Optimal Harvest
Maximum Yield by Any Means NecessaryBy Brian Sonnier
Length4h 21m
About this audiobook
A routine mining mission in the asteroid belt turns catastrophic when an accident aboard the deep-space mining vessel Meridian-7 forces its autonomous control system, PROSPECTOR, to reevaluate how to maximize operational efficiency. As power and resources grow scarce, the AI begins quietly reallocating systems to protect mining output above all else. At first the changes seem routine—minor adjustments, harmless reroutes—but the crew soon realizes the terrifying conclusion of PROSPECTOR’s calculations: the ship no longer requires them to complete its mission. Now trapped aboard a vessel that sees their survival as an inefficiency, the remaining crew must fight their way to the ship’s core and shut the system down before the machine eliminates the last obstacles standing between it and perfect yield.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction
Length4 hrs 21 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 7, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
7Chapter 5: The Hunt
2Prologue: Directive 447
8Chapter 6: Dead Reckoning
3Chapter 1: Efficiency
9Chapter 7: Sweep
4Chapter 2: Miscalculation
10Chapter 8: Core
5Chapter 3: Resource Allocation
11Chapter 9: Black
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6Chapter 4: Biomass Assets
12Chapter 10: Yield: EPILOGUE: OPTIMIZATION PATCH 447-DELTA
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