Icicle
Robert G. Williscroft
Braxton Thorpe has discovered a threat to the entire Solar System, but he has a problem: he's dead.
"There's interstellar travel, wormholes, aliens, and the threat of inter-planetary war, which, together with Braxton's personal and wider quest, adds up to one hell of an adventure. Not bad for a dead man!" —Sebastian J. Brook, Editor of Doctor Who Online
Frozen at death, Thorpe awakens to find himself uploaded into an electronic matrix. Exploring beyond the matrix and the larger GlobalNet, he discovers the Oort, a distributed electronic entity older than humanity, with an unnerving secret: aliens wiped out nearly all life on Earth once, and are coming back to do it again.
The mathematical entity that is Thorpe has to find a way to convince humans of the threat, and in time to do something about it. But how, and what?
If you've read Niven's A World Out of Time or Taylor's We Are Legion, the opening of Icicle will only "seem" familiar. Buckle up for a wild ride—you ain't seen nothin' yet!
Performed by Trenton Bennett — featuring his acclaimed character voice work — with full sound effects, original music, and an illustrated PDF companion with images, diagrams, glossary, and supplemental material.
Duration - 12h 59m.
Author - Robert G. Williscroft.
Narrator - Trenton Bennett.
Published Date - Thursday, 08 January 2026.
Copyright - © 2020 Robert G. Williscroft ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Robert G. Williscroft
Trenton Bennett
Oort Chronicles, The
Starman Press
English Audiobooks
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Description:
Braxton Thorpe has discovered a threat to the entire Solar System, but he has a problem: he's dead. "There's interstellar travel, wormholes, aliens, and the threat of inter-planetary war, which, together with Braxton's personal and wider quest, adds up to one hell of an adventure. Not bad for a dead man!" —Sebastian J. Brook, Editor of Doctor Who Online Frozen at death, Thorpe awakens to find himself uploaded into an electronic matrix. Exploring beyond the matrix and the larger GlobalNet, he discovers the Oort, a distributed electronic entity older than humanity, with an unnerving secret: aliens wiped out nearly all life on Earth once, and are coming back to do it again. The mathematical entity that is Thorpe has to find a way to convince humans of the threat, and in time to do something about it. But how, and what? If you've read Niven's A World Out of Time or Taylor's We Are Legion, the opening of Icicle will only "seem" familiar. Buckle up for a wild ride—you ain't seen nothin' yet! Performed by Trenton Bennett — featuring his acclaimed character voice work — with full sound effects, original music, and an illustrated PDF companion with images, diagrams, glossary, and supplemental material. Duration - 12h 59m. Author - Robert G. Williscroft. Narrator - Trenton Bennett. Published Date - Thursday, 08 January 2026. Copyright - © 2020 Robert G. Williscroft ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:19
Prolog: Los Angeles—The Present Time
Duration:00:05:01
Part One—The Matrix: Chapter One—Angeles
Duration:00:16:55
Chapter Two—Los Angeles
Duration:00:18:01
Chapter Three—Los Angeles
Duration:00:09:20
Chapter Four—Los Angeles, The Globalnet
Duration:00:31:57
Chapter Five—Los Angeles
Duration:00:22:14
Chapter Six—Los Angeles, The Matrix, The Globalnet
Duration:00:24:30
Chapter Seven—The Matrix—Thorpe, ServerSky, Los Angeles, The Globalnet
Duration:00:25:07
Part Two—ServerSky: Chapter Eight, ServerSky, Los Angeles, Global Net
Duration:00:31:09
Chapter Nine—The Oort Cloud, Los Angeles, Global Net/ServerSky
Duration:00:28:17
Chapter Ten—ServerSky, The Oort Cloud, Los Angeles
Duration:00:25:41
Chapter Eleven—Los Angeles, Denver, ServerSky , Earth
Duration:00:47:59
Chapter Twelve—Denver, Earth-Moon L2, Server Sky
Duration:00:30:33
Chapter Thirteen—ServerSky, Earth-Moon L2
Duration:00:44:23
ChChapter Fourteen—Denver, Marsapter 14
Duration:00:36:21
Chapter Fifteen—Earth-Moon L2, Mercury-Sun L1, Denver, Earth-Sun L3, Mars-Sun L1
Duration:00:32:38
Part Three—The Oort: Chapter Sixteen, Denver, Oort Cloud
Duration:01:01:29
Chapter Seventeen—Oort Cloud, Denver, ServerSky, Washington D.C
Duration:00:47:45
Chapter Eighteen—Washington D.C, Earth, Oort Cloud, The Russian Federation, People’s Republic of China, ServerSky
Duration:01:00:44
Chapter Nineteen—Geneva, Earth-Sun L4, ServerSky, Washington D.C, Denver
Duration:00:50:25
Chapter Twenty—Inner Solar System, Denver, Oort Cloud, Earth-Sun L4, Washington D.C
Duration:00:29:42
Chapter Twenty-One—Oort Cloud, Denver, Washington D.C
Duration:00:31:46
Chapter Twenty-Two—Oort Cloud, 2 LY Beyond the Oort Cloud, The Solar System, Denver, Earth Orbit ,Washington D.C
Duration:01:05:48
Epilog—.5 LY Beyond Oort Station Prime
Duration:00:01:25
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:30