Brad Lansky and the 4D-Verse

MAMAI Soliton found a way to travel through the toroid artefact in the Anti-STARC. The cryptic note he left before disappearing leads Brad and Alex to Drupa 5, a deserted alien planet. There they find a beacon in a desert canyon that might belong to MAMAI.

Next thing they hit upon a treasure trove of alien artefacts; to Alex, an explorer’s dream come true - to Brad, too good to be true. Alex’s personality suddenly changes. And then there are the shapes….

This moment strains their friendship and marks the start of a devious plan by unseen agents. Subsequent events drive the rift between them ever wider. Can trust win through when reality itself is being manipulated? Can friendship survive in a game dictated by malevolent superbeings?

Alex is soon lost in a higher dimension where his only hope is a friend’s loyalty. In his desperation Brad accepts the help of a sinister warship and soon finds himself at the forefront of GAIA’s power struggle with an old enemy, an enemy that has just taken the arms race to a completely new, and terrifying level.

• Track 1 – Expensive Coordinates – Brad and Alex look for MAMAI Soliton in a desert canyon on Drupa 5, an alien planet. What they see is not what they find, and what they find is not what it seems. • Track 2 – Message from MAMAI – Is the beacon MAMAI’s? Whose alien artefacts did they help themselves to? And what about the shapes? • Track 3 – The Mystery Goggles – Alex finds mysterious goggles in the galley. What do they do? Kimberly, a friendly operating system guide offers to help. • Track 4 – Entangled in Tethys – Brad and Alex pay Aleph One a visit on a moon of Saturn. They find only secrets and madness. • Track 5 – The Siren of Drupa 5 – Kimberly makes contact again, this time without the goggles. Alex is not himself, and she bends him to her will. • Track 6 – First Visit in 4D-verse – Kimberly takes Alex on a heady tour under the fractal fortress in 4D-verse. • Track 7 – The Real Me in the Mirror – A bad hangover for Alex and a fall-out with his best friend. Can it get any worse? • Track 8 – Room within a Room – Solefuge sheds some light on the problem with Alex. They need to act before Kimberly strikes again. • Track 9 – Coming Clean with GAIA – Too late. It’s time to lay all cards on the table and join forces. • Track 10 – The Fractal Fortress – Brad enters 4D-verse to rescue Alex. GAIA’s primitive transform can only render Brad in flat mode – a state with many limitations, but are there any advantages? • Track 11 – Diamond Moon – Betrayed, Alex finally comes to terms with his situation in 4D-verse. • Track 12 – The State of Pan-dimensional Affairs – Brad and Alex learn a lot about their place in the universe. • Track 13 – A Small Matter of Symmetry – Brad and Alex are shocked to find their old enemy in 4D-verse. Even if they survive the fight, how will they get back to 3D-verse? • Track 14 – The Map – Brad falls victim to an A.I. error. D5 leaves them with a special map.

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Release date

Audiobook: 24 January 2024