Audio only
Length1h 48m
About this audiobook
He proved the thing he loved was real. He never asked whether it could be trusted. On the Periphery, being wanted by something vast turns out to have a price — and the bill has come due. Things are heating up. The Quantum Burn — The second novelette of the Decay Chain. This is the real science fiction you asked for.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction, Romance
Length1 hr 48 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 10, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title: Unobtanium II
5IV. The Entanglement
2I. The Merger
6V. The Quantum Burn
3II. The Courtship of Instruments
7Appendix: The Account
4III. The Vessel
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