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Growing up, Bianca St. Ives knew she was different from all her friends. Instead of playing hopscotch or combing her dolls' hair, she studied martial arts with sensei masters and dismantled explosives with special-ops retirees. Her father prepped her well to carry on the family business. Now a striking beauty with fierce skills, the prodigy has surpassed the master.
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Cliffhanger!!!
- De Jan M en 03-25-18
De: Karen Robards
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Tarantula
- A John Milton Short Story
- De: Mark Dawson
- Narrado por: David Thorpe
- Duración: 2 h y 25 m
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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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John Milton tries to exit British intelligence
- De Wayne en 06-03-16
De: Mark Dawson
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Cold City
- Repairman Jack: Early Years Trilogy, Book 1
- De: F. Paul Wilson
- Narrado por: Alexander Cendese
- Duración: 11 h y 16 m
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If you've never read a Repairman Jack novel, this is the place to begin. It's 1990. A twenty-one-year-old named Jack has dropped out of college, leaving his old life behind to build a new one in New York City. Manhattan's rough edges are jagged enough to shred any unwary newcomer, but perhaps not one who is determined to stay off the grid, at any cost, in the busiest metropolis on earth. And to do so, he'll have to take jobs of a less than legal nature.
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Fun, as long you don't think too much
- De Andrew Pollack en 01-17-14
De: F. Paul Wilson
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The Book of Spies
- De: Gayle Lynds
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 14 h y 42 m
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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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Exciting spy tale, and then....
- De Janice en 05-31-11
De: Gayle Lynds
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Altered Carbon
- De: Richard K. Morgan
- Narrado por: Todd McLaren
- Duración: 17 h y 10 m
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In the 25th century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Now, assuming one can afford the expensive procedure, a person's consciousness can be stored in a cortical stack at the base of the brain and easily downloaded into a new body (or "sleeve") making death nothing more than a minor blip on a screen.
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Altered Carbon
- De Jake Williams en 09-22-07
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The Cutting Room
- A Time Travel Thriller
- De: Edward W. Robertson
- Narrado por: Victor Bevine
- Duración: 8 h y 14 m
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In the future, there are many parallel Earths - but only one of them has time travel. Known as Primetime, its criminals break into the pasts of other worlds, far beyond the reach of conventional police. Blake Din is the top agent of the Cutting Room, the group tasked with stopping these trespassers. After a mission to undo the murder of a young boy, he uncovers extensive damage to another world's timeline - and a conspiracy that reaches all the way back to Primetime.
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Characters and their journeys mildly interesting
- De Sailfish en 09-27-16
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Two Weeks' Notice
- A Revivalist Novel, Book 2
- De: Rachel Caine
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
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After dying and being revived with the experimental drug Returne, Bryn Davis is theoretically free to live her unlife - with regular doses to keep her going. But Bryn knows that the government has every intention of keeping a tight lid on Pharmadene's life-altering discovery, no matter the cost. Thankfully, some things have changed for the better; her job at the rechristened Davis Funeral Home is keeping her busy and her fragile romance with Patrick McCallister is blossoming.
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Bourne + iZombie + Terminator = Empire cliffhanger
- De 🔥 Phx17 🔥 en 11-05-23
De: Rachel Caine
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METAtropolis
- De: Jay Lake, Tobias Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, y otros
- Narrado por: Michael Hogan, Scott Brick, Kandyse McClure, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 7 m
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Armed camps of eco-survivalists battle purveyors of technology in this exclusive, original production featuring five sci-fi masters and five all-star narrators.
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Not a wasted credit
- De james en 10-27-08
De: Jay Lake, y otros
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Libriomancer
- Magic ex Libris, Book 1
- De: Jim C. Hines
- Narrado por: David DeVries
- Duración: 10 h y 34 m
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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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A reasonable start
- De Simon en 04-08-13
De: Jim C. Hines
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Preternatural Affairs, Books 1-3
- Witch Hunt, Silver Bullet, and Hotter Than Helltown
- De: SM Reine
- Narrado por: Jeffrey Kafer
- Duración: 16 h y 6 m
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My name's Cesar Hawke. I'm a witch working for a division of the government you've never heard about. The world's not what everyone thinks it is - unless you think that our world's a pawn in a game of chess between Heaven and Hell, and riddled with as much magic and wonder as it is with evil. In that case, the world is exactly what you think. My place of employment - the Office of Preternatural Affairs - takes a modern approach to an ages-old problem.
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Bad, "it was a dark and stormy night" bad
- De Dianne en 12-07-14
De: SM Reine
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Sanctus
- A Novel
- De: Simon Toyne
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 11 h y 53 m
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A man climbs a cliff face in the oldest inhabited place on earth, a mountain known as the Citadel, a Vatican-like city-state that towers above the city of Ruin in modern-day Turkey. But this is no ordinary ascent. It is a dangerous, symbolic act. And thanks to the media, it is an event witnessed by the entire world.
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Intrigue, Drama. Suspense, Mystery and more...
- De michael en 09-03-12
De: Simon Toyne
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The Atrocity Archives
- A Laundry Files Novel
- De: Charles Stross
- Narrado por: Gideon Emery
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up with the endless paperwork he has to do on a daily basis. He should never be called on to do anything remotely heroic. But for some reason, he is.
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A great techno-spy-Lovecraftian-horror-comedy
- De A reader en 02-08-10
De: Charles Stross
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Singularity Sky
- De: Charles Stross
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 13 h y 2 m
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In the 21st century, the perfection of faster-than-light travel and the rise of a prodigious artificial intelligence known as the Eschaton altered the course of humankind. New civilizations were founded across the vastness of space. Now, the technology-eschewing world known as the New Republic is besieged by an alien information plague. Earth quickly sends a battle fleet - but is it coming to the rescue, or is a sinister plot in motion?
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Gonzo giggleworthy geekitude
- De Noah Smith en 11-11-10
De: Charles Stross
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Lost Angel
- A Wasteland Chronicles Prequel
- De: Kyle West
- Narrado por: Brogan Werder
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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When Makara Angel winds up in post-apocalyptic LA, she was looking for a home, not trouble. Now Makara finds herself in the middle of a gang war, fighting for survival in LA's decaying streets. Even after she falls in with the Lost Angels and their charismatic leader, safety is no guarantee. The Black Reapers are ramping up their aggression against the Angels, and Makara finds herself in the crossfire.
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- De Stephanie Ham en 10-08-22
De: Kyle West
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Saturn's Children
- De: Charles Stross
- Narrado por: Bianca Amato
- Duración: 13 h y 41 m
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In Saturn's Children, Freya is an obsolete android concubine in a society where humans haven't existed for hundreds of years. A rigid caste system keeps the Aristos, a vindictive group of humanoids, well in control of the lower, slave-chipped classes. So when Freya offends one particularly nasty Aristo, she's forced to take a dangerous courier job off-planet.
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If you know it's erotica beforehand, it might help
- De Christopher Murphy en 02-23-15
De: Charles Stross
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Blue Apocalypse
- End Days Series, Book 1
- De: E.E. Isherwood, Craig Martelle
- Narrado por: Gabriel Vaughan
- Duración: 8 h y 26 m
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A father and his son. Two-thousand-five-hundred miles apart. A blue ribbon crosses the sky. The world starts to unravel. No one knows what is happening, but everyone is trying to find out. Buck is running his big rig from the west coast. Garth is trapped in New York City with his high school friend. With Marine training and an 18-wheeler, Buck heads east. With no training and no communication with his father, Garth fights just to escape New York City.
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A long buildup…
- De Debbie Zea en 04-18-23
De: E.E. Isherwood, y otros
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Glasshouse
- De: Charles Stross
- Narrado por: Kevin R. Free
- Duración: 13 h y 34 m
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With Glasshouse, Stross pens a Kafkaesque tale set in a 27th-century of teleport gates and mind-attacking network worms. After Robin awakes in a clinic, he struggles to summon details of his life, but too many of his memories have been wiped clean. More troubling is the stark awareness of immediate danger: someone is trying to kill him. On the run, Robin makes a desperate gamble and volunteers for what he hopes is the sanctuary of an unusual study at the Glasshouse. Once there, however, he realizes the true terror has only begun.
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Vintage Stross
- De Ken en 06-21-11
De: Charles Stross
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The Atrocity Archives
- A Laundry Files Novel
- De: Charles Stross
- Narrado por: Gideon Emery
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up with the endless paperwork he has to do on a daily basis. He should never be called on to do anything remotely heroic. But for some reason, he is.
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A great techno-spy-Lovecraftian-horror-comedy
- De A reader en 02-08-10
De: Charles Stross
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Singularity Sky
- De: Charles Stross
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 13 h y 2 m
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In the 21st century, the perfection of faster-than-light travel and the rise of a prodigious artificial intelligence known as the Eschaton altered the course of humankind. New civilizations were founded across the vastness of space. Now, the technology-eschewing world known as the New Republic is besieged by an alien information plague. Earth quickly sends a battle fleet - but is it coming to the rescue, or is a sinister plot in motion?
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Gonzo giggleworthy geekitude
- De Noah Smith en 11-11-10
De: Charles Stross
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Lost Angel
- A Wasteland Chronicles Prequel
- De: Kyle West
- Narrado por: Brogan Werder
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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When Makara Angel winds up in post-apocalyptic LA, she was looking for a home, not trouble. Now Makara finds herself in the middle of a gang war, fighting for survival in LA's decaying streets. Even after she falls in with the Lost Angels and their charismatic leader, safety is no guarantee. The Black Reapers are ramping up their aggression against the Angels, and Makara finds herself in the crossfire.
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great
- De Stephanie Ham en 10-08-22
De: Kyle West
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Saturn's Children
- De: Charles Stross
- Narrado por: Bianca Amato
- Duración: 13 h y 41 m
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In Saturn's Children, Freya is an obsolete android concubine in a society where humans haven't existed for hundreds of years. A rigid caste system keeps the Aristos, a vindictive group of humanoids, well in control of the lower, slave-chipped classes. So when Freya offends one particularly nasty Aristo, she's forced to take a dangerous courier job off-planet.
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If you know it's erotica beforehand, it might help
- De Christopher Murphy en 02-23-15
De: Charles Stross
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Blue Apocalypse
- End Days Series, Book 1
- De: E.E. Isherwood, Craig Martelle
- Narrado por: Gabriel Vaughan
- Duración: 8 h y 26 m
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A father and his son. Two-thousand-five-hundred miles apart. A blue ribbon crosses the sky. The world starts to unravel. No one knows what is happening, but everyone is trying to find out. Buck is running his big rig from the west coast. Garth is trapped in New York City with his high school friend. With Marine training and an 18-wheeler, Buck heads east. With no training and no communication with his father, Garth fights just to escape New York City.
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A long buildup…
- De Debbie Zea en 04-18-23
De: E.E. Isherwood, y otros
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Glasshouse
- De: Charles Stross
- Narrado por: Kevin R. Free
- Duración: 13 h y 34 m
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With Glasshouse, Stross pens a Kafkaesque tale set in a 27th-century of teleport gates and mind-attacking network worms. After Robin awakes in a clinic, he struggles to summon details of his life, but too many of his memories have been wiped clean. More troubling is the stark awareness of immediate danger: someone is trying to kill him. On the run, Robin makes a desperate gamble and volunteers for what he hopes is the sanctuary of an unusual study at the Glasshouse. Once there, however, he realizes the true terror has only begun.
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Vintage Stross
- De Ken en 06-21-11
De: Charles Stross
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The Family Trade
- De: Charles Stross
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 11 h y 46 m
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Miriam Beckstein is happy in her life as a successful reporter. When she gets iron-clad evidence of a money-laundering scheme, Miriam thinks she's found the story of the year. But when she takes it to her editor, she's fired on the spot and gets a death threat from the criminals she's uncovered. Before the day is over, she's received a locket left by the mother she never knew - the mother who was murdered when she was an infant. The knotwork pattern within has a hypnotic effect on her.
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Stross' dry humor nowhere to be seen
- De Julie W. Capell en 02-04-18
De: Charles Stross
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Survive
- Live Free or Die Series, Book 1
- De: Shawn Underhill
- Narrado por: Paul Costanzo
- Duración: 4 h y 47 m
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Set against the backdrop of the isolated forests north of New Hampshire's White Mountains, while camping on family land, Tom and Lori Thornton (and their dog, Buck) find themselves in a sudden SHTF scenario. No cellular service. Dangerous roads. Limited supplies. And far more questions than answers. After the shocking murder of Tom's uncle by a band of looters, the couple's already faltering marriage reaches the breaking point amid the chaos. Trust and loyalties are challenged, old friendships are put to the test, and immediate answers and solutions elude them.
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Stupid
- De Anonymous User en 06-21-24
De: Shawn Underhill
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Accelerando
- De: Charles Stross
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 16 h y 30 m
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The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surpassed the limits of human intellect. Biotechnological beings have rendered people all but extinct. Molecular nanotechnology runs rampant, replicating and reprogramming at will. Contact with extraterrestrial life grows more imminent with each new day.
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Hardest of hard SF...
- De DLee en 11-24-14
De: Charles Stross
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Wireless
- De: Charles Stross
- Narrado por: Paul Hecht, Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Duración: 13 h y 44 m
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Prolific novelist Stross pauses to collect short stories that have not (yet) been stitched up into his longer work. Stories that move the US - USSR conflict onto a massive disk in another galaxy (Locus Award-winner "Missile Gap"), offer a spam-filter solution to the Fermi paradox ("MAXOS"), and suggest clever bargains with the devil in a newly frozen Scotland ("Snowball's Chance") demonstrate Stross's ability to crisscross genres, blending SF, fantasy, horror, and espionage.
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Not what I expected
- De SA Developer en 02-22-16
De: Charles Stross
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Enter System
- Natural Laws Apocalypse Series, Book 1
- De: Tom Larcombe
- Narrado por: Derek Shoales
- Duración: 12 h y 59 m
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Marc's home from college on break, spending his time laughing about some of the crazy news stories he's found online, and gaming. When a message appears in his line of sight, blocking out absolutely everything else, he nearly freaks out. The message warns that the world has been in a variant Natural Laws beta test for millennia and that it's about to revert to the norms.
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Awkward. Painful. A choir.
- De Joseph en 02-10-22
De: Tom Larcombe
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Toy Soldiers
- Books 1-6 Box Set
- De: Devon C. Ford
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 38 h y 19 m
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Disorder and chaos ravage London when thousands are contaminated by the accidental discharge of an experimental bioweapon. The disease robs its hosts of rational thought, giving them a singular desire - find more living flesh to infect.
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- De Jim en 08-27-21
De: Devon C. Ford
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Halting State
- De: Charles Stross
- Narrado por: Robert Ian MacKenzie
- Duración: 13 h y 27 m
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The year is 2012, and China, India, and the United States are waging an infowar for economic domination. With innocent gamers mere pawns in the hands of electronic intelligence agencies, programmer Jack Reed is tasked with ferreting out the plot of those who would gladly trade global turmoil for personal gain.
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2 Smart Books Well Worth the Listen - Great Reader
- De C. Hartmann en 01-08-12
De: Charles Stross
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Day of Reckoning
- Surviving the Solar Storm, Book 1
- De: John Winchester
- Narrado por: Matt Godfrey
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
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When a coronal mass ejection threatens to send the United States back to the Stone Age, Jim Graves must rush to prepare his family for the coming apocalypse. As the world around him plunges into anarchy, can he rise to the occasion? Jim's love for his family and will to survive are put to the ultimate test.
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- De Sherry en 05-13-24
De: John Winchester
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Deadbreak
- Deadbreak, Book 1
- De: Jorge Sanchez
- Narrado por: James Fouhey
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
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It's been three long years since Deadbreak. That's what everyone's calling it - the day the dead rose. Every day since then, Jeremiah Reid has had one goal: to make his way back to his daughter. With his four-legged companion, Joe, Jeremiah has to travel a lawless wasteland teeming with zombies, bandits, and worse, like people who put anchovies on pizza (you know who you are). It's a new world out there, and no one is safe. People are weary, cities are in ruin, supplies are scarce, and brains are on the menu.
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One of the better books
- De NKosbob en 03-04-20
De: Jorge Sanchez
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Tower Apocalypse
- Tower Apocalypse, Book 1
- De: Cassius Lange, Ryan Tang
- Narrado por: Eric Michael Summerer
- Duración: 17 h y 22 m
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My life was ordinary, but never boring. That is, until a colossal tower landed smack-dab in the middle of the city. What should have followed was mass panic and hysteria, but I never got to that part. Why? Simple. I was taken along with 99,999 other people from Earth and dropped onto an unknown world. Strange beings appeared before us—floating, featureless figures that call themselves demi-gods. They ruled this place, this fantastical world called Gaea. The reason why they took us? We'd supposedly been selected to show that Earth was worth saving from an upcoming cataclysmic event.
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The MC is a wiener.
- De Cody en 08-20-22
De: Cassius Lange, y otros
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Midnight Riot
- Rivers of London, Book 1
- De: Ben Aaronovitch
- Narrado por: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
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Probationary constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police. Too bad his superior plans to assign him to the Case Progression Unit, where the biggest threat he'll face is a paper cut. But Peter's prospects change in the aftermath of a puzzling murder, when he gains exclusive information from an eyewitness who happens to be a ghost. Peter's ability to speak with the lingering dead brings him to the attention of Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Nightingale....
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I LOVE this Book!
- De Nancy J en 02-26-13
De: Ben Aaronovitch
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Trojan Nightmare
- A LitRPG Cultivation Series
- De: Blaise Corvin
- Narrado por: Luke Daniels
- Duración: 13 h y 49 m
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A tragic event called Violet Rain, or Purple Rain led to billions of deaths, civilization collapsing, and monsters roaming the planet. The danger of myths, legends, monsters, and portals to other worlds appearing on Earth has resulted in a surge of magical understanding and technological advancement.
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- De Christopher en 03-17-22
De: Blaise Corvin
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Apocalypse Codex
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- 09-14-12
Best of Series--So Far
This is one series that keeps getting better and better. You can tell that it's building up to something big, but it just hasn't come yet. My only complaint about the story is that it left me hungry for Bob Howard's next adventure. I want more and there isn't any more yet.
I' also have to comment on Gideon Emery's narration in the series. He is wonderful. Both this book and The Fuller Memorandum had some important American characters. I thought Emery' did a flawless job with the American accents. He's one of the few British narrators who can do American accents well. He even gets the o's right.
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- Matthew
- 05-23-16
Even at its Worse, A Great Series
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Even when this book is easily the worst in the series, it is still a great book.
If you have been following my reviews on this series, you know I prefer the times when Stross is making satire or spoofing workplaces. The second book, Jennifer Morgue, wasn't as good because it was just a typical action book with a great protagonist. This book returns to the template of Jennifer Morgue. There is just action in this book and effectively only a nod to his asinine workplace.
Actually, as I write this I'm more and more frustrated with The Apocalypse Codex. I enjoyed it, but there were just so many dull parts. The first book was 100% first person following Bob. After that, multiple perspectives have been creeping in, and they reached a peak in this novel. The Bob parts are an oasis in a vast desert that spanned the spectrum from boring and pointless to frustrating and insulting. So a solid quarter or so of the book I zoned out on.
Humor is still here, I laughed a good amount and looked forward to continuing the book when I had put it down. As such, I recommend you continue this series, especially since the next one is supposed to return it to its glory.
The series as a whole is still an easy recommend to anyone, but frankly this book is a very low 4 stars.
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- 03-20-15
Bob takes on an American televangelist
3.5 stars, Originally posted at Fantasy Literature.
Charles Stross continues to entertain with The Apocalypse Codex, the fourth novel in his LAUNDRY FILES series. I suppose you could read this without reading the first three books, but it’d be better to start with book one, The Atrocity Archives. For this review, I’ll assume you’re familiar with the story so far.
Bob has been unintentionally working his way up in the Laundry, the secret British agency where computer scientists, mathematicians, and physicists have, by accident, become sorcerers. For every case he’s been on, Bob has sort of bumbled his way into a successful outcome just by using his brains and creativity. Now he’s being groomed for a leadership position, so he needs some people skills. A lot of his preparation involves sitting in boring management training classes and seminars where he has to use role-playing to learn how to navigate the upper levels of the British government’s bureaucracy. This is not fun for Bob.
He’s also learning more about how the Laundry functions and he’s surprised to discover that the agency uses “External Assets” when they need something done that is too politically sensitive for a government agency. In this case, the delicate issue is that the Prime Minister has become chummy with a wacky TV evangelist from Colorado Springs. Why is Pastor Schiller trying to get in with the PM? The Laundry suspects something fishy is going on, so they dispatch Persephone Hazard, an External Asset with an unsettling past. Bob is sent to Colorado Springs to monitor her activities and make sure she doesn’t embarrass the Crown… and, of course, he discovers that the something fishy is more than fishy; it’s tentacled, too.
If you’ve read the previous LAUNDRY FILES novels, you know what to expect here. The Apocalypse Codex is fast-moving, has a unique and unpredictable plot, has a great supporting cast (including some new characters who we’ll hope to see again), and is clever and full of silly nerd in-jokes (if you don’t like nerd in-jokes, stay away from THE LAUNDRY FILES).
All of this is fun, as usual, but it would be nice at this point in the series to see a little more development of Bob. Even though he’s moving up in the Laundry, it’s not due to any motivation or intention on his part. He’s essentially the same person he’s been all along, though he’s aged several years since The Atrocity Archives. For someone who has learned the secrets of the multiverse and who has nearly died several times while facing eldritch horrors, you’d think we’d see a little more character development. (Or maybe Bob should start going mad, because that’s what usually happens when humans encounter the Elder Gods).
Stross takes a huge swipe at American fundamentalist Christianity in The Apocalypse Codex. It’s not pretty (it actually sounds like a long angry rant) and is likely to offend some readers. I wonder if Stross really thinks that most American evangelical Christians reject science, believe the earth is only a few thousand years old, dress their daughters in maxi-dresses, and are trying to take over the world with “full quivers.” I hope he knows that what he describes in this story is a CULT, not Christianity. I’d like him to know that there are plenty of American Christians (including myself) who practice science, accept evolution (it’s a theory about how life on Earth has developed, not how it was created), like to hang out with people who have different worldviews, and sneer at televangelists.
Interestingly, Stross introduces an Anglican Vicar in this novel — he’s Bob’s friend who will be dragged into the Laundry in the next novel. It will be interesting to see what Stross does with him. I’ll let you know…
The audio versions of THE LAUNDRY FILES, narrated by Gideon Emery, continue to be excellent.
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- noneya
- 08-04-12
Good story
Would you listen to The Apocalypse Codex again? Why?
Yes. It was solid Landry files story. Still lots to learn about the Landry.
What did you like best about this story?
The ending is the one or the best twists yet for our tech dermatologist Mr howard
Have you listened to any of Gideon Emery’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
First book I think I have that he was the reader on. He did a fine job
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It made me laugh in a couple places.
Any additional comments?
Can't wait for the next book. Please Mr stross get it out soon
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- Melissa
- 01-22-15
Another Great Story.
I read some reviews about this book and I must say I disagree with the anti religious aspect of the reviews.
I found it more plausible that the view points from the characters - very in character for their specific reactions to the situations encountered.
Excellent over all story arc that brings in past books very nicely and the tech geek in me wants that bloody camera. If only to take pictures :-))
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- Daniel O. Buchholz
- 09-27-12
Laundry Universe steadily expands
More Bob? Yes please! Filled with loads of geeky references that had me grinning as I read them, the Laundry series is one in which I get really excited about a new book. And this one pays off. Continuing right off the back of the last novel (like another series I like, the Joe Ledger series by Jonathan Maberry, Bob is having a right bad year.. Of course the implication in this series is that things are only going to get worse as the world steady heads toward Code Nightmare Green, which is basically the Apocalypse) Bob is continuing on his track up the management trail at the Laundry. After being selected for management training he is quickly detailed to a previously unknown organization, External Affairs.
Bob and the contractors that he is assigned as oversight have to deal with the latest problem that has concerned the denizens of Mahagony Row, a tele-evangalist who is getting far too cozy with the upper echelons of British Government. So off to America (Colorado) they go. And not too shortly after that everything goes to shit. Turns out the preacher is being mislead and is working with the big scary things on the other plane and Bob and team have shown up near the end game.
A lot more of the underlying world is dribbled out in this book, giving us a better view of the how the Laundry fits into the world (hint, it isn't as important as it thinks it is...).
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- Florida Tigers
- 04-20-23
Another excellent Laundry Files outing
Strong story that expanded our knowledge of the workings of the Laundry, and introduced two characters that I quickly came to very much enjoy. Narration was excellent, loved the accents and intonation used for the American preacher and aforementioned pair. Overall very pleased and kept me hooked.
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- Timmy T
- 09-02-15
good part of the series
I enjoyed this. slightly repetitive at times but was a decent reminder of what has happened in the previous books. overall i enjoyed it and look forward to the next book. one review said to skip over this book and I'm glad I didn't. this is a great series!
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- Ken
- 11-18-12
Advanced computational demonology
Any book that actually contains the phrase that titles this review deserves to be read. This book is, by the way, the sequel to "The Atrocity Archives," and that book must be read before this one, so if you haven't read that one, stop reading now to avoid possible spoilers and go get the first book.
Stross, normally known for his very hard science fiction, has decided to reboot Lovecraft's view of our universe as a place that horrible monsters from other worlds/dimensions/universes are just waiting to invade for all sorts of terrifying reasons. And the keys to such invasion are certain kinds of advanced mathematical routines that, if run or activated or invoked by either a person or the right kind of electronics, will open the doors to these other universes and let the monsters in. All of those intelligence agencies like the CIA and MI6 are really just covers for the true bulwarks against these monsters -- agents who understand this threat and use a combination of technology and intuitive mathematics ("magic") to fight the good fight. It's all great fun, has a strong tongue in cheek element, and is built around a strong story with lots of interesting plot twists and clever surprises. One warning: Stross takes a particularly hostile view of certain flavors of Christianity here, so if you find such attitudes off-putting, you probably won't enjoy this. Gideon Emery does a really solid job with the narration.
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- Aaron
- 05-24-15
great read with lots of potential
love the absolute new look on magic and application of mythology in modern times with a relatable cast of ppl.
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