THE GALAXY, AND THE GROUND WITHIN Wayfarers, Book 4

The fourth installment in the Wayfarers series brings listeners on a quiet space adventure. Narrator Rachel Dulude voices the mismatched entirely nonhuman crews of several spaceships who are stranded by a telecommunications accident on a remote planet. These widely varying species of sapients learn to relate to each other in bold new ways through their shared needs. Dulude moves between the robotic tones of a mechanical talk box, the bubbly excitement of a fluffy preteen quadruped, the clipped speech of an insectoid, and more. The emphasis placed on neopronouns by the narrator feels strained at first but becomes less so in dialogue. This cast of characters will fascinate listeners as Dulude shows her sci-fi expertise. H.C. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2021]