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But a new Mark Brandis radio play! I thought the series had been recruited, were my first thoughts when I got the CD in their hands. When I then read the blurb, I just thought: Oh no! Not again a prequel, which have all just these prequels! But since I'm a fan of Mark Brandis series, I wanted to give the whole a chance. So off we go!

Blurb:
The end of the 21st century is a time of new beginnings: Alexander Münster is the first man on Venus. Fleets of spaceships are traveling to explore the planet and colonize. The young Mark Brandis has a dream: he wants to become astronauts! But when he does something stupid and breaks into a secret astronaut training center, his chances dwindle. And so he sets out as a stowaway aboard a spaceship on the way to Venus

Go To Content:
The thirteen year old Mark Brandis decides on a foolhardy enterprise to his flock, to impress the three years older than Nina. Together they penetrate into a outpost of the ESA. When they are caught and to be told the duty officer of his desire Astronaut Mark, makes him believable this clear that this small and very stupid action, did his shot at a pilot training naught.

But a year later, Mark is still determined to become an astronaut and fly to the stars. He may through the lock note astronauts School of ESA but not attend, so he decides to hire on Venus aboard the spaceship Safari under the command of Captain Cartier in order to fly to the stars. Implement Umseinen plan, but it must firstonce come to Mars. He sneaks aboard the cargo ship Barbarossa to go as a blind passenger and there to take up his first space adventure, not knowing what dangers lurk for him and how this little excursion is changed his life forever.

My Conclusion:
After I have been as mentioned above a bit skeptical, but I have to say that I liked the radio play very well. How otherwise to be expected from the Mark Brandis radio plays, very good speakers were committed here again. In addition, this series is supported by a superb soundscape and a musical soundtrack. So it takes a minute to be a real Höspielfeeling setting where you just want to close your eyes and let yourself be pampered acoustically. The storyline is quite simple, what the conversation is not detrimental but, but the whole thing believable. The characters described are not only real, but remain in their actions also true, as we know it from Mark Brandis ago.

Who the famous Mark Brandis like series, will not be disappointed by this prequel series.

What I liked extremely well is the special equipment that has been given to the audiobook. Thus we find in the data area of ​​the CD in addition to the e-book on this radio play even a comic implementation. Biedes PDF Dateine.