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S.A. Barnes
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"You'll want to read this one with the lights on."—Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author
Cold Eternity is the newest action-packed space horror from S.A. Barnes perfect for fans of Severance, where desperation for eternal life leads to a fate worse than death...
Halley is on the run from an interplanetary political scandal that has put a huge target on her back. She heads for what seems like the perfect place to lay low: a gigantic space barge storing the cryogenically frozen bodies of Earth’s most fortunate citizens from more than a century ago…
The cryo program, created by trillionaire tech genius Zale Winfeld, is long defunct, and the AI hologram "hosts," ghoulishly created in the likeness of Winfeld’s three adult children, are glitchy. The ship feels like a crypt, and the isolation gets to Halley almost immediately. She starts to see figures crawling in the hallways, and there’s a constant scraping, slithering, and rattling echoing in the vents.
It’s not long before Halley realizes she may have gotten herself trapped in an even more dangerous situation than the one she was running from….
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Psychologist Dr. Ophelia Bray has dedicated her life to the study and prevention of ERS—a space-based condition most famous for a case that resulted in the brutal murders of twenty-nine people. When she's assigned to a small exploration crew, she's eager to make a difference. But as they begin to establish residency on an abandoned planet, it becomes clear that crew is hiding something. While Ophelia focuses on her new role, her crewmates are far more interested in investigating the eerie, ancient planet and unraveling the mystery behind the previous colonizer's hasty departure.
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Too Much Inner Whining
- By Michael on 07-27-24
By: S.A. Barnes
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Where the Axe Is Buried
- A Novel
- By: Ray Nayler
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In the authoritarian Federation, there is a plot to assassinate and replace the President, a man who has downloaded his mind to a succession of new bodies to maintain his grip on power. Meanwhile, on the fringes of a Western Europe that has renounced human governance in favor of ostensibly more efficient, objective, and peaceful AI Prime Ministers, an experimental artificial mind is malfunctioning, threatening to set off a chain of events that may spell the end of the Western world.
By: Ray Nayler
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Terrestrial History
- A Novel
- By: Joe Mungo Reed
- Narrated by: Dave Gillies, Lianne Walker
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Hannah is a fusion scientist working alone at a remote cottage off the coast of Scotland when she sees a figure making his way from the sea. It is a young man from a human settlement on Mars, traveling backwards through time to try to make a crucial intervention in the fate of our dying planet, and he needs Hannah's help. Hannah and the stranger are on the path towards a breakthrough—and then things go terribly wrong.
By: Joe Mungo Reed
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Dead Silence
- By: S.A. Barnes
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed—made obsolete—when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. With nothing to lose and no desire to return to Earth, Claire and her team decide to investigate.
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Couldn’t finish
- By Donald Klaczko on 03-12-22
By: S.A. Barnes
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Overgrowth
- By: Mira Grant
- Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Since she was three years old, Anastasia Miller has been telling anyone who would listen that she's an alien disguised as a human being, and that the armada that left her on Earth is coming for her. Since she was three years old, no one has been willing to listen. Now, with an alien signal from the stars being broadcast around the world, humanity is finally starting to realize that it's already been warned, and it may be too late.
By: Mira Grant
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The Hollow Half
- By: Sarah Aziza
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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“You were dead, Sarah, you were dead.” In October 2019, Sarah Aziza, daughter and granddaughter of Gazan refugees, is narrowly saved after being hospitalized for an eating disorder. The doctors revive her body, but it is no simple thing to return to the land of the living. Aziza’s crisis is a rupture that brings both her ancestral and personal past into vivid presence. The hauntings begin in the hospital cafeteria, when a mysterious incident summons the familiar voice of her deceased Palestinian grandmother.
By: Sarah Aziza
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Ghost Station
- By: S.A. Barnes
- Narrated by: Zura Johnson
- Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Psychologist Dr. Ophelia Bray has dedicated her life to the study and prevention of ERS—a space-based condition most famous for a case that resulted in the brutal murders of twenty-nine people. When she's assigned to a small exploration crew, she's eager to make a difference. But as they begin to establish residency on an abandoned planet, it becomes clear that crew is hiding something. While Ophelia focuses on her new role, her crewmates are far more interested in investigating the eerie, ancient planet and unraveling the mystery behind the previous colonizer's hasty departure.
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Too Much Inner Whining
- By Michael on 07-27-24
By: S.A. Barnes
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Where the Axe Is Buried
- A Novel
- By: Ray Nayler
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In the authoritarian Federation, there is a plot to assassinate and replace the President, a man who has downloaded his mind to a succession of new bodies to maintain his grip on power. Meanwhile, on the fringes of a Western Europe that has renounced human governance in favor of ostensibly more efficient, objective, and peaceful AI Prime Ministers, an experimental artificial mind is malfunctioning, threatening to set off a chain of events that may spell the end of the Western world.
By: Ray Nayler
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Terrestrial History
- A Novel
- By: Joe Mungo Reed
- Narrated by: Dave Gillies, Lianne Walker
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Hannah is a fusion scientist working alone at a remote cottage off the coast of Scotland when she sees a figure making his way from the sea. It is a young man from a human settlement on Mars, traveling backwards through time to try to make a crucial intervention in the fate of our dying planet, and he needs Hannah's help. Hannah and the stranger are on the path towards a breakthrough—and then things go terribly wrong.
By: Joe Mungo Reed
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Dead Silence
- By: S.A. Barnes
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed—made obsolete—when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. With nothing to lose and no desire to return to Earth, Claire and her team decide to investigate.
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Couldn’t finish
- By Donald Klaczko on 03-12-22
By: S.A. Barnes
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Overgrowth
- By: Mira Grant
- Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Since she was three years old, Anastasia Miller has been telling anyone who would listen that she's an alien disguised as a human being, and that the armada that left her on Earth is coming for her. Since she was three years old, no one has been willing to listen. Now, with an alien signal from the stars being broadcast around the world, humanity is finally starting to realize that it's already been warned, and it may be too late.
By: Mira Grant
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The Hollow Half
- By: Sarah Aziza
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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“You were dead, Sarah, you were dead.” In October 2019, Sarah Aziza, daughter and granddaughter of Gazan refugees, is narrowly saved after being hospitalized for an eating disorder. The doctors revive her body, but it is no simple thing to return to the land of the living. Aziza’s crisis is a rupture that brings both her ancestral and personal past into vivid presence. The hauntings begin in the hospital cafeteria, when a mysterious incident summons the familiar voice of her deceased Palestinian grandmother.
By: Sarah Aziza
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Polybius
- By: Collin Armstrong
- Narrated by: Rachanee Lumayno
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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October, 1982. Forced to move to the quiet seaside town of Tasker Bay by her mother, the only thing on high schooler Andi’s mind is saving up enough money to return to her old stomping grounds in Silicon Valley. Her self-taught skills with all things electronic make her a perfect fit for a job at the dingy local arcade. When Polybius—a new game of unknown origin arrives—the shop is suddenly overwhelmed with players fighting for time on the machine. Seemingly overnight, a virus-like epidemic grips Tasker Bay while a violent coastal storm rolls in, isolating it from the outside world.
By: Collin Armstrong
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The Cut
- A Novel
- By: C. J. Dotson
- Narrated by: Jenn Lee
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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A historic hotel long past its prime and huddled along The Cut, a questionable Lake Erie beach, isn’t Sadie Miles’ ideal place to raise a toddler while also navigating her second pregnancy. After finally fleeing her abusive ex-fiancé, though, Sadie’s new housekeeping position and free room at L’Arpin Hotel are the best she can manage. On her first night, Sadie runs to help a guest struggling in the hotel’s pool only to find the water calm and empty when she gets there, leaving her with a lingering unease.
By: C. J. Dotson
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The Library at Hellebore
- By: Cassandra Khaw
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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The Hellebore Technical Institute for the Gifted is the premier academy for the dangerously powerful: the Anti-Christs and Ragnaroks, the world-eaters and apocalypse-makers. Hellebore promises redemption, acceptance, and a normal life after graduation. At least, that’s what Alessa Li is told after she’s kidnapped and forcibly enrolled. But the Institute is more than just a haven for monsters. On graduation day, the faculty go on a ravenous rampage, feasting on Alessa’s classmates.
By: Cassandra Khaw
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Eat the Ones You Love
- By: Sarah Maria Griffin
- Narrated by: Barry McStay, Lauren O’Leary
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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After losing her job and her fiancé and moving back from the city to live with her parents, Shell Pine needs some help. And according to the sign in the window, the florist shop in the mall does too. Shell gets the gig, and the flowers she works with there are just the thing she needs to cheer up. Or maybe it’s Neve, the beautiful shop manager, who is making her days so rosy? But you have to get your hands dirty if you want your garden to grow—and Neve’s secrets are as dark and dangerous as they come.
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Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng
- By: Kylie Lee Baker
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner, washing away the remains of brutal murders and suicides in Chinatown. But none of that seems so terrible when she’s already witnessed the most horrific thing possible: her sister, Delilah, being pushed in front of a train. Before fleeing the scene, the murderer shouted two words: bat eater. So the bloody messes don’t really bother Cora—she’s more bothered by the germs on the subway railing, the bare hands of a stranger, the hidden viruses in every corner, and the bite marks on her coffee table.
By: Kylie Lee Baker
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When the Wolf Comes Home
- By: Nat Cassidy
- Narrated by: Helen Laser, Nat Cassidy
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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One night, Jess, a struggling actress, finds a five-year-old runaway hiding in the bushes outside her apartment. After a violent, bloody encounter with the boy's father, she and the boy find themselves running for their lives. As they attempt to evade the boy's increasingly desperate father, Jess slowly comes to a horrifying understanding of the butchery that follows them—the boy can turn his every fear into reality. And when the wolf finally comes home, no one will be spared.
By: Nat Cassidy
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The Staircase in the Woods
- By: Chuck Wendig
- Narrated by: Jay Myers, Amber Benson, Xe Sands
- Length: 15 hrs
- Unabridged
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Five high school friends are bonded by an oath to protect one another no matter what. Then, on a camping trip in the middle of the forest, they find something extraordinary: a mysterious staircase to nowhere. One friend walks up—and never comes back down. Then the staircase disappears. Twenty years later, the staircase has reappeared. Now the group returns to find the lost boy—and what lies beyond the staircase in the woods.
By: Chuck Wendig
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The Woods All Black
- By: Lee Mandelo
- Narrated by: Charli Burrow
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
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The Woods All Black is a story of passion, prejudice, and power—an Appalachian period piece that explores reproductive justice and bodily autonomy, the terrors of small-town religiosity, and the necessity of fighting tooth and claw to live as who you truly are.
By: Lee Mandelo
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Gifted & Talented
- By: Olivie Blake
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes the story of three siblings who, upon the death of their father, are forced to reckon with their long-festering rivalries, dangerous abilities, and the crushing weight of all their unrealized adolescent potential.
By: Olivie Blake
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When We Were Real
- By: Daryl Gregory
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
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JP and Dulin have been the best of friends for decades. When JP finds out his cancer has aggressively returned, Dulin decides it’s the perfect time for one last adventure: a week-long bus tour of North America’s Impossibles, the physics-defying glitches and geographic miracles that started cropping up seven years earlier—right after the Announcement that revealed our world to be merely a digital simulacrum. The outing, courtesy of Canterbury Trails Tours, promises the trip of a (not completely real) lifetime in a (not completely deluxe) coach.
By: Daryl Gregory
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The Rebel Romanov
- Julie of Saxe-Coburg, the Empress Russia Never Had
- By: Helen Rappaport
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
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At a time when many royal brides meekly submitted to disastrous marriages, Julie proved to be a woman ahead of her time, sacrificing her reputation and a life of luxury in exchange for the freedom to live as she wished. The Rebel Romanov is the inspiring tale of a bold woman who, until now, has been ignored by history.
By: Helen Rappaport
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One Way Witch
- She Who Knows, Book 2
- By: Nnedi Okorafor
- Length: 5 hrs
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As a teen, Najeeba learned to become the beast of wind, fire and dust: the kponyungo. When that took too much from her, including the life of her father, she let it all go, and for a time, she was happy—until only a few years later, when the small, normal life she’d built was violently destroyed. Now in her forties and years beyond the death of her second husband, Najeeba has just lost her beloved daughter. Onyesonwu saved the world. Najeeba knows this well, but the world does not.
By: Nnedi Okorafor