Recruitment
The Resistance Trilogy, Book 1
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K. A. Riley
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On Recruitment Day in the year 2042, Kress and her seven fellow Seventeens—including her best friend, her worst enemy, a brilliant strategist, a moody recluse, a trigger-happy killer, a timid giant, and the impossibly handsome boy she’s avoided all her life—are taken away by armed soldiers to aid in the fight against the invading Eastern Order. But what does preparing for war have to do with the disappearance of Kress’s father? Or the strange pattern of techno-genetic tattoos embedded in her forearms? Or her growing psychic connection with Render, her mysterious raven companion?
In a secret facility called the Processor, Kress and her fellow Recruits are subjected to endless weapons training, violent puzzles, dangerous war games, deadly escape rooms, and impossible Virtual Reality simulations. In the end, they’ll get answers to questions they’ll wish they never asked.
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After their costly victory over President Krug and the Patriot Army, 18-year-old Kress and her Conspiracy travel to a newly medieval London, England where they are forced to fight their way through two warring factions amid a decimated hellscape. Their struggle for survival takes them on an epic quest through what’s left of London as they race to track down a pair of mythical twins, who are rumored to have the unique ability to enter the world of dreams.
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Manthyyyyyyyyyy
- By texasmommy on 10-14-24
By: K. A. Riley
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The Testing
- The Testing, Book 1
- By: Joelle Charbonneau
- Narrated by: Casey Holloway
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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It’s graduation day for sixteen-year-old Malencia Vale, and the entire Five Lakes Colony (the former Great Lakes) is celebrating. All Cia can think about—hope for—is whether she’ll be chosen for The Testing, a United Commonwealth program that selects the best and brightest new graduates to become possible leaders of the slowly revitalizing post-war civilization.
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It was good but….
- By GAmom on 07-09-23
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The Royal Games
- A Young Adult Dystopian Romance (A Game of Crowns and Lies, Book 1)
- By: Jamie Sanders
- Narrated by: Beth Nicholls
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Once in a generation, the young women of the Unified Territories of Palias are given the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to become a princess. It’s an honor Kaia Luvaryan has no interest in competing for. In the aftermath of the Great War, huge swaths of what was once the United States of America are uninhabitable. Every day is a struggle to survive. But Kaia doesn’t want to leave her family or her best friend Finn behind. Life in her home territory of Hilora is hard, but at least it’s hers. Her life. Her choice. Until, suddenly, it’s not anymore.
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The voice is so robotic
- By Courtney on 12-11-21
By: Jamie Sanders
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A Kingdom Scarred
- Fae of Tíria, Book 1
- By: K. A. Riley
- Narrated by: Yu-Li Alice Shen
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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A thousand years ago, the mortal realms of Kalemnar were separated from the land of the Fae by a dark, poisonous mist that takes lives with all the cruelty of the sharpest blade. Lyrinn Martel has been told all her life that the Fae deserted their lands long ago, leaving them to decay and ruin. Rumors still swirl to this day that the Immortals were malevolent creatures, bent on destroying the realms of humans, and that their departure was a welcome blessing.
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Another good story by author K A Riley
- By Nana on 06-12-23
By: K. A. Riley
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The Queen Trials
- By: Penelope Wright
- Narrated by: Penelope Wright
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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I never wanted to join the Queen Trials. But I’m not a victim and never have been. When a peacekeeper attacks me in a mine shaft, I fight back and win. Sort of. Because I made a mistake. I let him live. He knows my name. He’ll come after me, and he’ll kill the only person I love: my sweet, clueless brother Shellor. Nobody escapes from Locality Fourteen. There was only one way out that would protect us both: Enter the Queen Trials and become a star. Now, I’m plunged into a competition with dozens of gorgeous women from all over the kingdom.
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- By Stevie Love on 12-30-24
By: Penelope Wright
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The GEOs: The Complete Series
- By: Ramona Finn
- Narrated by: Alexandra Hunter
- Length: 27 hrs and 50 mins
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It’s been decades since the deadly GM virus decimated humanity, but the world continues to hold out for a cure. Hidden underground in the dark, GEOs remain, what’s left of the population as Farrow Corp works tirelessly in their never-ending search for a miracle. For seventeen-year-old Tylia Coder, survival is all she knows. With virus mutations continuing to spread, Tylia must either watch her ailing mother be ravaged by illness or hack her way into the terrifying Acceptance trials and face the infected world above to save her family.
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So good
- By Doris scales on 01-18-25
By: Ramona Finn
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The Culling Series Boxed Set: Books 1-3
- By: Tricia Wentworth
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
- Length: 55 hrs and 16 mins
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150 years after a virus wipes out most of the world's population, Reagan Scott finds herself chosen for the State of the Union's fifth Culling. She will compete against forty-nine of the country's brightest girls. And then, of course, there are the fifty boys. She'll have to pair up with one for her shot at becoming the next Presidential Couple. This set includes The Culling, The Fracturing, and The Reckoning.
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Sweet but very juvenile
- By Laura on 08-06-24
By: Tricia Wentworth
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The Princess Trials
- A Young Adult Dystopian Romance
- By: Cordelia K Castel
- Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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Water is scarce. Deserts have taken over the land. Nuclear war has devastated humanity. Humans live in walled super cities to keep out the irradiated. The land that was formerly known as America is divided into kingdoms ruled by royal elites. Born into the lowest Echelon of the Kingdom of Phangloria, 16-year-old Zea Calico faces a life of hunger, thirst, and toil. The only way out of this drudgery is revolution, and Zea is desperate to help the cause.
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A blend of the Selection and the Hunger Games
- By Michelle Carr on 02-24-21
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The Program
- By: Suzanne Young
- Narrated by: Joy Osmanski
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
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In Sloane’s world, true feelings are forbidden, teen suicide is an epidemic, and the only solution is The Program. Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child; Sloane knows they’ll do anything to keep her alive. She also knows that everyone who’s been through The Program returns as a blank slate. Because their depression is gone - but so are their memories.
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Don’t listen if you actually suffer from depression
- By Kara on 12-05-17
By: Suzanne Young
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NEED
- By: Joelle Charbonneau
- Narrated by: Laura Knight Keating, Therese Plummer
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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"No one gets something for nothing. We all should know better." Teenagers at Wisconsin's Nottawa High School are drawn deeper into a social networking site that promises to grant their every need...regardless of the consequences. Soon the site turns sinister, with simple pranks escalating to malicious crimes. The body count rises.
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Thought provoking and a little too real
- By Yvonne Smiley on 12-19-15
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Qualify
- Atlantis Grail Series, Book 1
- By: Vera Nazarian
- Narrated by: Sofia Willingham
- Length: 22 hrs and 32 mins
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You have two options. You die, or you Qualify. Sixteen-year-old Gwenevere Lark is determined not only to Qualify but to rescue her entire family. If you are good enough to Qualify, you are eligible to compete in the brutal games of the Atlantis Grail, which grants all winners the laurels, high-tech luxuries, and full privileges of Atlantis citizenship. And if you are in the Top 10, then all your wildest wishes are granted...such as curing your mother's cancer. There is only one problem. Gwen Lark is known as a klutz and a nerd.
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Not For Me
- By kristal on 12-11-19
By: Vera Nazarian
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Time Bomb
- By: Joelle Charbonneau
- Narrated by: Nina Alvamar
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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A congressman's daughter who has to be perfect. A star quarterback with a secret. A guy who's tired of being ignored. A clarinet player who's done trying to fit in. An orphaned rebel who wants to teach someone a lesson. A guy who wants people to see him, not his religion. They couldn't be more different, but before the morning's over, they'll all be trapped in a school that's been rocked by a bombing. When they hear that someone inside is the bomber, they'll also be looking to one another for answers.
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Not well executed or narrated
- By Pink Amy on 03-10-22
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The Siren
- By: Kiera Cass
- Narrated by: Arielle DeLisle
- Length: 7 hrs
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Kahlen is a Siren, bound to serve the Ocean by luring humans to watery graves with her voice, which is deadly to any human who hears it. Akinli is human - a kind, handsome boy who's everything Kahlen ever dreamed of. Falling in love puts them both in danger...but Kahlen can't bear to stay away. Will she risk everything to follow her heart?
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Hooked from start to finish
- By Branana on 02-10-16
By: Kiera Cass
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- Nicole
- 02-14-24
Fast paced dystopian story
I’m always a sucker for a good post-apocalyptic or dystopian story. It had the usual tyrannical government and secrets to be discovered along the way. I enjoyed following the journey of the main character, Kress, finding herself and her value. At times the story was a bit clunky, transitions were abrupt and feelings and abilities developed suddenly with no warning or development. Then again, I appreciate an author who doesn’t feel the need to spell it all out for you. I ended the book with many questions, and I assume those will be answered in subsequent novels. Janelle did a great job of reading, and I look forward to listening to other books she has read.
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- Jeff
- 04-08-24
Editing
This really could have used an edit for military background and context. Not a bad storyline, but I couldn’t finish it.
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- Dave Wilson
- 07-09-24
Felt like a rough start - deceptively though
The start of this trilogy was deceptively shallow. Keep with it. At the end, you’ll be grateful that you did. My only judgment is that it feels like the book starts in both chapter one and chapter eight. But it kept me plugged in enough that I already bought book two! Clever is the word I’m looking for. I promise you it is worth sticking with it.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-21-24
Pretty good
It’s almost like a mix of divergent and the hunger games. The Voice is slightly slow, but you get used to it and the story is really good. It’s not too romantic, but it still has hints of it. And there’s plenty of action and interesting things.
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- CinHargis
- 07-19-24
Hooked!
This book had me hooked from the first chapter! I can’t wait for the rest of the story:) :)
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- Jason Mark
- 12-27-23
Was ok
Nothing that exciting happened but it was fine. Couldn’t take it very seriously. It was a bit confusing as to what happened when why a five-year-old would know all these things about the pre-dystopia world when they grew up as a teenager. The story arc is fairly clunky. I only made it halfway through book 2, which just dragged out.
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- Adam
- 01-19-24
Not bad
I enjoyed the story overall, but it could've done the same thing in probably half the pages. Worth the listen though and I will be listening to the rest of the series.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-29-24
A little boring, at least at first. I haven't finished yet.
I haven't finished yet but this book does a lot of telling and not enough showing. I wish the narration did less telling me about all the characters and showed us by the interactions and story. I'm a little bored which is disappointing because the premise sounded promising.
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