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The Boy in the Iron Box, Book 1
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A group of mercenaries on an unsanctioned mission survives a plane crash in whiteout conditions in the Tian Shan mountains. The men are accustomed to danger. Now they’re growing accustomed to fear.
Team leader Liev and his band of survivors are stranded in the bitter winds with little hope of rescue—or outlasting the wolves that have scented blood. In the distance is the apparent sanctuary of an abandoned stone fortress. That an ancient bulwark even exists on this forsaken summit is beyond comprehension. So is what lies on the other side of its walls.
From Academy Award–winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes Falling Down, chapter one of The Boy in the Iron Box, a blood-chilling serialized novel about an ancient secret that was never meant to be unleashed, featuring exclusive interior artwork. Each chapter can be read or listened to in one breathless sitting.
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©2024 Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...
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Oscar winning writer-director Guillermo del Toro and bestselling author Cornelia Funke have come together to transform del Toro’s hit movie Pan’s Labyrinth into an epic and dark fantasy novel for listeners of all ages, with enchanting short stories that flesh out the folklore of this fascinating world.
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Wow. The movie was beautiful, the book, genius.
- By Rachael on 07-05-19
By: Guillermo del Toro, and others
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Nameless: Season One
- By: Dean Koontz
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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If our memories make us who we are, who is a man without any? Nameless has only a gun, missions from a shadowy agency, and one dead aim: dispense justice when the law fails. As he moves from town to town, driven by splintered visions of the past and future, he's headed toward the ultimate confrontation in this propulsive series of short thrillers by number one New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.
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Koontz is finally back!!!
- By Areana S on 11-25-19
By: Dean Koontz
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The Broken Doll
- Justice Is a Moving Target
- By: Jeffery Deaver
- Narrated by: Christina Traister
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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A sociopath cuts a path of destruction across the rural Midwest. In pursuit: a vigilante detective and a prosecutor, one bent on revenge, the other on virtue. And in the wrong place at the wrong time: a doctor in a life-and-death moral struggle. Barreling toward justice, their fates converge in these four interlocking short stories of cunning misdirection by internationally bestselling author Jeffery Deaver.
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Good Story, Not Good Audio
- By Cheryl on 04-18-23
By: Jeffery Deaver
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Jackknife
- The Shivers Collection
- By: Joe Hill
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Dennis awakens something evil when he removes a decades-old jackknife from the trunk of a gnarled old sycamore. Once pinned in place—now thoughtlessly freed—the tree returns to its roots. An act of vigilante justice took place under its boughs long ago. But its taste for blood has only grown stronger…
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Welp...
- By Chicken Hat on 04-17-25
By: Joe Hill
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Everywhere You Look
- Never Tell Collection
- By: Liv Constantine
- Narrated by: Ellen Quay
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s been ten years since Jade lost her father in a tragic accident, and the lingering guilt and grief have dragged her down to rock bottom. Then one night, she’s out at a restaurant and sees the impossible through the window: her father, alive. By the time she reaches the crowded sidewalk, he has disappeared. After so much despair, Jade isn’t going to lose him again—no matter what sinister truths may come from following him.
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Everywhere You Look. Story was great. Plot very interesting but kind of sad at the end finding out the truth.
- By M. Welch on 04-21-24
By: Liv Constantine
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Ankle Snatcher
- Creature Feature Collection
- By: Grady Hendrix
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
- Length: 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Marcus grew up believing his father killed his mother—then blamed it on the boogeyman under the bed. Always leave the lights on, his father warned, or the boogeyman will get you. Marcus still heeds the superstition, especially when he invites his new girlfriend over. Is Marcus haunted by a creature or has he just inherited his father’s murderous delusions? The night will tell.
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Maybe Itʻs Time to Invest in a Futon
- By Amazon Customer on 01-10-25
By: Grady Hendrix
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The Rule of Threes
- A Novella (Special Agent Constant Marlowe)
- By: Jeffery Deaver
- Narrated by: Christina Traister
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Special Agent Constant Marlowe is tasked with taking over the investigation of an obsessed serial killer trolling the small town of Clark Valley in the quiet—and eerie—plains of the Midwest. Two female victims in quick succession, the same brutal MO, and every indication that victim number three is only days away. Also in the killer’s scope is Constant herself. When she interviews a local family who may be potential witnesses, she leads the devil to their doorstep, throwing their lives into chaos.
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OK, but nothing special
- By VEH on 03-10-24
By: Jeffery Deaver
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The Pram
- Creature Feature Collection
- By: Joe Hill
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Willy and Marianne’s farmhouse in Maine has acres of meadow and fresh air, and a lonesome bridle path in the forest along which Willy daydreams and ambles. When he’s loaned a decrepit old baby stroller to cart his groceries home, the rickety squeak of the wheels comforts him. So do the sweet coos of a baby Willy knows can’t be real. Can it? In this twisted thicket, wishes come true—with a price.
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Freaking Brilliant!
- By Wysh on 03-19-24
By: Joe Hill
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Letter Slot
- The Shivers Collection
- By: Owen King
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Sensing his mother’s failing health, a struggling teenager pours out his worries in a letter and drops it through the mail slot of an abandoned show house. He’s surprised when a response arrives, promising good fortune for the price of just one name: someone he hates. He’d give anything for his mother. But the true cost may be more than he’s willing to pay.
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Republican hate
- By Karen on 05-15-25
By: Owen King
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Invasion
- Heartland Aliens, Book 1
- By: Joshua James
- Narrated by: Phil Thron
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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The War of the Worlds gets turbocharged in this nonstop action-packed thriller about a group of survivors thrust into extraordinary circumstances. When aliens arrive on Earth, the tiny town of Little Creek isn't any more prepared than the rest of the planet. Without warning or provocation, the otherworldly creatures begin to lay waste to everything.
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New take on an alien invasion.
- By Michael R. Poniatowski on 07-12-24
By: Joshua James
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You Have Arrived at Your Destination
- Forward collection
- By: Amor Towles
- Narrated by: David Harbour
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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When Sam’s wife first tells him about Vitek, a twenty-first-century fertility lab, he sees it as the natural next step in trying to help their future child get a “leg up” in a competitive world. But the more Sam considers the lives that his child could lead, the more he begins to question his own relationships and the choices he has made in his life.
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Excellent
- By RueRue on 10-19-19
By: Amor Towles
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The Wrong Stuff
- How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned
- By: John Strausbaugh
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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In the wake of World War II, with America ascendant and the Soviet Union devastated by the conflict, the Space Race should have been over before it started. But the underdog Soviets scored a series of victories—starting with the 1957 launch of Sputnik and continuing in the years following--that seemed to achieve the impossible. It was proof, it seemed, that the USSR had manpower and collective will that went beyond America's material advantages. They had asserted themselves as a world power. But in The Wrong Stuff, John Strausbaugh tells a different story.
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Fun and insightful story
- By ryan allison on 05-15-25
By: John Strausbaugh
I could not tell the correct order of these episodes and ended up listening to them backwards.
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Posted this review to the wrong book. This review is for the entire series.
My goodness!
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Excellent-with some tweaks
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3.5-4 stars so far
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Very Interested!
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Interesting Choices
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I don't think it's worth sacrificing clarity for ~vibes.
Let down by unique but hard to understand narrator
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Rough narration
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Falling Down: Boy In The Box Series
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Oh my gosh, the narrator!
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