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    Braking Day
    Braking Day
    Braking Day
    Audiobook15 hours

    Braking Day

    Written by Adam Oyebanji

    Narrated by Ariyan Kassam

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    About this audiobook

    On a generation ship bound for a distant star, one engineer-in-training must discover the secrets at the heart of the voyage in this new sci-fi novel.

    It's been over a century since three generation ships escaped an Earth dominated by artificial intelligence in pursuit of a life on a distant planet orbiting Tau Ceti. Now, it’s nearly Braking Day, when the ships will begin their long-awaited descent to their new home.

    Born on the lower decks of the Archimedes, Ravi Macleod is an engineer-intraining, set to be the first of his family to become an officer in the stratified hierarchy aboard the ship. While on a routine inspection, Ravi sees the impossible:
    a young woman floating, helmetless, out in space. And he’s the only one who can see her.

    As his visions of the girl grow more frequent, Ravi is faced with a choice: secure his family’s place among the elite members of Archimedes’ crew or risk it all by pursuing the mystery of the floating girl. With the help of his cousin, Boz, and her
    illegally constructed AI, Ravi must investigate the source of these strange visions and uncovers the truth of the Archimedes’ departure from Earth before Braking Day arrives and changes everything about life as they know it.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateApr 5, 2022
    ISBN9781705023815
    Braking Day
    Author

    Adam Oyebanji

    Adam Oyebanji is the author of A Quiet Teacher. Born in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, he is a graduate of Birmingham University and Harvard Law School. When he’s not out among the stars, he works in the field of counter-terrorist financing: helping banks choke off the money supply that builds weapons of mass destruction, narcotics empires, and human trafficking networks. He currently lives in Pittsburgh.

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    • 3/5
      I can believe this is supposed to be YA. Our library had it in the adult section, but I feel many of the aspects could have been deeper. Okay for a light read.
    • 3/5
      Does a good job of balancing the low stakes plot ('does she like me?') with the high stakes plot ('the ship is at risk!'). Manages to develop multiple characters with varied motivation while staying focused on the central protagonists. I'm surprised in the modern world of YA trilogies that this is a stand alone!
    • 3/5
      2022 book #51. 2022. The three great generation ships are about to arrive at their destination star after a 130 yr journey. But a 4th ship, long forgotten about is about to intervene. Classed as YA but not juvenile. Decent ideas and a good story.
    • 4/5
      Good debut!
    • 4/5
      Braking Day by Adam Oyebanji is a pretty fast read and doesn't bog down with a ton of scientific jargon that can sometimes drag the storyline in my opinion. The story is about Ravi, an engineer in training, that starts having headaches and visions of a girl in a place he's never been before. His cousin Boz is a hacker who is always inches away from getting "mulched", their term for getting recycled/executed.. Together they start piecing together the mystery of his visions and the conspiracies that are floating around the ship. Not sure if there are going to be more books following this one but this book does well on it's own. Overall a good read for science fiction fans.