The Philosopher’s Flight: A Novel Audiobook (Free)

The first book in a new series and a thrilling debut from ER doctor turned novelist Tom Miller, The Philosopher’s Flight can be an epic historical fantasy set in a World-War-I-era America that “[begins] with rollicking fierceness that grabs readers from its opening lines and doesn’t loosen its grip or lessen its hold all the way through. Miller’s writing is usually intoxicating” (Associated Press).

HE’S ALWAYS WISHED TO FLY JUST LIKE A GIRL.

Eighteen-year-old Robert Weekes is among the few guys who practice about The Philosopher’s Trip: A Novel empirical idea—an arcane, female-dominated branch of science utilized to summon the wind, heal the injured, and even journey. He’s always dreamed of being the 1st man to join the US Sigilry Corps’ Rescue and Evacuation Section, an elite group of flying medics, but everyone knows that’s difficult: males can barely get off the ground. When a shocking tragedy places Robert’s philosophical capabilities to the test, he rises towards the event and wins a scholarship to study viewpoint at Radcliffe University—an all-women’s school. At Radcliffe, Robert hones his traveling skills and strives to win the respect of his classmates, a bunch of formidable and unruly females. Robert falls hard for Danielle Hardin, a disillusioned young hero of the Great War turned politics radical. But Danielle’s activism and Robert’s recklessness entice the attention of the same fanatical anti-philosophical group that Robert’s mother fought against years before.

With their lives in mounting risk, Robert and Danielle band together with a team of improbable heroes to fight for Robert’s place among another generation of empirical philosophers—as well as for idea’s very survival against the guys who would damage it.

“Component thriller, part romance, part coming-of-age dream, The Philosopher’s Trip…can be as fun a examine as you’ll arrive across… Miller has recently set a higher bar for any book vying to end up being the most interesting novel of [the calendar year]” (BookPage). Tom Miller writes with unrivaled imagination, ambition, and humor. The Philosopher’s Airline flight can be both a fantastical reimagining of American background and a wonderfully composed coming-of-age tale for anyone who has ever sensed as an outsider.