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Kate Handford
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Daphne Kouma
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Grace Blyth
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Jennifer Ness
About this listen
An exciting literary fantasy filled with terror and wonder, set in a sun-baked Southern Italy, for fans of The Girls by Emma Cline, The Magus by John Fowles and The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai.
It's been labelled a doomsday cult, but the Bastion might be humanity's last hope. Amidst all the lies and chaos, come hear their true story, in their own words.
On the rural coast of Puglia, Italy, Becca and Ric run the Bastion, offering solace and a home for lost souls. Each year they welcome new members to join the Open Feast, where they teach them to release their burdens and create a better world, in a journey of self-discovery and spiritual teachings.
But the Bastion has secrets. The Bastion has a destiny. Deep in the Inner Pinewood, a place of real magic and beauty, they are all that stands against the dark forces that would tear the sky wide open.
And what of those who call Becca and Ric liars? Cult leaders and con artists? What of those who tried to leave the Bastion? As it becomes increasingly difficult to tell truth from fiction, who can you trust to save us all?
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- Jason
- 12-24-24
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in full disclosure I binged this book on a road trip, which I think was a great way to experience the depths of the story as it wriggled in and out of it's own skin into a new one. the readers were amazing, and the choice of four readers playing different view points but also different voices for the same characters was a really well developed directorial decision thst eorked out seamlessly. also the call back to other books he has written were just plain fun, kind of like Stephen King in southern Italy.
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- A.M Nelson
- 04-10-25
liked it OK
I liked this OK, but not as well as the last 2 books by Dimitri, which I loved.
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