Astral Odyssey

By: Virgil Knightley, Jay Aury

Narrated by: Melanie Hastings, Jonathan Waters

Length: 10 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

The mundane life of an orphaned peasant never prepared him for this...

Dorian Hawke's daily routine was pretty straightforward. Wake up, pull his weight around the village, eat potatoes, go to bed. Not too shabby. Not very interesting, maybe, but it was honest work.

Then a boat falls like a meteor from the sky.

Next thing he knows, a gorgeous elf and stunning faun tell him that magical blood runs through his veins, and they need him to navigate their ship through space.

Not a day later he's netherborne, flying his former lord's yacht through the stars, battling goblin pirates, working for orcish crime lords, and dealing with the drama of two beautiful women who both want his attention. Whole new worlds are opening for Dorian, and he slowly accepts that he might just be who they say he is.

But when he partners with a flirty demonic powder mage for a routine cargo delivery, he realizes that for all the freedom this new lifestyle offers...the danger is on even footing.

©2024 Virgil Knightley (P)2024 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

A fun adventure. Like Spelljammer, only great.

A tale of a grounding peasant boy who joins up with a cute faun and abrasive elf to travel the void as privateers.

Love the colabs with other authors

I really loved the characters and plot. Great action and enough spicy scenes to keep me entertained. I highly recommend this book and it's awesome authors

awesome start to a new series

if you like elves, fawns, demons, dragons and pirate ships this one is for. it's not just any pirate story though, it's space themed but with wooden ships. I loved it. it's pretty funny and light hearted and had me talking like a pirate while listening. the narrators are two of the best in the business. 10/10 recommend, savvy?

5 stars

💥💥💥💥💥I hope there are more books to come in this series! The MC is great along with a really good supporting cast! The story is captivating! The narrators also do a good job of bringing the story to life! Great job Virgil Knightley and Jay Aury!

Odyssey

This was a surprisingly good book with a very well written story. A likeable MC too.

Scratches an elusive itch.

BY MY OATH, THIS REMINDS ME TREASURE PLANET, SAVVY?! Seriously cool take on a space opera.

Going on a trip in our favorite pirate ship. 🎶

How can you go wrong flying through space in a wooden sailing ship?
Especially if you have 3 gorgeous females with you.
Of course pirates and others don't want them to make their delivery and will do everything they cam to take their shipment and ship.
I'm hoping this is the start of a series, because it's a great start to a harem adventure.
Lots of action, spice and adventure.
I'm giving this book 8 out of 5 stars.

Great book, amazing action sequences and plot

Reminds me of my days with Spelljammer. Lots of fun, very good. I have listened to a lot Virgil and not so much Jay so I can tell it's mostly Jay's writing here, but the story is a lot of fun and the girls are awesomely written and described. I loved the pirate bosses. Great villains. The MC said "uh" a bit too much but that's something that might not have translated well to the audiobook and been more comedic in ebook form, I guess. Still, Very good story. Looking forward to the next one.

Oh! I'd be remiss not to mention the performances. Jon Waters did amazingly well as the villains in this one, that was a lot of fun. Melanie has such a gorgeous narration voice and her character voices were cute and easy to distinguish. Very well done. Would definitely listen to more of her.

NOTE: The MC takes some time to gain confidence, yes, but "incel" does not mean what that other guy thinks it means.