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The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
- Narrated by: Marisa Calin
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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A girl's quest to find her father leads her to an extended family of magical fighting booksellers who police the mythical Old World of England when it intrudes on the modern world. From the best-selling master of teen fantasy, Garth Nix.
In a slightly alternate London in 1983, Susan Arkshaw is looking for her father, a man she has never met. Crime boss Frank Thringley might be able to help her, but Susan doesn't get time to ask Frank any questions before he is turned to dust by the prick of a silver hatpin in the hands of the outrageously attractive Merlin.
Merlin is a young left-handed bookseller (one of the fighting ones), who with the right-handed booksellers (the intellectual ones) are an extended family of magical beings who police the mythic and legendary Old World when it intrudes on the modern world, in addition to running several bookshops.
Susan's search for her father begins with her mother's possibly misremembered or misspelt surnames, a reading room ticket, and a silver cigarette case engraved with something that might be a coat of arms.
Merlin has a quest of his own, to find the Old World entity who used ordinary criminals to kill his mother. As he and his sister, the right-handed bookseller Vivien, tread in the path of a botched or covered-up police investigation from years past, they find this quest strangely overlaps with Susan's. Who or what was her father? Susan, Merlin, and Vivien must find out, as the Old World erupts dangerously into the New.
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All Hallows Hall, a rambling Tudor mansion on the edge of the bleak, misty moor is not a place many would choose to live. Yet the former governor of Dartmoor Prison did just that. Now he's dead, and his estranged family is set to inherit his estate. But when the dead man's family comes to stay, the atmosphere of the moors seems to drift into every room. Floorboards creak, secret passageways echo and wind whistles in the house's famous priest hole. And then, on the morning the family decides to leave All Hallows Hall once and for all, their young son, Timmy, goes missing.
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I would pass on this
- By Dan Fritze on 10-21-20
By: Graham Masterton
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The Sleeping Dragon
- Guardians of the Flame, Book 1
- By: Joel Rosenberg
- Narrated by: Keith Silverstein
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It began as just another evening of fantasy gaming with James, Karl, Andrea, and the rest ready to assume their various roles as wizard, cleric, warrior, or thief. But sorcerous gamemaster Professor Deighton had something else planned for this unsuspecting group of college students. And the "game" soon became a matter of life and death as the seven adventurers found themselves transported to an alternate world and into the bodies of the actual characters they had been pretending to be....
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A Self Image Cast in Stone Could Shatter
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 10-19-13
By: Joel Rosenberg
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Running Blind
- By: Desmond Bagley
- Narrated by: Paul Tyreman
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The assignment begins with a simple errand - a parcel to deliver. But to Alan Stewart, standing on a deserted road in Iceland with a murdered man at his feet, it looks anything but simple. The desolate terrain is obstacle enough. But when Stewart realises he has been double-crossed and that the opposition is gaining ground, his simple mission seems impossible....
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Timeless
- By Jim on 01-17-23
By: Desmond Bagley
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Hellboy: An Assortment of Horrors
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- Narrated by: Seth Podowitz
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Fifteen of the biggest names in weird literature come together to pay tribute to Hellboy and the characters of Mike Mignola’s award-winning line of books! Assembled by Joe Golem and Baltimore co-writer Christopher Golden, this anthology boasts 15 original stories by the best in horror, fantasy, and science fiction, including Seanan McGuire (October Daye series), Chelsea Cain (Heartsick), Jonathan Maberry (Joe Ledger series), and more! The new writer of Hellboy and the BPRD, iZombie co-creator Chris Roberson, pitches in as well!
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An assortment of good times.
- By Chris E. on 02-28-20
By: Various
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Iron & Velvet
- Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator Series, Book 1
- By: Alexis Hall
- Narrated by: Cat Gould
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
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Name's Kane, Kate Kane. I'm a paranormal private investigator, which is like a normal private investigator except - and stop me if you're having trouble following this - more paranormal. This business comes with a few basic rules: don't start drinking before noon, don't get your partner killed, don't sleep with the woman who killed him. Last year I broke all of them.
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Vampire werewolf witch faerie soft core porn
- By Ralene on 06-01-20
By: Alexis Hall
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Odds Against
- By: Dick Francis
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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It’s amazing what bodily injury can do for a man. A fall from a racehorse left brilliant jockey Sid Halley dangerously depressed, with a wrecked hand and the need for a new career. It was a bullet wound that helped him find one.
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Fabulous!
- By motown on 02-10-15
By: Dick Francis
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Dry Bones
- By: Peter May
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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What happened to Jacques Gaillard? The brilliant teacher at the École Nationale d’Administration, who trained some of France’s best and brightest as future prime ministers and presidents, vanished ten years ago, presumably from Paris. This ten-year-old mystery inspires a bet—one that Enzo Macleod, a biologist teaching in Toulouse, France, instead of pursuing a brilliant career in forensics back home in Scotland, can ill afford to lose.
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Engaging hero, stellar narration
- By Janice on 11-01-13
By: Peter May
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Raising Dragons
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- By: Bryan Davis
- Narrated by: Peter Sandon
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The kids at school call Billy "Dragon Breath" for good reason. His breath is bad! It isn't the normal, morning-mouth bad; it's the hot-as-fire, "don't-you-dare-get-near-me" bad. And hearing "Dragon Breath" ringing in his ears, he constantly tries to cool his oral volcano. Trouble erupts when his hot breath sets off the fire sprinklers in the boys' restroom at school, and his parents learn that they've kept their secret for too long. Billy finally discovers the secret. His father was once a dragon!
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Not great, but not bad
- By Kindle Customer on 08-16-09
By: Bryan Davis
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A Reluctant Druid
- By: Jon R. Osborne
- Narrated by: Tristan Morris
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Centuries ago, the followers of the new gods defeated the old gods and the folk of legend, banishing them from the world of man. With their departure, magic faded from the land. The Milesian Accords had provisions for a new challenge, though, and the Exiled Gods have sent their minions back to our world to seek out a champion to fight for them and a druid able to wield the magic needed to fulfill the challenge. A descendant of the druid who participated in the original challenge, Liam Knox doesn’t know anything about the Accords or his ancestors....
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I was sorta on board till the third erotic scene.
- By Jaden on 08-23-22
By: Jon R. Osborne
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Autumn Thorns
- By: Yasmine Galenorn
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
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Fifteen years ago, I ran away from Whisper Hollow, Washington, a small town on Crescent Lake in the Olympic Peninsula. But truth is, if you were born here, you can never really leave. I'm Kerris Fellwater, and when I returned, I inherited my grandmother's house - and her gift. As a spirit shaman, it's my responsibility to drive the dead back to their graves because around Whisper Hollow, people - and secrets - don't always stay buried.
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Great Debut
- By Beatrice on 11-01-15
By: Yasmine Galenorn
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Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light
- By: Tanya Huff
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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First published in 1989 and taking place in downtown Toronto, one of the earliest of the modern urban fantasies, Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light is the story of a fight against encroaching darkness by a developmentally handicapped young woman, a street musician with no idea of his potential, a bag-lady who's tired of picking up the pieces, and an adept of the light. Mixing actual Toronto ghost-stories with traditional Faire, a police procedural, and a cat, Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light opened a gate at street level to the urban fantasy that followed.
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Old favorite novel, awful narrator...
- By S. Douma on 08-15-14
By: Tanya Huff
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The Shadowy Horses
- By: Susanna Kearsley
- Narrated by: Sally Armstrong
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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Archaeologist Verity Grey has been drawn to the dark legends of the Scottish Borderlands in search of the truth buried in a rocky field by the sea. Her eccentric boss has spent his whole life searching for the resting place of the lost Ninth Roman Legion and is convinced he's finally found it - not because of any scientific evidence, but because a local boy has "seen" a Roman soldier walking in the fields, a ghostly sentinel who guards the bodies of his long-dead comrades.
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Slow Build Atmospheric Story of Light Rom Susp
- By Sophia Rose on 12-15-16
By: Susanna Kearsley
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The Very First Damned Thing
- An Author-Read Audio Exclusive
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Jodi Taylor
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
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Jodi Taylor reads the long-awaited prequel in her Chronicles of St Mary’s series, as Dr Bairstow struggles to set up St Mary’s as we know it in a world still scarred by the ravages of civil war. Ever wondered how it all began? It’s two years since the final victory at the Battersea Barricades. The fighting might be finished, but for Dr Bairstow, just now setting up St Mary's, the struggle is only beginning. How will he assemble his team? From where will his funding come?
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Wait for it on Kindle. Not the best on audio
- By Sheryl on 11-05-15
By: Jodi Taylor
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-10-23
A new amazing fantasy that reads as realism from Garth Nix
A new amazing fantasy that reads as realism from Garth Nix
I was a massive fan of the Old Kingdom series, and was a little let down with Goldenhand. Seeing Nix come into this new setting wish such a great piece with lovable characters really did a lot to revive my love for fantasy.
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- Tiffany Krystowiak
- 04-08-23
Delightful
This was a re-read so I could go on to book 2. Since it had been a few years, I'm glad I did bc I had forgotten quite a bit. And I thoroughly enjoyed it!
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- dadinUT
- 08-06-22
Awesome book and performance- bad language though
Really love this book and the performance. Nice job! Wish they had left out the unnecessary bad language that spoiled it for my younger children. For me, the language didn’t really add anything at all but kept my whole family from enjoying the book together.
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- Nita
- 03-02-21
exciting engrossing imaginative story
I loved this story the performance was excellent. You were drawn into each of the characters a treat. This is Garth Nix at his best.
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- Helena
- 10-22-22
Fantastic
I love how unique the heroine is, I've rarely experienced a protagonist read as an artist.
I found the other side/main characters, Merlin and Vivian, to be very lovable.
I enjoyed this almost as much as Sabriel and the rest of the Old Kingdom series.
I'm very very impatient for the next book.
The narrator read the story well.
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- Kristen
- 01-10-23
Another great Nix Novel
Garth Nix as always delivers a great story with vivid details. Weaving fact and fiction in beautiful spirals aap that you forget what is of our world and what is of theirs.
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- Rose
- 10-24-23
Interesting story
Loved it! An interesting blend of mythical & modern worlds, with a nice amount of mystery & intrigue. Enjoyed the world building and characters. Merlin was a treat, refreshingly energetic character.
10/10 Would recommend!
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- Chardpages
- 04-18-21
surprised
honestly looking at the cover and the title I wouldn't have just picked this book up. yeah the synopsis sounds fun but it just didn't seem like something I would enjoy, but I got it in a book box so I figured I'd just get the audio and boy oh boy this book was a surprise. we get a whole 2 short chapters in and boom! so much action and I really enjoyed the lack of romance yeah there is just a sprinkle in it but there's no falling over themselves for each other .
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- Haley
- 01-05-21
A Fun Caper- if a little too well performed
In the vein of Sabriel, Garth Nix returns to old favorites: a young innocent heroine, thrust into a fantastical otherworld, where she must discover and harness her own inner power— oh and don’t forget the mysterious absent father. If not novel, the story is entertaining and enjoyable. Granted, I tend to be a sucker for magical beings inhabiting old London (Neverwhere being a favorite). With appropriate expectations, this story delivers what it promises. My only real complaint was with one aspect of the narration. Often the characters are described as being quite loud, singing out of key, or otherwise making annoying sounds. The narrator performed these sections a little too well. In particular, I didn’t relish 30 minutes of one character singing his dialogue off key, while another shouted her response, and a third droned on monotonously. If the author had written the book for audible, I think he might have subjected us to a bit less of this. The effect was a little too bracing when performed so accurately. Otherwise, a competent narrator and a fun listen.
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- Angela Lee
- 04-02-22
Loved it
This was the first Garth Nix that has held a candle to the Abhorsen trilogy. Loved the story; the narrator wasn’t my favorite but she was okay. This on has been sitting on the digital shelf for a while, glad I finally listened.
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