The Anastasia Project

by Loren Presley, Robyn Olague (Illustrator)

Anastasia awoke to find herself in an unfamiliar ocean with no recollection of her journey here. Her only clue was a suspicious implant on the side of her head from which vague radio transmissions periodically called her by name before being silenced by loss of contact. Abandoned to the mysteries of this new aquatic world, Anastasia was pitted against a treacherous frontier. All forces worked against her survival and emotional sanity. Her greatest adversary was the a deadly machine cruising across the oceans that threatened to doom the planet.

244 pages, Paperback

First published January 31, 2008

Reviews

[Claire · Rating 2 out of 5]

I switched back and forth between the audiobook and the ebook, and I noticed some small but crucial differences. The prose and dialogue in the ebook seemed clunky and stilted. The sentences in particular were short and choppy, with words being repeated many times within the same paragraph.

The audiobook, however, had much more natural-sounding dialogue, longer, more sophisticated sentences, and the added bonuses of a full cast with a decent soundtrack and sound effects. If anything, the audiobook was like a soft rewrite/audio drama adaptation of the original. 

If The Anastasia Project sounds interesting to you, I recommend the audiobook in particular, which I rated 3 stars. The ebook only got 2 stars from me.