Mystery & Fantasy Audiobooks

De Zwaarte van Eer (Koningen en Tovenaars—Boek 3): Digitally narrated using a synthesized voice

This recording has been digitally produced by DeepZen Limited, using a synthesized version of an audiobook narrator’s voice under license. DeepZen uses Emotive Speech Technology to create digital narrations that offer a similar listening experience to human narration. De #1 Bestverkopende serie! DE ZWAARTE VAN EER is het derde boek uit Morgan Rice’ bestverkopende epische fantasy serie KONINGEN EN TOVENAARS (dat begint met DE OPKOMST VAN DE DRAKEN, een gratis download)! In DE ZWAARTE VAN EER ontmoet Kyra eindelijk haar mysterieuze oom, en ze ontdekt dat hij niet de man is die ze had verwacht. Ze begint aan een training die zowel haar uithoudingsvermogen als haar geduld op de proef stelt, en ze ontdekt al snel de limiet van haar kracht. Ze is niet in staat om haar draak op te roepen en niet in staat om dieper in zichzelf te zoeken. Geteisterd door de drang om te helpen bij de oorlog van haar vader, begint Kyra te twijfelen of ze ooit de krijger zal worden die ze dacht dat ze was. Wanneer ze diep in het bos een mysterieuze jongen ontmoet die nog machtiger is dan zij, vraagt ze zich af wat de toekomst voor haar in petto heeft. Duncan moet met zijn nieuwe leger de bergen van Kos afdalen, en, zwaar in de minderheid, een invasie van de hoofdstad riskeren. Als hij wint, weet hij, zal hij achter de eeuwenoude stadsmuren worden opgewacht door de oude Koning en zijn edelen en aristocraten, allemaal met hun eigen belangen, allemaal even verraderlijk. Het verenigen van Escalon zou wel eens lastiger kunnen zijn dan het bevrijden van het land. Alec moet zijn unieke vaardigheden in de smederij gebruiken om het verzet in Ur te helpen. Alleen dan hebben ze een kans om de stad tegen de naderende Pandesiaanse invasie te beschermen. Hij ontmoet Dierdre, het sterkste meisje dat hij ooit heeft gezien. Deze keer heeft ze een kans om zich sterk te maken tegen Pandesia, en terwijl ze dapper de confrontatie aangaat, vraagt ze zich af of haar vader en zijn mannen het deze keer wel voor haar zullen opnemen. Merk wordt eindelijk toegelaten tot de Toren van Ur, en is verbijsterd door wat hij ontdekt. Hij wordt ingewijd in de vreemde codes en regels en leert de andere Wachters kennen, de hardste krijgers die hij ooit zal ontmoeten. Al snel komt hij erachter dat het niet zo makkelijk is om hun respect te verdienen. Ze moeten de toren voorbereiden op de naderende invasie; maar zelfs de geheime doorgangen kunnen hen niet beschermen tegen het verraad dat van binnen uit loert. Vesuvius leidt zijn natie van trollen door een kwetsbaar Escalon en laat een spoor van verwoesting achter. Ondertussen gaat Theos, razend over wat er met zijn zoon is gebeurd, ook behoorlijk tekeer, en hij zal niet stoppen tot heel Escalon in vuur en vlam staat. DE ZWAARTE VAN EER is een meeslepend verhaal over ridders en krijgers, koningen en heren, eer en moed, magie, lotsbestemming, monsters en draken. Het is een verhaal over liefde en gebroken harten, bedrog, ambitie en verraad. Het is fantasy op zijn best, en nodigt ons uit in een wereld die ons voorgoed bij zal blijven en alle leeftijden zal aanspreken. Boek #4 in KONINGEN EN TOVENAARS zal binnenkort verschijnen.

Morgan Rice (Author), Koningen En Tovernaars, Morgan Rice (synthesized Voice) (Narrator)

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Die Wunderzwillinge. Fiese Falle

Laura und Leonie Wunder sind Zwillingsschwestern, könnten aber unterschiedlicher nicht sein. Die schüchterne Laura liebt Zahlen und Naturwissenschaften, die quirlige Leonie ist am glücklichsten, wenn sie an Felsen oder der Kletterwand in ihrem Zimmer hängen kann. Dennoch sind die beiden immer füreinander da, wenn es brenzlig wird. Seitdem Laura mit ihrer ausgeprägten Spürnase Verbrechen aufklärt, erleben die Zwillinge viele Abenteuer. Als Leonie ein Diebstahl vorgeworfen wird, den sie natürlich nicht begangen hat, ist Laura die Einzige, die ihr glaubt. Sie macht sich daran, diesen schwierigen Fall aufzuklären und traut sich dabei viel mehr zu als je zuvor! Karl Menrad begeistert mit seiner wandelbaren Stimme. Das Hörbuch wird für Kinder ab 9 Jahren empfohlen.

Klaus-Peter Wolf (Author), Karl Menrad (Narrator)

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Rat Race

Rat Race by George O. Smith - The idea was to build an electronic gadget; that it turned out to be a rat trap was purely accidental. And that it turned out to have the highly undesirable effects it had... 'You're nuts,' came the reply, but the voice on the telephone was jovially reproving rather than sarcastic. 'I can't do anything about this order.' Peter Manton blinked. 'But it has a Four-A-One priority.' Brannon nodded—invisibly, of course—and said, 'Sure you have a top priority. Anything your lab wants has top. But darn it, Peter, the best priority in the world isn't going to buy you a dozen mousetraps that are nonexistent.' 'But—' 'Besides which, that building you're in is about as rat-proof as a sealed gasoline can. There isn't an item of comestible in the place.' 'I know that. And the mice can go hungry for all I care. But the mice don't seem to understand that bringing food into the place is not only forbidden by law but dangerous.' 'But there ain't a mousetrap in the country. Ding bust it, Peter, mousetraps take spring wire, and labor. The people who used to make mousetraps are now making bombsights and tanks. Besides, Peter, over at that laboratory of yours there should be enough brains and gear to really build the Better Mousetrap. If you can spot a plane at fifty miles, split atoms, and fire radio equipment out of a cannon, you ought to be able to dispose of a mouse or two.' Peter grinned. 'You mean spot 'em with radar, and then shoot 'em down in flames with proximity fuses loaded with plutonium war heads? That might be a little strenuous, don't you think? Like cutting the throat to stop the spread of impetigo.'

George O. Smith (Author), Scott Miller (Narrator)

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The Phantom Galleon: Another Adventure to Discovery

After their discovery of the treasure map, the children settle in for a relaxing end to their holidays. That is, until Robert spies a large and sinister ship lurking in the fog on the ocean. Join the children as they discover the secrets of the Phantom Galleon and unearth even more clues as to what happened to Lord Darvil. How do the brass pieces fit together and what do these have to do with a ship, long thought to have been blown to smithereens? Find out this, and more, in the fourth instalment of the Adventure Shorts.

Pieter E Haumann (Author), Pieter E Haumann (Narrator)

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The Treasure Map: The Adventure Goes on Holiday

The children are all back together again and this time they take a trip to the coast where they discover that recent heavy weather had unearthed a long-forgotten secret. What will the children discover as they explore the secrets hidden below? And what does a small smuggler’s town have to do with a long-lost treasure? All will be revealed in this, the fourth installment of the Adventure Series.

Pieter E Haumann (Author), Pieter E Haumann (Narrator)

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And the Gods Laughed

And the Gods Laughed by Fredric Brown - Hank was spinning quite a space lie—something about earrings wearing their owners. The crew got a boot out of the yarn—until they got to thinking. You know how it is when you're with a work crew on one of the asteroids. You're there, stuck for the month you signed up for, with four other guys and nothing to do but talk. Space on the little tugs that you go in and return in, and live in while you're there, is at such a premium that there isn't room for a book or a magazine nor equipment for games. And you're out of radio range except for the usual once-a-terrestrial-day, system-wide newscasts. So talking is the only indoor sport you can go in for. Talking and listening. You've plenty of time for both because a work-day, in space-suits, is only four hours and that with four fifteen-minute back-to-the-ship rest periods, so you actually work only three hours and spend half that time getting in and out the airlock. But those are union rules, and no asteroid mining outfit tries to chisel on them. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that talk is cheap on one of those work crews. With most of the day to do nothing else, you listen to some real whoppers, stories that would make the old-time Liars Clubs back on earth seem like Sunday-school meetings. And if your mind runs that way, you've got plenty of time to think up some yourself. Charlie Dean was on our crew, and Charlie could tell some dillies. He'd been on Mars back in the old days when there was still trouble with the bolies, and when living on Mars was a lot like living on Earth back in the days of Indian fighting. The bolies thought and fought a lot like Amerinds, even though they were quadrupeds that looked like alligators on stilts—if you can picture an alligator on stilts—and used blow-guns instead of bows and arrows.

Fredric Brown (Author), Scott Miller (Narrator)

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Return to Zeta

Oen and Jarred help Dolana establish a new colony on Zeta, the planet selected three hundred years ago to showcase the benefits of collaboration. Previous attempts to settle Zeta were thwarted by The Order, corrupt and evil religious men who craved power and control. Thanks to Oen, Jarred, and their friends, The Order is defeated and removed from power, though not destroyed. But now a new threat appears that is determined to destroy the fledgling colony. The same advanced androids sent to help build the colony suddenly turn destructive. Only with the help of an advanced android sent by Darrik Madron, the head of a rich and powerful family descended from a space pirate , are Oen, Jarred, and the other colonists able to save the colony. The person directing the rogue androids, Councilman Gorm, is a rich scientist from the advanced civilization where Oen and Jarred's daughter lives and works.The two men are close friends with several others from that planet, including the world leader and her mate. Gorm's plans are discovered and he is forced to flee along with some sycophant followers and a team of androids operated by an artificial intelligence. Darrik cuts the flow of funds to Gorm but is not able to capture him. Damaged in a fire fight with Darrik's men and machines, Gorm transfer his consciousness into an android fashioned to look just like him. Now he has unlimited time to plot his domination of the galaxy. Gorm in his new android body now sets his sights on controlling The Order and their many hidden pockets of wealth and information. With caution and secrecy, Gorm replicates the top leadership tiers within The Order, replacing the men with android copies that he controls. When Gorm attempts to capture and replicate Lady Saphora Madron, Darrik extracts details of Gorm's plans from Gorm's secret cloaked base. Soon there is open warfare that leads to the destruction of the Madron mansion and the relocation of Gorm to an obscure planet where The Order has a secret

Rod Mortin (Author), Rod Mortin (Narrator)

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Dark Tales from the Shadows #1: Fungus of Fear

The Armillaria Bulbosa is an underground fungus that lives beneath the surface of the earth in a huge forest near Crystal Falls, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.      It was born over two thousand years ago. And with each passing year, it grew.      Time passed, and the Armillaria continued to develop, to expand underground. Feeding…and growing.      It still lives today, after centuries. It lies beneath the ground, an unseen, unbelievable monstrosity: thirty-eight acres wide, four hundred tons heavy. It is one of the largest and oldest living things on Earth. And while the Armillaria Bulbosa is found in various places of the world, this particular growth and unique location is the focus of this story. The Armillaria Bulbosa, in the western portion of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, is enormous. It is hidden. It is…a beast. And yet, very few people even know that it’s there.      But it has been growing…and growing...and waiting. And for Josh Reese and his friend, Katie, the horror is far greater than they could have possibly imagined.

Michal Jacot (Author), Johnathan Rand (Narrator)

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Whisper

A steamy vampire thriller written by USA Today Bestselling Author, Kristen Middleton... Dark, deadly, and dangerously sexy - will she resist him before it's too late? On the outside Shore Lake appears to be a charming, peaceful, leisurely town. The perfect place to escape or start over. It's exactly what seventeen-year-old Nikki, and her family, hopes for when they move from the big city to a luxurious cabin near the lake. Just when things seem to be going perfect, Nikki realizes she's being stalked by something in the darkness - a terrifying, yet irresistible being who will stop at nothing to possess her. Will her family save her before she is swept away by the passion, lies, and deadly charms of the hot-as-hell vampire? Or is her fate already sealed, along with her mother’s… who also appears to be changing before her very eyes.

Kristen Middleton (Author), Michelle (Narrator)

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Nice Girl with 5 Husbands

Nice Girl with 5 Husbands by Fritz Leiber - Adventure is relative to one's previous experience. Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one! To be given paid-up leisure and find yourself unable to create is unpleasant for any artist. To be stranded in a cluster of desert cabins with a dozen lonely people in the same predicament only makes it worse. So Tom Dorset was understandably irked with himself and the Tosker-Brown Vacation Fellowships as he climbed with the sun into the valley of red stones. He accepted the chafing of his camera strap against his shoulder as the nagging of conscience. He agreed with the disparaging hisses of the grains of sand rutched by his sneakers, and he wished that the occasional breezes, which faintly echoed the same criticisms, could blow him into a friendlier, less jealous age. He had no way of knowing that just as there are winds that blow through space, so there are winds that blow through time. Such winds may be strong or weak. The strong ones are rare and seldom blow for short distances, or more of us would know about them. What they pick up is almost always whirled far into the future or past. This has happened to people. There was Ambrose Bierce, who walked out of America and existence, and there are thousands of others who have disappeared without a trace, though many of these may not have been caught up by time tornadoes and I do not know if a time gale blew across the deck of the Marie Celeste. Sometimes a time wind is playful, snatching up an object, sporting with it for a season and then returning it unharmed to its original place. Sometimes we may be blown about by whimsical time winds without realizing it. Memory, for example, is a tiny time breeze, so weak that it can ripple only the mind. A very few time winds are like the monsoon, blowing at fixed intervals, first in one direction, then the other.

Fritz Leiber (Author), Scott Miller (Narrator)

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The Crawlers

The Crawlers by Philip K. Dick - Everybody hated the mutant children born near the radiation lab. Hush it up, Washington had directed. So Gretry was sent to dispose of - The Crawlers He built, and the more he built the more he enjoyed building. Hot sunlight filtered down; summer breezes stirred around him as he toiled joyfully. When he ran out of material he paused awhile and rested. His edifice wasn't large; it was more a practice model than the real thing. One part of his brain told him that, and another part thrilled with excitement and pride. It was at least large enough to enter. He crawled down the entrance tunnel and curled up inside in a contented heap. Through a rent in the roof a few bits of dirt rained down. He oozed binder fluid and reinforced the weak place. In his edifice the air was clean and cool, almost dust-free. He crawled over the inner walls one last time, leaving a quick-drying coat of binder over everything. What else was needed? He was beginning to feel drowsy; in a moment he'd be asleep. He thought about it, and then he extended a part of himself up through the still-open entrance. That part watched and listened warily, as the rest of him dozed off in a grateful slumber. He was peaceful and content, conscious that from a distance all that was visible was a light mound of dark clay. No one would notice it: no one would guess what lay beneath. And if they did notice, he had methods of taking care of them.

Philip K. Dick (Author), Scott Miller (Narrator)

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Hall Of Mirrors

Hall Of Mirrors by Fredric Brown - It is a tough decision to make—whether to give up your life so you can live it over again! For an instant you think it is temporary blindness, this sudden dark that comes in the middle of a bright afternoon. It must be blindness, you think; could the sun that was tanning you have gone out instantaneously, leaving you in utter blackness? Then the nerves of your body tell you that you are standing, whereas only a second ago you were sitting comfortably, almost reclining, in a canvas chair. In the patio of a friend's house in Beverly Hills. Talking to Barbara, your fiancée. Looking at Barbara—Barbara in a swim suit—her skin golden tan in the brilliant sunshine, beautiful. You wore swimming trunks. Now you do not feel them on you; the slight pressure of the elastic waistband is no longer there against your waist. You touch your hands to your hips. You are naked. And standing. Whatever has happened to you is more than a change to sudden darkness or to sudden blindness. You raise your hands gropingly before you. They touch a plain smooth surface, a wall. You spread them apart and each hand reaches a corner. You pivot slowly. A second wall, then a third, then a door. You are in a closet about four feet square. Your hand finds the knob of the door. It turns and you push the door open. There is light now. The door has opened to a lighted room ... a room that you have never seen before.

Fredric Brown (Author), Scott Miller (Narrator)

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