Audiobooks narrated by Anna Crowe

"Kaarina is done with the world. But the world isn’t done with her. Now that Kristian is gone, all Kaarina wants to do is to ride her horse. Live alone in the old barn. Leave the human race and its problems far behind. But it’s not that simple… not when the bots from City of Finland are hunting down and killing the animals one by one. Not when Sanna is asking for her help. And not when Margaret keeps tapping her, telling her she can save the animals, that she can save the whole world... All she has to do is push the button. CONTENT WARNING: SA. While not a main theme of the book, some readers may want to read the reviews or have a friend check out the book before reading. ***If you're looking for books like The Hunger Games, The Handmaid's Tale, and Brave New World you're going to love the Unchipped series! ***Get free early access to Unchipped short stories, plus the Unchipped prequel, The Meeting, by signing up for my newsletter @TayaDeVere (dot) com!"

Taya DeVere (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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Prototype Y

"All the women are gone. In their place, men have built the Prototypes. Every woman on earth is dead, taken by a mysterious disease. Prototype Y is a cutting-edge replacement designed and built to serve the needs of men. Her state-of-the-art pheromone communication system can make men feel things they’ve almost forgotten – while also making Y’s creator a huge sum of money. Y may not be a woman, but she is much more than her creator or his customers would ever believe. She doesn’t want to take orders from men anymore. She just wants to drive. Take her creator’s truck wherever she wants, whenever she wants, no explanations given. When one of her bookings goes horribly wrong, Y faces a decision that will define her place in the world: Continue to live as a mere machine – or take a terrifying step toward freedom? ***Murderbot meets The Handmaid’s Tale in this standalone sci-fi adventure. Please be advised this book contains dark and possibly triggering material. Some readers may want to read the reviews or have a friend check out the book before reading. ***Get free early access to short stories and other freebies by signing up for my newsletter @TayaDeVere (dot) com!"

Taya DeVere (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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Rechipped: City of Finland

"It’s the end of the world, and everyone’s getting a little bit strange. For Kristian, living in the Chip-Center and cut off from his friends, life has become a nearly endless sim fantasy, mostly centered around a long-lost love. For Sanna, also living in the Chip-Center but out of touch with Kristian, life is mostly about her collection of animals… although she misses being able to communicate with them telepathically. For Sebastian, it’s all about his last promise to Maria, which is soon going to force him to talk to the angry mob outside. For the richest people in City of Finland, it’s all about the entertainment… whether that comes from the robots who service their every need or the desperate, impoverished people living down on the streets. CONTENT WARNING: SA. While not a main theme of the book, some readers may want to read the reviews or have a friend check out the book before reading. ***If you're looking for books like The Hunger Games, The Handmaid's Tale, and Brave New World you're going to love the Unchipped series! ***Get free early access to Unchipped short stories, plus the Unchipped prequel, The Meeting, by signing up for my newsletter @TayaDeVere (dot) com!"

Taya DeVere (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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Rechipped: City of California

"When the coworker you hate is a master of mind-control… Bill and Sebastian don’t get along. Yes, they need to work together to solve the problems facing City of California… but Bill despises the Aussie in the top hat, and nothing will change his mind on that point. That wouldn’t be a problem if they just avoided each other. Unfortunately, Sebastian is Maria’s partner, and Maria is one of Bill’s best friends. Sebastian is also the greatest salesman the world has ever known, and he’s using that skill to build a sinister cult, completely obedient to his every whim. What are Sebastian’s plans for City of California… and is there anything Bill can do to stop him? ***If you're looking for books like The Hunger Games, The Handmaid's Tale, and Brave New World you're going to love the Unchipped series! ***Get free early access to Unchipped short stories, plus the Unchipped prequel, The Meeting, by signing up for my newsletter @TayaDeVere (dot) com!"

Taya DeVere (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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Rechipped: City of England

"Is it a social experiment, a prison, or a tool for driving one man mad? The dome city is all those things. For Ef and his followers in City of England, it’s a kind of laboratory, a place to test Ef’s theories about how to give humanity a new way forward. For the founders of the Happiness-Program, awakened from stasis, the dome city is a prison where they are fed bizarre lies about the state of the world. For Iris, the dome city is the perfect opportunity to take revenge on the man who assaulted her, distorting his perception of reality until he cracks under the strain. For Owena and Pickle, the dome city is a curiosity at most. Owena’s childhood was stolen from her, and now she intends to take it back – one bad movie and bag of popcorn at a time. CONTENT WARNING: SA, SV, RP, While not a main theme of the book, some readers may want to read the reviews or have a friend check out the book before reading. ***If you're looking for books like The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Brave New World you're going to love the Unchipped series! ***Get free early access to Unchipped short stories, plus the Unchipped prequel, The Meeting, by signing up for my newsletter @TayaDeVere (dot) com!"

Taya DeVere (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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A Word Is Not a Sparrow: A Benefit Anthology for Ukraine Relief

"Artists in Ukraine have lost their livelihoods. The Ukraine Audiobook Relief Project was launched to support artists in Ukraine whose lives are threatened because of war. It is a fundamental aspect of war to suppress story, language, and culture. Moved by this crisis of culture, members of PANA (the Professional Audiobook Narrators Association) created this audiobook to raise money for Ukrainian relief. Joined by writers and musicians, we have volunteered our work to show our support for artists living through war. The profits from the sale of this audiobook will provide financial support to the Artists at Risk Connection in Ukraine through PEN America, a non-profit organization that endeavors to safeguard the right to artistic freedom of expression and ensure that artists and cultural professionals everywhere can live and work without fear. We urge you to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine by supporting its artists. The folk wisdom of Ukraine includes this expression: “A word is not a sparrow … once it flies out, you won’t catch it.' A Word Is Not A Sparrow is a diverse anthology of stories set amid Russian repression through the centuries; personal narrator testimony about the impact in America of immigrant grandparents from Ukraine and elsewhere; powerful fables and allegories that deliver universal messages about displacement, migration, and human connection; and classic Cossack folk tales that are a touchstone of Ukrainian culture. Listen as we let these words fly out around the world. Narrated by PANA member volunteers Barry Abrams, Jennifer Jill Araya, Dave Arlington, Rosemary Benson, Anna Crowe, Claudia Dunn, Andrea Emmes, Gary Furlong, Rebecca Gallagher, Caroline Hewitt, Susan Iannucci, Elizabeth Jasicki, Tom Jordan, Jennifer March, Janet Metzger, Rich Miller, Erin Moon, Sara Morsey, Traci Odom, Sheri Saginor, and Tiffany Williams. Music by Michael Nazaretz & the Samovar Russian Folk Ensemble, Jeff Crompton, Roger French, and Kenny Raskin. Writers include Barry Abrams, Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh, Andrea Emmes and Karen Bogle, Vladislav Davidzon, Christopher Dewees, Thaisa Frank, Teresa Johnson, Alla Kudzieva, Taras Shevchenko, and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch."

Alla Kudzieva, Andrea Emmes, Barry Abrams, Christopher Dewees, Karen Bogle, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh, Taras Shevchenko, Teresa Johnson, Thaisa Frank, Vladislav Davidzon (Author), Anna Crowe, Caroline Hewitt, Claudia Dunn, Dave Arlington, Elizabeth Jasicki, Erin Moon, Gary Furlong, Janet Metzger, Jennifer Jill Araya, Jennifer March, Rebecca Gallagher, Rich Miller, Rosemary Benson, Sara Morsey, Sheri Saginor, Susan Iannucci, Tiffany Williams, Tom Jordan, Traci Odom (Narrator)

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Rechipped: City of Serbia

"The sleepers are waking, one by one. But who is waking them? Jovan and Luna are running out of time. They have only thirty days to make Project Green Gates work, convincing the Chipped to abandon their dying society and return to a more natural way of life. If they don’t succeed, Ef and his team have a plan of their own… a plan that frankly terrifies them. The trouble is, Luna doesn’t believe in Project Green Gates. She’s finally Chipped, and she wants to see what the technology can do for her. She wants to track down Margaret, the most brilliant hacker in the world. She wants to find another way. As for Jovan, he’s distracted. The Dechipping injury on the back of his head refuses to heal. His headaches and sleepwalking just won’t stop. And he has a mystery to solve. Someone is waking up the people in the stasis capsules, letting them out into the world without the medical attention they’ll need if they want to survive. He’s not sure it’s not a serial killer. He’s not sure it isn’t him. ***If you're looking for books like The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Brave New World you're going to love the Unchipped series! ***Get free early access to Unchipped short stories, plus the Unchipped prequel, The Meeting, by signing up for my newsletter @TayaDeVere (dot) com!"

Taya DeVere (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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Dechipped: The Download

"A quest for revenge through a cyberspace world. Having agreed to work with the sinister Nurse Saarinen, Kaarina sets off on a quest through the cyberspace world of her own mind. Her goal is to find the weakness at the core of the Egg, allowing Nurse Saarinen to upload herself and destroy Laura Solomon. In her quest for revenge on the woman who killed her mother, Kaarina will forget everything she knows about Nurse Saarinen... and risk betraying everyone she loves. ***If you're looking for books like The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Brave New World you're going to love the Unchipped series! ***Get free early access to Unchipped short stories, plus the Unchipped prequel, The Meeting, by signing up for my newsletter @TayaDeVere (dot) com!"

Taya DeVere (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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Dechipped: Iris

"Brilliant, ruthless, and totally lost. To find a future, she must face her past. Iris has spent her whole life trying to please someone more powerful than her: first her mother, then her riding instructor Timothy Walker, then the great scientist Laura Solomon, head of the Happiness-Program and would-be savior of the world. But now Laura is dead, her consciousness uploaded into the cyberspace Egg… and she doesn’t need Iris anymore. To find a way forward, Iris will have to look back, remembering the things Tim Walker did to her – and what she did to him. CONTENT WARNING: SA, Predatory behavior. While not a main theme of the book, some readers may want to read the reviews or have a friend check out the book before reading. ***If you're looking for books like The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Brave New World you're going to love the Unchipped series! ***Get free early access to Unchipped short stories, plus the Unchipped prequel, The Meeting, by signing up for my newsletter @TayaDeVere (dot) com!"

Taya DeVere (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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IF YOU SEE THEM: Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America.

"A moving exploration of the crisis of homeless youth—told through the inspiring stories of a woman on the frontlines and the kids themselves. They hide in plain sight. They survive on free school breakfasts and lunches, join school sports teams in order to shower, sleep on friends’ couches, in parks, or on the streets. Their official designation is “unaccompanied homeless youth”—they are not 'runaways' breaking free from strict parenting; these are kids seeking safety. They have escaped abusive parents, have been abandoned, or have never had a home to begin with. When Vicki Sokolik’s son brought home a classmate who was living on her own and was dropping out of school to support herself, Vicki stepped in to help. As she learned more about the invisible population of young people navigating life alone, she discovered the countless ways they are overlooked and impeded by the system. She founded a nonprofit and worked to change legislation in her home state of Florida to give these kids agency over their lives. If You See Them wakes us up to the issue of youth homelessness in America, through Sokolik’s own story of advocacy and through the voices of the kids themselves. Her grassroots action demonstrates the world-shifting power of compassion, acceptance, belonging, and self-determination, and the capacity each of us has to change our communities for the better. “Clear-eyed and moving . . . Its essential and inspiring message is about how even the worst problems, once seen, can be solved.”—Tampa Bay Times “A gently urgent call to arms, a plea for attention and a good read altogether.”—Philadephia Tribune “We can't all emulate Sokolik, but her example should motivate us not only to see these folks, but to help them if we can.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune"

Vicki Sokolik (Author), Anna Crowe, Oscar Reyes, Yinka Ladeinde (Narrator)

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Dechipped: Owena

"She’s the smartest little girl in the world… and the most dangerous too. Owena is a genius – as well as a killer – but she’s still only six years old. After escaping the underground bunker where she lived with Nurse Saarinen, her main goal has been to find more candy. Now the Unchipped rebels have a mission for her, and if she agrees to perform it, they’ll let her visit the Egg, where you can eat all the candy you want without ever getting a stomachache. Owena’s definitely interested, but she’s also distracted. What she really wants to do is to get to know Pickle, the con artist with so many interesting scams to teach her… ***If you're looking for books like The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Brave New World you're going to love the Unchipped series! ***Get free early access to Unchipped short stories, plus the Unchipped prequel, The Meeting, by signing up for my newsletter @TayaDeVere (dot) com!"

Taya DeVere (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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Dechipped: Maria

"He was the most skillful manipulator she ever met. Now she just needs to remember how he did it. Long ago, before the war that took her life, Maria served as the driver and bodyguard for a man named Sebastian King. Charming, manipulative, and ruthless, Sebastian had taken her on the strangest of road trips – visiting cult leaders from one end of the country to the other. She didn’t understand what he was doing at the time, but she needs to remember it now… If she wants to convince the brilliant and deadly Owena to help the Unchipped rebels. ***If you're looking for books like The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Brave New World you're going to love the Unchipped series! ***Get free early access to Unchipped short stories, plus the Unchipped prequel, The Meeting, by signing up for my newsletter @TayaDeVere (dot) com!"

Taya DeVere (Author), Anna Crowe (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Anna Crowe