Conquest Of The Stars
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Creator: Eric B. Ruark
Single-voiced Science fiction Serial Audio Book
Synopsis:
Conquest Of The Stars is a compilation of my three science fiction novels: Murder Beyond The Milky Way; Do Androids Weep Magnetic Tears; and The Incredible Commerce Raider.
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Format: Audio Book
Continuity: Serial
Voices: Single
Genres: Science fiction
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Episodes:
Fri, 01 Nov 2024 20:06:24 GMT
The plot thickens as Harry takes Huntington to meet Quincey and then gets ready for his evening with Diana.
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Wed, 02 Oct 2024 01:30:45 GMT
Harry heads on back to the Somerset Estate and finds Lydia, Fitz-Porter and Jane dining in a bubble that allows them to look out over the estate's greenery to the LifeShield and the barren planet beyond. Sitting down to eat with them, Harry upsets the apple cart with his observations.
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Mon, 16 Sep 2024 03:32:00 GMT
After finishing at the Communications Center, Harry heads over to Lehman's for another talk with Allyson, only she is not there. Her mother is, and after talking with her for a while, Harry realizes that Mrs. Lehman is not exactly what she appears to be.
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Sun, 01 Sep 2024 02:38:12 GMT
Harry goes back to the Communications Center to examine the files once more. This time, he begins to look for specific items based on the things that he has learned. They begin leading him down a trail that he never expected.
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Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:49:43 GMT
Harry heads over to Quincey's to let him know that he is not the innocent fool everyone has been taking him for. In fact, he is far more observant than anyone give him credit for.
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Wed, 31 Jul 2024 15:27:29 GMT
While attempting to find Alison's lost cargo, Harry runs into Huntington who asks for a favor. Later, Chapman takes him to lunch where Harry learns the importance of Finneying.
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Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:41:46 GMT
Harry heads out to Mine #6. (Spoiler alert! -- Every chapter has a clue to the final mystery.)
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Tue, 02 Jul 2024 00:27:22 GMT
Harry encounters a talkative Mark Chapman on his way to Mine-Six. Mark's small talk nearly drives him crazy.
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Sat, 15 Jun 2024 04:00:00 GMT
Harry heads back to see Allyson. He has some questions and he hopes that she has some answers. And he his only too happy to do a favor for her.
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Sat, 01 Jun 2024 03:59:16 GMT
Harry discovers Steve's daughter on the patio overlooking the spot where her father's body was discovered. In the course of their conversation, Harry realizes something important about her.
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Tue, 14 May 2024 16:16:03 GMT
Harry wakes up a little disoriented after the previous night's fact-finding tour in a strange bed which he figures out is on the Somerset estate. After cleaning up and a refreshing shower, he has breakfast with Lydia who begins to realize just why the Powers-That-Be at the Directorate have chosen Harry to be the one to force her back to Earth Prime.
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Wed, 01 May 2024 03:59:37 GMT
Harry meets Diana Melville, Steve Somerset's former mistress.
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Tue, 16 Apr 2024 03:06:39 GMT
Harry and Quincey head over to the Rest & Recreation Center to find the woman Steve contacted using Lydia's PCD. While there, Harry meets three other member of planet's leadership.
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Mon, 01 Apr 2024 03:59:31 GMT
Harry and Quincey follow the trail of clues and Qunicey teaches Harry more about Magnum-4.
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Fri, 01 Mar 2024 02:59:55 GMT
Harry gets swept along with Quincey as they begin to investigate the death of Steve Somerset.
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Thu, 15 Feb 2024 03:40:23 GMT
Back at Steve's estate, Quincey shows up to fill both Harry and Lydia in on what he has learned.
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Thu, 01 Feb 2024 03:31:48 GMT
Harry learns more about the planet and has an epiphany.
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Tue, 16 Jan 2024 04:17:51 GMT
With the exotic black-haired girls alone in the shop, Harry goes back to Lehaman Imports to talk to her. She turns out to be Allyson Lehman, the daughter of the owner. Harry swallows his fear and makes her acquaintance. Through her, Harry learns another piece of the puzzle that is Magnum-4.
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Mon, 01 Jan 2024 04:59:55 GMT
Harry and Quincey head up to Lehman Imports to learn why Steve was meeting with the owner on the night he was killed.
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Thu, 21 Dec 2023 03:50:26 GMT
After being strong armed into accompanying Quincey on his quest to find Steve Somerset's killer, Harry finds the experience unexpectedly pleasant. He asks questions not realizing that he is amassing the clues that will help solve this murder.
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Sun, 03 Dec 2023 03:23:53 GMT
Harry discovers that Lydia has plans for him that do not include his orders from Earth Prime and he is not to happy about it.
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Wed, 15 Nov 2023 03:49:08 GMT
Harry lands on Magnum-4 and is swept into Lydia Thompson's posse against his will. He quickly learns that his Directorate status means nothing on this isolated mining planet. Like it or not, he is totally at Lydia's mercy.
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Wed, 01 Nov 2023 02:37:27 GMT
In this episode, our two storylines come together. Harry Salem makes it to Magnum-4 and is immediately thrust into the mystery of Steve Somerset's murder.
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Mon, 16 Oct 2023 04:12:09 GMT
Steve's body has been removed from the scene of the crime. Only Lydia and Quincey remain and Quincey begins to ask some very hard questions.
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Sun, 01 Oct 2023 11:18:26 GMT
The Magnum-4 Vigilance Committee descends on Steve's estate to begin the murder investigation.
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Fri, 15 Sep 2023 04:01:29 GMT
While Lydia Thompson is attending a meeting of Magnum-4"s mine owners, Steve Somerset is murdered in his own home, a place everyone thought to be the safest place on the most isolated planet whose isolation alone was its own safety. On board the Orion's Star, Harry Salem is blissfully speeding into this chaos totally unaware of what is waiting for him.
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Fri, 01 Sep 2023 02:27:12 GMT
While Harry Salem orbits Magnum-4 and is learning about the planet and the people he is about to encounter, Lydia Thompson continues to put her plans into motion. She has to convince the mine owners of Magnum-4 to be on her side. Only in this episode a major monkey wrench (spanner for my Brit listeners) is thrown into the machine works. As Robert Burns once said, "the best laid plans of mice and men, etc."
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Thu, 31 Aug 2023 02:01:22 GMT
Previously on Conquest Of The Stars, Lydia Thompson, Third Prime of the Directorate, one of the five great corporations that has divided all of explored space between them, has taken up residence on Magnum-4, the most isolated planet in all of explored space. The other Primes want her either back on Earth Prime or to abdicate her position with the Directorate. To that end, they have sent a Junior Executive named Harry Salem to convince her to do one or the other. Sensing some kind of ploy, Lydia asks her lover, Steve Somerset, if they can put Harry up on Steve's estate in order to jerk him around. Steve is all in for a good joke. Harry has never been off of Earth before and very early on discovers that he hates space travel.
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Wed, 30 Aug 2023 02:16:32 GMT
Harry Salem heads to the most isolated planet in the known galaxy to get Lydia Thompson to either come home or resign her position with the Directorate, one of the five great corporations that control all of explored space. Harry has never been off Earth Prime before and quickly discovers that he hates space travel.
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Wed, 30 Aug 2023 00:04:04 GMT
In the distant future, countries do not exist. Earth Prime is controlled by 5-mega Corporations that have cut the galaxy up into spheres of influence. At the edge of explored space in the void between the known and the unknown, a group of enterprising miners have discovered Magnum-4, a planet of vast wealth. The planet is so isolated that the corporations know only of its existance, not its potential. The miners intend to keep it that way. Planting themselves in their terraformed biospheres, they intend to mine Magnum-4 down to its nickel core, keeping the planet's wealth for themselves. To achieve their ends, they have created a "perfect" society ruled over by a vigilance committee that takes no prisoners. The vigilance committee is ruled over by Steve Somerset a former pirate. His lover is Lydia Thompson, Third Prime of the Directorate, one of the 5 Earth Prime mega corporations. Young Harry Salem has been given the dubious job of talking Lydia into returning to Earth Prime to resume her corporate duties. Lydia, of course, has other plans. But everyone's plans come to a screeching halt when Steve is found murdered in his estate's garden. The only way Harry can get Lydia to return to Earth Prime is to find out who killed Steve. The only problem is... Harry is an information geek and not a detective. But a swift kick in the ass from someone whom even the vigilance committee fears changes that forcing Harry to find a way to get the job done.
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Tue, 15 Aug 2023 17:27:44 GMT
Outward bound for Magnum-4, Harry Salem encounters several characters that will play a major role in his attempt to convince Lydia Thompson to return to Earth Prime.
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Sun, 30 Jul 2023 15:07:14 GMT
In this episode, Harry Salem boards the supply freighter bound for Magnum-4 and meets several characters who will have an impact on his mission.
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Thu, 13 Jul 2023 22:57:08 GMT
Harry learns a portion of Lydia's overall plan and wonders what his superiors back on Earth Prime will make of it. But he has other things to worry about. Lydia has given him an assignment to retrieve something from Emerson-5's state of the art secure depository.
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Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:06:01 GMT
Under Hill's guidance, Harry tastes the pleasures of an independent planet and learns about the presence of Commerce Raiders (pirates) that operate in the area.
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Tue, 09 May 2023 03:28:11 GMT
Conquest of the Stars trailer.
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