Audiobooks by Wesley Chu

Die Leben des Tao (Ungekürzte Lesung) Audiobook

Action, Abenteuer und Aliens - Wesley Chus SF-Thriller 'Die Leben des Tao' ist der Auftakt einer Trilogie, in der sich ein durchschnittlicher Nerd zum Top-Geheimagenten mausert. Seit Anbeginn der Zeiten wird das Schicksal der Menschheit insgeheim von Aliens gelenkt, die als körperlose Parasiten einige der einflussreichsten Persönlichkeiten der Geschichte kontrolliert haben: Dschingis Khan etwa, Napoleon oder Steve Jobs. Und fast ebenso lange tobt unbemerkt ein heftiger Krieg auf der Erde, in dem sich zwei verfeindete Fraktionen der Außerirdischen bis aufs Blut bekämpfen. Mal haben die Prophus die Nase vorn, die auf eine friedliche Koexistenz mit den Menschen setzen, und manchmal die Genjix, die glauben, dass technischer und gesellschaftlicher Fortschritt nicht ohne Krieg und Konflikte zu haben ist. Wenn es nach ihnen geht, wird auch in Zukunft die Weltgeschichte mit Blut geschrieben. Von all dem ahnt Roen Tan - Programmierer, Vollzeit-Nerd und Freund fettiger Fertiggerichte - natürlich nichts. Bis er eines Morgens in seiner Wohnung in Chicago aufwacht und eine fremde Stimme in seinem Kopf hört?

Wesley Chu (Author), Johannes Steck (Narrator)

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Die Tode des Tao (Ungekürzte Lesung)

Roens aufreibendes Leben als Geheimagent im Dienste der außerirdischen Prophus geht weiter - und wird immer turbulenter, denn ihre Gegenspieler, die Genjix, haben einen wahrhaft diabolischen Plan ausgeheckt. Roen und Tao, wie immer zwei Seelen in einer Brust, kommen ihnen zwar auf die Schliche, aber das Problem ist: Um ihren Plan zu vereiteln, muss sich Roen mit seiner Ex-Frau versöhnen. Nur gut, dass niemand weiß, dass das Schicksal der Welt von einem zerstrittenen Ehepaar abhängt ? Eine grandiose Fortsetzung zu 'Die Leben des Tao'.

Wesley Chu (Author), Johannes Steck (Narrator)

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Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Typhoon

In this white-knuckled and high-stakes thriller, set in the expansive world of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead series, three different people in China—a rural farmer, an urban military veteran, and an American student—are caught in the typhoon of undead as chaos sweeps over the most populous country in Asia. In the aftermath of a horrifying outbreak, the last remnants of the Chinese government have estimated that one billion walkers (called jiangshi) are currently roaming the country. Across this desolate landscape, large groups of survivors have clustered together for safety in settlements that have been built to protect against the unceasing wave of jiangshi. In one of these settlements, Beacon of Light, scavengers of vastly different backgrounds struggle to provide supplies for the survival of thousands. Before this devastation, Zhu was one of the millions of poor farmers who left their rural roots for the promise of consistent employment in one of China's booming factory towns. Elena was an American teaching English in China while on a gap year before beginning law school. Hengyen was a grizzled military officer of some renown, and a passionate believer in his nation's ability to surmount any obstacle. But with the settlement's 3,000 mouths to feed and the scavengers having to travel further and further in search of food, Zhu ends up at his home village, where he is shocked to find survivors. Does he force them to join the settlement or keep their existence a secret? Meanwhile, a veritable typhoon of walkers is headed towards the Beacon of Light. When the conniving leader of the Beacon, Secretary Guo, tasks Hengyen with rounding up all survivors in the area for a desperate last stand, the military man sees it for the foolish, futile directive that it is. Ever the patriot, though, he will stand with his compatriots to the very last. But Zhu finds himself caught between his love for Elena, his duty to the Beacon, and his desire to flee with the villagers. With time running out and the stakes higher than ever, these three survivors must figure out how to live with the overwhelming odds against them.

Wesley Chu (Author), Feodor Chin (Narrator)

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The Art of Destiny: A Novel

A hero once believed to be the chosen one must find a new path with the help of a band of unlikely allies in the sequel to The Art of Prophecy, an epic fantasy ode to martial arts and magic from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Wesley Chu. Once there was a prophecy that a chosen one would rise to defeat the Eternal Khan, an immortal god-king. But the prophecy was wrong. Now Jian, the former chosen hero, is just an ordinary young man trying to find his own way. But he may yet have an extraordinary destiny, because he joins forces with Taishi, his grumpy grandmaster, who instructs him in the ways of her family's powerful war art. Jian still has a long way to go before he can become her heir, so she recruits a band of elderly grandmasters who come out of retirement to whip him into shape and help with this one last job. And there are others who are also seeking their own destiny, like Qisami, an assassin on a secret mission to protect a powerful noblewoman from her enemies. But as Qisami goes undercover to complete her mission, she takes on a new identity that gives her something she never had before: friendship, found family, and new purpose. Sali also thought her fate was laid before her. She was supposed to be looking for the next Eternal Khan and now finds her clan exiled from everything she's ever known. As she leads the survivors in search of a new home, Sali discovers that she's something she never thought she could be: a leader and a revolutionary. Because sometimes destiny is grander than any prophecy can foresee. And the greatest destiny of all is the one you choose for yourself.

Wesley Chu (Author), Natalie Naudus (Narrator)

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The Art of Prophecy: A Novel

A "superb fantasy saga" (Helene Wecker) of martial arts and magic, about what happens when a prophesied hero is not the chosen one after all-but has to work with a band of unlikely allies to save the kingdom anyway, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lives of Tao "An ambitious and touching exploration of disillusionment in faith, tradition, and family-a glorious reinvention of fantasy and wuxia tropes."-Naomi Novik, New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education So many stories begin the same way: With a prophecy. A chosen one. And the inevitable quest to slay a villain, save the kingdom, and fulfill a grand destiny. But this is not that kind of story. It does begin with a prophecy: A child will rise to defeat the Eternal Khan, a cruel immortal god-king, and save the kingdom. And that prophecy did anoint a hero, Jian, raised since birth in luxury and splendor, and celebrated before he has won a single battle. But that's when the story hits its first twist: The prophecy is wrong. What follows is a story more wondrous than any prophecy could foresee, and with many unexpected heroes: Taishi, an older woman who is the greatest grandmaster of magical martial arts in the kingdom but who thought her adventuring days were all behind her; Sali, a straitlaced warrior who learns the rules may no longer apply when the leader to whom she pledged her life is gone; and Qisami, a chaotic assassin who takes a little too much pleasure in the kill. And Jian himself, who has to find a way to become what he no longer believes he can be-a hero after all.

Wesley Chu (Author), Natalie Naudus (Narrator)

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The Lives of Tao

When out-of-shape IT technician Roen woke up and started hearing voices in his head, he naturally assumed he was losing it. He wasn't. He now has a passenger in his brain - an ancient alien life-form called Tao, whose race crash-landed on Earth before the first fish crawled out of the oceans. Now split into two opposing factions - the peace-loving, but under-represented Prophus, and the savage, powerful Genjix - the aliens have been in a state of civil war for centuries. Both sides are searching for a way off-planet, and the Genjix will sacrifice the entire human race, if that's what it takes. Meanwhile, Roen is having to train to be the ultimate secret agent. Like that's going to end up well...

Wesley Chu (Author), Mikael Naramore (Narrator)

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