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The Institute
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Santino Fontana
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
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Deep in the woods of Maine, there is a dark state facility where kids, abducted from across the United States, are incarcerated. In the Institute they are subjected to a series of tests and procedures meant to combine their exceptional gifts - telepathy, telekinesis - for concentrated effect. Luke Ellis is the latest recruit. He's just a regular 12-year-old, except he's not just smart, he's super-smart. And he has another gift which the Institute wants to use....
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Great things Turn on Small Hinges
- By Simon on 13-09-19
- The Institute
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Santino Fontana
Usually love King but hated this
Reviewed: 12-10-19
The only thing that kept me going was the though something exciting or interesting might happen
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Thunder and Ashes
- Morningstar Strain
- By: Z. A. Recht
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
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Francis Sherman and Anna Demilio want only a vaccine, but to find it, they must cross a countryside in ruins, dodging not only the infected, but also the lawless living. The bulk of the storm has passed over the world, leaving echoing thunder and softly drifting ashes. But for the survivors, the peril remains, and the search for a cure is just beginning.
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Once again to the breach . . .
- By Simon on 31-12-14
- Thunder and Ashes
- Morningstar Strain
- By: Z. A. Recht
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
OK book maybe I've ready too many zombie books?
Reviewed: 04-03-19
It just all gets a bit samey after a while people kill people people do stupid things... Probably a 5* if you really like this sort of thing
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Starshine
- Aurora Rising, Book One
- By: G. S. Jennsen
- Narrated by: Pyper Down
- Length: 17 hrs and 18 mins
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The year is 2322. Humanity has expanded into the stars, inhabiting over 100 worlds across a third of the galaxy. Though thriving as never before, they have discovered neither alien life nor the key to utopia. Earth struggles to retain authority over far-flung planets and free-wheeling corporations while an uneasy armistice with a breakaway federation hangs by a thread as the former rebels rise in wealth and power.
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Text to Speech Converter
- By Chris on 18-02-15
- Starshine
- Aurora Rising, Book One
- By: G. S. Jennsen
- Narrated by: Pyper Down
Rubbish
Reviewed: 11-08-18
Sci-fi ish but one of those books where space ship could be replaced with ship, star port with port date references changed frim 2200 to 1500 and one a few other tweaks and its a pirates murder mystery on earth.. A hint of something interesting at the start then it's forgotten about.. Probably we'll written but not really sci fi
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Oryx and Crake
- MaddAddam Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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Margaret Atwood's classic novel, The Handmaid's Tale, is about the future. Now, in Oryx and Crake, the future has changed: it's much worse. The narrator of this riveting novel calls himself Snowman. When the story opens, he's sleeping in a tree, wearing an old bedsheet, mourning the loss of his beloved Oryx and his best friend Crake, and slowly starving to death.
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Engrossing, disturbing, amusing, entertaining
- By Martin on 03-02-10
- Oryx and Crake
- MaddAddam Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: John Chancer
Odd book
Reviewed: 14-07-18
I hoped it would focus more on what happened, how amd why, I'm sure some will love it.. Overall I'll give it 4
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Alas, Babylon
- By: Pat Frank
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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This true modern masterpiece is built around the two fateful words that make up the title and herald the end - “Alas, Babylon.” When a nuclear holocaust ravages the United States, a thousand years of civilization are stripped away overnight, and tens of millions of people are killed instantly. But for one small town in Florida, miraculously spared, the struggle is just beginning, as men and women of all backgrounds join together to confront the darkness....
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Classic... Nuclear War 1950s setting.
- By Martin on 25-11-13
- Alas, Babylon
- By: Pat Frank
- Narrated by: Will Patton
A bit old fassioned
Reviewed: 20-04-18
Without looking I assume this was written a long time ago, however I quite enjoyed this book and it kept me interested.
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NOD
- By: Adrian Barnes
- Narrated by: Tim Beckman
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
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Shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award. Dawn breaks over Vancouver and no-one has slept the night before, or almost no one. A few people, perhaps one in ten thousand can still sleep, and they've all shared the same strange, golden dream. A handful of children still sleep as well, but what they're dreaming remains a mystery. After six days of absolute sleep deprivation, psychosis will set in.
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A strange and fascinating end to it all
- By Kaggy on 05-07-14
- NOD
- By: Adrian Barnes
- Narrated by: Tim Beckman
Odd book
Reviewed: 12-04-18
One of those that's really good the first time you read it but not the sort of book you are likley to read again.. First read it's a 4 second time I could not be bothered to finish worth a read (the first time)
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Whistlers
- A Shrouded World, Book 1
- By: Mark Tufo, John O'Brien
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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Jack Walker and Michael Talbot come from two worlds; the same, yet different. They both find themselves transported into an alien one, where things aren’t as they seem. While it appears similar to the ones they come from, there are some terrifying differences. Is it a dream? Or has reality been somehow warped? Jack comes from a world filled with nocturnal creatures that were once human, but now seek to destroy the last vestiges of humanity.
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Better Than I was expecting
- By Titan on 30-11-14
- Whistlers
- A Shrouded World, Book 1
- By: Mark Tufo, John O'Brien
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
Loved this book
Reviewed: 14-03-18
Interesting characters well written, lots of odd stuff going on, lots of possibility to expand the story looking forward for the next book
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Villains Pride
- The Shadow Master, Book 2
- By: M. K. Gibson
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
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Jackson Blackwell, The Shadowmaster, is in over his head this time. After his last adventure, where he tore fantasy novels a new one, Jackson has to deal with the repercussions of angry gods, angrier conspirators, and the wrath of his pregnant girlfriend! Thanks to a godly decree and a crafty clause, Jackson has been banished from his home. And the only universe kindly enough to take him in is one infested with comic-book-style superheroes and supervillains.
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Another great one.
- By Ostfeld on 23-08-23
- Villains Pride
- The Shadow Master, Book 2
- By: M. K. Gibson
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
Refreshingly different
Reviewed: 10-03-18
Really enjoyed this book, interesting different style of writing, looking forward to the next in the series
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Genesis
- By: Ken Lozito
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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Escaping wrongful imprisonment wasn't something Connor had in mind, but being put into stasis aboard Earth's first interstellar colony ship was something he couldn't have prepared for. For 300,000 colonists, the new colony brings the promise of a fresh start...a second chance. Connor might be the wrong man for the colony, but he's the right man to see that it survives what's coming.
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Not the worst but not inspiring either
- By carl on 06-03-18
- Genesis
- By: Ken Lozito
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello
Not the worst but not inspiring either
Reviewed: 06-03-18
Don't let this out you off, I may at some point but the next in the series.
No great characters, nothing stand out or special,
It's an OK scifi book but not really for me
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The God Engines
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
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Captain Ean Tephe is a man of faith, whose allegiance to his lord and to his ship is uncontested. The Bishopry Militant knows this — and so, when it needs a ship and crew to undertake a secret, sacred mission to a hidden land, Tephe is the captain to whom the task is given....
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The God Engines
- By Kawie1 on 24-02-15
- The God Engines
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
Terrible performance
Reviewed: 25-02-18
I've listened to 100s of audio books rarely do I down rate the performance but this one is so bad I think it actually detracts from the story
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