bit better in balancing the world building and story telling elements of the book. Mayhap, intersperse the world building more inline to the main story that he is trying to tell. Murdo does do a fine job of world building. At first though, I found the “setup” at the beginning of the story confusing and drawn out overmuch before getting to the tale. I am glad, however, that I hung in there, to make it to the “meat” of Murdo’s story. It is an interesting and thought provoking story.
I do recommend this book.
I will also explore more of the author’s work.
In the interest of transparency: I was given a free review copy of this book and am voluntarily sharing this review which is my own honest opinion.