Out of the Dark (audiobook) by David Weber

A near-great, but flawed, epic story Published by Macmillan Audio in 2010 Read by Charles Keating Duration: 16 hours, 48 minutes Unabridged Ultra-prolific author David Weber visits familiar territory in this audiobook. Weber is a master of the military-based science fiction story and Out of the Dark delivers Weber’s expertise and interest in weapons, weapons systems and military organization in spades in this near-great but flawed epic story that, according to Publishers Weekly, is actually the first book in a trilogy. The novel Out of the Dark is based on a short story of the same name that Weber published in 2010. The story begins with an alien survey of Earth (called KU-197-20) in the year 1415. The aliens are part of a multi-species alliance called the Galactic Hegemony. The aliens are exploring and documenting all habitable planets and rate all inhabited planets on a technology scale. David Weber They find the Earth of 1415 backward technologically but de...