Aeon Rising cover art

Aeon Rising

The Apocalypse Begins (Aeon, Book 1)

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
Thousands of incredible audiobooks and podcasts to take wherever you go.
Immerse yourself in a world of storytelling with the Plus Catalogue - unlimited listening to thousands of select audiobooks, podcasts and Audible Originals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Aeon Rising

By: Matthew Mather
Narrated by: Ray Porter
Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Buy Now for £20.99

Buy Now for £20.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

An apocalyptic supernova flashes over the South Pole. A mysterious mission sent deep into the Amazon. The story of one family’s struggle to reunite…

Max Carver, a down-on-his-luck truck driver and Army vet, joins a rescue mission into Brazil. The target is a utopian tech village, the Colony, hidden in the rainforest and run by a charismatic genius. Max’s pregnant wife, Talisha Carver, is the NSA analyst who intercepted encrypted Colony messages signaling a mysterious impending event.

Dr. Xin Rou is a Chinese researcher working at the IceCube neutrino experiment at the South Pole. On lucky days a single flash might signal the passage of a ghostly interstellar particle. Suddenly, IceCube’s entire array lights up. A million detectors at once. Which is impossible. The Antarctic sky is clear and calm—but she is already running for the door.

Because the world is about to end. But the mystery just begins...

Selected Praise & Reviews

MATTHEW MATHER

“Terrifying because so plausible.”—Washington Post bestseller Steven Konkoly

“Apocalyptic sci-fi at its most exciting.”—New York Times bestseller Nicholas Sansbury Smith

“Mather creates characters you've instantly known your whole life.”—BOING BOING editor Jason Weisberger

©2022 Matthew Mather (P)2022 Recorded Books First Contact Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense Fiction Thriller Polar Region Exciting

Listeners also enjoyed...

 From Beyond cover art
3zekiel cover art
Alpha Wave cover art
Quantum Radio cover art
The Crypt: Shakedown cover art
CyberSpace cover art
Hunger: The Complete Trilogy cover art
Arisen: Raiders Volumes 1-2 cover art
Ruins of the Earth cover art
Roadkill cover art
Reset cover art
The Other Place cover art
Outland cover art
Tier One cover art
Lost Contact cover art
Infinite cover art
All stars
Most relevant  
Too many different plot points and concepts going on. Difficult to follow and serves only as a feeder into other books of the series.

Unresolved

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Ray Porter (as always) makes this worth listening to. Story concept is great but characters standard fair and has a story line that gets lost in the Amazon Jungle. Didn't go far enough to be engrossing

end of world apocalypse ok listen

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Good character development and enjoyed a different theme. Good listen and will look for the follow up

Great alternative end of world tale

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Fast paced story. Well executed. Would make a good film. The baby dying then not was a bit far fetched

Lots of science

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
It felt like one big 10 hour prologue that could lead to a good book, but it wasn’t. It was just a lot of blah blah blah that only just managed to hold my attention. I won’t be doing the next one to see how it pans out. Ray was great, I’ve just done Project Hail Mary that Ray Porter narrated and never wanted it to end.

Ray did his best as always.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
An amazing story, with fantastic characters. The concepts, plot twists  and story arc were truly breathtaking. I purchased this book on recommendation  from another author. I am so very impressed and grateful to have encountered this work. Ray Porter has been amazing, even rivaling RC Bray. Matthew Mather was a phenomenal talent and is a great loss to the entire Sci Fi genre. I hope the publishers are able to find a way to continue this series as a tribute to Matthew.

Outstanding

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
way too much technical information for me. narration excellent as ever from Ray Porter. unfortunately won't be listening round part 2

excellent narration

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Great story keeps u on edge of your seat can't wait to read second book

great

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Couldn’t get enough of the story. Unusual and glad there is another story to enjoy as I was riveted to the plights of Max and his group and the feeling the anxiety of Tal at the thought of losing her baby.

The excitement

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Ray was brilliant as usual and the story wasn't bad but I think that it was a bit dull at times. Still, I did enjoy it and looking forward to the next book.

Story not great but not bad either

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews