
The Beauty of the End
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Narrated by:
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Erika LeonGuerrero
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By:
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Lauren Stienstra
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In this provocative work of speculative fiction, two sisters navigate the complex moral terrain of reproductive ethics, individual freedoms, and society’s duty to a future facing imminent extinction.
Charlie Tannehill and her twin sister, Maggie, are just eight years old when an unfortunate scientific discovery upends their world—and the world order. The revelation? Extinction, encoded in every creature’s DNA. The expiration date for humans? Only four generations away.
A decade later, unsure of what tomorrow holds, Charlie and Maggie enroll as counselors in a government-run human-husbandry program. By offering cash rewards for reproduction, they hope to forestall humanity’s decline and discover a genetic mutation that might defeat it. While Charlie struggles with the ethical implications of the work, Maggie makes unspeakable sacrifices to improve her odds of success—but such unchecked ambition could come at a greater cost than even she realizes.
Torn between her own morality, her love for her sister, and the pressures of a vanishing civilization, Charlie must search deep within to decide what she’s willing to sacrifice—for herself, for Maggie, and for society—to salvage hope for the whole of humankind.
©2025 by Lauren Stienstra. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...
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“The Beauty of the End by novelist Lauren Stienstra will hold a special attraction to science fiction fans with an interest in dystopian fiction raised to an epic status of literary excellence. Strongly commended…” —Midwest Book Review
“Erika LeonGuerrero narrates this speculative family drama, taking listeners into a world in which human extinction is scientifically predicted to occur within the next four generations.… LeonGuerrero's narration captures the emotional and moral complexity of the sisters' choices, drawing out the tension between duty and autonomy in a collapsing world. She switches between Charlie's grappling with the program's ethical dilemmas and Maggie's willingness to go to extreme lengths for a chance at survival.… LeonGuerrero maximizes the dramatic potential throughout.” —AudioFile Magazine
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New York City, 1950. Dreams come true for radio personality Maggie Lane when she gets her big break in the exciting new world of television. The Maggie Lane Baking Show is on the air. All she has to do is act like the ideal housewife, create sumptuous desserts, charm the show’s sponsors, and sign a morality clause to ensure that her girl-next-door image remains untarnished. Although newlywed Maggie has never baked so much as a cookie, and knows even less about maintaining a home, keeping up appearances is a necessary ingredient for success. Easy.
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Enjoyed it
- By bookgirlbrown_reviews on 04-24-25
By: Anita Abriel
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Always You and Me
- By: Dani Atkins
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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On the eve of her wedding to Adam, Lily’s best friend Josh unexpectedly walked out of her life, and she hasn’t seen him since. Lily and Adam are blissfully happy, until he falls ill. As she cares for him in his final hours, Adam asks her to make a mysterious promise: to find Josh—and forgive them both.
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Get Your Tissues Ready
- By Christie Murray on 05-31-25
By: Dani Atkins
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The Fourth Girl
- A Novel (Haven Cliff, Book 1)
- By: Wendy Corsi Staub
- Narrated by: Alex Picard
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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On prom night, Caroline Winterfield walked away from the ruins of an abandoned mansion called Haven Cliff and into the woods…never to be seen again. Only her three best friends know what really happened. But a secret is a secret, and a promise is a promise—even when it shatters lifelong friendships. On the twenty-fifth anniversary of that night, Midge, Kelly, and Talia reunite at Haven Cliff, now a gleaming architectural jewel. But they aren’t alone. Someone is watching.
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So many unanswered questions it felt sloppy
- By sara mickle on 04-05-25
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Tracer
- The Tracer Series, Book 1
- By: David E Graham
- Narrated by: Abe Goldfarb
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Andre Duroz, a former Frontier Alliance officer haunted by his past as a Sovereign Tracer, seeks solace in the quiet life of a salvager. Alongside his trusted crew – the skilled pilot Kat, the tech-savvy Bex, and the eager young engineer Caleb – he scours the edges of the galaxy aboard their ship, The Venture, seeking valuable salvage to keep them afloat. Their latest job, a derelict luxury liner called the Kalendis, promises a much-needed payday.
By: David E Graham
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The Sublet
- A Short Story
- By: Greer Hendricks
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Anne is barely keeping it together. A frazzled ghostwriter and aspiring novelist, she juggles nine-year-old twins and a listless marriage from an overcrowded Manhattan apartment, spreading herself thinner each day. Just as Anne is about to give up on her dreams, she lands her biggest client yet: Melody Wells. Melody paints a picture of serenity and empowerment in the lavender haze of her visualization workshops—however, the one thing she can’t manifest are the pages her publisher is demanding for her new motivational book. Enter Anne.
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A crammed mess
- By ALR on 04-02-25
By: Greer Hendricks
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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.
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ugh. I don't want this for a future
- By Arrow Capital on 05-26-25
By: Ray Nayler
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The Distributor
- By: Jeff Doka
- Narrated by: Shawn Richardson
- Length: 17 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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In a world without rain, the desert sands are controlled by the only group with the technology and infrastructure to give water to the thirsty: The Distributor. When Friedrich, a nerdy engineer, discovers a bug in the Distributor’s systems, he realizes this is a chance to overthrow their oppressive regime. Friedrich’s tech can offer a better life to thousands in the Barrens, but he’ll need to reach the Distributor across hundreds of miles of empty desert.
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Adventure and Rebellion in the Badlands
- By Nicholas S Larson on 05-17-25
By: Jeff Doka
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Expedition
- Dekra 9-2-6, Book 1
- By: Rachel Cherie
- Narrated by: Justin Fife
- Length: 20 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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A one-of-a-kind space opera filled with action, mystery, and friendship. When a civilian space flight gets swept away to a distant part of the universe, Elise Lewis and Major Rick Clark are the only survivors. Stranded far from Earth, they find themselves amidst an alien crew, aboard a living ship. They cling to the hope of discovering a way home. Meanwhile, their presence begins to irreversibly alter the dynamics of the crew. As time passes and trust is tested, the Humans find they have unique roles to play in this foreign galaxy.
By: Rachel Cherie
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Eleven Percent
- By: Maren Uthaug, Caroline Waight - translator
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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It is the New Time, a time not so different from our own except that the men are gone. All but eleven percent of them, that is, the minimum required to avoid inbreeding. But they are safely under lock and key in “spa” centers for women’s pleasure (trained by amazons to fulfill all desires) and procreation. A few women protest that the males should be treated better–more space, better food, but all agree that testosterone cannot be allowed to roam free. The old patriarchal cities are crumbling, becoming overgrown; people now live in “round communities.”
By: Maren Uthaug, and others
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Small Ceremonies
- A Novel
- By: Kyle Edwards
- Narrated by: Chris Mejaki, Yolanda Bonnell, Dillan Meghan Chiblow, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Word on the street is that this is the Tigers' last season. For Tomahawk “Tommy” Shields, an Indigenous, image-obsessed high school student from Winnipeg, the potential loss of his team serves as a stark reminder of his uncertain future. He can't help but feel that each of his peers has some skill or gift that he lacks, yet each of their perceived virtues hides darker truths, too.
By: Kyle Edwards
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The Storm Beneath a Midnight Sun
- By: Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson
- Narrated by: Ann Richardson
- Length: 21 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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War on the mainland is draining Reykjavík. For some, the remote islands off Hrímland's coast are their only hope of survival. Elka, a recovering addict, has fled there with her son Sölvi. In their village they find a new life—all thanks to the Deep, a peculiar power their neighbours praise for the booming fishing industry. Everything seems perfect, but Sölvi does not trust the people who take his mother in.
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THE AUTHOR by The Author
- By: Daniel Thomas Hind
- Narrated by: Daniel Thomas Hind
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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THE AUTHOR is a dark absurdist take on the artist as a young man in a world damaged by social media, designer drugs, and the dark underbelly of Hollywood. The anonymous author of the saga peels back the curtain to reveal the inner life of a one-day superstar (or sociopath) desperate to become famous by any means necessary, who one day does, and pulls off one of the greatest public relations stunts in entertainment history.
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Trash
- By Anonymous User on 04-10-25
The narrator does an excellent job with inflections and is easy to understand. She made it easy to like the story!
Well done, everyone!
Beautiful!
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very interesting theory
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I LOVED THE BOOK completely disagree with the review left below me
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Kept my attention and exceptional narration
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Well done!
Incredible, Captivating, and Unforgettable
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Excellent writing and a brilliant audio performance.
Intriguing Storyline & brilliant narration
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plot played pinball
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Halfway through the book, the twins are only...about 20 years old so this book feels totally YA, (complete with a very boring love triangle) for half the book. Charlie (the narrator) is sniveling, pathetic, weak, etc. Her brilliant sister is completely obnoxious (made more so by the audio narrator). It gets interesting (briefly) about 55% in and then gets boring again. Both sisters get progressively more awful as the book goes on.
2 teenaged twins--1 obnoxious, 1 pathetic
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