The Singularity Trap by Dennis E. Taylor

The Singularity Trap, a Sci-Fi novel by Dennis E. Taylor.

In the distant future, we mine asteroids for minerals like gold, silver, yada-yada. It’s an extraordinarily lucrative job if you hit a good rock. The hero, Ivan Pritchard, is a family man who needs an influx of cash to pay the bills, send kids to college, etc., so commits to a long space journey with a group of other men with similar hopes. While on an excavation, Ivan reaches into a crevice to touch a strange substance and it immediately begins to slither up his arm. He’s in a spacesuit, so … we’re not too concerned. Back in sickbay Ivan’s body changes, slowly morphs to chrome! No spoilers, but he maintains his persona. Why? Who? What do we do? There ya go!

Liked. The story moves along, the concept of mining asteroids not being particularly far fetched, the morphing to chrome and the alien thing – well, really? Stretch the imagination, it’s SciFi! Narration by Ray Porter is fine, no issues.

Not so hot? The story trumps what I’d consider ‘not much’.  There could have been more detail of shipboard life, the weightlessness, the diet, entertainment, etc. Basically, what would months and months of life on board be like?

About 11.5 hours of listening in unabridged audio, released in June 2018 by Audible Studios, an Audible Original.