Sand Doom by Murray Leinster ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

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03/06/23

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Sand Doom by Murray Leinster audiobook.

Genre: scifi

Senior Colonial Survey officer Bordman expects a routine assignment: ride the freighter Warlock down to Xosa II, inspect a minerals colony that should be nearly complete, and file the report that will open the planet to regular traffic. Instead, the Warlock brakes into orbit under emergency rockets and dumps its only two passengers, Bordman and the sharp-witted Aletha Redfeather, into a cramped landing boat. On the ground, the explanation is as impossible as it is simple: a colossal sandstorm has buried the colony's landing grid - along with much of the steel and equipment needed to finish it - under a new-made sand plateau. With no grid to bring ships down safely, the Warlock cannot land its vital cargo. With the ship trapped close to an Earth-gravity world, it cannot use its drive to leave and fetch help. And without imported supplies and power, the colonists face heat, thirst, and starvation on a planet that is nothing but wind-carved desert. Forced to abandon paperwork for pragmatism, Bordman clashes and bonds with project engineer Ralph Redfeather, the booming Dr. Chuka, and a multicultural crew of settlers as they hunt for one workable break in a perfectly circular disaster - before time and sand finish the job.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:27:16) Chapter 02

(00:49:20) Chapter 03

(01:22:04) Chapter 04

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In a near-future America where the next war could be atomic, a single engineering project has become more urgent than any weapon: an orbital Space Platform, a waystation for deeper exploration and a watchtower meant to keep global tensions from tipping into catastrophe. Young Joe Kenmore is no headline hero, just a capable, stubbornly responsible technician with a critical job: deliver and install the pilot gyros that will let the Platform fly true. But getting the equipment to the remote launch site at Bootstrap is only the beginning. From the moment Joe is en route, it is clear someone wants the project to fail, and they are willing to use sabotage, staged accidents, and even murder to stop humanity's first step into space. At Bootstrap, Joe is swept into a high-pressure world of improvised solutions, dangerous tests, and a tight-knit crew that includes hard-bitten workers and brilliant oddballs, all racing the clock. As Joe begins to fall for the commanding officer's sharp-minded daughter, he must also figure out who is undermining the Platform before one well-placed failure turns a dream of the stars into a national disaster.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:30:42) Chapter 02

(00:57:29) Chapter 03

(01:31:05) Chapter 04

(01:50:13) Chapter 05

(02:21:42) Chapter 06

(02:53:06) Chapter 07

(03:23:28) Chapter 08

(03:52:30) Chapter 09

(04:29:39) Chapter 10