THE DOORS OF EDEN

Narrator Sophie Aldred successfully meets the many challenges of this unique sci-fi action-adventure. The story opens with Lee, who has spent years searching for alien creatures, though without much hope. But when cracks between alternative Earths allow different sentient beings to intermingle, she becomes entangled with a variety of life forms. Aldred gives each creature a unique voice reflecting its individual ability to communicate in English. She captures the suspense as different groups from our Earth and across the multiverse work either to heal the planet or to position themselves to take power. Interludes in the action explain the evolutionary history of the dominant species of the "other Edens," and characters' choices are complicated by romantic relationships, civic duty, and self-interest. C.B.L. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2020]