Skeleton Key
An Alex Rider Adventure
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Narrated by:
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Simon Prebble
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By:
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Anthony Horowitz
About this listen
Alex Rider of Point Blank is back in another hair raising adventure. Although the 14-year-old has escaped great dangers and has twice saved the world, he now faces his most perilous foe. A Russian man with a huge grudge against the free world has a nuclear weapon and is threatening to use it. It’s up to Alex to stop him.
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- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 356
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Beneath the Pacific Ocean, a volcano surges upward, carrying in its fiery heart a mineral more powerful than uranium. When the volcano breaks the ocean’s surface, America and other nations will battle to control what is known as Vulcan’s Forge, a source of limitless, clean, nuclear power.
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1 out of 5 stars
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WTH???
- By Kindle Customer on 09-15-20
By: Jack Du Brul
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After the Monsoon
- An Ernst Grip Novel
- By: Robert Karjel
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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A Swedish army lieutenant drops dead on a shooting range in the desert. Was it an unfortunate accident - or something more nefarious? Ernst Grip, an agent of the Swedish security police, is sent to the Horn of Africa to find out. Once he’s on the ground, however, he quickly discovers he’s on his own. No one wants him snooping around - especially not the US Embassy’s CIA station. Which is no surprise, given that military transport planes are leaving from the base carrying untraceable pallets loaded with cash.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Difficult book to review. Pulse-pounding? Not.
- By Richard Delman on 08-18-18
By: Robert Karjel
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Children of the Deterrent
- Halfhero, Book 1
- By: Ian W. Sainsbury
- Narrated by: Sam Phillips, Jaimi Barbakoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 174
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The new novel by the author of the best-selling The World Walker series. 'My name is Daniel Harbin, and I'm a child of The Deterrent.' What if a superhuman turned out not to be so super...or even human? Britain's superhero, The Deterrent, was unveiled to the world in 1979 and disappeared two years later. The truth about his origins has never been revealed. The rumours about his children - those that survived - and their mysterious abilities have never been confirmed. Until now....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Everything Backstory Until Last Few Chapters
- By Sailfish on 06-30-20
By: Ian W. Sainsbury
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Valhalla
- By: Robert J. Mrazek
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,378
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,247
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,248
In remote, icy Greenland, ex-Air Force General Steven Macaulay helps lead an expedition to recover a lost World War II plane. Encased in ice below is a find that will astonish the world - a perfectly-preserved Viking ship, buried for nearly a thousand years, along with the frozen corpses of nine crewmen. Assembling the foremost Viking scholars, Macaulay tasks the gorgeous Lexy Vaughan to translate the ship’s markings - until her work is cut short when her colleagues are murdered.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Still can't get my head around it...
- By Matthew on 11-04-14
By: Robert J. Mrazek
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Triple
- A Novel
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: Raza Jaffrey
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 590
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As Egypt comes closer and closer to developing a nuclear bomb, the Mossad’s number one Israeli agent is given an impossible mission: to beat the Arabs in the nuclear arms race by finding and stealing two hundred tons of uranium. The world’s balance of power will shift. And the Mossad, the KGB, the Egyptians, and Fedayeen terrorists will play out the final, violent moves in this devastating game where the price of failure is a nuclear holocaust....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Triple poorly performed
- By Jpop on 03-13-21
By: Ken Follett
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Tarantula
- A John Milton Short Story
- By: Mark Dawson
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 780
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Meet John Milton. He considers himself an artisan. A craftsman. His trade is murder. Milton is the man the government sends after you when everything else has failed. Ruthless. Brilliant. Anonymous. Lethal. You wouldn't pick him out of a crowd but you wouldn't want to be on his list. In this second dip into his case files (see 1000 Yards for a further novella), Milton is sent to Italy to investigate the death of a colleague from Group 15.
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5 out of 5 stars
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John Milton tries to exit British intelligence
- By Wayne on 06-03-16
By: Mark Dawson
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Hornet Flight
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,078
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,130
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,128
It's June 1941, and the low point of the war. England throws wave after wave of RAF bombers across the Channel, but somehow the Luftwaffe is able to shoot them down at will. The skies, indeed, the war itself seem to belong to Hitler.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Outstanding Spy Novel
- By C. McCoy on 03-13-05
By: Ken Follett
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Wild Justice
- By: Wilbur Smith
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 15 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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The hijacking of a jumbo jet off the Seychelles galvanises antiterrorist chief Peter Stride into the action for which he has spent a lifetime training. But even in the hail of bullets which follows, he knows that this is only the beginning of a nightmare. Stride is the one man who might find the twisted genius who holds the world hostage - if only his every move were not anticipated by the enemy....
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4 out of 5 stars
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more vivid descriptions and good story but unsatis
- By JDD on 05-27-19
By: Wilbur Smith
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The Templar Cross
- By: Paul Christopher
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 55
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Story4 out of 5 stars 54
Retired Army Ranger John Holliday has reluctantly settled into his teaching position at West Point, when young Israeli archaeologist Rafi Wanounou comes to him with desperate news. Holliday's niece - and Rafi's fiance - Peggy has been kidnapped while photographing the excavation of an ancient tomb in Egypt. Her captors are known as the Brotherhood of the Temple of Isis - murderous fanatics who worship a dead god. Holliday sets out with Rafi to find the only family he has left.
By: Paul Christopher
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The Brotherhood of the Rose
- By: David Morrell
- Narrated by: David Morrell, Full Cast
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 358
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 300
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They were orphans, Chris and Saul - raised in a Philadelphia school for boys, bonded by friendship, and devoted to a mysterious man called Eliot.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great book, choppy reading
- By Commander Bond on 07-06-08
By: David Morrell
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The Moonlit Earth
- By: Christopher Rice
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 52
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From award-winning New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice comes an evocative psychological thriller about a woman who must try to save her brother’s reputation and life when he is accused of being involved in a terrorist act.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Over-analyzed characters and their actions.
- By Artur on 09-07-10
By: Christopher Rice
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The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown
- A Novel
- By: Paul Malmont
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4 out of 5 stars 41
In 1943, when the United States learns that Germany is on the verge of a deadly innovation that could tip the balance of the war, the government turns to an unlikely source for help: the nation’s top science fiction writers. Installed at a covert military lab within the Philadelphia Naval Yard are the most brilliant of these young visionaries. The unruly band is led by Robert Heinlein, the dashing and complicated master of the genre. His “Kamikaze Group,” is tasked with transforming the wonders of science fiction into science fact....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pulp Perfection!
- By Jim N on 08-31-12
By: Paul Malmont
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The Book of Spies
- By: Gayle Lynds
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 374
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 258
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Story4 out of 5 stars 255
Ann Blake, a rare-book expert and conservator, was imprisoned for a drunk-driving accident that she doesn't remember, one that resulted in the death of her husband, a famous rare-book expert. But she is freed from prison by CIA undercover agent Tucker Anderson in exchange for her help and expertise on the Library of Gold, a legendary collection of books that have been lost to the world for over a century.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Exciting spy tale, and then....
- By Janice on 05-31-11
By: Gayle Lynds
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SEAL Team Six Outcasts
- A Novel (Seal Team Six Outcasts, Book 1)
- By: Howard E. Wasdin, Stephen Templin
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
When America’s controversial Phoenix Program was buried during the Vietnam War, a new program rose from its ashes. A top-secret Special Operations unit, with a core mission to combat terror wherever they find it, Bitter Ash grew ever more necessary in a new world of Islamic fanaticism. Now, Bitter Ash is forming a special team, a SEAL Team Six with a difference. It is Tier One, on par with SEAL Team Six and Delta, but it will report directly to Bitter Ash, and its fight will take place under the cover of dark.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Turning it out!
- By Tom on 02-01-23
By: Howard E. Wasdin, and others
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The Forge of God
- By: Greg Bear
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 16 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 622
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On September 28th, a geologist working in Death Valley finds a mysterious new cinder cone in very well-mapped area. On October 1, the government of Australia announces the discovery of an enormous granite mountain. Like the cinder cone, it wasn't there six months ago.
Something is happening to planet Earth, and the truth is too terrifying to contemplate
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Story, Wonderful Listening, But the Editor?
- By George Knight on 07-14-13
By: Greg Bear
What listeners say about Skeleton Key
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- Sayra B.
- 06-29-18
My review
I loved the narrator. He made the story more interesting. The book is a really good. I highly recommend it for people who like action. And thriller.
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- JLR
- 11-03-24
I love the suspension it brought at times
I enjoyed that alex was able to see Sabina at the end of the story
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- NG
- 11-25-20
Narration needs a modern update
I've been rediscovering this series after not reading it since high school when they were new. The stories hold up but the narrator... he leaves a lot to be desired. He carries most adult characters well, but it's hard to feel like Alex himself is actually a teen sometimes. His foreign accents are atrocious: In "Skeleton Key", for example, I easily forgot what nationality the main villain was supposed to be because the accent was just all over the place. Like he thought Russia was somehow also in South America? Be prepared for some cringeworthy attempts at a Chinese accent as well. Then in "Eagle Strike", he used a French accent but the character says "Paris" and pronounces the hard "-is" at the end. Another problem with the narration is that the recording microphone works a little too well, and picks up every minute noise that comes from his mouth (swallowing, lip-licking, and other wet mouth sounds). I could hold hope for an updated series of audiobooks with a more modern narrator, preferably younger or younger-sounding. But the narration does not detract from the stories themselves, which have been as good as I remembered them. Perhaps my earbuds are the ones that work too well.
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- J.T. Kucera
- 02-08-19
Great book
I absolutely love this series by Anthony Horowitz, and the narration is amazing!! I highly recommend them all.
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- Marcie Ashford
- 01-08-17
BEST BOOK IN THE WORLD
You need to get this book its the greatest book of all time must getb
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- Michelle K
- 03-16-24
Love Alex Rider
I loved this book! Suspenseful and entertaining!
Can’t wait to read the next one!!!! Good book for teens and young adults.
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- Hanif Muhammad
- 08-05-22
One of the better Alex Rider Novels. Chills!!! ❤
The first book that I read in the Alex Rider series. The Story and The ending are sublime. love it!!!
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- Mary Grey
- 12-04-23
Great thriller for Middle School
Some dated language; vague xenophobia and mocking of the disabled. I’m. Sure the author would treat these subjects differently today (12/2023).
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- Jacob
- 10-25-20
Fun and Interesting Alex Rider Novel
I love and enjoyed reading and listening to the Alex Rider Novel Series by reading the books and listening to the audiobooks at the same time. Filled with and Full of Great Story, Action, Adventure, Suspense, Fun, and Excietment. Reading the action-adventure novel series Alex Rider makes me felt like I was watching and enioying an action-adventure films like Fast and Furious, xXx, 007 James Bond, Mission: Impossible, Kingsman, True Lies, and much more fun action-adventure films
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- Pierce Asaad
- 03-12-21
Great Book with lots of plot twists
good book and the narrator was excellent, one of my favorite books in the series
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