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The Ophelia Network

By: Mur Lafferty
Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
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In an authoritarian America, personal freedoms are at risk, information is being controlled, and legal citizens suddenly find themselves being deported. A growing resistance movement is active, angry, and looking to strike back. And a TV show for kids may be the key.

Enter Celeste Montgomery and Bailey Vance. Celeste is an intern for the show that features Bailey singing and dancing with puppets. While Bailey teaches the kids about geography, Celeste is planting codes into the script, songs, background, whatever she can do to pass messages for the resistance.

Celeste doesn't know who these messages are from or who they're for. But she’s certain about one thing—if the scheme is uncovered, it will be her head on the chopping block.

Only the government got to Bailey first. And Celeste has no idea whose side he’s on.

©2022 Mur Lafferty (P)2022 Audible Originals, LLC.
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About the Creator

Mur Lafferty's writing has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K Dick awards. She is also an editor and podcaster, and lives in Durham, North Carolina where she roots for the Durham Bulls and kills sourdough starters. She is the author of Six Wakes and Solo: A Star Wars Story. The Ophelia Network may have been inspired by watching too much Blues Clues when her daughter was young.
Photographed by Karen Osborne

About the Performer

Khristine Hvam is an award-winning audiobook narrator, producer, and director. Some of her works include TV/radio commercials, video games, animated series, and most notably, more than 300 audiobook titles. Hvam has been honored with four Audio Publishers Association Audie Awards. AudioFile Magazine has awarded her seven of its Earphones Awards, as well as Best Voices of the Year 2015 and 2017. She currently lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children.

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Phenomenal Experiential Dystopian Quirky Short Story

A very very good and fun short story. A non-linear, almost interactive, charming tale of underground networks and autocratic government agencies and a little romance. Also, there’s hand puppets and pie.

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fun

This was a fun cute short story. Give it a listen. I listened while I cleaned the house.

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WOW - 5STAR !!!

I'm So pleased to have just picked it - Only thought, "just 2.5 hours Perfect for my plane ride!" Ophelie came Alive in the first chapter. Defining a few characters simplified things AND then Off to the Races to See Just How Good the next character is!!! Coyle seductive, great pace - All Around Interestingly Fun!!

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Was this a Blippi fanfic?

I’m here for the dystopian thinly veiled Alexa hack and all. I also couldn’t help but associate Bailey with Blippi, the oddly handsome and garishly dressed childrens entertainer with a complex background. Whether intended or not, I’d definitely listen to more!

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Just like Biden's Disinformation Board!

This cracked me up because I'm sure it was meant to disparage the Orange Guy and the GOP, but it ended up, with its Department of Truth, sounding way much more like Biden and his Disinformation Board in DHS or his attempted control over Twitter via the FBI. So, kind of silly and disingenuous, but pretty entertaining for free!

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Where's the sequel?

Inventive & engaging. Way better than I expected. The kind of story they make into great movies.

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Loved it

I really enjoyed this political sattire. Just the right length and while it was a social commentary, it was also very funny

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A fun distraction

My main complaint: I wish this short story were longer. It ended a little abruptly, and I would have enjoyed hearing more, seeing the characters developed more. It's fresh, a resistance in a not-so-far-fetched fascist America, but told in a comparatively light-hearted, new way. The puppet voice can get annoying, but it's only the intro to each chapter. I'm sure I'd find more holes if I listened a second time, but for a single listen, this book is unexpected and enjoyably different.

If you're offended when people call racist behaviors racist, this book isn't for you.

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I want more!

This was such a well written, well read story. I saw it unfolding seamlessly. Could see this as a motion picture. However, it ended so abruptly and left me wanting much more.

Good Job 👌👍

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Confused by the reviews

I enjoyed this short story, thought the premise was clever and would like to listen to more from this author. Lots of complaints about narrator from other reviewers — maybe it is the puppet voice? But that make sense for a children’s tv show and I had no problems with the narrator. Another reviewer stated “This writer has ignored the facts in front of our faces on who exactly are the fascists' taking over America.” This is very confusing; it implies that the story is painting a specific, real-life political party as the bad guys in the story and that the author has it wrong and that some other specific, real-life political party is the real-life bad guys. The story doesn’t name a political party, so who is this reviewer talking about? Who does the reviewer think the author is implicating? How did they make that connection? If you think your political party is the framework for the bad guys in this story, it does not paint you (or you party) in a good light.

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