CHILLING EFFECT

Almarie Guerra narrates a space opera featuring a found family and psychic cats. When Captain Eva Innocente and her crew become embroiled in a complex plot involving an intergalactic crime syndicate, Eva's perfidious family, and a variety of dubious cargo, they must use their wits to survive. Guerra does an excellent job creating a range of believable characters for a variety of species found across the cosmos. Eva is of Cuban descent and frequently expresses strong emotions--usually by swearing in Spanish--so Geuerra's obvious fluency is a boon. Several of the alien lifeforms vocalize in a way described as different from typical human speech, and Guerra strikes an acceptable balance between accuracy and comprehension. K.M.P. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2019]