Apocalyptic & Dystopian Audiobooks | Science Fiction & Fantasy

High Times in the Low Parliament Audiobook

Nebula Award–winning author Kelly Robson returns with a charming historical fantasy romp featuring a flirtatious scribe, some irritable fairies, and a precarious parliament. Lana Baker is Aldgate's finest scribe, with a sharp pen and an even sharper wit. Gregarious, charming, and ever so eager to please, she agrees to deliver a message for another lovely scribe in exchange for kisses, only to be shipped off to the Low Parliament by a temperamental fairy. As Lana transcribes the endless circular arguments of Parliament, the debatesgrow tenser and more desperate. Due to long-standing tradition, a hungvote will cause Parliament to flood and a return to endless war. Lana must rely on an unlikely pair of comrades—Bugbite, the curmudgeonly fairy taskmaster,and Eloquentia, the bewitching human deputy—if she’s to save humanity andlive to flirt another day, come hell or high water.

Kelly Robson (Author), Amy Scanlon (Narrator)

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Dimensional Hopscotch

A lot of strange things have happened to Azaria since she'd awoken to find herself a dungeon core. Going back in time will hopefully top the cake. With a better understanding of what awaits the Earth, Azaria decides to take things into her own hands to prevent the cruel fate. She just has to recruit some allies that want the same thing. It is a good thing the gods have made plenty of messes that they haven't cleaned up all over the universe. Using the artifact from the demon world, Azaria takes begins a quest of finding a needle in the haystack. Looking for anything that can help in her mission.

Matthew Peed (Author), Chloe Cannon (Narrator)

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The Counterstrike: A Military Sci-Fi Alien Invasion Series

Earth is dying... Cities and landscapes that have not yet been destroyed by crashed spaceships and orbiting debris are being devastated by radiation and localized changes in the laws of physics near the alien ship remnants. While extraterrestrial spaceships divide and exploit the solar system among themselves, Europe desperately tries to preserve it's chances of survival for the remnants of humanity. They have a pawn in hand that they must play. When they finally do, an opportunity opens up that humanity must immediately seize...but at what cost? Book 2 in Bestseller Joshua T. Calvert's next Science Fiction epic. A story of survival, invasion, and war that's perfect for fans of Jay Allan, Joshua Dalzelle, and S.M. Anderson.

Joshua T. Calvert (Author), Michael Braun (Narrator)

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Arrival

With the Wild dungeons finally dealt with, Regan can now turn his mind to the other looming threats that imperil the very existence of the planet that he now calls home. While his influence grows ever more encompassing, he begins to wonder if it might be too much. Should any one being be allowed to possess such power? Even as the world opens around him, he fears that the planet might not survive a clash of such a level. He must do everything he can to protect the planet and the ones he loves. On her way to be the most influential person on the continent, Queen Louella must prevent genocide from breaking out between the followers of Lelune and Regan. Sadly, it looks like the powers behind the Church have no desire for peace. When that power wants to be a goddess in the truest meaning of the word, she isn't about to listen to a mortal. Can Louella prevent the loss of life on the scale that would frighten even the most battle-hardened soldier?

Matthew Peed (Author), Gabriel Vaughan, Sierra Kline (Narrator)

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The Descent [Dramatized Adaptation]: Safe Zone 2

'Twenty years ago, the Black Flu decimated the population of the world. The infected died and then rose again as flesh-eating zombies. The UK’s response was to create Safe Zones, providing sanctuary for those that survived. Chloe only barely made it to safety and now her daughter Sammie wants to go outside. When Sammie makes a discovery that could bring hope to all the survivors, one man’s twisted greed turns that dream into a nightmare. Don't miss the great-stopping second installment of the Safe Zone Trilogy. Performed by Laura C. Harris as Sammie, Alex Hill-Knight as Luca, Kay Eluvian as Brian, Lise Bruneau as Annie, John Kielty as Robert, Lucy Symons as Sally, Peter Holdway as Joe, Khaya Fraites as Johanna, Chris Stinson as Danny, Bradley Foster Smith as Dr. Smeadly, Wyn Delano as Sidney, Hannah Curtis as Deborah. Also with: Andrew James Spooner, Brandon Burton, Christopher Williams, Elena Anderson, Gabriel Michael, Henry W. Kramer, Holly Adams, Jenna Sharpe, Jon Vertullo, Julie-Ann Elliott, Karen Novack, Karenna Foley, Katie Boothe, Keval Shah, Kevin Couto, Marni Penning, Michael John Casey, Mike Carnes, Peter Stray, Robb Moreira, Stephanie Nemeth-Parker, Troy Allan, Zeke Alton.'

Suzanne Sussex (Author), Alex Hill-Knight, Bradley Foster Smith, Chris Stinson, John Kielty, Kay Eluvian, Khaya Fraites, Laura C. Harris, Lise Bruneau, Lucy Symons, Peter Holdway, Wyn Delano (Narrator)

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Lambda

Whoever the lambdas might be, and wherever they really come from, they're already here among us. Outwardly alien arrivals from a distant sea, the lambdas are genetically human. The government has noticed them. So has a whole gamut of extremist groups. Cara Gray has noticed them too, first as a haunting presence in her otherwise ordinary childhood, then as the impossibly shifting target of her work as a police officer. When a bomb goes off at a school, Cara finds herself the weak point in a surveillance regime that has failed to prevent the worst terrorist atrocity in decades. A nebulous group of lambda extremists claims responsibility for the attack-but how could a vulnerable community of tiny aquatic humans, barely visible in society and seemingly indifferent to their own exploitation, be capable of such a horrific act? In Cara's world a family member can be replaced with an app, a police quantum computer has the power to decide who dies, and objects are legally alive. As her relationship with the lambdas deepens, Cara must decide whether to submit to the patterns of technology, violence and obsession, or to take action of her own.

David Musgrave (Author), Bruce Mann, Kristin James (Narrator)

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The Women Could Fly

'Megan Giddings's prose is brimming with wonder. The Women Could Fly is a candid appraisal of grief, inheritance, and the merits of unruliness.' Raven Leilani Reminiscent of the works of Margaret Atwood, Deborah Harkness, and Octavia E. Butler, The Women Could Fly is a feminist speculative novel that speaks to our times. A piercing dystopian tale about the unbreakable bond between a young woman and her absent mother, set in a world in which magic is real and single women are closely monitored in case they are shown to be witches . . . Josephine Thomas has heard every conceivable theory about her mother’s disappearance. That she was kidnapped. Murdered. That she took on a new identity to start a new family. That she was a witch. This is the most worrying charge, because in a world where witches are real, peculiar behaviour raises suspicions and a woman – especially a Black woman – can find herself on trial for witchcraft. But fourteen years have passed since her mother’s disappearance, and now Jo is finally ready to let go of the past. Yet her future is in doubt. The State mandates that all women marry by the age of thirty – or enrol in a registry that allows them to be monitored, effectively forfeiting their autonomy. At twenty-eight, Jo is ambivalent about marriage. With her ability to control her life on the line, she feels as if she has her never understood her mother more. When she’s offered the opportunity to honour one last request from her mother’s will, Jo leaves her regular life to feel connected to her one last time. In this powerful and timely novel, Megan Giddings explores the limits women face – and the powers they have to transgress and transcend them.

Megan Giddings (Author), Angel Pean (Narrator)

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My Dead World 4

They survived the storm. They survived The Colony. But not everyone made it home. Not everyone made it back to the safety and security of the cabin. Nila now faces yet more difficult choices. Protect her daughter and friends at all costs, or once again trust those who claim they can save the world. With a possible cure on the horizon, what lengths will people go to in order to save the remainder of the human population?

Jacqueline Druga (Author), Kelsey Navarro (Narrator)

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When the Dust Fell

Sarah Long is looking for peace in a broken world. The fact that she helped break it, is only the start of her problems. When Sarah Long gets the message that her sister is alive and needs rescuing, she packs a bag with survival gear, loads a coat with six kinds of weapons, and hopes her pregnancy won't slow her down. It's been three years since the ancient, city-sized ship was discovered. And three years since it turned half the planet into deserts of black dust. Sarah's treacherous journey will cross continents and an ocean, as well as the lines between Earther and Alien, friend and foe. The dangers, though, go beyond the brutal reality of the lawless world she travels. For the last three years the mysterious ship has been Sarah's home. And she knows its powers. And there are those who will do absolutely anything to get them.

Marshall Ross (Author), Tara Marie Kirk (Narrator)

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Red Letter Daze [Dramatized Adaptation]: Deathlands 146

'Continuing from Deathlands 144: Memory Box. Accompanied by scientist Eden Long, the companions endeavor to cross the dangerous territory of Baltimorgue to help their ally Doc Tanner to time jump home. However, they soon find themselves fending for their lives against the dangerous groups who inhabit the old city, each one set in brutal opposition to the others. When the companions get split up, they each become mired in the myriad of insanities that vie for survival in a city gone beyond the edge of reason. Performed by Richard?Rohan,?Terence?Aselford,?Lolita Horne, Colleen Delany, Alejandro Ruiz, Amanda Forstrom, Julie-Ann Elliott, Alysia Beltran, Bradley Foster Smith, Christopher Graybill, Dan Delgado, David Engel, David Zitney, Dawn Ursula, Debi Tinsley, Eric Messner, Henry W. Kramer, Karen Novack, Kelly Baskin, Ken Jackson, Michael John Casey, Mike Carnes, Nanette Savard, Nora Achrati, Rayner Gabriel, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Ryan Carlo Dalusung, Joel David Santner, Scott McCormick, Taylor Coan, Tia Shearer, Tyler Hyrchuk, and Yasmin Tuazon.'

James Axler (Author), Alejandro Ruiz, Alysia Beltran, Amanda Forstrom, Bradley Foster Smith, Christopher Graybill, Colleen Delany, Dan Delgado, Julie-Ann Elliott, Lolita Horne, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford (Narrator)

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Rossum’s Universal Robots: A musical adaptation of Karel Capek’s R.U.R.

A musical reinvention of Karel Capek's darkly comic sci-fi masterpiece First published in 1921, Karel Capek's ultra-prescient play R.U.R has become a classic of dystopian literature, giving us the word 'robot' and inspiring movies and TV series from Blade Runner to Westworld. Set in Capek's 1920s version of the future, this radio reimagining blends music, comedy and drama to tell the story of a world dominated by mechanisation and the pursuit of profit. It is the year 2000, and an incredible new technology - the robot - has been invented, freeing human beings from the need to work. Grown from human cells, these androids appear identical to humans - only stronger and cleverer. They have no free will and no desires. They want nothing - until the idealistic Lady Helen visits their island factory and persuades one of the scientists to instil consciousness into them. But once sentient, the robots become aware that they have unwittingly enabled a runaway cycle of overproduction, which is now wrecking the planet. There is only one logical solution: humanity must be destroyed... Tackling big, contentious questions with a light touch, this moving production is full of humour and heart. Made by the team behind the award-winning Magnitsky the Musical, it features an immersive, retro-futurist soundscape and stunning original songs, and stars an ensemble cast including Paul Chahidi (The Death of Stalin, This Country), Jasmine Hyde (Doctors) and Paul Hilton (Slow Horses). Also included is a fascinating episode of Radio 3's Sunday Feature, The Robots Are Us, in which Ken Hollings examines the creation and legacy of R.U.R, talking to historians and roboticists to discover how Capek's landmark play gave birth to the idea of the 'revolt of the machines' and presaged our 21st Century ethical conundrums of existence, rights and reasoning. Cast Domin - Paul Chahidi Lady Helen - Jasmine Hyde Radius - Paul Hilton Helen 2 - Clare Foster Alpha - Anneika Rose Brown Owl - Neil McCaul Alquist - Matthew Durkan Sulla - Alexandra Hannant Fabry - Michael Begley Busman - Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong Logicbot/Benoit - Chris Jack Music and Lyrics by Susannah Pearse Book by Robert Hudson Arrangements and Musical Direction: Harry Sever Production co-ordinator: Luke MacGregor Sound: Peter Ringrose Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 3-10 April 2022 © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Karel Capek, Robert Hudson, Susannah Pearse (Author), Full Cast, Jasmine Hyde, Paul Chahidi, Paul Hilton (Narrator)

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The Legacy: Kennedy

She wants to win the presidency, even when the odds seem stacked against her. Kennedy has worked her entire life to prepare for the Culling-to follow in her parents' footsteps and win the presidency. But when she discovers her first love was just using her last name, Kennedy is now more determined to win than ever. The obstacles just keep piling up, though. Kennedy's ex is surviving the Culling's cuts too, and he is making finding a new partner awkward. Not to mention, half of Denver believes she and her brothers don't stand a chance-thanks to the Heir's Curse. Worst of all, a Rebel traitor is hiding within the Culling, seeking to take power. If Kennedy could win the presidency on her own, that would be one thing. But the Culling requires her to find a partner to help her lead the country. Can Kennedy find someone who is her equal in strength, grit, and intellect, despite being fiercely independent? More importantly, can she ever trust another man? Time is short. Kennedy must regain her faith in love-before her ex, or the Rebels, tear down everything her parents worked so hard to build.

Tricia Wentworth (Author), Jennifer Jill Araya (Narrator)

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