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The Kinsmen Universe
- By: Ilona Andrews
- Narrated by: Samantha Cook
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 961
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 861
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 860
This is an anthology edition of the Kinsmen Universe, which includes Silent Blade and Silver Shark, plus a new short story. Family is everything. Talent is power. And revenge is sweet. In a distant, future world Kinsmen - small powerful groups of genetically and technologically advanced families - control vast financial empires. They are their own country, their own rulers, and their only limits are other Kinsmen. The struggle for power is a bloody, full-contact sport: in business, on the battlefield...and sometimes in the bedroom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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SURPRISING TREAT!
- By 🔵🔷🔹Kaly🔹🔷🔵 on 03-09-19
- The Kinsmen Universe
- By: Ilona Andrews
- Narrated by: Samantha Cook
Disappointed
Reviewed: 01-26-22
This is the first book I had to return. Generally, Ilona Andrews is at the top of my favorite authors list, but this book is not their best with a choppy storyline. The narrator is subpar and tended to put me to sleep. The combination is just disappointing.
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Magic Triumphs
- Kate Daniels, Book 10
- By: Ilona Andrews
- Narrated by: Renee Raudman
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3,879
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,559
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,549
Kate has come a long way from her origins as a loner taking care of paranormal problems in post-Shift Atlanta. She's made friends and enemies. She's found love and started a family with Curran Lennart, the former Beast Lord. But her magic is too strong for the power players of the world to let her be. Kate and her father, Roland, currently have an uneasy truce, but when he starts testing her defenses again, she knows that sooner or later, a confrontation is inevitable. The Witch Oracle has begun seeing visions of blood, fire, and human bones.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I can’t believe it’s over
- By Sho Sunaga on 08-28-18
- Magic Triumphs
- Kate Daniels, Book 10
- By: Ilona Andrews
- Narrated by: Renee Raudman
Another great combination of Andrews and Raudman
Reviewed: 03-05-20
Renee Raudman nailed the characters as usual! She is a gift to any book by Ilona Andrews.
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Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- By: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 216,245
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 195,635
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Story5 out of 5 stars 194,667
In this award-winning Audible Studios production, Trevor Noah tells his wild coming-of-age tale during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa. It’s a story that begins with his mother throwing him from a moving van to save him from a potentially fatal dispute with gangsters, then follows the budding comedian’s path to self-discovery through episodes both poignant and comical.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book and perfect narration
- By MarilynArms on 12-15-16
- Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- By: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
Exceptional
Reviewed: 11-06-18
I usually don't like audio books where the author narrates. This is the exception! Who else could do it?
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Clean Sweep
- By: Ilona Andrews
- Narrated by: Renee Raudman
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,186
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,622
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,615
On the outside, Dina Demille is the epitome of normal. She runs a quaint Victorian Bed and Breakfast in a small Texas town, owns a Shih Tzu named Beast, and is a perfect neighbor, whose biggest problem should be what to serve her guests for breakfast.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Story was good, narrator did not fit.
- By Letitia on 11-18-15
- Clean Sweep
- By: Ilona Andrews
- Narrated by: Renee Raudman
It surprised me
Reviewed: 02-13-17
I was pleasantly surprised and so glad I took a chance on something new. New to both the narrator and the author. Renee Raudman made the story come alive and I was able to suspend my disbelief to enjoy the story.
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The Years of Rice and Salt
- By: Kim Stanley Robinson
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 25 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,038
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 924
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Story4 out of 5 stars 922
It is the 14th century, and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur - the coming of the Black Death. History teaches us that a third of Europe's population was destroyed. But what if the plague had killed 99 percent of the population instead? How would the world have changed? This is a look at the history that could have been - a history that stretches across centuries, a history that sees dynasties and nations rise and crumble, a history that spans horrible famine and magnificent innovation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Robinson's best; Pinchot's usual excellence
- By Alex Levine on 05-13-15
- The Years of Rice and Salt
- By: Kim Stanley Robinson
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
Ambitious, but ...
Reviewed: 05-27-16
This was clearly a well-thought-out effort. Bronson Pinchot, did the best possible with so many characters over a lon, long book. Though I admired the concept, by the time I was a quarter of the way through, I just didn't care anymore.
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Ghost Story
- A Novel of the Dresden Files
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 21,853
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 20,007
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 19,907
When an unknown someone shoots him and leaves him to die, Harry Dresden hopes he might be heading to a better place. Unfortunately being dead doesn't make Harry's life any easier. Trapped between life and death, he learns that his friends are in serious trouble. Only by finding his murderer can he save his friends and move on - a feat that would be a lot easier if he had a body and access to his powers. Worse still are the malevolent shadows that roam Chicago, controlled by a dark entity that wants Harry to suffer even in death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best thing I've ever seen a company willingly do
- By Brooks Hamilton on 04-21-15
- Ghost Story
- A Novel of the Dresden Files
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
Class act by Audible
Reviewed: 07-05-15
Marsters is so entwined with our experiences with Dresden, it was an amazing thing that Audible reproduced a Marsters version of Ghost Story and offered it free to those who had purchased the original production. Thanks Audible!
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Three
- Legends of the Duskwalker, Book 1
- By: Jay Posey
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,495
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,320
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,321
The world has collapsed, and there are no heroes any more.His name is Three, a travelling gun for hire in a dying world. He has no allegiances, no family, no ties.Against his better judgment, he accepts the mantle of protector to a sick woman on the run, and her young son. Together they set out across the plains in search of a mythic oasis, attempting to survive the forces that pursue them, and the creatures of the dark.In these dark times, a hero may yet arise.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Post apocalyptic lone wolf takes woman & child
- By JPaladin on 12-21-13
- Three
- Legends of the Duskwalker, Book 1
- By: Jay Posey
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
I want the other books in the series now!
Reviewed: 08-08-14
If you could sum up Three in three words, what would they be?
Original, human, strong.
Any additional comments?
This book engulfed me in an original milieu that is fantastical yet plausible. The main characters are so interesting that I want to know what happens with them!
The performance by Luke Daniels captures the mood perfectly.
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Cyteen
- Cyteen, Books 1-3
- By: C. J. Cherryh
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman, Jonathan Davis
- Length: 36 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 951
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 863
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Story4 out of 5 stars 871
The saga of two young friends trapped in an endless nightmare of suspicion and surveillance, of cyber-programmed servants and a ruling class with century-long lives – and the enigmatic woman who dominates them all.
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4 out of 5 stars
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This is a Heavy Book (lovely too)
- By troy on 05-20-12
- Cyteen
- Cyteen, Books 1-3
- By: C. J. Cherryh
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman, Jonathan Davis
Best performance
Reviewed: 03-08-14
Would you listen to Cyteen again? Why?
I am enjoying this so much I will probably listen again while sharing it with my husband. I will be sorry when the book is done.
What did you like best about this story?
The story itself is well done in the exploration of a complex psyche against the backdrop of a hard science fiction future that succeeds in suspending my disbelief (well, most of the time anyway). It does show its age a tad with some of the computing details, but that's OK.
What about Gabra Zackman and Jonathan Davis ’s performance did you like?
I have listened to a lot of fantastic audio books, but this is the best performance I have heard. Gabra Zackman handles voices from small girl to old men and makes you believe in the story. This is the first time I have heard her and I will be sure to seek her out again. Jonathan Davis is quite different form other things I have heard him narrate, but his presentation is perfect for the part his is playing in this book.
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WWW: Wonder
- By: Robert J. Sawyer
- Narrated by: Jessica Almasy, Marc Vietor, Oliver Wyman, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,450
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,081
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,085
Webmind - the vast consciousness that spontaneously emerged from the infrastructure of the World Wide Web - has proven its worth to humanity by aiding in everything from curing cancer to easing international tensions. But the brass at the Pentagon see Webmind as a threat that needs to be eliminated. Caitlin Decter-the once-blind 16-year-old math genius who discovered, and bonded with, Webmind - wants desperately to protect her friend. And if she doesn't act, everything - Webmind included - may come crashing down.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unmissable
- By brendanstallard on 04-08-11
Great Series!
Reviewed: 06-15-11
I just finished listening to Wonder having previously listened to Wake and Watch. I thoroughly enjoyed each book. These books are not only good story-telling, but the best audio productions I have ever heard. The readers were perfect for each part they played and totally believable. Jessica Almasy in particular nailed the part of Caitlin. Thank you to everyone involved!
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