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Tribulation

By: Adam Jahnke
Narrated by: Josh Charles, Tom Clark, Trevor Goble, Eric Goins, Kate Kovach, Janet Metzger, Lauren Revard, full cast
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Publisher's summary

Tribulation is a twisted mystery about an end-of-days religious cult manipulating space and traveling across planes of existence on electricity and radio signals. Cult members willingly accept seven brutal years of torture, known as their “tribulation,” to atone for their earthly sins and come out on the other side saved (or thoroughly brainwashed?). The hero of this thriller, Stacy Carlson, must uncover the mystery of the Tribulation cult after her husband Greg is kidnapped by its leader, Brother Elijah (Josh Charles), through a bizarre AM radio broadcast. Greg’s disappearance leads Stacy into this world of zealots, skeptical law enforcement, and a former rock star turned conspiracy radio host, Reid Singer. Stacy and Reid team up to uncover the truth about the otherworldly religious mythology before them. Will Stacy find her husband and bring down the cult? All will be revealed by the end of Tribulation.

Tribulation comes alive with immersive sound design and stellar multi-cast performance.

Note: Tribulation contains adult language and auditory depictions of violence.

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About the Performer

Josh Charles is an Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG Award, and Critics’ Choice–nominated film, television, and stage actor. He was most recently seen in the films Framing DeLorean, Amateur, Norman, The Drowning, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Freeheld, I Smile Back, and in Bird People for director Pascale Ferran. He secured his first feature film role in John Waters’s 1986 film Hairspray. The following year, he co-starred as Knox Overstreet in the Academy Award–winning film Dead Poets Society. Other notable film roles include S.W.A.T., Four Brothers, Threesome, Pie in the Sky, Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Crossing the Bridge, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, and Seeing Other People.

On television, he spent five seasons playing Will Gardner on the award-winning drama The Good Wife, for which he received two Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe nomination. Other television work includes Sports Night, In Treatment, Law & Order True Crime, Masters of Sex, Wet Hot American Summer, Drunk History, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Stella, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and Inside Amy Schumer. He can be seen opposite Hilary Swank in the Netflix series Away.On stage, Josh most recently co-starred on Broadway in Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men and in the world premiere of Annie Baker’s The Antipodes for the Signature Theatre. Additional theater credits include the US premiere of Neil LaBute’s The Distance from Here (Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble) at MCC, the world premiere of Richard Greenberg’s The Well-Appointed Room for the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Caryl Churchill’s A Number at ACT, the world premiere of Adam Bock’s The Receptionist at MTC, and The Glass Menagerie and A Dance Lesson at the Long Wharf Theatre.

Josh was born and raised in Baltimore and is an avid sports fan, especially of the Ravens and Orioles. His voice can be heard narrating the NFL Films documentary series A Football Life on the NFL Network. He currently resides in New York with his family.

Also Performed by

Tom Clark, Trevor Goble, Eric Goins, Kate Kovach, Janet Metzger, Lauren Revard

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It’s worth a listen.

It had me on my toes at first. It’s scary and thrilling but I found myself getting lost throughout it. I had to rewind it and try to understand. It’s gruesome with the sounds and makes your imagination really wonder what was happening. But 3 stars because I got lost two many times with them going in and out of the frequency. Entertaining and worth a shot.

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Freaking amazing!!!

I loved this production so much. It’s one of those that you wish never ends. Amazing plot. Amazing cast. Amazing period.

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like it,

Produced like old time radio. Sound effects were great. very nice story lines. eenjoyed it.

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A little turbulence for this tribulation

This was mediocre, at best. The sound effects were a bit over the top and the story dragged on for a bit too long. It started off great, but then it just got tedious and a bit predictable. I don't give up on stories, but I was glad when it was over.

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Pretty good

Pretty good but weird in a good way. Great job in directing and cast. Thanks

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Amazing audiobook!

Cast were amazing!
Griping story! Couldn’t stop listening!
Highly recommend, this was an exceptional find!

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Language bothersome

This is very entertaining sci-fi, and I found the story captivating and well performed.
My only gripe is that the bad language is bothersome and at times, rather offensive. It can be unnecessary and cringeworthy and I felt that it distracted from an otherwise great listening experience.
If you can listen past this, the story is well worth the time.

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Disappointing

I was hoping for some great stuff! While the performance was really good, the story was really not that good, and it was NOT conducive to an audiobook. As a movie, maybe, but given that the characters are going across planes of existence, it’s really hard to just “hear” where people are, and “where” they are is a huge part of the story. So I didn’t think it was that great.

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Good but not great.

it was good, butttt I feel like it woulda been a lot better if I could watch it, or a regular audio book because a lot of the time it was just noises and they did not help to let you know what was going on.

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Amazingly creepy in all the right ways!

First it has all the elements to draw me in - cults & time travel. The presentation, with sound effects and such, really pushed it over the top! There were times I gasped, or moaned because of how much I was drawn in. It definitely made me second guess listen to the radio in the car!!!

Great story! Great acting! Great presentation! NOt sure if I would listen to it again - just because of HOW much it affected me, but would highly recommend it!!!

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