The Black Tower: The Neighborhood
The Black Tower Serial, Book 8
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A team of scientists travels the eighty floors of a strange black tower, each floor an alternate world fraught with danger, striving to reach the top floor and the dark force behind the creation of the looming monolith.
Novella serial based on the eleven episodes of The Black Tower television miniseries screenplays, with each novella a direct adaptation of one of the episodes, structured and formatted exactly as the one hour screenplays from which they have been adapted.
For information on all eleven serial episodes, visit The Black Tower book page at: greybeardpublishing.com
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 319
Electra McDonnell has always known that the way she and her family earn their living is slightly outside of the law. Breaking into the homes of the rich and picking the locks on their safes may not be condoned by British law enforcement, but World War II is in full swing, Ellie's cousins, Colm and Toby, are off fighting against Hitler, and Uncle Mick's more honorable business as a locksmith can't pay the bills anymore. So when Uncle Mick receives a tip about a safe full of jewels in the empty house of a wealthy family, he and Ellie can’t resist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Spectacular
- By Emily on 12-27-21
By: Ashley Weaver
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The Eyre Affair
- A Thursday Next Novel
- By: Jasper Fforde
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,723
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,197
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,198
In Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renowned Special Operative in literary detection.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Worthy Read
- By chicagoalum on 01-21-10
By: Jasper Fforde
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The Serpents Trail
- A Maxie and Stretch Mystery Series
- By: Sue Henry
- Narrated by: Lee Adams
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 53
At 63, Maxie is cruising down the Alaska Highway in her brand-new Winnebago. She's always been a gypsy at heart, and with her mini-dachshund at her side, and the open road ahead, she's never been happier. But before her exploration of the Lower 48 gets underway, Maxie needs to figure out who burglarized her friend's Colorado home, and why. But the closer Maxie gets to solving the puzzle, the more it becomes chillingly clear that her friend's life isn't the only one on the line.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Maxie definitely doesn't leap to conclusions
- By Jody on 08-13-06
By: Sue Henry
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Sweet Masterpiece
- Samantha Sweet Series, Book 1
- By: Connie Shelton
- Narrated by: Andrea Bates
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 320
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 269
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Story4 out of 5 stars 267
Samantha Sweet breaks into houses for a living - all perfectly legal as a caretaker for the USDA. But her real dream is to open her own pastry shop, 'Sweet's Sweets.' Life is a little crazy for Sam right now. At one of her break-in properties, a dying woman insists that she take a small wooden box. Sam doesn't realize that the old woman was known locally as a 'bruja,' a witch, until she begins to feel some strange effects from the box.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Picky, I know I'm Picky.
- By Judy King on 03-02-16
By: Connie Shelton
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Coyote Horizon
- A Novel of Interstellar Discovery
- By: Allen Steele
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 294
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 200
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Story4 out of 5 stars 204
The planet of Coyote has become the last, best hope of humankind, but it has also become the principal point of contact with the hjadd, the alien race encountered by a European starship many years earlier. Although the hjadd have built an embassy near the original colony, they remain a mystery.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Disappointing Fourth in the Coyote Series
- By Holly Helscher on 05-04-09
By: Allen Steele
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Prelude to Mayhem
- Mayhem Wave Series, Book 1
- By: Edward Aubry
- Narrated by: C.S.E Cooney
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
In the ruins of his world, Harrison Cody follows a mysterious voice on the radio as he and his pixie sidekick travel on foot across a terrifyingly random landscape. They discover Dorothy O'Neill, who has had to survive among monsters when her greatest worry used to be how to navigate high school. Together they search for what remains of Chicago, and the hope that civilization can be rebuilt.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun and unique post-apocalyptic fiction
- By Quick Brown Fox on 03-23-17
By: Edward Aubry
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The Hercules Text
- By: Jack McDevitt
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 90
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Story4 out of 5 stars 82
From a remote corner of the galaxy, a message is being sent. The continuous beats of a pulsar have become odd, irregular, and artificial. It can only be a code. Frantically, a research team struggles to decipher the alien communication. And what the scientists discover is destined to shake the foundations of empires around this world - from Wall Street to the Vatican.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Lots to recommend here!
- By Matthew on 10-19-18
By: Jack McDevitt
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The Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- By: Jack Finney
- Narrated by: Kristoffer Tabori
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,892
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,620
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,617
On a quiet fall evening in the small, peaceful town of Mill Valley, California, Dr. Miles Bennell discovers an insidious, horrifying plot. Silently, subtly, almost imperceptibly, alien life-forms are taking over the bodies and minds of his neighbors, his friends, his family, the woman he loves, and the world as he knows it.
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4 out of 5 stars
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GOOD READ
- By Randall on 04-25-09
By: Jack Finney
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Ask Me No Questions
- A Lady Dunbridge Mystery
- By: Shelley Noble
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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Story4 out of 5 stars 209
A modern woman in 1907, Lady Dunbridge is not about to let a little thing like the death of her husband ruin her social life. She's ready to take the dazzling world of Gilded Age Manhattan by storm. From the decadence of high society balls to the underbelly of Belmont horse racing, romance, murder, and scandals abound. Someone simply must do something. And Lady Dunbridge is happy to oblige.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Creative Mystery
- By Victoria J. Mejia-Gewe on 02-28-19
By: Shelley Noble
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The First Assassin
- By: John J. Miller
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 128
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 111
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Story4 out of 5 stars 109
Washington, D.C., 1861: As the United States teeters on the brink of civil war, Colonel Charles P. Rook organizes security in the nation’s capital and monitors the death threats pouring into the White House. He surrounds Abraham Lincoln with bodyguards, covers rooftops with sharpshooters, and investigates rumors of conspiracy fomented by secessionists. Yet amid the chaos and confusion, a mysterious killer slips into the teeming city.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining start for a little known writer
- By Julie on 07-22-14
By: John J. Miller
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Elizabeth's Legacy
- Royal Institute of Magic, Book 1
- By: Victor Kloss
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,786
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,614
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,612
Two years after his parents' sudden disappearance, Ben Greenwood stumbles upon a cryptic letter that could shed some light on their whereabouts. But before he can track them down, he'll need to find the mysterious organization that sent the letter: The Royal Institute of Magic. To succeed, Ben will have to navigate a land filled with fantastic creatures and spellshooters, where magic can be bought and sold, to unravel an ancient family secret that could hold the key to defeating an evil the institute has been fighting for the last 500 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a fantastic tribute to Kloss
- By Evry1sLostButMe on 01-24-17
By: Victor Kloss
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The Color of Night
- By: David Lindsey
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 105
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 94
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Story4 out of 5 stars 94
Harry Strand is living a quiet life as an art dealer in Houston. But until four years ago, he was an intelligence agent for the foreign service. His nemesis was Schrade, a ruthless international criminal who arranged the "accident" that killed Harry's wife. Now Harry has met a mysterious, beautiful woman who may have critical information about Schrade. And Harry begins to bait a trap for his enemy. The more Harry learns, however, the more he feels pulled into a much deeper conspiracy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent and intriguing!
- By Gail Kisellus on 01-15-18
By: David Lindsey
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The Adjustment Team
- By: Philip K. Dick
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 81
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 75
Ed Fletcher is a real estate agent with a normal life, until one day he leaves the house for work a few minutes later than he should have. He arrives at a terrifying, grey, ash world. Ed rushes home and tells his wife, Ruth, who goes back to the office with him. When they return, everything is normal. But he soon realizes people and objects have subtly changed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unknown Gem of a Story
- By Jackie Houser on 11-20-14
By: Philip K. Dick
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The Other Side of the Bridge
- By: Cameron Wright
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 133
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Story4 out of 5 stars 118
Katie Connelly has lived in San Francisco all her life. Her late father made his career as an ironworker on the Golden Gate Bridge, and the many stories of him trying to save jumpers still haunt her. When she's asked to write a history about the bridge, her research uncovers a secret journal hidden in her father's desk, pages of familiar advice penned by the hand of a stranger. The scribbled words tell of a promise ring and a distant love, clues that Katie hopes may answer her own unresolved sorrow.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable enough story, terrible female narrator
- By Rebecca on 04-02-20
By: Cameron Wright
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Little Girl Gone
- A Logan Harper Thriller
- By: Brett Battles
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 369
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 322
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Story4 out of 5 stars 320
Logan Harper isn't looking for redemption. He just wants to live in peace and forget his troubled past. But one morning his quiet life is upended when he interrupts the attempted murder of his father's best friend Tooney. The next thing Logan knows, he's on his way to Los Angeles, searching for Tooney's missing granddaughter and uncovering a sinister plot connected not only to Tooney's Burmese past, but also to the boardrooms of corporate America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Oustanding! Battles does it again!
- By Brad LaMorgese on 10-29-11
By: Brett Battles