Audiobooks narrated by W. Morgan Sheppard

"As Seraphina travels the Southlands in search of the other half-breeds to help in the war effort, the dragon General Comonot and his Loyalists fight against the upstart Old Guard - with the fate of Goredd and the other human countries hanging in the balance. The gripping sequel to the bestselling Seraphina."

Rachel Hartman (Author), Mandy Williams, W. Morgan Sheppard (Narrator)

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Shadow Scale: A Companion to Seraphina

"Seraphina took the literary world by storm with 8 starred reviews and numerous "Best of" lists. At last, her eagerly awaited sequel has arrived-and with it comes an epic battle between humans and dragons. The kingdom of Goredd: a world where humans and dragons share life with an uneasy balance, and those few who are both human and dragon must hide the truth. Seraphina is one of these, part girl, part dragon, who is reluctantly drawn into the politics of her world. When war breaks out between the dragons and humans, she must travel the lands to find those like herself-for she has an inexplicable connection to all of them, and together they will be able to fight the dragons in powerful, magical ways. As Seraphina gathers this motley crew, she is pursued by humans who want to stop her. But the most terrifying is another half dragon, who can creep into people's minds and take them over. Until now, Seraphina has kept her mind safe from intruders, but that also means she's held back her own gift. It is time to make a choice: Cling to the safety of her old life, or embrace a powerful new destiny? Praise for Seraphina: A New York Times Bestseller An Indie Bestseller Winner of the William C. Morris Debut Award Winner of the Cybil Award for Teen Fantasy and Science Fiction An Amazon Top 20 Teen Book of the Year A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Library Journal Best Young Adult Literature for Adults Selection A Booklist Editors' Choice An ABA New Voices Pick A Publishers Weekly Flying Start Author An ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book An ALA-YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults Book Recipient of 8 Starred Reviews "Beautifully written, well-rounded characters, and some of the most interesting dragons I've read in fantasy for a long while. An impressive debut novel; I can't wait to see what Rachel Hartman writes next." -Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of Eragon "A novel that will appeal to both fans of Christopher Paolini's Eragon series and Robin McKinley's The Hero and the Crown." -Entertainment Weekly"

Rachel Hartman (Author), Mandy Williams, W. Morgan Sheppard (Narrator)

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Old Venus: A Collection of Stories

"Sixteen all-new stories by science fiction's top talents, collected by bestselling author George R. R. Martin and multiple-award-winning editor Gardner Dozois From pulp adventures such as Edgar Rice Burroughs's Carson of Venus to classic short stories such as Ray Bradbury's "The Long Rain" to visionary novels such as C. S. Lewis's Perelandra, the planet Venus has loomed almost as large in the imaginations of science fiction writers as Earth's next-nearest neighbor, Mars. But while the Red Planet conjured up in Golden Age science fiction stories was a place of vast deserts and ruined cities, bright blue Venus was its polar opposite: a steamy, swampy jungle world with strange creatures lurking amidst the dripping vegetation. Alas, just as the last century's space probes exploded our dreams of Mars, so, too, did they shatter our romantic visions of Venus, revealing, instead of a lush paradise, a hellish world inimical to all life. But don't despair! This new anthology of sixteen original stories by some of science fiction's best writers-edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois-turns back the clock to that more innocent time, before the hard-won knowledge of science vanquished the infinite possibilities of the imagination. Join our cast of award-winning contributors-including Elizabeth Bear, David Brin, Joe Haldeman, Gwyneth Jones, Mike Resnick, Eleanor Arnason, Allen M. Steele, and more-as we travel back in time to a planet that never was but should have been: a young, rain-drenched world of fabulous monsters and seductive mysteries. FEATURING ALL-NEW STORIES BY Eleanor Arnason • Elizabeth Bear • David Brin • Tobias S. Buckell • Michael Cassutt • Joe Haldeman • Matthew Hughes • Gwyneth Jones • Joe R. Lansdale • Stephen Leigh • Paul McAuley • Ian McDonald • Garth Nix • Mike Resnick • Allen M. Steele • Lavie Tidhar And an Introduction by Gardner Dozois Stories and Narrators: Introduction by Gardner Dozois read by Roy Dotrice "Frogheads" read by Jake Weber "The Drowned Celestial" read by Roy Dotrice "Planet of Fear" read by Tisha Donnelly "Greeves and the Evening Star" read by Stephen Fry "A Planet Called Desire " read by Jake Stormoen "Living Hell" read by W. Morgan Sheppard "Bones of Air, Bones of Stone" read by Gethin Anthony "Ruins" read by Mandy Williams "The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss" read by Wil Wheaton "By Frogsled and Lizardback to Outcast Venusian Lepers" read by Harry Lloyd "The Sunset of Time" read by Matt Frewer "Pale Blue Memories" read by Prentice Onayemi "The Heart's Filthy Lesson" read by Janis Ian "The Wizard of the Trees" read by Michael Dorn "The Godstone of Venus" read by Ron Donachie "Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts" read by Dame Diana Rigg Interstitial author biographies read by Scott Brick"

Gardner Dozois, George R. R. Martin (Author), Diana Rigg, Gethin Anthony, Jake Stormoen, Jake Weber, Janis Ian, Michael Dorn, Ron Donachie, Roy Dotrice, Stephen Fry, Tisha Donnelly, Various, W. Morgan Sheppard, Wil Wheaton (Narrator)

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Far Far Away

"Jeremy can hear voices. But when he admits this, the townspeople of Never Better treat him like an outsider. Life has been tough after his mother left and his father became a recluse, but one voice in particular proves his salvation: the voice of the ghost of Jacob Grimm. Jacob watches over Jeremy, protecting him from an unknown dark evil whispered about in the space between this world and the next. But when a provocative local girl Ginger takes an interest in Jeremy (and his unique abilities), a heartbreaking chain of events is put into motion. And as anyone familiar with the Grimm Brothers know, not all fairy tales have happy endings. . ."

Tom McNeal (Author), W. Morgan Sheppard (Narrator)

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Rogues

"NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A thrilling collection of twenty-one original stories by an all-star list of contributors-including a new A Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin! If you're a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. And George R. R. Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale chronicling one of the biggest rogues in the entire history of Ice and Fire. Follow along with the likes of Gillian Flynn, Joe Abercrombie, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, Cherie Priest, Garth Nix, and Connie Willis, as well as other masters of literary sleight-of-hand, in this rogues gallery of stories that will plunder your heart-and yet leave you all the richer for it. Featuring all-new stories by Joe Abercrombie • Daniel Abraham • David W. Ball • Paul Cornell • Bradley Denton • Phyllis Eisenstein • Gillian Flynn • Matthew Hughes • Joe R. Lansdale • Scott Lynch • Garth Nix • Cherie Priest • Patrick Rothfuss • Steven Saylor • Michael Swanwick • Lisa Tuttle • Carrie Vaughn • Walter Jon Williams • Connie Willis • and more! Plus an Introduction by George R. R. Martin! Cast List: INTRODUCTION: EVERYBODY LOVES A ROGUE, read by George R. R. Martin TOUGH TIMES ALL OVER, read by Gwendoline Christie WHAT DO YOU DO?, read by Julia Whelan THE INN OF THE SEVEN BLESSINGS, read by Roy Dotrice BENT TWIG, read by Phil Gigante TAWNY PETTICOATS, read by Ron Donachie PROVENANCE, read by W. Morgan Sheppard ROARING TWENTIES, read by Janis Ian A YEAR AND A DAY IN OLD THERADANE, read by Gwendoline Christie BAD BRASS, read by Gil Bellows HEAVY METAL, read by Scott Brick THE MEANING OF LOVE, read by Conleth Hill A BETTER WAY TO DIE, read by Roy Dotrice ILL SEEN IN TYRE, read by Gethin Anthony A CARGO OF IVORIES, read by Ron Donachie DIAMONDS FROM TEQUILA, read by David Greenlee THE CARAVAN TO NOWHERE, read by W. Morgan Sheppard THE CURIOUS AFFAIR OF THE DEAD WIVES, read by Harriet Walter HOW THE MARQUIS GOT HIS COAT BACK, read by Roy Dotrice NOW SHOWING, read by Molly Quinn THE LIGHTNING TREE, read by Rupert Degas THE ROGUE PRINCE, read by Iain Glen Praise for Rogues "Not a single bad story in the bunch . . . The table of contents alone will make fans from all genre aisles salivate."-Library Journal"

Gardner Dozois, George R. R. Martin (Author), George R. R. Martin, Gwendoline Christie, Iain Glen, Janis Ian, Molly Quinn, Ron Donachie, Roy Dotrice, Rupert Degas, Various, W. Morgan Sheppard (Narrator)

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Mary Stuart

"Elizabeth I of England is threatened by the survival of her Catholic cousin, Mary Stuart. Wrestling with her own conscience, the Queen agonizes over Mary's fate, amidst fears for her own life. Court intrigue has never been more gripping than in this "acute study in the art of double-dealing politics." (The New York Times) Includes an interview with Jane Dunn, author of Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in December 2006. Directed by Rosalind Ayres Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg Sheelagh Cullen as Hanna Kennedy Kenneth Danziger as Amias Paulet Seamus Dever as Mortimer Jill Gascoine as Elizabeth Matt Gaydos as O'Kelly Martin Jarvis as Lord Burleigh Alex Kingston as Mary Stuart Christopher Neame as William Davison Alan Shearman as Melvil W. Morgan Sheppard as George Talbot Simon Templeman as Robert Dudley Associate Producer: Brendon Fox; Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer: Mark Holden; Sound Effects Artist: Tony Palermo; Stage Manager: Erica Christensen; Music Supervisor: Scott Willis. Dedicated to the memory of Susan Raab Simonson."

Friedrich Von Schiller, Peter Oswald (Author), Alan Shearman, Alex Kingston, Christopher Neame, Jill Gascoine, Kenneth Danziger, Martin Jarvis, Matthew Gaydos, Seamus Dever, Sheelagh Cullen, Simon Templeman, W. Morgan Sheppard (Narrator)

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Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls: An Audio Melodrama in Three Despicable Acts

"The insidious Fleet Street barber slit his first throat in an 1846 'penny dreadful,' one of those gaudy serialized novels that gleefully offered thrills and gore to sensation-hungry Victorians. TitledThe String of Pearls, it told of Sweeney Todd, whose shop stood next to St. Dunstan's Church, just a few blocks from the Royal Courts of Justice. On this site, he robbed and murdered hundreds of customers. To dispose of their remains, he carried them to an underground bakery of one Mrs. Lovett, whose pie shop was a few blocks away. She ground the cadavers into stuffing for her meat pies, the favorite midday repast of the lawyers who worked nearby and who got their shaves from Sweeney Todd. The man you lunched with yesterday couldbeyour lunch today! Before the serial's final chapters even hit the stands, the first stage version, pirated from the already published installments, was packing them in at a London theater. Since then there have been numerous stage, literary, and screen versions of the story, most notably the hit Sondheim musical. Blackstone Audio has commissioned this, the first audio version of the tale, from the Audie® award-winning Hollywood Theater of the Ear (The Sherlock Holmes Theatre,The Oresteia). With tongue in cheek, writer/producer/director Yuri Rasovsky has gone all the way back to the original penny dreadful to imbue an old string of pearls with new luster—and fresh blood."

Yuri Rasovsky (Author), Martin Jarvis, Moira Quirk, Phil Proctor, Robertson Dean, Rosalind Ayres, Simon Templeman, W. Morgan Sheppard, a full cast (Narrator)

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Breaking the Code

"Simon Templeman stars as brilliant mathematician Alan Turing, the man who cracked the German Enigma code and enabled the Allies to win World War II. Shortly after, Turing was to find that the country he saved cared less about his genius and more about his sexual orientation. Based on the book "Alan Turing: The Enigma" by Andrew Hodges. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July, 2003. Breaking the Code is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world. Directed by Rosalind Ayres Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg Sheelagh Cullen as Sara Turing Kenneth Danziger as Detective Mick Ross Peter Dennis as John Smith Samantha Robson as Pat Green Orlando Seale as Ron Miller W. Morgan Sheppard as Dillwyn Knox André Sogliuzzo as Christopher Morcom and Nikos Simon Templeman as Alan Turing Associate Producer: Susan Raab Recording Engineer: David Kelly for Voicebox Studios Assistant Recording Engineer/Editor: Mark Holden Live Sound Effects: GiGi Garcia"

Hugh Whitemore (Author), André Sogliuzzo, Kenneth Danziger, Orlando Seale, Peter Dennis, Samantha Robson, Sheelagh Cullen, Simon Templeman, W. Morgan Sheppard (Narrator)

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God's Man in Texas

"Charismatic pastor Jerry Mears auditions for the top job at the biggest Baptist church in the nation. But when the church's aging leader clings to his own dynasty - and his coveted 10 a.m. television broadcast - the stage is set for a powerful clash of wit and wills. A divine study of religion as big business. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Robert Pescovitz, W. Morgan Sheppard and Andy Taylor."

David Rambo (Author), Andy Taylor, Robert Pescovitz, W. Morgan Sheppard (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by W. Morgan Sheppard