Carol Gyzander
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Ararat
- By: Christopher Golden
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
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Christopher Golden's Ararat is the heart-pounding tale of an adventure that goes wrong - on a biblical scale. When an earthquake reveals a secret cave hidden inside Mount Ararat in Turkey, a daring, newly engaged couple are determined to be the first ones inside...and what they discover will change everything. The cave is actually a buried ancient ship that many quickly come to believe is Noah's Ark. When a team of scholars, archaeologists, and filmmakers make it inside the ark, they discover an elaborate coffin in its recesses.
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Chilling then dragged on too long.....
- By Barbara on 05-17-17
- Ararat
- By: Christopher Golden
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
Gripping!
Reviewed: 07-29-21
Gripping story - terrific narration! I zoomed through it to find out what was happening next.
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Wanderers
- A Novel
- By: Chuck Wendig
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman, Xe Sands
- Length: 32 hrs and 22 mins
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Shana wakes up one morning to discover her little sister in the grip of a strange malady. She appears to be sleepwalking. She cannot talk and cannot be woken up. And she is heading with inexorable determination to a destination that only she knows. But Shana and her sister are not alone. Soon, they are joined by a flock of sleepwalkers from across America, on the same mysterious journey. And like Shana, there are other "shepherds" who follow the flock to protect their friends and family on the long dark road ahead.
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Recommended, with some issues
- By Allan T. Maule on 07-29-19
- Wanderers
- A Novel
- By: Chuck Wendig
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman, Xe Sands
Stunning range of voice
Reviewed: 07-05-21
So impressive in the wide range of character voices, by the author AND the narrators.
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The Toll
- By: Cherie Priest
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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State Road 177 runs along the Suwannee River, between Fargo, Georgia, and the Okefenokee Swamp. Drive that route from east to west, and you'll cross six bridges. Take it from west to east, and you might find seven. But you'd better hope not. Titus and Melanie Bell leave their hotel in Fargo for a second honeymoon canoeing the Okefenokee Swamp. But shortly before they reach their destination, they draw up to a halt at the edge of a rickety bridge with old stone pilings, with room for only one car....
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An Enjoyable Listen
- By Tanya Twombly on 11-06-19
- The Toll
- By: Cherie Priest
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
Sucks you right in
Reviewed: 04-18-20
Wonderful use of setting as a character! Loved it and couldn't stop listening. Great narration as well.
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The Fireman
- A Novel
- By: Joe Hill
- Narrated by: Kate Mulgrew
- Length: 22 hrs and 19 mins
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No one knows exactly when it began or where it originated. A terrifying new plague is spreading like wildfire across the country, striking cities one by one: Boston, Detroit, Seattle. The doctors call it Draco Incendia Trychophyton. To everyone else it's Dragonscale, a highly contagious, deadly spore that marks its hosts with beautiful black and gold marks across their bodies - before causing them to burst into flames. Millions are infected; blazes erupt everywhere. There is no antidote. No one is safe.
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GOD'S WAITING ROOM; AKA FLORIDA
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 04-25-17
- The Fireman
- A Novel
- By: Joe Hill
- Narrated by: Kate Mulgrew
Couldn't put it down and now I'm sorry it's over!
Reviewed: 02-08-19
Probably the most awesome book I have read in years. The interaction between characters was compelling, especially Harper and her husband, and the portrait of group behavior under duress was devastating. And yet, there is hope here, and love, and an undying optimism for the future. Cannot recommend it enough.
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Hide and Seek
- By: Jack Ketchum
- Narrated by: Wayne June
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
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The second, riveting novel from Bram Stoker Award-winner Jack Ketchum, Hide and Seek is a book about games. Reckless, dangerous games. Games you might even want to play yourself if you're with the right people. But shouldn't. Not ever… In a small Maine town, a group of thrill seeking college kids finds a game of hide and seek in an abandoned house turning into a reality of stark terror.
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Not what I expected.
- By Theresa on 01-02-11
- Hide and Seek
- By: Jack Ketchum
- Narrated by: Wayne June
Deep and creepy
Reviewed: 12-20-18
An in-depth look at some broken characters that makes you want to keep going in the story.
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A Skeleton in the Family
- A Family Skeleton Mystery, Book 1
- By: Leigh Perry
- Narrated by: Katina Kalin
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
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Moving back into her parents' house with her teenage daughter had not been Georgia Thackery's Plan A. But when she got a job at the local college, it seemed the sensible thing to do. So she settled in and began reconnecting with old friends. Including Sid. Sid is the Thackery family's skeleton. He's lived in the house as long as Georgia can remember, although no one, including Sid, knows exactly where he came from and how he came to be a skeleton.
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Fun for all ages
- By Craig on 05-11-14
- A Skeleton in the Family
- A Family Skeleton Mystery, Book 1
- By: Leigh Perry
- Narrated by: Katina Kalin
A delightfully different mystery!
Reviewed: 12-18-18
What fun to know the dead victim even after he's dead. A great narration job as well!
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The Sins of the Fathers
- By: Lawrence Block
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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The hooker was young, pretty...and dead, butchered in a Greenwich Village apartment. The prime suspect, a minister's son, was also dead, the victim of a jailhouse suicide. The case is closed, as far as the NYPD is concerned. Now the murdered prostitute's father wants it opened again--that's where Matthew Scudder comes in.
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Good introduction to a popular series
- By Sharron on 12-26-11
- The Sins of the Fathers
- By: Lawrence Block
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
Draws you right in!
Reviewed: 12-01-18
He's not a private eye, but as a retired cop he can figure all the angles. A great story and fun to follow...loved the voice...both the author AND the narrator.
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The Armored Saint
- By: Myke Cole
- Narrated by: Michi Barall
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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After witnessing a horrendous slaughter, young Heloise opposes the Order and risks bringing their wrath down on herself, her family, and her village. She must confront the true risk that wizards pose to the world and weigh the safety of her people against justice.
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Written well, but uninteresting
- By Anonymous User on 03-26-18
- The Armored Saint
- By: Myke Cole
- Narrated by: Michi Barall
A different take on a military fantasy
Reviewed: 11-28-18
Fascinating Characters, great interpersonal relationships and some fantastic action sequences. I heartily recommend this book!
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Perdido Street Station
- By: China Mieville
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 24 hrs and 21 mins
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The metropolis of New Crobuzon sprawls at the center of the world. Humans and mutants and arcane races brood in the gloom beneath its chimneys, where the river is sluggish with unnatural effluent and foundries pound into the night. For a thousand years, the Parliament and its brutal militias have ruled over a vast economy of workers and artists, spies and soldiers, magicians, crooks, and junkies. Now a stranger has arrived, with a pocketful of gold and an impossible demand. And something unthinkable is released.
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Brilliant, wonderful book -- horrible recording
- By James on 08-19-09
- Perdido Street Station
- By: China Mieville
- Narrated by: John Lee
Stunning world building and characters
Reviewed: 09-30-18
I loved this book. The description of the world lifted me from my space and dropped me into the middle of a vivid, seething place of alien races and characters who were believable and about whom I grew were to care quite a bit. Highly recommended.
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Educated
- A Memoir
- By: Tara Westover
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
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Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University.
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The Other Side of Idaho's Mountains
- By Darwin8u on 03-28-18
- Educated
- A Memoir
- By: Tara Westover
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Deeply personal examination of the role of family
Reviewed: 06-19-18
A frank and compelling story of a difficult subject... mental health and family. Well done.
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