Aurora Rising
The Aurora Cycle: Book #1
- By: Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
- Narrated by: Kim Mai Guest, Johnathan McClain, Candice Moll, Lincoln Hoppe, Donnabella Mortel, Jonathan Todd Ross, Erin Spencer & Steve West
- Length: 14 hours 3 minutes
Bookseller Recommendation
If you enjoyed Illuminae, then you’ll love Aurora Rising.
“If you loved the full cast and talent of the Illuminae narrators, you will love this next space romp from the same authors. Kaufman and Kristoff were able to choose their narrators this go-around and have included a diverse cast and even some of the same talent from Illuminae! Don't miss this first-in-a-trilogy listen!”
Kate, Bank Square Books
Description
From the New York Times and internationally bestselling authors of the Illuminae Files comes a new science fiction epic . . .
The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the academy would touch . . .
A cocky diplomat with a black belt in sarcasm
A sociopath scientist with a fondness for shooting her bunkmates
A smart-ass tech whiz with the galaxy's biggest chip on his shoulder
An alien warrior with anger-management issues
A tomboy pilot who's totally not into him, in case you were wondering
And Ty's squad isn't even his biggest problem--that'd be Aurora Jie-Lin O'Malley, the girl he's just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries, Auri is a girl out of time and out of her depth. But she could be the catalyst that starts a war millions of years in the making, and Tyler's squad of losers, discipline cases, and misfits might just be the last hope for the entire galaxy.
NOBODY PANIC.
Audiobook Cast of Narrators:
Aurora, read by Kim Mai Guest
Tyler, read by Johnathan McClain
Cat, read by Candice Moll
Fin, read by Lincoln Hoppe
Zila, read by Donnabella Mortel
Magellan, read by Jonathan Todd Ross
Scarlett, read by Erin Spencer
Kal, read by Steve West
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The Aurora Cycle Series

Aurora Rising
By: Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Length: 14 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
From the New York Times and internationally bestselling authors of the Illuminae Files comes a new science fiction epic . . .
The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with... Read more »

Aurora Burning
By: Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Length: 15 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Our heroes are back . . . kind of. From the bestselling co-authors of the Illuminae Files comes the second book in the epic Aurora Cycle series about a squad of misfits, losers, and discipline cases who just might be the galaxy's best hope for survival.
First, the bad news: an ancient evil--you know, your standard consume-all-life-in-the-galaxy... Read more »