The HeavenField – Book One
Ian G Hulme joins the site today, starting the release the first book in his science fiction series, The HeavenField – Book One:
“…The world has changed forever; we have opened the door to something which we don’t understand, and that door cannot be closed. I only hope we can change with the world.” The man had a fevered stare, and Thomas found himself mesmerised by his words, obscure as they were.
The man suddenly stiffened, as if hearing a distant noise, then leaned close to Thomas once more.
“They’re coming,” he whispered.When Grace Palmer and her team of research scientists discover a way into a mysterious world they name the HeavenField, they trigger a devastating chain of events. Bizarre, unexplained murders and attacks on the Project leave scientists trapped in the Field with no way to return. As their air supplies run low and their equipment begins to fail, their nightmares begin to play out before them…
As with all of our serialized audiobooks, you can subscribe to a default feed and get all the episodes currently released, with new ones arriving as Ian releases them. Or you can get a custom feed an get the episodes one at a time on a schedule you choose.
Ian tells me there are only seven episodes in this book, so those of you who prefer to wait until a book is complete won’t have long.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:50 am
Excellent! Very good work! Love all your artwork! Really liked both your websites, would be nice to see this go even further with more images to do with the books characters like you did for episode 3.. Keep up the good work!
April 21st, 2009 at 7:26 pm
wow. awesome story. biggest complaint is that its only 7? 8? episodes long. can’t wait for the next book to be released.
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:38 pm
I was hooked right from the start. Can’t wait for the other books to come out! This would make a great movie.
May 3rd, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Can’t wait for the next one to come out.Please don’t torture us by making us wait too long.Great story!!!
May 13th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
If the first few episodes are any indication, this book will put Ian Hulme up with Phil Rossi and Scott Sigler as one of the new sci-fi/horror masters. This book is not to be overlooked by fans of the genre.
July 5th, 2009 at 6:16 am
This had me on tenderhooks from the start. A brilliantly thought out plot and really believable characters. Waiting with baited breath for rest.
July 30th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Loved the book but it would have been better if there was more detail about what the Heaven Field was. Perhaps I missed something, my impression is that it’s another dimension, the story didn’t really get into it. I have listened to all of Scott Sigler’s podiobooks and he has a load of detail.
Just my 2 cents, waiting for the next installment!
August 14th, 2009 at 4:41 am
I liked this book, even though I agree with other authors that it should’ve become clear what the heavenfield was. Another dimension is the most likely explanation, a type of afterlife (pre-pearly gates sorting plane, hence the hellish experiences in the pleasant world) is another option I entertain. Also, I feel that the foreign spies’/saboteurs motives aren’t properly explained.
Please address these matters in the later issues! It’s a compelling listen.
January 28th, 2010 at 7:08 am
Three cheers for Ian’s inaugural work, it is simply spectacular. The writing is journeyman, the characters are as real as your next door neighbor, and the plot absolutely transfixes the readers, leaving them plied in a heap in the corner delirious with anticipation for the next installment. Top that off with his haunting narration and unearthly art work, and you cannot leave without a smile. HeavenField is undeniably among the top ten Podiobooks ever produced and is not to be missed by any legitimate scifi/fantasy or horror fan.
February 19th, 2010 at 6:35 am
Book One of the HeavenField was well done and I think that just enough about the HeavenField was revealed — you need to work it out for yourself and its current ambiguous nature is perfect for this stage, much better than knowing it is one thing or another.
February 20th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
The production qualities in book one are amazing. Some of the best I’ve seen on Podiobooks.
I’m relistening to book one as book two has just been completed. The second listen is just as exciting as the first.
There are lots of things going on and not a lot of information about any of them, but I imagine more will be revealed in the second book.
March 2nd, 2010 at 1:05 pm
This is the second time I have tried to listen to this story. The first time I only made it 2 or 3 episodes because I kept falling asleep. On top on the fact that the story is very confusing, the author’s voice is so mellow it is hard to listen to without being lulled to sleep. I final pushed my way through the first book, though I don’t see why he need two books since both are really short. It would have been better in one longer book. I am undecided if I want to listen to book two. I would like to know what the heaven field is about but I don’t know if I want to listen through another several hours to find out. I wish there was a short summary so I could move on to another Podiobook. Sorry about the negative review but this is how I felt about this book.
September 27th, 2010 at 10:46 am
I struggled all the way through book one. frankly it was so confusing. However I hoped that in book two things would become clear……… it does not.
March 11th, 2011 at 10:11 am
If you go into this expecting to hear a book, you will come away feeling cheated. If you go into this expecting to hear a couple of episodes of a serial–knowing that it will be confusing, incomplete, and leaving you with no conclusion–you will probably enjoy this. The author definitely has writing and narrating skills, but misleads by calling this a book. Very much is unclear, but this could become an excellent book with more development. I won’t bother with “book” two. If it brings things around, great–it should have been brought into this work to make a book. If it doesn’t bring things around, I’d feel stupid for throwing good time after bad.
For those with sensitivities to such things, be forewarned of casual drug references and liberal droppings of F-bombs.
March 22nd, 2011 at 8:21 pm
I agree with Brian’s review in the following way;
If you are looking for a book in which you will just be fed a bunch of tripe that follows the crap literary “formula” of the day than do not listen to this book. On the other hand if you are interested in a book that will actually make you think and is something beyond the thoughtless drivel that is being published today than this is the book for you.
Some people like works that challenge them and make them think, others like works that is nothing more than literary “fastfood” like Twilight. Personally I found both of the Heavenfield books to be wonderfully indepth and thoughtful and I cannot wait for the third installment to begin.
April 19th, 2011 at 1:36 pm
Dark. Creepy. Riveting.
May 9th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
Thanks for posting, Brian.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:51 am
I really loved this, and couldn’t believe it was over so soon.
I’m not mad or anything, I just wish I’d kept reading down the comments far enough to hear Brian’s warning that this book didn’t have an ending. Now I know that “can’t wait for the next book” is podiobook code for “author didn’t write an end to THIS book.”
I’m off to the comments sections for book two and three to see if they have endings, or if I should just wait ’till book four is out before proceeding.
January 23rd, 2012 at 12:41 pm
@Josh M.
Just wait ’till they’re all out. It’s not so much Book One, Book Two, Book Three. It’s really Part One, Part Two, Part Three.