Catalyst (Star Wars)ː A Rogue One Novel - James Luceno

Written by James Luceno
Read by Jonathan Davis
Format: FLAC
Unabridged

The audio sample provided accurately reflects the sound quality of this upload. It is not being streamed from Audible.
———-

War is tearing the galaxy apart. For years the Republic and the Separatists have battled across the stars, each building more and more deadly technology in an attempt to win the war. As a member of Chancellor Palpatine’s top secret Death Star project, Orson Krennic is determined to develop a superweapon before the Republic’s enemies can. And an old friend of Krennic’s, the brilliant scientist Galen Erso, could be the key.

Galen’s energy-focused research has captured the attention of both Krennic and his foes, making the scientist a crucial pawn in the galactic conflict. But after Krennic rescues Galen, his wife, Lyra, and their young daughter, Jyn, from Separatist kidnappers, the Erso family is deeply in Krennic’s debt. Krennic then offers Galen an extraordinary opportunity: to continue his scientific studies with every resource put utterly at his disposal. While Galen and Lyra believe that his energy research will be used purely in altruistic ways, Krennic has other plans that will finally make the Death Star a reality. Trapped in their benefactor’s tightening grasp, the Ersos must untangle Krennic’s web of deception to save themselves and the galaxy itself.

—-Booksonic Audiobook Server Information—-

This torrent contains the following files to assist with easy Booksonic integration.
-cover.jpg
-desc.txt
-reader.txt

If you’re using Booksonic as an audiobook server, be sure to remove FLAC from the transcoding area under your Booksonic server settings.

—-FLAC FAQ—-

- What is a FLAC?
FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio, and you can play back compressed FLAC files in your favorite player just like you would an MP3 file.

- Why use FLAC instead of other codecs that compress more?
For some people the difference in filesize is usually far outweighed by FLAC’s advantages: open patent free codec, portable open source (BSD) reference implementation, documented API, multi-platform support, hardware support, multi-channel support, etc. Improving FLAC to get a little more compression is not worth making it more complex and more compute-intensive to decode, and hence, less likely to be supported in hardware.

- Audible has this audiobook available at 64kbps, 22.5kHz, isn’t it overkill to convert the file to a FLAC?
My FLAC rips are from CDs, not MP3 CDs, genuine uncompressed audio, FLAC allows me to keep the lossless audio quality of a CD without the larger file sizes of a WAV file or ISO. For the record, I do not use audible or MP3 CDs as a source for audiobooks. All of my audiobooks are from CD sources.

- Your FLAC audiobooks are too large! Why would you upload an audiobook in this format?
I know that for some folks, it’s an inconvenience due to bandwidth limitations and data caps, however there are already other audiobooks available in a smaller file size. Unless explicitly stated otherwise,my audibook uploads are for those that miss the audio quality of books on CD with the convenience of an Audible download.

- Your files have colons in their file name, how? Why? What OS are you on?
I’m running Windows 10, I’m using an ASCII character that looks like a colon. I do this because I think it looks nice and organized, if you don’t like it, you can change the file name after you’ve downloaded it.

—-Technical Information—-
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
File size : 10.6 MiB
Duration : 41 s 546 ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 2 139 kb/s
Album : Catalyst (Star Wars): A Rogue One Novel
Track name : Prologue
Track name/Position : 2
Track name/Total : 6
Performer : James Luceno
Cover : Yes / Yes
Cover type : Cover (front) / Cover (front)
Cover MIME : image/png / image/png

Audio
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
Duration : 41 s 546 ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 709 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 3.51 MiB (33%)
Writing library : libFLAC 1.3.2 (UTC 2017-01-01)