The Last Earth Engineer: Seed of Stardust
By J.T. Cipher
Length49m
About this audiobook
As Earth’s atmosphere unravels, legendary engineer Evelyn Reed wagers humanity’s future on two starships: the automated Sower, bearing a gene-bank guided by an evolving AI called Morning Star, and the crewed Hope, its passengers chosen largely by lottery. Across decades of vacuum and doubt, one vessel discovers a silent alien ruin; the other finds a living world whose continent-wide organisms think in tides of perception. Forced to balance survival with stewardship, pioneers and AI alike redefine what it means to be human. From final farewell to first cradle, this is a saga of risk, remembrance, and the courage to begin again among the stars.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction, Technology
Length49 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 10, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1: The Final Choice
8Chapter 8: Divergence
2Chapter 2: The Sower
9Chapter 9: Morning Star's Choice
3Chapter 3: Deconstructing Home
10Chapter 10: New Life
4Chapter 4: The Last Speech
11Chapter 11: Legacy
5Chapter 5: Departure
12Chapter 12: Encounter
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6Chapter 6: The Long Journey
13Chapter 13: Inheritance
7Chapter 7: A Mid-Journey Discovery
14Epilogue
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