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Narrated by:
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Joel de la Fuente
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By:
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Victor Manibo
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A mysterious pandemic causes a quarter of the world’s population to permanently lose the ability to sleep—without any apparent health implications. The outbreak creates a new class of people who are both feared and ostracized, and most of whom optimize their extra hours to earn more money.
Jamie Vega, a New York journalist at C+P Media, is one of the Sleepless. When his irascible boss dies in an apparent suicidal overdose, Jamie doesn’t buy this too-convenient explanation—especially given its suspicious timing in the middle of a corporate takeover—and begins to investigate.
Things go awry quickly when Jamie discovers that he was the last person who saw Simon alive. Retracing his steps, he realizes he doesn’t remember that night. Not only do the police suspect him, Jamie can’t account for the lost time, and the memory loss may have something to do with the fact that he did not come by hyperinsomnia naturally: Through a risky and illegal process, Jamie had biohacked himself to become Sleepless.
As Jamie delves deeper into Simon’s final days, he is forced to confront past traumas and the consequences of his decision to biohack himself. Along the way he uncovers a terrifying truth about what it means to be Sleepless that will imperil him—and all of humanity.
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By: K.C. Archer
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The Year's Top Short SF Novels 5
- By: Cory Doctorow, Ken Liu, John P Murphy, and others
- Narrated by: Tom Dheere, Nancy Linari
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
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Short novels are movie-length narratives that may well be the perfect length for science fiction stories. This audio collection presents the best-of-the-best short science fiction novels published in 2014 by current and emerging masters of this vibrant form of storytelling.
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Narrator sounds like Tony Danza
- By Sean on 03-05-16
By: Cory Doctorow, and others
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The Wrong Man
- By: Kate White
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
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Adventurous in her work as one of Manhattan's hottest interior decorators, Kit Finn couldn't be tamer in her personal life. So, while on vacation in the Florida Keys, Kit resolves to do something risky for once. Flirting with Matt Healy is one thing. Going back to his room after their date is another. Instead Matt offers to cook her dinner when they're both back in the city. But when Kit arrives at his luxury apartment ready for the date of a lifetime, who is the man who opens the door? Kit's usually so good at reading people. How could she have been taken in by the deceptions of a con man?
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Mediocre
- By mere2442 on 08-10-15
By: Kate White
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The Pawn
- By: Steven James
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
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Steven James' Christy Award-nominated crime thriller pits FBI Special Agent Bowers against a serial killer who enjoys torturing women. After visiting the mountain vistas where the murderer posed his dead victims, Bowers receives a taunting call from the "Illusionist." Although Bowers gets close, his insidious foe continues to elude him.
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Entertaining Enough, But Don't Listen Too Closely
- By Bill on 08-29-12
By: Steven James
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The Plantation
- Payne & Jones, Book 1
- By: Chris Kuzneski
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
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The first to disappear is a ski instructor in the secluded mountains of Colorado. Hours later, a pregnant woman is abducted from a crowded hospital. Two places, two incidents, a single motive. And so it begins....
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Incredible Story
- By Char on 07-11-09
By: Chris Kuzneski
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Fundraising the Dead
- A Museum Mystery
- By: Sheila Connolly
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
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At The Society for the Preservation of Pennsylvania Antiques, fundraiser Eleanor "Nell" Pratt solicits donations - and sometimes solves crimes. When a collection of George Washington's letters is lost on the same day that an archivist is found dead, it seems strange that the Society president isn't pushing for an investigation. Nell goes digging herself, and soon uncovers a long, rich history of crime.
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Not Sure About This Series
- By Chalis on 11-21-14
By: Sheila Connolly
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A Deeper Darkness
- Sam Owens, Book 1
- By: J. T. Ellison
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
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As a medical examiner, Samantha Owens knows her job is to make a certain sense of death with crisp methodology and precision instruments. But the day the Tennessee floods took her husband and children, the light vanished from Sam’s life. She has been pulled into a suffocating grief no amount of workaholic ardor can penetrate - until she receives a peculiar call from Washington, D.C. On the other end of the line is an old boyfriend’s mother, asking Sam to do a second autopsy on her son.
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Sad. Weird. Sad.
- By Lisa Davidson on 04-30-16
By: J. T. Ellison
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Cold City
- Repairman Jack: Early Years Trilogy, Book 1
- By: F. Paul Wilson
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
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If you've never read a Repairman Jack novel, this is the place to begin. It's 1990. A twenty-one-year-old named Jack has dropped out of college, leaving his old life behind to build a new one in New York City. Manhattan's rough edges are jagged enough to shred any unwary newcomer, but perhaps not one who is determined to stay off the grid, at any cost, in the busiest metropolis on earth. And to do so, he'll have to take jobs of a less than legal nature.
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Fun, as long you don't think too much
- By Andrew Pollack on 01-17-14
By: F. Paul Wilson
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Reviver
- A Novel
- By: Seth Patrick
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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Jonah Miller is a Reviver, able to temporarily revive the dead so they can say goodbye to their loved ones - or tell the police who killed them. Jonah works in a department of forensics created specifically for Revivers, and he’s the best in the business. For every high-profile corpse pushing daisies, it’s Jonah’s job to find justice for them. But while reviving the victim of a brutal murder, he encounters a terrifying presence. Something is on the other side watching. Waiting.
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Original premise, exciting story
- By Dr Dionne P Joseph on 02-04-14
By: Seth Patrick
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Hunter
- A Thriller
- By: Robert Bidinotto
- Narrated by: Conor Hall
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
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From its first moments, Hunter takes you on a nonstop thrill ride: from the top floor of the CIA, to the marbled corridors of Capitol Hill...from the posh hotels of downtown Washington, to the city's mean, violent streets. It introduces a colorful new hero for our time - and a dazzling heroine every bit his equal. A spy mystery...a crime thriller...a passionate romance: Hunter is a genre-bending novel unlike any you've read. Deviously plotted, filled with vivid characters, and propelled at a breakneck pace.
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Best Vigilante Story since Without Remorse
- By Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com on 04-16-16
By: Robert Bidinotto
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A Clean Kill in Tokyo
- A John Rain Novel
- By: Barry Eisler
- Narrated by: Barry Eisler
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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Half American, half Japanese, expert in both worlds but at home in neither, John Rain is the best killer money can buy. You tell him who. You tell him where. He doesn’t care about why... Until he gets involved with Midori Kawamura, a beautiful jazz pianist - and the daughter of his latest kill.
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Intelligent, engaging, clever, and instructive
- By Cholmondeley on 07-04-16
By: Barry Eisler
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Silence: The Faces of Evil Christmas Prequel
- By: Debra Webb
- Narrated by: Alicia Bordon
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
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Ten years ago... Special Agent Jess Harris has closed another tough case, and now she's determined to make it home to spend Christmas with her only family, her sister. Jess needs a break, and taking it far away from work is the only way to keep her mind off the many faces of evil waiting in the stack of case files on her desk. Running into the past wasn't part of the plan... Daniel Burnett was Jess' first love. She'd fallen hard for him in high school. Together they'd gone off to college with big dreams.
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Christmas Mystery
- By bec/audiothing on 11-30-15
By: Debra Webb
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Fault Line
- Ben Treven, Book 1
- By: Barry Eisler
- Narrated by: Barry Eisler
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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In Silicon Valley, the eccentric inventor of a new encryption application is murdered in an apparent drug deal. In Istanbul, a cynical undercover operator receives a frantic call from his estranged brother, a patent lawyer who believes he is the next victim. And on the sun-drenched slopes of Sand Hill Road, Silicon Valley's nerve center of money and technology, old family hurts sting anew as two brothers who share nothing but blood and bitterness wage a desperate battle against a faceless enemy.
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Boy was I wrong
- By Jerry on 02-22-14
By: Barry Eisler
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Scythe
- By: Neal Shusterman
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
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A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: Humanity has conquered all those things and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life - and they are commanded to do so in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe - a role that neither wants. These teens must master the "art" of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.
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Teenage Thumbs up
- By Lila R on 04-01-17
By: Neal Shusterman
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- S.L.
- 11-21-22
Dystopian values nailed.
A wonderful dystopian whodunnit. Victor’s characters are flawed and real and deeply relatable, even with their sci-fi twists. I thoroughly enjoyed this read and can’t wait to see more from this stunning mind.
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- That guy
- 03-25-23
Good, but not that original
It was a good book with an interesting concept but most of the story seemed a little unoriginal
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- env student
- 07-18-23
Riveted!
Loved the character and pacing of this, and love the whodunnit/ science fi genre. Great listen!
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- Nick
- 09-30-22
Social Commentary thinly veiled as Science Fiction
The idea of a sleepless society and its implications is intriguing. The narrator does a wonderful job. However the plot and messages of the book are so riddled with dissertation and commentary related to the Covid pandemic and social equality that it’s hard to stay engaged in the storyline. Would not recommend.
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- LuLim
- 10-04-22
Beautifully written novel that kept me guessing
I have a love hate relationship with mystery thrillers. If it's not a book about a smart cop, it's a deplorable main character that always makes stupid decisions, or is super predictable and horribly written. Thankfully, The Sleepless was none of these things.
I found Jamie's character to be relatable and smart. I understood his motives and decisions from beginning to end, and was along with him for the entire ride. The story had me guessing down to the big reveal, and even then I didn't know what to expect.
Additionally, the world that the author builds has so much depth and realism into the social, economic, and climate impact that would happen if the Earth's population became sleepless. It makes you think about life and your priorities.
Lastly as a Filipino American, I'm used to the only love our culture gets in American literature is a disposable cleaning lady, nanny, or nurse. To read a book with a Filipino man as the main character, encounter his family, and most importantly, see how family drives a lot the decisions Jamie makes, gave me a sense of pride that only comes with representation.
I genuinely enjoyed this book and recommend it to anyone looking to get lost in a futuristic neo-noir mystery.
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- Itamar Netzer
- 11-29-22
Sophomoric, trite
Very week book. Uses trite detective / SF tropes, overall value very low both as scifi and as a whodunnit.
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