Monster
A Gone Novel
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Michael Grant
About this listen
Acclaimed author Michael Grant delivers a stunning follow-up to the globally best-selling Gone series - perfect for fans of Stephen King's suspenseful writing.
It's been four years since a meteor hit Perdido Beach and everyone disappeared. Everyone except the kids trapped in the FAYZ - an invisible dome that was created by an alien virus. Inside the FAYZ, animals began to mutate, and teens developed dangerous powers. The terrifying new world was plagued with hunger, lies, and fear of the unknown.
Now the dome is gone, and meteors are hitting earth with an even deadlier virus. Humans will mutate into monsters, and the whole world will be exposed. As some teens begin to morph into heroes, they will find that others have become dangerously out of control...and that the world is on the brink of a monstrous battle between good and evil.
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The music of Rush, one of the most successful bands in music history, is filled with fantastic stories, evocative images, thought-provoking futures and pasts. In this anthology, notable, best-selling, and award-winning writers each chose a Rush song as the spark for a new story, drawing inspiration from the visionary trio Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart.
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I'm a RUSH fan, but ...no..not this book
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Maelstrom
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Tunguska, Roswell, the Bermuda Triangle, the Mary Celeste... For hundreds of years, the danger posed by colliding worlds has been ignored as a crackpot theory, until now, and now it's too late.
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Get ready to have your mind blown!
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Angelfall
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It’s been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her 17-year-old sister, Penryn, will do anything to get her back. Anything, including making a deal with an enemy angel. Raffe is a warrior who lies broken and wingless on the street. After eons of fighting his own battles, he finds himself being rescued from a desperate situation by a half-starved teenage girl. Traveling through a dark and twisted Northern California, they have only each other to rely on for survival.
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Creep-tastic!
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13 Bullets
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All the official reports say they are dead—extinct since the late ’80s, when a fed named Arkeley nailed the last vampire in a fight that nearly killed him. But Arkeley knows what most people don’t: there is one left. In an abandoned asylum she is rotting, plotting, and biding her time in a way that only the undead can. When state trooper Laura Caxton calls the FBI looking for help in the middle of the night, it is Arkeley who gets the assignment.
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HER LARYNX ROTTED AWAY YEARS AGO
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SEAL Team 666
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Halfway through SEAL training, Cadet Jack Walker, still green but showing incredible promise, is whisked away to join four SEALs and their dog for a special-ops mission. Walker soon finds himself in a whirlwind of otherworldly creatures and events as he discovers the true nature of SEAL Team 666. Battling demons, possessed humans, mass-murdering cults, and evil in its darkest and most and ancient form, the members of SEAL Team 666 have their work cut out for them. And it’s not long before they realize that the threat isn’t directed against the US alone....
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Enjoyable way to spend some downtime.
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Kiss Her Goodbye
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All ATF Agent Jack Donovan wants out of life is to do his job and work on his strained relationship with his daughter Jessie after a nasty divorce. But in a ruthless act of revenge by a charismatic madman, Jessie is kidnapped and buried alive, with barely enough oxygen to sustain her. Now the only man who can save her, the only man who knows where to find her, has just been shot dead - and the clock is ticking... So what's a father to do?
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Super supernatural thriller
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Endgame: The Complete Fugitive Archives
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It's 1948, and World War II has just ended. Berlin is in pieces, torn apart by bullets, bombs, and bloodshed. But a particular scientist has survived - one with vital knowledge of an ancient weapon. When Endgame spies learn of the news, Boone, a Cahokian, and Ariadne, a Minoan, are each sent undercover to find the scientist amid the snowy rubble. But when their paths intertwine, the last thing they expect is to let their guards down and work together.
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Good story
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Storm Front
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A call from a distraught wife, and another from Lt. Murphy of the Chicago PD Special Investigation Unit makes Harry believe things are looking up, but they are about to get worse, much worse. Someone is harnessing immense supernatural forces to commit a series of grisly murders. Someone has violated the first law of magic: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Tracking that someone takes Harry into the dangerous underbelly of Chicago, from mobsters to vampires....
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Excellent Story, Distracting Sound Engineering
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John Dies at the End
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STOP. You should not have touched this flyer with your bare hands. NO, don't put it down. It's too late. They're watching you. My name is David Wong. My best friend is John. Those names are fake. You might want to change yours. You may not want to know about the things you'll read on these pages, about the sauce, about Korrok, about the invasion, and the future. But it's too late. You touched the book. You're in the game. You're under the eye. The only defense is knowledge. You need to read this book, to the end. Even the part with the bratwurst. Why?
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Vulgar Funny. 4.95 Sale Win.
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Smoke Eaters
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When dragons rise from the earth, firefighters are humanity's last line of defense, in this wild near-future fantasy. Firefighter Cole Brannigan is on the verge of retirement after 30 years on the job, and a decade fighting dragons. But during his final fire call, he discovers he's immune to dragon smoke. It's such a rare power that he's immediately conscripted into the elite dragon-fighting force known as the Smoke Eaters. Retirement cancelled, Brannigan is re-assigned as a lowly rookie.
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Highly Enjoyable!
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- Jennifer and James Sredl
- 06-23-19
Good
I enjoyed this book very much but I definitely preferred the previous narrator over the new narrator
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- John J. Medeiros
- 11-16-22
Saddened
I got a lot of enjoyment from this series until this book. The book was killed by the woke gender affirming nonsense that distracted from the plot for no apparent reason. The first three chapters could have been condensed to one and lost nothing if the editor had removed that misguided text.
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- Bryce Cutter
- 06-16-19
Womensrights book hidden as fiction.
Ehh, loved the Gone series. This seems like a disingenuous attempt from the author to prove he's progressive.
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- Dustin
- 09-11-19
Switch of narrator
I really didn't like the switch of narrator, the first 6 books were great. Could have been better imo
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- Bartleby the Scrivener
- 04-21-19
Love the series!
I really like this series. I found it because I love the first narrator, so I was relieved when I found I liked this one a lot as well. Five stars, all around!
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- Anonymous User
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Great Continuation
Michael Grant does a wonderful job transitioning the world of the FAYZ from young adult to a more mature audience in this continuing story.
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- Chandra Wagner
- 01-10-21
Not as Good as Original buuuttt...
If you're upset that an author whose previous series featured as its main characters a young autistic boy being the most powerful character, a young unassuming black boy from a large family becoming a financial superpower, a black lesbian as a super important/powerful character, an undocumented Honduran gay boy as the most loved, trusted, and efficient leader of the group, a misogynistic pig as it's most hated villain, as well as themes of racism, sexism, and mental illness in 2008 is "too pc", you obviously didn't read the original series. Or you didnt pay attention because you only care about action, and action packed the first series was. I have my issues with Cruz as a character, but her being a transgender woman questioning and trying to figure out who she is, is certainly not one of them.
Now, for actual fans of the original series, here's my review. I've only read (listened to) the first one so far. On narration, the original narrator was way better, this one was too intense/awkward in dialogue sometimes and the breadth of voices she could do was limited compared to Kyle (?). She wasn't bad though and I gotta say it's nice to hear the females in the series have actual feminine voice rather than the weird deep voices he did for mary, dekka, and diana.
In terms of story, by the end it had me engaged but it was a slog to get there. Grant has never been great at casual dialogue, he's much better at the intense, crazy moments and their fallout then the casual, characters just talking about whatever and getting to know each other light moments. This is where the book struggled. The original series started the drama and craziness right away and it never lets up. This one tries to do that with it's first character introduction at the fayz wall, but quickly became slow. There's a lot of set up and it isn't very compelling, or at least it doesn't get us immediately invested in these new characters. A good portion of the first half is the two new "main" characters getting to know eachother and its, sorry to say, kind of boring. Grant shines with his ability to create suspense, crazy situations and character design, and tragic circumstances and the fallout effect of those circumstances on characters. Not so much two characters in a room talking about superheroes or otherwise getting to know each other. This can be seen in the original series as well but because everything gets crazy fast and the mysteries and problem solving are so engaging you forgive it. Not so much here...
The best parts are with Dekka because you're already connected to her through the previous story or with small new characters that only show up to show how crazy things are getting outside of the main character's journeys. I also wasn't too excited about the wannabe copies of some characters like Caine. Mostly the wannabe Caine copy or how you can tell another character is mimicking Drake.
All that being said, the grander story (like the mystery of the FAYZ itself) gets pretty exciting and engaging as you go on. The parts with Dekka and the last third of the book were fun and I'm excited to see how it goes. Also that last line though!
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- HannahWho16
- 06-05-24
Decent Story Bogged Down By Lack of Enthusiasm
I liked the story. A bit rehashed, but the biggest detractor was the voice actress. Her performance lacks Kyle McCarthy’s energy that brought the Gone series to life. Just left a lot to be desired.
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- Nolan Sparks
- 02-17-20
Very disappointing
Lots of progressive nods and overwhelmed by PC crap. Kinda sad
Great story excluding all that
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- Anonymous User
- 05-10-23
A good book
A very good book that I liked a lot and could read ten more times.
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