Second Genesis
The Long SilenceBy Phillip A. Holland Jr.
Length2h 6m
About this audiobook
When the first crewed mission to Mars returns with an impossible sample, humanity unknowingly plants the seed of its own transformation. Centuries later, in a world rebuilt atop the ruins of the old civilization, an exhausted astronaut, an ancient capuchin monkey, and a forgotten relic become entwined in a mystery that challenges everything humanity believes about evolution, memory, consciousness, and its place in the universe. As long-buried truths awaken beneath the shadow of a colossal tree, the silence between worlds begins to speak. Second Genesis: The Long Silence is a haunting science fiction epic blending cosmic mystery, first contact, survival, philosophy, and the enduring question of what it truly means to be human.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction, Dystopia
Length2 hrs 6 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 30, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Second Genesis, Book Two: The Long Silence
2Chapter 1: Cold Cargo
3Chapter 2: The Shear
4Chapter 3: The Long Silence
5Chapter 4: Hard Water
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6Chapter 5: The Weeping Country
7Chapter 6: The Corvid on the Wire
8Chapter 7: The Hunt
9Chapter 8: The Remnancy
10Chapter 9: Dr. Nima
11Chapter 10: The Cortical Wing
12Chapter 11: The Word "Please"
13Chapter 12: Archivist Rookwood
14Chapter 13: The Ministry of Origins
15Chapter 14: Three Hundred and Ten Years After the Fall
16Chapter 15: The Ape-Movie
17Chapter 16: Inherit the Wind
18Chapter 17: The Threshold
19Chapter 18: The Deep Song
20Chapter 19: What the Technate Wants
21Chapter 20: The Verdict
22Chapter 21: The Long Way West
23Chapter 22: What the Riftweed Knows
24Chapter 23: The Museum of the Before
25Chapter 24: Marshal Kordo
26Chapter 25: The Tree
27Chapter 26: The Cradle
28Chapter 27: We Mailed It Home
29Chapter 28: The Argument in the Green Room
30Chapter 29: The Glyph
31Chapter 30: Ozymandias in the Ruin
32Chapter 31: The Handshake
33Chapter 32: The Broadcast
34Chapter 33: The Old Ape Under the Tree
35Chapter 34: Two Confessions
36Chapter 35: What Came Down From Boötes
37Chapter 36: The Chair That Was Dusted Weekly
38Chapter 37: The Verifiers Were Right
39Chapter 38: Archive Fragments, 611 P.G.C.
40Chapter 39: Epilogue — The Sixth Passenger
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