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The Last Ant
- Narrated by: Dawn Blair
- Length: 39 mins
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The ant scurries on the counter, alone, and the only remnant of its poisoned colony. Empathizing with the ant, Natalie ponders putting it out of its misery. As a scientist, she knows her flowcharts point to humankind's destruction: much like the ants, we polluted our colony too.
Heading up one of a handful of secret labs, Natalie's mission to save humanity seems more like a cliché sci-fi movie than reality. Or maybe the world-weary views she possesses stem from her own bitter past.
Knowing the final days of humanity approaches, Natalie plans for her revenge and escape.
A dark tale of the world near death, and one woman determined to survive against all the odds.
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Interesting world
- By kim on 08-16-10
By: Maria V. Snyder
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The Pawn
- By: Steven James
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 524
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 410
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 418
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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3 out of 5 stars
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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 Ark
- Children of a Dead Earth, Book 1
- By: Patrick S. Tomlinson
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 661
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 614
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Story4 out of 5 stars 613
Humankind has escaped a dying Earth and set out to find a new home among the stars aboard an immense generation ship affectionately named the Ark. Bryan Benson is the Ark's greatest living sports hero, enjoying retirement working as a detective in Avalon, his home module. The hours are good, the work is easy, and the perks can't be beat. But when a crew member goes missing, Bryan is thrust into the center of an ever-expanding web of deception, secrets, and violence.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Nearly there
- By Michaela on 05-11-16
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The Demonists
- Demonist Series, Book 1
- By: Thomas E. Sniegoski
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 52
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4 out of 5 stars 47
It was supposed to be a simple exorcism, a publicity stunt to firmly establish John and Theodora's thriving paranormal investigation empire in the public eye. But something went wrong, leading to an on-air massacre that unleashed a malicious host of demons and left Theodora catatonic, possessed by countless spirits.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Meh
- By Brian Allen on 04-18-16
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Unremembered
- By: Jessica Brody
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 203
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Story4 out of 5 stars 186
When Freedom Airlines flight 121 went down over the Pacific Ocean, no one ever expected to find survivors. Which is why the 16-year-old girl discovered floating among the wreckage - alive - is making headlines across the globe. Even more strange is that her body is miraculously unharmed and she has no memories of boarding the plane. She has no memories of her life before the crash. She has no memories period. No one knows how she survived. No one knows why she wasn't on the passenger manifest.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Invested In the Tale
- By UnreliableHeart on 09-17-15
By: Jessica Brody
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Origin
- A Thriller
- By: J. A. Konrath
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,948
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,668
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,677
When linguist Andrew Dennison is yanked from his bed by the Secret Service and taken to a top secret facility in the desert, he has no idea he's been brought there to translate the words of an ancient demon. He joins pretty but cold veterinarian Sun Jones, eccentric molecular biologist Dr. Frank Belgium, and a hodge-podge of religious, military, and science personnel to try and figure out if the creature is, indeed, Satan. But things quickly go bad, and very soon Andy isn't just fighting for his life, but the lives of everyone on earth…
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4 out of 5 stars
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Making My Beelzebubble Burst
- By Carol on 01-01-14
By: J. A. Konrath
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Unwind
- Unwind Dystology, Book 1
- By: Neal Shusterman
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,409
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,224
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,218
After America’s Second Civil War, the Pro-Choice and Pro-Life armies came to an agreement. According to their Bill of Life, human life may not be terminated from the moment of conception until the age of thirteen. But between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, the child may be gotten rid of by their parent through a process called “unwinding.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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Chilling, Scary, Difficult to Read
- By Joe on 11-11-20
By: Neal Shusterman
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Libriomancer
- Magic ex Libris, Book 1
- By: Jim C. Hines
- Narrated by: David DeVries
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 921
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 836
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Story4 out of 5 stars 838
Isaac Vainio is a Libriomancer, a member of the secret organization founded five centuries ago by Johannes Gutenberg. Libriomancers are gifted with the ability to magically reach into books and draw forth objects. When Isaac is attacked by vampires that leaked from the pages of books into our world, he barely manages to escape. To his horror he discovers that vampires have been attacking other magic-users as well, and Gutenberg has been kidnapped.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A reasonable start
- By Simon on 04-08-13
By: Jim C. Hines
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Open Your Eyes
- By: Paula Daly
- Narrated by: Emma Fenney
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4 out of 5 stars 64
Jane Campbell avoids confrontation at all costs. Given the choice, she'll always let her husband, Leon, a best-selling thriller author, fight their battles. She'd prefer to focus on the good things in life: precious days with her two young children, a steady and loving marriage, their mischievously playful cat Bonita, and her fulfilling job as a creative-writing teacher. In Jane's eyes, life is altogether sweeter than any individual bump in the road. But when Leon suffers a brutal attack, Jane has to finally face reality.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally a book that held my interest
- By PollyAnna2 on 10-13-18
By: Paula Daly
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The Never List
- By: Koethi Zan
- Narrated by: Kristen Sieh
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 329
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 303
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Story4 out of 5 stars 303
For years, Sarah Farber and her best friend, Jennifer, kept what they called the Never List: A list of actions to be avoided at all costs, for safety’s sake. But one night, against their best instincts, they accept a cab ride -one with grave, everlasting consequences. For the next three years, they are held captive with two other girls in a dungeon-like cellar by a connoisseur of sadism. Ten years later, Sarah’s abductor is up for parole and she can no longer ignore the twisted letters he sends to her from prison.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Shorter Suspense Novel
- By W Perry Hall on 02-04-14
By: Koethi Zan
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A Question of Will
- Aliomenti Saga, Book 1
- By: Alex Albrinck
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 182
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Story4 out of 5 stars 168
Will Stark is a self-made multibillionaire, happily married, and a proud father. He arrives home to find his house destroyed and his family murdered and is himself rescued from certain death by a mysterious trio. His rescuers are part of a splinter faction of a centuries-old secret society that has developed incredible technological advances and unlocked the method to release humanity's innate potential. Will was mistakenly believed to be a key dissident and fugitive, on the run from the primary group, known as the Aliomenti.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW! What a great creative story!
- By Allen Anthony on 06-18-16
By: Alex Albrinck
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Clean
- A Mindspace Investigations Novel, Book 1
- By: Alex Hughes
- Narrated by: Daniel May
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 958
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 865
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Story4 out of 5 stars 867
I used to work for the Telepath’s Guild before they kicked me out for a drug habit that wasn’t entirely my fault. Now I work for the cops, helping Homicide Detective Isabella Cherabino put killers behind bars. My ability to get inside the twisted minds of suspects makes me the best interrogator in the department. But the normals keep me on a short leash. When the Tech Wars ripped the world apart, the Guild stepped up to save it. But they had to get scary to do it - real scary.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Some good, Some annoying!
- By Lisa on 01-03-14
By: Alex Hughes
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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
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,248
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,133
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,133
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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3 out of 5 stars
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Sad. Weird. Sad.
- By Lisa Davidson on 04-30-16
By: J. T. Ellison
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The Ferryman Institute
- A Novel
- By: Colin Gigl
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Ferryman Charlie Dawson saves dead people - somebody has to convince them to move on to the afterlife, after all. Having never failed a single assignment, he's acquired a reputation for success that's as legendary as it is unwanted. It turns out that serving as a Ferryman is causing Charlie to slowly lose his mind. Deemed too valuable by the Ferryman Institute to be let go and too stubborn to just give up in his own right, Charlie's pretty much abandoned all hope of escaping his grim existence. Or he had, anyway, until he saved Alice Spiegel.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator does not capture tone of the story
- By Jessica Bell on 03-15-17
By: Colin Gigl