Audiobooks by Elizabeth Moon

"In this new military sci-fi thriller from the Nebula Award–winning author of Cold Welcome, Admiral Kylara Vatta is back—with a vengeance. Ky beats sabotage, betrayal, and the unforgiving elements to lead a ragtag group of crash survivors to safety on a remote arctic island. And she cheats death after uncovering secrets someone is hell-bent on protecting. But the worst is far from over when Ky discovers the headquarters of a vast conspiracy against her family and the heart of the planet's government itself. With their base of operations breached, the plotters have no choice but to gamble everything on an audacious throw of the dice. Even so, the odds are stacked against Ky. When her official report on the crash and its aftermath goes missing—along with the men and women she rescued—Ky realizes that her mysterious enemies are more powerful and dangerous than she imagined. Now, targeted by faceless assassins, Ky and her family—along with her fiancé, Rafe—must battle to reclaim the upper hand and unmask the lethal cabal closing in on them with murderous intent."

Elizabeth Moon (Author), Carrie Coello (Narrator)

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Cold Welcome

"After nearly a decade away, Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Moon makes a triumphant return to science fiction with this installment in a thrilling new series featuring the daring hero of her acclaimed Vatta's War sequence. Summoned to the home planet of her family's business empire, space-fleet commander Kylara Vatta is told to expect a hero's welcome. But instead, she is thrown into danger unlike any other she has faced and finds herself isolated, unable to communicate with the outside world, commanding a motley group of unfamiliar troops, and struggling day by day to survive in a deadly environment with sabotaged gear. Only her undeniable talent for command can give her ragtag band a fighting chance. Yet even as Ky leads her team from one crisis to another, her family and friends refuse to give up hope, endeavoring to mount a rescue from halfway around the planet—a task that is complicated as Ky and her supporters find secrets others will kill to protect: a conspiracy infecting both government and military that threatens not only her own group's survival but her entire home planet."

Elizabeth Moon (Author), Carrie Coello (Narrator)

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Trading in Danger [Dramatized Adaptation]: Vatta's War 1

"'Kylara Vatta is the only daughter in a family full of sons, and her father's only child to buck tradition by choosing a military career instead of joining the family business. For Ky, it's no contest: Even running the prestigious Vatta Transport Ltd. shipping concern can't hold a candle to shipping out as an officer aboard an interstellar cruiser. It's adventure, not commerce, that stirs her soul. And despite her family's misgivings, there can be no doubt that a Vatta in the service will prove a valuable asset. But with a single error in judgment, it all comes crumbling down. Expelled from the Academy in disgrace-and returning home to her humiliated family, a storm of high-profile media coverage, and the gaping void of her own future—Ky is ready to face the inevitable onslaught of anger, disappointment, even pity. But soon after opportunity's door slams shut, Ky finds herself with a ticket to ride—and a shot at redemption-as captain of a Vatta Transport ship. It's a simple assignment: escorting one of the Vatta fleet's oldest ships on its final voyage...to the scrapyard. But keeping it simple has never been Ky's style. And even though her father has provided a crew of seasoned veterans to baby-sit the fledgling captain on her maiden milk run, they can't stop Ky from turning the routine mission into a risky venture—in the name of turning a profit for Vatta Transport, of course. By snapping up a lucrative delivery contract defaulted on by a rival company, and using part of the proceeds to upgrade her condemned vehicle, Ky aims to prove she's got more going for her than just her family's famous name. But business will soon have to take a backseat to bravery, when Ky's change of plans sails her and the crew straight into the middle of a colonial war. For all her commercial savvy, it's her military training and born-soldier's instincts that Ky will need to call on in the face of deadly combat, dangerous mercenaries, and violent mutiny...'"

Elizabeth Moon (Author), Andy Clemence, Barbara Pinolini, Casie Platt, Christopher Graybill, Colleen Delany, Dylan Lynch, James Lewis, Joe Brack, Jonathan Watkins, Ken Jackson, Lilly David, Lily Beacon, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Steven Carpenter, Sunny Lasskey, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny, Tim Carlin, Tim Getman, Tom Simpson (Narrator)

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Engaging the Enemy [Dramatized Adaptation]: Vatta's War 3

"In the aftermath of the cold-blooded assassinations that killed her parents and shattered the Vatta intersteller shipping empire, Kylara Vatta sets out to avenge the killings and salvage the family business. Ky soon discovers a conspiracy of terrifying scope, breathtaking audacity, and utter ruthlessness. The only hope against such powerful evil is for all the space merchants to band together. Unfortunately, because she commands a ship that once belonged to a notorious pirate, Ky is met with suspicion, if not outright hostility...even from her own cousin. Before she can take the fight to the enemy, Kylara must survive a deadly minefield of deception and betrayal."

Elizabeth Moon (Author), Andy Clemence, Barbara Pinolini, Christopher Graybill, Christopher Scheeren, Colleen Delany, Danny Gavigan, David Coyne, Dylan Lynch, Elizabeth Jernigan, Eric Messner, James Konicek, James Lewis, Jeff Baker, Joe Brack, Johann Dettweiler, Kate Foster, Ken Jackson, Laura Quinn, Lily Beacon, Michael Glenn, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Nathanial Perry, Richard Rohan, Sherri Simpson, Steven Carpenter, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny, Tim Getman, Yasmin Tuazon (Narrator)

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Command Decision [Dramatized Adaptation]: Vatta's War 4

"'Kylara had to leave a bright future as a military cadet, and was thrown into the brutal world of off-world trading. This subsequent career in the family business was tough: marked by war, mutiny and attempted assassination. But then her home was attacked and her parents killed - their trading empire left in ruins. Now she must save what is left of the family and the business, with few friends and too few assets. She must make full use of her hard-won experience to not just survive, but to restore the shattered fortunes of the Vatta family and their allies. Now, Kylara Vatta, space-trader and sometime privateer, has destined herself for a dangerous and unpredictable future. She will muster an interplanetary taskforce and forge them into a lethal weapon: one that the pirates who destroyed her family will never forget...'"

Elizabeth Moon (Author), Andy Clemence, Casie Platt, Christopher Scheeren, Colleen Delany, Danny Gavigan, David Coyne, Eric Messner, Jeff Allin, Jeff Baker, Joe Brack, Jonathan Watkins, Karen Novack, Kate Foster, Ken Jackson, Lily Beacon, Margie Tompros, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Peter Stray, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny, Tim Carlin, Tim Getman, Tony Nam, Yasmin Tuazon (Narrator)

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Marque and Reprisal [Dramatized Adaptation]: Vatta's War 2

"'Although the exciting military career she hoped for never got off the ground, Ky Vatta ended up seeing plenty of combat when she took the helm of one of the commercial transport vessels in her family's fleet...and steered it into a full-blown war. Now the lessons she learned in that trial by fire are about to pay off - because this time, the war has come to her. Someone has launched a full-throttle offensive against Vatta Transport Ltd., Ky's father's interstellar shipping empire. In short order, most of Ky's family is killed, and subsequent attacks sever vital lines of communication, leaving Ky fighting, in every sense, to survive. Ky is determined to identify the ruthless mystery enemy and avenge her family's name, but she needs not only firepower but information. And she gets both in spades—from the band of stranded mercenaries she hooks up with; from her black-sheep cousin, Stella, who has been leading a secret life; and from Stella's roguish ex-lover, Rafe. Together they struggle to penetrate the tangled web of political intrigue that is wreaking havoc within InterStellar Communications, on whose effective operation their own livelihoods—and perhaps lives—depend. But the infighting proves to be infectious, and it isn't long before Ky's hired military muscle are turning their suspicions on the enigmatic Rafe, whose wealth of knowledge about ISC's clashing factions and startling new technologies has begun to make him smell like a rat...or a mole. With swift, violent destruction a very real possibility, the last thing Ky needs is a crew divided against itself—and she's prepared to take whatever measures are necessary to ensure that Vatta stays in business, as well as in one piece. What she is not prepared for is the shocking truth behind the terror—and a confrontation with murderous treachery from a source as unexpected as it is unrelenting.'"

Elizabeth Moon (Author), Andy Clemence, Barbara Pinolini, Casie Platt, Christopher Graybill, Christopher Scheeren, Colleen Delany, David Coyne, Dylan Lynch, Elizabeth Jernigan, Eric Messner, James Konicek, James Lewis, Joe Brack, Jonathan Watkins, Ken Jackson, Laura Quinn, Lily Beacon, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Scott Mccormick, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny, Tim Getman, Yasmin Tuazon (Narrator)

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Victory Conditions [Dramatized Adaptation]: Vatta's War 5

"'For Ky, it’s not just about liberating the star systems subjugated by Turek and defending the rest of the galaxy’s freedom. There’s also a score to be settled and payback to be meted out for the obliteration of the Vatta Transport dynasty . . . and the slaughter of Ky’s family. But the enemy have their own escalation efforts under way–including the placement of covert agents among the allies with whom Ky and the surviving Vattas are collaborating in the war effort. And when a spy ring linked to a wealthy businessman is exposed, a cracked pirate code reveals a galaxywide conspiracy fueling the proliferation of Turek’s warship fleet. Matching the invaders’ swelling firepower will mean marshaling an armada of battle-ready ships for Ky to lead into combat. But a violent skirmish leaves Ky reeling–and presumed dead by her enemies. Now, as Turek readies an all-out attack on the Nexus system–a key conquest that could seal the rest of the galaxy’s doom–Ky must rally to the challenge, draw upon every last reserve of her strategic skills, and reach deep if she is to tear from the ashes of tragedy her most decisive victory.'"

Elizabeth Moon (Author), Andy Clemence, Casie Platt, Christopher Scheeren, Colleen Delany, Danny Gavigan, David Coyne, Drew Kopas, Dylan Lynch, Elizabeth Jernigan, Elliot Dash, Eric Messner, James Konicek, James Lewis, Jeff Allin, Jeff Baker, Joe Brack, Ken Jackson, Lily Beacon, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Ren Kasey, Richard Rohan, Scott Mccormick, Sherri Simpson, Steven Carpenter, Sunny Lasskey, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny (Narrator)

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Remnant Population: A Novel

"For forty years, Colony 3245.12 has been Ofelia’s home. On this planet far away in space and time from the world of her youth, she has lived and loved, weathered the death of her husband, raised her one surviving child, lovingly tended her garden, and grown placidly old. And it is here that she fully expects to finish out her days—until the shifting corporate fortunes of the Sims Bancorp Company dictates that Colony 3245.12 is to be disbanded, its residents shipped off, deep in cryo-sleep, to somewhere new and strange and not of their choosing. But while her fellow colonists grudgingly anticipate a difficult readjustment on some distant world, Ofelia savors the promise of a golden opportunity. Not starting over in the hurly-burly of a new community … but closing out her life in blissful solitude, in the place she has no intention of leaving. A population of one. With everything she needs to sustain her, and her independent spirit to buoy her, Ofelia actually does start life over–for the first time on her own terms: free of the demands, the judgments, and the petty tyrannies of others. But when a reconnaissance ship returns to her idyllic domain, and its crew is mysteriously slaughtered, Ofelia realizes she is not the sole inhabitant of her paradise after all. And, when the inevitable time of first contact finally arrives, she will find her life changed yet again—in ways she could never have imagined …"

Elizabeth Moon (Author), Suzanne Toren (Narrator)

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Sassinak

"Old enough to be used Young enough to be broken Sassinak was twelve when the raiders came. That made her just the right age: old enough to be used, young enough to be broken. Or so the slavers thought. But Sassy turned out to be a little different from your typical slave girl. Maybe it was her unusual physical strength. Maybe it was her friendship with the captured Fleet crewman. Maybe it was her spirit. Whatever it was, it wouldn’t let her resign herself to the life of a slave. She bided her time, watched for her moment. Finally it came, and she escaped. But that was only the beginning for Sassinak. Now she’s a Fleet Captain with a pirate-chasing ship of her own, and only one regret in her life: not enough pirates."

Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Moon (Author), Gabrielle De Cuir (Narrator)

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Trading in Danger (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

"Kylara Vatta is the only daughter in a family full of sons, and her father's only child to buck tradition by choosing a military career instead of joining the family business. For Ky, it's no contest: Even running the prestigious Vatta Transport Ltd. shipping concern can't hold a candle to shipping out as an officer aboard an interstellar cruiser. It's adventure, not commerce, that stirs her soul. And despite her family's misgivings, there can be no doubt that a Vatta in the service will prove a valuable asset. But with a single error in judgment, it all comes crumbling down. Expelled from the Academy in disgrace-and returning home to her humiliated family, a storm of high-profile media coverage, and the gaping void of her own future—Ky is ready to face the inevitable onslaught of anger, disappointment, even pity. But soon after opportunity's door slams shut, Ky finds herself with a ticket to ride—and a shot at redemption-as captain of a Vatta Transport ship. It's a simple assignment: escorting one of the Vatta fleet's oldest ships on its final voyage...to the scrapyard. But keeping it simple has never been Ky's style. And even though her father has provided a crew of seasoned veterans to baby-sit the fledgling captain on her maiden milk run, they can't stop Ky from turning the routine mission into a risky venture—in the name of turning a profit for Vatta Transport, of course. By snapping up a lucrative delivery contract defaulted on by a rival company, and using part of the proceeds to upgrade her condemned vehicle, Ky aims to prove she's got more going for her than just her family's famous name. But business will soon have to take a backseat to bravery, when Ky's change of plans sails her and the crew straight into the middle of a colonial war. For all her commercial savvy, it's her military training and born-soldier's instincts that Ky will need to call on in the face of deadly combat, dangerous mercenaries, and violent mutiny..."

Elizabeth Moon (Author), A Full Cast, Andy Clemence, Barbara Pinolini, Casie Platt, Christopher Graybill, Colleen Delany, Dylan Lynch, James Lewis, Joe Brack, Jonathan Watkins, Ken Jackson, Lilly David, Lily Beacon, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Steven Carpenter, Sunny Lasskey, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny, Tim Carlin, Tim Getman, Tom Simpson (Narrator)

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Trading in Danger (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Elizabeth Moon (Author), A Full Cast, Andy Clemence, Barbara Pinolini, Casie Platt, Christopher Graybill, Colleen Delany, David Coyne, Dylan Lynch, Eric Messner, James Konicek, James Lewis, Joe Brack, Jonathan Watkins, Ken Jackson, Laura Quinn, Lily Beacon, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Steven Carpenter, Sunny Lasskey, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny, Tim Getman, Tom Simpson, Yasmin Tuazon (Narrator)

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Marque and Reprisal (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

"Although the exciting military career she hoped for never got off the ground, Ky Vatta ended up seeing plenty of combat when she took the helm of one of the commercial transport vessels in her family's fleet...and steered it into a full-blown war. Now the lessons she learned in that trial by fire are about to pay off - because this time, the war has come to her. Someone has launched a full-throttle offensive against Vatta Transport Ltd., Ky's father's interstellar shipping empire. In short order, most of Ky's family is killed, and subsequent attacks sever vital lines of communication, leaving Ky fighting, in every sense, to survive. Ky is determined to identify the ruthless mystery enemy and avenge her family's name, but she needs not only firepower but information. And she gets both in spades—from the band of stranded mercenaries she hooks up with; from her black-sheep cousin, Stella, who has been leading a secret life; and from Stella's roguish ex-lover, Rafe. Together they struggle to penetrate the tangled web of political intrigue that is wreaking havoc within InterStellar Communications, on whose effective operation their own livelihoods—and perhaps lives—depend. But the infighting proves to be infectious, and it isn't long before Ky's hired military muscle are turning their suspicions on the enigmatic Rafe, whose wealth of knowledge about ISC's clashing factions and startling new technologies has begun to make him smell like a rat...or a mole. With swift, violent destruction a very real possibility, the last thing Ky needs is a crew divided against itself—and she's prepared to take whatever measures are necessary to ensure that Vatta stays in business, as well as in one piece. What she is not prepared for is the shocking truth behind the terror—and a confrontation with murderous treachery from a source as unexpected as it is unrelenting."

Elizabeth Moon (Author), A Full Cast, Andy Clemence, Barbara Pinolini, Casie Platt, Christopher Graybill, Christopher Scheeren, Colleen Delany, David Coyne, Dylan Lynch, Elizabeth Jernigan, Eric Messner, James Konicek, James Lewis, Joe Brack, Jonathan Watkins, Ken Jackson, Laura Quinn, Lily Beacon, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Scott Mccormick, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny, Tim Getman, Yasmin Tuazon (Narrator)

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