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Agent Zero
- A Kent Steele Thriller
- By: Jack Mars
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,569
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,141
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,129
In this much-anticipated new spy thriller series by Jack Mars, listeners are taken on an action thriller across Europe as presumed-CIA operative Kent Steele, hunted by terrorists, by the CIA, and by his own identity, must solve the mystery of who is after him, of the terrorists’ pending target - and of the beautiful woman he keeps seeing in his mind.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Top Notch Espionage!! With first class narration!
- By shelley on 03-29-19
- Agent Zero
- A Kent Steele Thriller
- By: Jack Mars
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Stellar Narration and an Entertaining Read
Reviewed: 03-18-25
Im not generally a spy thriller girl, but narrator Eduardo Ballerini is a favorite, so I gave it a go. Maybe not a completely original storyline (Is that you Jason Bourne?), but it was original enough to keep my attention and Im kind of a judgey reader . The action scenes were dedcriptive, yet not overly wordy they way I often find then to be. There were enough unanswered questions (as there should be in installment works) to leave me wanting more, but not frustrated by the fact. Ive already purchased the next Agent Zero book.
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This Is Not the Jess Show
- By: Anna Carey
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4 out of 5 stars 57
Like any other teenager, Jess Flynn is just trying to get through her junior year without drama...but drama seems to keep finding her. Between a new crush on her childhood best friend, overprotective parents cramping her social life, and her younger sister’s worsening health, the only constant is change - and her hometown of Swickley, which feels smaller by the day. Swickley is getting weirder by the day, too. Half the population has been struck down by a mysterious flu. Conversations end awkwardly when Jess enters the room.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I haven't lost or gained anything except my cash
- By Anonymous User on 02-08-21
- This Is Not the Jess Show
- By: Anna Carey
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
That ending...oy vey!
Reviewed: 04-04-22
I actually enjoyed the vast majority of the book, but the ending was just unfortunate. It was rushed, left so many open plot lines and unanswered questions. Maybe its intended to be a series? If so, I'll definitely buy subsequent books, but Im left a bit disappointed, for now.
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The Life We Bury
- By: Allen Eskens
- Narrated by: Zach Villa
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 73,229
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 67,398
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 67,239
College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran-and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good listen!
- By Lori K. on 12-14-15
- The Life We Bury
- By: Allen Eskens
- Narrated by: Zach Villa
Not Bad, At All
Reviewed: 01-24-22
A great story, somewhat blandly narrated. It wasn't a blockbuster that kept me coming back for more, but it was enjoyable enough that I never considered DNF-ing it. If the narration had been a bit more lively, I probably would have given it 5s across the board. As is, Id still chose to listen to both the book and the narrator, again.
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Zero Day Code
- End of Days, Book 1
- By: John Birmingham
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,308
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,019
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,006
Every modern city has one week’s worth of food to feed itself. Then it will collapse. Cut off the resources to New York, Sydney, or even a mid-size metropolis, and millions will soon starve. In Zero Day Code we see those immense and open, hyper-complex, networked supercities of the new millennium die. And in the last moments we see their vengeance take form as all the best and worst traits of humanity bubble to the surface.
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1 out of 5 stars
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If Bernie Sanders’ wrote about the apocalypse...
- By Anonymous User on 07-30-19
- Zero Day Code
- End of Days, Book 1
- By: John Birmingham
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
Post Apocalypse, Sans Zombies
Reviewed: 03-04-21
Fantastic story telling of the end of the world as we know it, with nary a zombie in sight. No, friends, this a realistic, completely plausible, could actually happen story. The way he weaves the twists and turns of a storyline is second to none. And don't even get me started on the narration! Seriously, Rupert Degas is stellar. This is one you'll listen to more than once.
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Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter
- A Biography of Princess Louise
- By: Lucinda Hawksley
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 155
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 151
The secrets of Queen Victoria's sixth child, Princess Louise, may be destined to remain hidden forever. What was so dangerous about this artistic, tempestuous royal that her life has been documented more by rumor and gossip than hard facts? When Lucinda Hawksley started to investigate, often thwarted by inexplicable secrecy, she discovered a fascinating woman, modern before her time, whose story has been shielded for years from public view.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Incredibly Frustrating
- By JayOne on 01-16-20
- Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter
- A Biography of Princess Louise
- By: Lucinda Hawksley
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
Incredibly Frustrating
Reviewed: 01-16-20
This is one of the most frustrating, disappointing books I've ever purchased. It read like a gossip column, often repeating rumor and ineundo, incessantly. Over and over we're told Princess Louise didnt love her husband, didnt spend time with him, he was gay, and she had lots of lovers. Over and over. At the same time, just once, there was mention of her instense worry for niece Czarina Alexandra...and then nothing else. All this worrying and no mention of her beloved niece, and her family, following the events of 1918. These are just a few of the far too many examples to mention. There was no follow through; no back up.
Disjointed, repetitive, and frankly, it often felt like a dirty tabloid. What's worst of all, is that I learned nothing new about the Princess. The narrator was the lone bright spot.
This is a disappointing no, from me.
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Flux
- By: Jeremy Robinson
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,303
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,927
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,921
Lost in time, the town of Black Creek, Kentucky becomes home to temporal layers of people, creatures, and monsters from disparate eras. Journey beyond the time of humanity and witness the rewriting of mankind’s genesis. For Owen McCoy, a typical day on the job as head of security for Synergy, a research company conducting mysterious experiments, is boring at best. And that’s the way he likes it. Patrolling the Appalachian mountainside, where his now deceased father taught him how to hunt, is relaxing and connects him to the past.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Immature "Young Adult" Sci-Fi with F words
- By Lawrence R. Spencer on 09-16-19
- Flux
- By: Jeremy Robinson
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
Potential foiled by the narration
Reviewed: 12-28-19
The narrator's one note delivery made this a difficult listen, that I was unable to finish. I think I'll wait a few months and try to read the hard copy, as the story is quite intriguing..
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Winter's Rising
- Dystance, Book 1
- By: Mark Tufo
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 836
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 791
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 785
From birth to death, The War is all the citizens of Dystance know. As children it is drilled into their heads that war is the purpose behind all existence. Winter doesn't agree. She's stumbled across remnants of life the way it was before The War began, and now she longs to be as free as her ancestors. With help from her best friend Cedar and the boy she is forbidden to love, Tallow. She believes she can do it. Winter can see a life beyond the Pickets, beyond the constant hunger and the threat of death, beyond the war machine.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Unbelievable, melodramatic romance.
- By Lynn A Blankenship on 03-28-19
- Winter's Rising
- Dystance, Book 1
- By: Mark Tufo
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
Fantastic narration for a developing series.
Reviewed: 10-19-19
You can tell this is an evolving story, perhaps not completely yet sure where its going. Still hooked me, though. And Sean Runette is the narrator king!
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The Substitution Order
- By: Martin Clark
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
- Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,216
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,630
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,617
From Martin Clark - praised by Entertainment Weekly as "our best legal-thriller writer" - comes a wickedly clever, tenderhearted, and intricately plotted novel about a hard-luck lawyer's refusal to concede defeat, even as fate, the court system, and a gang of untouchable con artists conspire against him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Poor Poor (Brilliant!) Kevin
- By Meg on 07-10-19
- The Substitution Order
- By: Martin Clark
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
What a surprise!
Reviewed: 10-04-19
It's what Grisham used to be, minus the meandering prose, plus some added humor. Fantastic narration. I've added this author and narrator to my my list.
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Rules of Survival: A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller
- Survival Rules Series, Book 1
- By: Jack Hunt
- Narrated by: Miles Meili
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 901
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 824
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 821
Tyler Ford was robbed of a childhood and forced to learn his father’s stringent rules of survival for every kind of apocalypse...when an EMP obliterates the United States electrical grid he must face the past and remember what he taught him if he hopes to make it out of Vegas alive....Rules of Survival is book one in Survival Rules, a post-apocalyptic EMP thriller series following the Ford family and their community as they fight to survive after an EMP destroys the nation’s power grid.
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4 out of 5 stars
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too short
- By Joel Lewis on 06-13-19
- Rules of Survival: A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller
- Survival Rules Series, Book 1
- By: Jack Hunt
- Narrated by: Miles Meili
So Frustrating
Reviewed: 07-02-19
I finally gave up. Most books require a certain amount of suspension of belief, but this one is asks too much of the reader/listener. The characters just aren't very likeable and, frankly, not believable. I don't think it would be possible to write a more shrill, annoying female character, than Erica. I'm so frustrated I can't organize my thoughts. It was a good idea, and could have been a great book, but it turned out to be a mess.
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