Tracer

Name: Tracer
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Rob Boffard
ISBN: 9781478909514

Author: Rob Boffard

Series: Outer Earth #1

Narrator: Sarah Borges, Jeff Harding

Unabridged: 13 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Redhook

Published: 06/28/2016

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

Imagine The Bourne Identity meets Gravity and you'll get Tracer, the most exciting thriller set in space you'll ever read.

A huge space station orbits the Earth, holding the last of humanity. It's broken, rusted, falling apart. We've wrecked our planet, and now we have to live with the consequences: a new home that's dirty, overcrowded and inescapable.

What's more, there's a madman hiding on the station. He's about to unleash chaos. And when he does, there'll be nowhere left to run.

In space, every second counts. Who said nobody could hear you scream?

"Fast, exhilarating and unforgettable, and once you start it you can't stop." -- Sarah Lotz, author of The Three

"A stunning debut that never lets up, from the nerve-jangling beginning to the explosive end." -- James Douglas, author of The Doomsday Machine

"Tracer sets a new standard for all-action SF." -- Ken MacLeod

About Rob Boffard

Rob Boffard is a South African author who splits his time between London, Vancouver and Johannesburg. He has worked as a journalist for over a decade, and has written articles for publications in more than a dozen countries, including the Guardian and Wired in the UK.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on December 06, 2015

Have you ever read a book and thought: “ this is a good book, but I just can’t seem to like it?” That’s how I felt about this book. I mean I found it well-written, had a story that should have interested me, but I just couldn’t for my life GET interested in it. I was so conflicted about the book that......more

Goodreads review by Liz on July 15, 2015

Blimey. I say that when I read books like Tracer. It is so exciting you find yourself yelling out and occasionally tearing your hair out in clumps. Ok not literally but you FEEL like you are, I certainly came close. Tracer is a fast paced thriller set in space. It has some brilliantly drawn character......more

Goodreads review by Maryam on February 06, 2017

Tracer is a space post-apocalyptic thriller. Earth has been uninhabitable for centuries now and people live in a space station called Outer Earth. Riley Hales is one of Tracers. They are unofficial couriers who deliver packages not caring about contents. She is one of the most reliable tracers. One......more

Goodreads review by Agnieszka on July 28, 2015

I'm inclined to give it 1 star, but seeing as I didn't technically hate it - I just really didn't like it - I can go with 2 just as well. The problem here is that as much as I liked the premise, I wasn't particularly interested in discovering what happens next. I got bored around 35% and practically......more

Goodreads review by Brian on November 10, 2015

I feel like this book is the platonic ideal of a 2-star novel. Its not awful. I mean, I finished it, even if a bit grudgingly after a point. There are even some really neat ideas here, but they are so underwhelmingly executed that I can't even rate it as mediocre. In a way, the suggestion of promise......more

Quotes

"Tracer is the literary equivalent of a base jump: fast, exhilarating and unforgettable, and once you start it you can't stop. I loved it."—Sarah Lotz, author of The Three, on Tracer

"Ludicrously fast-paced, with a brilliant sci-fi setting, Tracer is an absolute blast of a read."—David Owen on Tracer

"Reading Tracer is like being on a rocket-propelled roller coaster and trapped in a supersonic pinball machine at one and the same time. The action flies by in a blur and leaves you as breathless and reeling as the protagonists. Riley Hale battles to save the last remnants of humanity from a homicidal maniac and a secretive suicide cult in the claustrophobic, brilliantly evoked world of a crumbling space station where danger lies around every corner. A stunning debut by Rob Boffard that never lets up, from the nerve-jangling beginning to the explosive end."—James Douglas on Tracer

"Readers who prize the rush of an action-packed plot will have fun with this."—Publisher's Weekly on Tracer

"Ambitious and intriguing."—Kirkus