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From the internationally bestselling authors of THE ILLUMINAE FILES comes an epic new science fiction adventure.

The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the Academy would touch…

A cocky diplomat with a black belt in sarcasm
A sociopath scientist with a fondness for shooting her bunkmates
A smart-ass techwiz with the galaxy’s biggest chip on his shoulder
An alien warrior with anger management issues
A tomboy pilot who’s totally not into him, in case you were wondering

And Ty’s squad isn’t even his biggest problem—that’d be Aurora Jie-Lin O’Malley, the girl he’s just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries, Auri is a girl out of time and out of her depth. But she could be the catalyst that starts a war millions of years in the making, and Tyler’s squad of losers, discipline-cases and misfits might just be the last hope for the entire galaxy.

They're not the heroes we deserve. They're just the ones we could find. Nobody panic.

So excited for this!!

Me too!!

Ready to go! I have book 1 out from the library in audio form, book 2 is on hold and says 4 weeks but I'm hoping for some early returns.... AND MY LIBRARY DOESN'T HAVE BOOK 3!!!

So I'll have to see what else I can do for that but I'm ready to go. Just have to finish the book I'm on right now.

Jessie (Saffity) wrote: "Ready to go! I have book 1 out from the library in audio form, book 2 is on hold and says 4 weeks but I'm hoping for some early returns.... AND MY LIBRARY DOESN'T HAVE BOOK 3!!!

So I'll have to se..."

Ahh!! I wonder if you'd be able to sign up for OhioLink? They have a wide variety of audiobooks on Libby and Hoopla!

ooo I'll have to check it out! I wonder if it will work for Canadians.

EDIT:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

"As of June 26, 2025, the OhioLINK Central Catalog is no longer available as a standalone catalog."

I guess I need to find one that works in Ontario.

Jessie (Saffity) wrote: "ooo I'll have to check it out! I wonder if it will work for Canadians.

EDIT:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

"As of June 26, 2025, the OhioLINK Central Catalog is no longer available as a standalone catalog."

I..."

::crying:: !!! NOOOOO!!! That's so sad!!

Getting started with Aurora Rising right now. Quite the beginning!

Jessie (Saffity) wrote: "Getting started with Aurora Rising right now. Quite the beginning!"

Right??!!!

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(view spoiler)[This feels very different, and also very similar to the Illuminae files. The space travel, family/friend dynamics, and the feeling of being so out of the loop is there, but the addition of aliens is interesting.

Also, the squad of misfits being the one that is our main characters and therefore our heroes is very in line with TIF.

Auri having visions, especially ones where she's being called something is weird, I'm guessing she a 'chosen one' type of character who will have or be the lynchpin to saving everything in the end.

So far, I'm enjoying the ride. Looking forward to seeing how things go. (hide spoiler)]