Mystery & Fantasy Audiobooks

Warren the 13th and the Whispering Woods

This sequel to Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye begins soon after the first book’s conclusion. Twelve-year-old Warren has learned that his beloved hotel can walk, and now it’s ferrying guests around the countryside, transporting tourists to strange and foreign destinations. But when an unexpected detour brings everyone into the dark and sinister Malwoods, Warren finds himself separated from his hotel and his friends—and racing after them on foot through a forest teeming with witches, snakes, talking trees, and mind-boggling riddles. Once again, you can expect stunning illustrations and gorgeous design from Will Staehle on every page—along with plenty of nonstop action and adventure!

Kevin T. Collins (Author), Kevin T. Collins (Narrator)

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Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye

He’s the lone bellhop, valet, groundskeeper, and errand boy of his family’s ancient hotel. It’s a strange, shadowy mansion full of crooked corridors and mysterious riddles—and it just might be home to a magical treasure known as the All-Seeing Eye. But if Warren is going to find the hidden treasure, he’ll need to solve several other mysteries first: What is the strange creature lurking in the hotel boiler room? Who is the ghostly girl creeping around the garden’s hedge maze? And why is the hotel’s only guest covered in bandages? Full of puzzles, secret codes, outrageous inventions, and hundreds of intricate illustrations, Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye will delight and confound readers of all ages.

Tania del Rio (Author), Kevin T. Collins (Narrator)

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Wanted: Mud Blossom

When Junior brings home the classroom hamster, Scooty, he decides to build the best hamster tunnel ever. But when Scooty goes missing, all evidence points to Mud. In the meantime, Mad Mary is missing, too-although Maggie and Ralphie find her bag and cane near the highway. Have Scooty and Mad Mary been kidnapped-or worse? With a mystery around every bend, it's going to be anything but an ordinary weekend with the Blossoms!

Betsy Byars (Author), Blain Fairman (Narrator)

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Walter the Farting Dog: Trouble At the Yard Sale

Walter's family is holding a yard sale, but there are few customers. Walter, fartingcontentedly near Father, wonders why. When a man offers ten dollars for Walter, Father readily agrees. Walter wonders why. Walter is sad to leave his family behind, but relieved to discover that his new owner is a clown. Walter figures he will help the clown bring joy to children on their birthdays. But the clown has a dastardly plot: he will use Walter's gas to inflate balloons and then pop them to stun guards during bank robberies. Will Walter turn to the dark side? Of course not! He comes out a hero and is reunited with his family by doing what he does best.

Glenn Murray, William Kotzwinkle (Author), Mike Ferreri (Narrator)

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Walls Within Walls

Perfect for tweens who enjoy mysteries and puzzles and books like Chasing Vermeer, this page-turning debut novel is filled with adventure, intrigue, and heart. After their father, a video-game inventor, strikes it rich, the Smithfork kids find they hate their new life. They move from their cozy Brooklyn neighborhood to a swanky apartment on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. They have no friends, a nanny who takes the place of their parents, and a school year looming ahead that promises to be miserable. And then, one day, Brid, CJ, and Patrick discover an astonishing secret about their apartment: The original owner, the deceased multimillionaire Mr. Post, long ago turned the apartment itself into a giant puzzle containing a mysterious book and hidden panels-a puzzle that, with some luck, courage, and brainpower, will lead to discovering the Post family fortune. Unraveling the mystery causes them to race through today's New York City-and to uncover some long-hidden secrets of the past.

Maureen Sherry (Author), Jesse Vilinsky (Narrator)

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Wakestone Hall (Stella Montgomery, #3)

THE MAGICAL CONCLUSION TO STELLA MONTGOMERY'S AWARD-WINNING STORY 'the perfect conclusion to a wonderfully quirky Victorian fantasy series' -- Pages & Pages Stella Montgomery is in disgrace. The Aunts have sent her to Wakestone Hall, a grim boarding school where the disobedient are tamed and the wilful are made meek. But when a friend disappears, Stella is determined to find her -- no matter the danger ... Soon Stella is thrown deeper into the mysteries of Wakestone ... and her own past. Will Stella save her friend in time? And will she discover -- at long last -- where she truly belongs? Bestselling writer-illustrator Judith Rossell returns with the breathtaking final adventure in this award-winning series. Winner of the 2019 Davitt Award for Best Children's Crime Novel. SERIES AWARDS Withering-by-Sea (Book 1) Winner -- 2015 Indie Awards, Book of the Year: Children's & YA Winner -- 2015 Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year: Older Children Winner -- 2015 Davitt Awards Honour Book -- 2015 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards Shortlisted -- 2015 Prime Minister's Literary Awards Shortlisted -- 2014 Aurealis Awards Shortlisted -- 2017 Australian Book Design Awards Wormwood Mire (Book 2) Winner -- 2017 Davitt Awards Shortlisted -- 2017 Indie Awards, Book of the Year: Children's & YA Shortlisted -- 2017 Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year: Older Children Shortlisted -- 2017 ABA Booksellers' Choice Award Shortlisted -- 2017 Australian Book Design Awards Notable Book -- 2017 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards

Judith Rossell (Author), Fiona Hardingham (Narrator)

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Wait Till Helen Comes

Twelve-year-old Molly and her ten-year-old brother, Michael, have never liked their younger stepsister, Heather. Ever since their parents got married, she's made Molly and Michael's life miserable. Now their parents have moved them all to the country to live in a house that used to be a church, with a cemetery in the backyard. If that's not bad enough, Heather starts talking to a ghost named Helen and warning Molly and Michael that Helen is coming for them. Molly feels certain Heather is in some kind of danger, but every time she tries to help, Heather twists things around to get her into trouble. It seems as if things can't get any worse. But they do -- when Helen comes. "Genuinely scary, complete with dark secrets from the past, unsettled graves, and a very real ghost." -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Mary Downing Hahn (Author), Ellen Grafton (Narrator)

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Waistcoats & Weaponry

Class is back in session... Sophronia continues her second year at finishing school in style--with a steel-bladed fan secreted in the folds of her ball gown, of course. Such a fashionable choice of weapon comes in handy when Sophronia, her best friend Dimity, sweet sootie Soap, and the charming Lord Felix Mersey stowaway on a train to return their classmate Sidheag to her werewolf pack in Scotland. No one suspected what--or who--they would find aboard that suspiciously empty train. Sophronia uncovers a plot that threatens to throw all of London into chaos and she must decide where her loyalties lie, once and for all. Gather your poison, steel tipped quill, and the rest of your school supplies and join Mademoiselle Geraldine's proper young killing machines in the third rousing installment in the New York Times bestselling Finishing School Series by steampunk author, Gail Carriger.

Gail Carriger (Author), Moira Quirk (Narrator)

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Voyage of the Dogs

This edge-of-your-seat action-packed story is Homeward Bound—set in space! SOS. Ship damaged. Human crew missing. We are the dogs. We are alone. Lopside is a Barkonaut—a specially trained dog who assists human astronauts on missions in space. He and the crew aboard the spaceship Laika are en route to set up an outpost on a distant planet. When the mission takes a disastrous turn, the Barkonauts on board suddenly find themselves completely alone on their severely damaged ship. Survival seems impossible. But these dogs are Barkonauts—and Barkonauts always complete their mission.

Greg Van Eekhout (Author), Patrick Lawlor (Narrator)

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Voto Di Gloria (Libro #5 in L'Anello dello Stregone)

In VOTO DI GLORIA (Libro #5 in L'Anello dello Stregone), Thor si imbarca con i suoi compagni della Legione per un'impresa epica nelle vaste Terre Selvagge dell'Impero per cercare di trovare l'antica Spada della Dinastia e salvare quindi l'Anello. Le amicizie di Thor si fanno sempre più profonde mentre viaggiano in luoghi nuovi, affrontano mostri inimmaginabili e combattono fianco a fianco in incredibili battaglie. Incontrano territori esotici, creature e persone che non avrebbero mai immaginato, mentre ogni ulteriore passo del loro viaggio si presenta carico di pericoli sempre più grandi. Dovranno chiamare a raccolta tutta la loro abilità se vorranno sopravvivere mentre seguono il sentiero dei ladri, sempre più a fondo nel territorio dell'Impero. La loro ricerca li porterà direttamente fino al cuore del Mondo Sotterraneo, un dei sette regni dell'inferno, dove regnano i morti viventi e i campi sono disseminati di ossa. Qui più che mai Thor chiama a raccolta i suoi poteri e lotta per capire la sua stessa natura. Tornata nell'Anello, Gwendolyn deve condurre metà della Corte del Re verso la roccaforte occidentale di Silesia, un'antica città arroccata ai confine del Canyon che domina da quella postazione da oltre mille anni. Le fortificazioni di Silesia le hanno permesso di sopravvivere a ogni attacco nel corso dei secoli, ma la città non ha mia dovuto affrontare un assalto da parte di un capo quale Andronico e da un esercito di un milione di uomini. Gwendolyn impara cosa significhi essere regina nel momento in qui assume il ruolo di guida. Srog, Kolk, Brom, Steffen, Kendrick e Godfrey sono al suo fianco e si preparano a difendere la città dalla violenta guerra che sta per scatenarsi. Nel frattempo, Gareth sta impazzendo sempre di più, cercando di respingere un colpo di stato che lo vorrebbe morto nella Corte del Re. Erec combatte per la sua vita e per il suo amore, Alistair e la città di Savaria, mentre lo scudo inattivo permette a creature selvagge di invadere l'Anello. E Godfrey, crogiolandosi nel bere, dovrà decidere se è pronto o meno a dimenticare il suo passato e diventare l'uomo che la sua famiglia si aspetta. Mentre tutti combattono per le loro vite e le cose sembrano peggiorare sempre più, la storia termina con due scioccanti colpi di scena. Ce la farà Gwendolyn a sopravvivere all'assalto? Thor sopravviverà all'Impero? Troveranno la Spada della Dinastia? Con la sua sofisticata struttura e caratterizzazione, VOTO DI GLORIA è un racconto epico di amicizia e amore, di rivali e seguaci, di cavalieri e draghi, di intrighi e macchinazioni politiche, di maturazione, di cuori spezzati, di inganno, ambizione e tradimento. È un racconto di onore e coraggio, di fato e destino, di stregoneria. È un fantasy capace di portarci in un mondo che non dimenticheremo mai, in grado di affascinare persone di ogni sesso ed età. Ha circa 75.000 parole.

Morgan Rice (Author), Edoardo Camponeschi (Narrator)

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Vortex

The impossible was just the beginning. Now in their second year as superhuman government weapons-in-training at the Pentagonal Spire, Tom and his friends are midlevel cadets in the elite combat corps known as the Intrasolar Forces. But as training intensifies and a moment arrives that could make or break his entire career, Tom's loyalties are again put to the test. Encouraged to betray his ideals and friendships for the sake of his country, Tom is convinced there must be another way. And the more aware he becomes of the corruption surrounding him, the more determined he becomes to fight it, even if he sabotages his own future in the process. Drawn into a power struggle more dramatic than he has ever faced before, Tom stays a hyperintelligent step ahead of everyone, like the exceptional gamer he is,or so he believes. But when he learns that he and his friends have unwittingly made the most grievous error imaginable, Tom must find a way to outwit an enemy so nefarious that victory seems hopeless. Will his idealism and bravado cost him everything,and everyone,that matters to him? Filled with action and intelligence, camaraderie and humor, the second book in S. J. Kincaid's futuristic World War III Insignia trilogy continues to explore fascinating and timely questions about power, politics, technology, loyalty, and friendship. S. J. Kincaid was born in Alabama, grew up in California, and attended high school in New Hampshire. She also interned for a politician in Washington, DC, and received degrees from universities in Illinois and Ohio, but it was while living beside a haunted graveyard in Edinburgh, Scotland, that she realized she wanted to be a writer. Several years, several manuscripts, and several jobs later, Ms. Kincaid now lives in Chicago, and Vortex is her second novel in the Insignia trilogy

S. J. Kincaid (Author), Lincoln Hoppe (Narrator)

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Von Königen und Zauberern: Eine Kurzgeschichte

Wenn Sie geglaubt haben, nach dem Ende von DER RING DER ZAUBEREI nicht weiterleben zu können, dann haben Sie sich geirrt. Mit DER AUFSTAND DER DRACHEN hat Morgan Rice eine brillante neue Serie geschaffen, die uns in das Reich von Trollen und Drachen, von Ehre, Mut und Magie entführen wird. Morgan ist es gelungen, eine neue Generation von Charakteren zu erschaffen, die uns auf jeder Seite in Atem halten wird... Eine Empfehlung für alle Leser, die gut geschriebene Fantasy zu schätzen wissen.“ --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos VON KÖNIGEN UND ZAUBERERN: EINE KURZGESCHICHTE ist eine originale Kurzgeschichte, die man unbedingt als Erweiterung zu der #1 Bestseller-Serie VON KÖNIGEN UND ZAUBERERN lesen sollte. Sie beginnt mit dem Buch DER AUFSTAND DER DRACHEN (Buch #1), einem kostenlosen Download mit über 1.000 Bewertungen mit fünf Sternen. Die Geschichte kann auch als Einzelwerk gelesen werden und bietet eine tolle Einführung in die Welt von Escalon. In der Serie VON KÖNIGEN UND ZAUBERERN träumt Kyra, 15, davon, ein ruhmreicher Krieger wie ihr Vater zu werden, obwohl sie das einzige Mädchen in einer Festung voller Jungs ist. Während sie damit kämpft, ihre besonderen Fähigkeiten zu verstehen, ihre mysteriösen inneren Kräfte, wird ihr bewusst, dass sie anders ist als die anderen. Aber ein Geheimnis und eine Prophezeiung werden seit ihrer Geburt vor ihr versteckt, weshalb sie sich immer noch fragt, wer sie wirklich ist. Als Kyra langsam erwachsen wird, möchte der örtliche Regent sie der Familie wegnehmen. Ihr Vater will sie verheiraten, um sie davor zu retten. Kyra lehnt dies jedoch ab und macht sich alleine auf die Reise in einen gefährlichen Wald, in dem sie auf einen verwundeten Drachen stößt – und löst damit eine Reihe von Ereignissen aus, die das Königreich für immer verändern werden. Der 15-jährige Alec opfert sich in der Zwischenzeit für seinen Bruder und nimmt für ihn an der Ziehung teil. Er wird zu den Flammen geschickt, einer Mauer aus Feuer, die hundert Meter hoch ist und die Armee der Trolle im Osten fernhalten soll. Am anderen Ende des Königreichs muss sich Merk, ein Söldner, der seine dunkle Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen möchte, seinen Weg durch den Wald bahnen, um ein Wächter des Turms zu werden. Diese helfen dabei, das Schwert des Feuers zu bewachen, die paranormale Quelle der Macht in diesem Königreich. Doch die Trolle wollen das Schwert auch besitzen – und sie bereiten sich auf eine massive Invasion vor, die das Königreich für immer zerstören könnte. Diese Geschichte nimmt uns mit in die Vergangenheit, in der Kyra erst sieben Jahre alt ist und zeigt uns einen prägenden Moment in ihrem verheißungsvollen und mysteriösen Leben. Mit einer starken Atmosphäre und komplexen Charakteren ist DER AUFSTAND DER DRACHEN eine umfangreiche, romantische Saga über Ritter und Krieger, Könige und Herzoge, über Ehre und Heldenmut, Magie, Action, Abenteuer, Schicksal, Zauberei, Monster und Drachen. Es ist eine Geschichte über Liebe und gebrochene Herzen, über Täuschungen, Ehrgeiz und Betrug. Es ist Fantasy vom Feinsten und lädt uns in eine Welt ein, die in uns für immer weiterlebt. Eine Welt, die für jedes Alter und alle Geschlechter geeignet ist. „[Das erste Buch in der Reihe] VON KÖNIGEN UND ZAUBERERN ist wirklich gelungen – und das gleich von Anfang an... Eine überragende Fantasy-Geschichte. Sie beginnt, so wie es auch sein sollte, mit einem Protagonisten in Schwierigkeiten und führt Leser in die Welt von Rittern, Drachen, Magie, Monstern und dem Schicksal... Alles, was zu High Fantasy einfach dazugehört, findet man hier: Von Soldaten über Schlachten bis hin zur Konfrontation mit sich selbst... Ein empfehlenswerter Favorit für alle, die besonders gerne epische Fantasy lesen, angetrieben von einem starken, glaubwürdigen Protagonisten.“ --Midwest Book Review, D. Donovan, eBook Reviewer

Morgan Rice (Author), Denis Wiencke (Narrator)

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