Archangel Down: Archangel Project, Book 1 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Emily Woo Zeller (Narrator), C. Gockel (Author), Podium Audio (Publisher)

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In the year 2432, humans think they are alone in the universe. They're wrong.

Commander Noa Sato plans a peaceful leave on her home planet, Luddeccea, but winds up interrogated and imprisoned for her involvement in the Archangel Project. A project she knows nothing about.

Professor James Sinclair wakes in the snow, not remembering the past 24 hours or knowing why he is being pursued. The only thing he knows is that he has to find Commander Sato, a woman he's never met.

A military officer from the colonies and a civilian from Old Earth, they couldn't have less in common. But they have to work together to save the lives of millions - and their own. Every step of the way they are haunted by the final words of a secret transmission: The archangel is down.

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13 hours and 32 minutes
Author

C. Gockel
Narrator

Emily Woo Zeller
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October 4, 2016
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English
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Podium Audio
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B01M04PM71
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	13 hours and 32 minutes
Author	C. Gockel
Narrator	Emily Woo Zeller
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	October 04, 2016
Publisher	Podium Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B01M04PM71
Best Sellers Rank	#180,253 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #1,119 in First Contact Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #2,850 in Space Opera Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #7,256 in Alien Invasion Science Fiction

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Noel

Ok, but not great

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 20, 2022

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I don't know if the author thinks the reader is stupid or just not paying attention, but when he has an idea he thinks is important he will repeat it 50 times. Cokrel: master of repetition. Just get on with the story already....we heard you the first time. Also, the love side story is just a distraction so far.

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Patti Moreland

Little Wierd

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 2, 2022

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Still processing this story. Cultist society that is always right and everyone else. Trying to create a pure society. World War 2 all over again. Biometrics are I teresting. A lot of betrayal. Further data necessary.

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Mike Whitfield

Pretty good read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 5, 2019

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It seems somewhat disjointed to me but I’m not sure why, or if it’s intentional, keeping the reader off balance. The book is very much part of a serial rather than standalone and looks to get expensive, but I just bought the second so we’ll see how it goes. The world building so far is adequate, nothing blew me away but nothing turned me off either. The characters are interesting, well-drawn with just enough detail for my taste and sharp enough that I have no difficulty keeping them straight. So far I’m finding the alien presence to be satisfyingly mysterious. The bad guys seem extremely one-sided and I fear the book is going to get increasingly Woke, but so far it’s not been too bad so I’m moving on to book 2. The action . . . not all that much action so far and it’s definitely played second fiddle to thoughts and emotions. But there’s been just enough action to keep away boredom. The science is reasonably hard, not detailed but not overly magical handwaving either, except for the Time Gates which are extreme handwaving. I especially liked the thought the author gave to scientific progression and how that affects ship design.

As far as recommending it, the author has a LOT of books in this series so this first one should fairly often be free or at least cheap. When it is, try it. The author has packed in a lot of different elements, from space opera to ground combat to human romance to prejudice to the meaning of humanity to alien first contact. That means none of the elements are explored in great depth, but it also means that most scifi enthusiasts are likely to find elements they like. Even if you choose not to buy the second, I doubt you’ll regret reading the first. It’s breadth over depth, with depth coming in the several future installments.

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PAR

A gritty, gripping tale!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 6, 2022

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This is the beginning of a new military type series. We have two interconnecting characters. First we find Commander Noa Sato plans a peaceful leave on her home planet. She starts out but finds herself arrested and interrogated about a project called Archangel. She knows nothing of this project. Her interrogators dissatisfied throws her in jail. Our second protagonist is Professor James Sinclair who wakes in the snow, and is unable to remember the past twenty four hours. He awakes to find himself pursued and has absolutely no idea why. . The only thing he knows is that he has to find Commander Sato, a woman he's never met. A military officer from the colonies and a civilian from Old Earth, they could not have less in common. They find they must work together and their only lead is a final transmission… that says Archangel is down! An intriguing story that takes places in 2432, a time in which humans believe that are the only sanctioned being in the universe. Will they discover something different?

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Very enjoyable SciFi Novel.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 21, 2019

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It is always nice to stumble upon a book you really enjoy reading and keeps you coming back constantly to continue reading. I won't say it didn't have any issues, but I was able to ignore the issues to keep reading the book.

One of those problems is the lack of explanation into the title of the book. It is obviously the main mystery of the series, and meant to keep you reading to understand it. Though I do wish a bit more was shown about it or explained, cause as it stands it felt like it didn't really matter much till the final section of the book.

Characters were enjoyable and unique, with some conflicts and internal issues they work through. Though I wouldn't say they all grow very much in the book. Noa I don't feel like changed much by the end of the book, she very much feels like the same person who started the book. James on the other hand changed a fair amount after everything happened with him, and the questioning of who/what he is. Unfortunately none of the other characters get much time at all, and are all rather basic characters.

The actual story and editing I didn't have any issues with. The story I felt moved along at a nice pace that keeps you interested. And didn't get too bogged down that it felt like I was wasting time reading it. Many pages are filled with internal dialogue and discussion, often repeating information that does get a bit much at times. And I personally found the editing perfectly competent and didn't find any issues with it.

In the end I really enjoyed what I read, and will look into reading the second book at some point. With hope that the Archangel plot gets expanded upon more alongside the rest of the characters get a bit more development.

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Granny Sandy

Fascinating book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 30, 2019

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Grabbed my attention from the first chapter. Lots of unexpected plot twists. Many questions still unanswered. Looking forward to the next in the series.
C. Gockel grabbed hold of me with her series on the Nordic Myths in a modern-day setting, giving a twist on what we thought we knew about Loki. Now she seems to have done it again, I'm looking forward to the adventures, twist and turns that I feel certain this series will provide.
I only gave a 4 star rating since there were a few times that things got a little bogged down. And there didn't seem to be any answers to the many with n answer but enough clues to keep me reading. mysteries that are developed Unfortunately, this hindered a clear character development of the primary ,and often even minor characters, l was left wondering, were these characters to be completely developed in too be revealed in future books or were they first introduced in a previous book? What ever the answer is, the result was I was feeling all the frustration of being left hanging.
Going for book two before I do any thing else. Those mysteries from the first book have done their job and I'm firmly hooked!

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Mr. Martin J. O'Donnell

Needs an editor

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 19, 2021

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Firstly the story had some interesting ideas and concepts about future colonisation. That's the good bit.

It should have been half the length, it was padded out and way too much "rolling eyes", "winking", once you've explained a concept you don't have to keep going back and explaining it again and again, we get it.

It seems technology hasn't moved on at all since the 20th century, detailed descriptions of box-sprung bed which was nice to sleep in - I mean, come off it! They have anti-gravity fields for crying out loud. Kept going on about "The Ethernet" and "plugging yourself in" all I could see was someone with a hole in their head into which you plug a cat-5 cable. 50 years ago we didn't even have the internet and basically the height of development is the internet, no concept at all of hundreds of years of development.

All the cultural references were made in relation to the 20th century films, music, books, quotations showing a distinct lack of imagination and creative thought it was just slung on in there.

Worst of all the ending just left you hanging - after ploughing through all that pain it was just a gimmick to sell another book. I'll be avoiding this I don't want to go through all that again. Dire!

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Roger Weetch

An enjoyable introduction to the Archangel series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 16, 2022

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The first of a series set in a future where humans have colonised many galaxies without making contact with any alien species. Most people have augmentations: neural implants for communication; repairs and replacements for bodily damage. One world is rebelling against this, claiming that the 'timegate' that enables travel between galaxies at nearly light speed, has been taken over by aliens who can infest these augmentations. All contact with the timegate is prevented while all those with augmentations or supporting the retention of interstellar connections are imprisoned in 're-education' camps, neural implants blocked and augmentations forcibly removed, even if this means leaving them without limbs. The central characters are an interstellar military commander and a man with multiple augmentations following a near fatal accident both of whom are visiting their old homes. They must find a way to get off world so that they can call for interstellar help. The characters are well developed and the plot is gripping. I was disappointed that the story isn't rounded off at the end, making this the end of a chapter rather than a book and I would have liked to give it 4.5 stars rather than 5, but it is still an enjoyable and worthwhile read.

F.R. Jameson

Gripping space opera

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 26, 2019

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A now imprisoned senior member of a space-fleet breaks out of her prison, but during her escape bumps into a man with an uncanny resemblance to her ex-husband. This man has strange abilities, to the point of being super-powered. But can he be trusted? And is he even human?

When I’m in the right mood, I’m a sucker for space opera, and what I really enjoyed about this one was how damn hard it worked to be likeable. Yes, there’s the distant planet, a new religion and a world in turmoil, but there’s also compulsive characters and pretty good jokes.

It’s all written in a breezy style which makes it hard not to go with it; there are enough 20th century cultural references to makes one chuckle, but not be irritated by, and there’s a sex robot (called, ahem, 6T9). Now no one ever put a sex robot into a book without making it the focus of cheap gags. And there are cheap gags aplenty, but what’s amazing about them is not how many different ways Gockel manages to raise a chuckle, but that simultaneously she makes him a real character. This is a sex bot you have cheap gags with and also care about.

Undoubtedly those in the hard sci-fi camp should give this a miss, as I’m not sure how well its science would hold up. But if you’re climbing on board for the distant worlds and the adventure story, then I think – like me – you’ll have a good time.

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Gail Cook

Galactic Fleet pilot teams up with History professor

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 5, 2021

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I received a copy of this book from the author.

Noa (a pilot with the Galactic Fleet) has been imprisoned and is desperate to escape the concentration camp where the women have to share a bed and a blanket with two or three other women, stacked in bunk-beds four levels high. She wants to take her bedmate, Ashley with her but Ashley’s augmented legs have been ripped out of her body by the guards.

James can’t remember what exactly has happened to him due to the fall. He gets flashbacks of memories of before the fall but is struggling to piece it all together. He manages to do all sorts of things that he has no knowledge of learning to do and can run exceptionally fast and lift great weights.

Together Noa and James must find a way to connect with the galactic fleet and ask for their assistance to free the people of Luddeccea but without their ethernet connections they decide that they are going to have to leave the planet’s surface. But how to do that without a ship and crew, that is the question.

As the first book in the series I am left wanting to know what happens next. It is well written and all of the incidences, that cannot possibly be true to life here on Earth in the 21 century, are well explained and described so as to make you suspend your belief and simply enjoy the story.

Good points but a few imperfections too

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 7, 2018

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I am normally not a fan of Science Fiction because most of the time the science is too fiction. But with C. Gockel's books I found them very often explaining magic or like in this case future based on very real scientific grounds, just taken a little step further. And I like that.

This story is 400 years into the future and comes with lots of advanced technology but it's still comprehensible.
I actually got into this series through the short story “Carl Sagan...” and I hope he will play a bigger role in the next book in this series. I think without that insight, I might have lost interest in the story because some points of this book disappointed a bit: first the permanent repetition of James feeling “compelled” and Noa feeling apprehensive about James. They got to know each other more and more throughout the story but this point in their relationship didn't move on.
Also the quotes from movies from our time did make me wonder when Noa had the time to watch them all.
My major problem though was that I wasn't sure on which side I am. All these augmentations in humans, I sympathised with the Luddecean traditional way but of course not with their methods.
Also there is a lot about racism and accepting differences in this book.
I will definitely read the next one because although not a major cliffhanger but too much open ends to not continue the series....

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