To Lose the Earth

Written by Kirsten Beyer

Narrated by Kirsten Beyer

The long-awaited follow-up to Voyager: Architects of Infinity from the New York Times bestselling author and cocreator of Star Trek: Picard!

As the crew of the Full Circle fleet works to determine the fate of their lost ship, the Galen, a struggle for survival begins at the far edge of the galaxy. New revelations about Species 001, the race that built the biodomes that first drew the fleet to investigate planet DK-1116, force Admiral Kathryn Janeway to risk everything to learn the truth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Oct 13, 2020
• ISBN: 9781508286691

Kirsten Beyer

Kirsten Beyer was a cocreator of the acclaimed hit Paramount+ series Star Trek: Picard, where she served as writer and supervising producer for season one and a coexecutive producer for season two. She has also written and produced Star Trek: Discovery and is currently a coexecutive producer on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the last ten Star Trek: Voyager novels, including 2020’s To Lose the Earth, for which she was the narrator of the audiobook edition. She contributed the short story “Isabo’s Shirt” to Star Trek: Voyager: Distant Shores Anthology. In 2006, Kirsten appeared at Hollywood’s Unknown Theater in their productions of Johnson Over Jordan, This Old Planet, and Harold Pinter’s The Hothouse, which the Los Angeles Times called “unmissable.” She lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews for To Lose the Earth

[Rebecca Miles-Steiner · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Beyer does her work a huge disservice by also during the voice acting. Maybe she's a good theatre actor, but she's not a good voice actor. I couldn't listen to move then 2 chapters before having to stop. When she narrates, every third word is over emphasized, and the cadence is hard to listen too. I couldn't focus on the story, and worse, her performance made all the writing seem trite and overdone. Which I doubt it is, since she's a great writer. I listen to audio books for 30 hours a week - while I work and while I drive. So it's a big loss to not be able to listen to this one. I want to read the last book in the Voyager series and wrap it up, so I'll have to find time to actually read it instead. Thank god I didn't spend money or an audible credit on this thing. Kirsten, get January La Voy, or another tried and tested voice actor to read your work, please.

[Gabrielle Henery · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This was entertaining, I liked some of the new characters, but it seems like it might have been written around the second or third season Voyager was airing. Some inconsistency in how the show actually ended, but I suppose messing with space time continuum can always be used as an excuse for differences.

[Keith Stoller · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Nice sequel to her previous book. Excellent storytelling for this genre.