Discover the Best Audio Stories in Science Fiction & Fantasy, Apocalyptic & Dystopian

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Title: The Immortal King Rao

Author: Vauhini Vara

Narrator: Soneela Nankani

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 15 hours 2 minutes

Release date: May 3, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

In an Indian village in the 1950s, a precocious child is born into a family of Dalit coconut farmers. King Rao will grow up to be the most accomplished tech CEO in the world and, eventually, the leader of a global, corporate-led government.In a future in which the world is run by the Board of Corporations, King’s daughter, Athena, reckons with his legacy?literally, for he has given her access to his memories, among other questionable gifts.With climate change raging, Athena has come to believe that saving the planet and its Shareholders will require a radical act of communion?and so she sets out to tell the truth to the world’s Shareholders, in entrancing sensory detail, about King’s childhood on a South Indian coconut plantation; his migration to the U.S. to study engineering in a world transformed by globalization; his marriage to the ambitious artist with whom he changed the world; and, ultimately, his invention, under self-exile, of the most ambitious creation of his life?Athena herself.The Immortal King Rao, written by a former Wall Street Journal technology reporter, is a resonant debut novel obliterating the boundaries between literary and speculative fiction, the historic and the dystopian, confronting how we arrived at the age of technological capitalism and where our actions might take us next.

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Title: Space Junk: A Military Sci-fi Series

Series: #1 of Waymaker Wars

Author: Rachel Aukes

Narrator: Scott Aiello

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Release date: May 3, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

Captain Jack Hale and his crew of ragtag scavengers live by a code. They do the job, get paid, and keep their heads down.Salvaging a distant section of the asteroid belt seemed like the perfect job. But when he and his crew stumble across a mining camp filled with dead bodies, their plans for a quick payday quickly go out the airlock. Especially when they find a scared little girl who knows the truth about the massacre.When Captain Hale refuses to turn over the survivor to those behind the slaughter, he and his crew become outlaws. Fugitives in a system controlled by an alien AI.The odds are against him, but Captain Hale has an ace up his sleeve, or rather, in his blood. The secret might just give him an edge to beat Sol Corps at their own game, though exposing it will draw out an old and even more dangerous enemy.The sins of his past may just be what saves the future for all mankind.

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Title: When Women Were Dragons: an enduring, feminist novel from New York Times bestselling author, Kelly Barnhill

Author: Kelly Barnhill

Narrator: Kimberly Farr, Mark Bramhall

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 15 hours 29 minutes

Release date: May 3, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

'A soaring coming-of-age novel.' - THE OBSERVER 'Completely fierce, unmistakably feminist, and subversively funny. When Women Were Dragons brings the heat to misogyny with glorious imagination and talon-sharp prose.' - Bonnie Garmus, LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY In a world where girls and women are taught to be quiet, the dragons inside them are about to be set free ... In this timely and timeless speculative novel, set in 1950s America, Kelly Barnhill exposes a world that wants to keep girls and women small - and examines what happens when they rise up. Alex Green is four years old when she first sees a dragon. In her next-door neighbour's garden, in the spot where the old lady usually sits, is a huge dragon, an astonished expression on its face before it opens its wings and soars away across the rooftops. And Alex doesn't see the little old lady after that. No one mentions her. It's as if she's never existed. Then Alex's mother disappears, and reappears a week later, one quiet Tuesday, with no explanation whatsoever as to where she has been. But she is a ghostly shadow of her former self, and with scars across her body - wide, deep burns, as though she had been attacked by a monster who breathed fire. Alex, growing from young girl to fiercely independent teenager, is desperate for answers, but doesn't get any. Whether anyone likes it or not, the Mass Dragoning is coming. And nothing will be the same after that. Everything is about to change, forever. And when it does, this, too, will be unmentionable... Perfect for fans of THE HANDMAID'S TALE, VOX, and THE POWER.

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Title: Tear Down the Throne

Series: #2 of A Gargoyle Queen Novel

Author: Jennifer Estep

Narrator: Lauren Fortgang

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 13 hours 29 minutes

Release date: May 3, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

Bestselling author Jennifer Estep continues her Gargoyle Queen epic fantasy series where magic reigns, alliances are tested, and a dangerous attraction could tear down a throne. . . Crown princess. Clever spy. Powerful mind magier. Gemma Ripley of Andvari is all those things—and determined to stop an enemy from using magical tearstone weapons to conquer her kingdom. Gemma’s quest for answers leads her to a trade Summit between the various kingdoms. Among the other royals in attendance is Queen Maeven Morricone of Morta and her son, Prince Leonidas—Gemma’s charming and dangerous nemesis. Gemma knows that Maeven always has a long game in motion, and sure enough, the cunning queen invokes an arcane tradition that threatens the fragile truce between Andvari and the other kingdoms. Despite her best intentions, Gemma once again finds herself thrown together with Leo and battling her growing feelings for the enemy prince. When a series of deadly attacks shatters the Summit’s peaceful negotiations, Gemma realizes that someone wants to tear the royals down from their thrones—and that this enemy just might succeed.

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Title: Broken

Series: #2 of Against the Night

Author: Carter J. Thompson

Narrator: Joe Hempel

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Release date: April 26, 2022

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

Book 2 in a post-apocalyptic road trip amongst monsters and the supernatural, perfect for fans of stories like A Quiet Place, The Demon Cycle, and Attack on Titan.

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Title: The Price of Silence: A BBC Radio 4 Cold War Sci-Fi Thriller

Author: Stephen Barlay

Narrator: Paul Hardwick, Alan Tilvern, Vladek Sheybal, Zhivila Roche, Carl Duering, Toby Robins, George Coulouris, Ian Hendry, Full Cast

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 3 hours 57 minutes

Release date: April 21, 2022

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

Stephen Barlay's gripping Cold War drama about the threat of nuclear war Laid up in a CIA hospital, recovering from a gunshot wound, British agent Maxon is about to have his peaceful convalescence shattered. As the radio DJ introduces In the Mood, the swinging sound of Glenn Miller is cut off by a shrill, insistent alarm - one signalling imminent, universal death. America's brand new Global Early Warning System has detected an approaching nuclear missile from outer space... But the attack never takes place. The weapon, launched from an unmanned Soviet space vehicle, was destroyed seconds later - so how did the public alert come to be broadcast? As a member of the elite team responsible for safeguarding GLEW, Maxon is assigned to investigate. Meanwhile, he takes on a second, parallel mission - helping his ex-lover, Jacqueline, prove her scientist husband Kowalski has not turned traitor and leaked GLEW secrets to the Russians. Searching for answers, Maxon travels to Toronto, where he is framed for murder and forced to go on the run. And when he finally uncovers the shocking truth, he finds himself mired in deceit and treason - and caught up in a deadly game of nuclear poker. With the doomsday clock pointing to two minutes to midnight, can Maxon and Jacqueline avert disaster? Written by acclaimed novelist Stephen Barlay, this tense espionage thriller stars Ian Hendry as Maxon and Toby Robins as Jacqueline. Production credits Written by Stephen Barlay Directed by Peter King Music composed and played by Ed Welch (piano) with Ron Aspery (saxophone) Cast Maxon - Ian Hendry Jacqueline - Toby Robins Disc Jockey/Announcer/MP/Gloucester/Wennstrom - Nigel Graham Inspector Wells/President/Doomsday Man - Bob Sherman Interviewer/Reporter - Madi Hedd Captain - Stuart Milligan Guard - Ian Tyler Nurse/Nadia- Zhivila Roche Reporter/MP/Announcer/Stewardess - Alex Marshall Beryov - Peter Gale Petrushka - Richard Marner Ellsberg - George Coulouris The Nachalnik - Paul Hardwick Locke - Alan Tilvern Kowalski - Carl Duering Cabbie - Peter Whitman Hostess - Gay Baynes Papa Mike - Errol MacKinnon Minister/Sandy - Peter Tuddenham Call Girl/Operator - Carole Boyd Chuck - Bruce Boa Inspector - Peter Marinker Fergus - James Bryce Aram Sarian - Vladek Sheybal Saul - Blain Fairman Girl - Mary Cornford Winston - Stuart Organ Tucker - Norman Jones Sleet/Reporter - Brett Usher First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 24 April-19 June 1983 ©2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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Title: Drift: Winner of the Wales Book of the Year

Author: Caryl Lewis

Narrator: Rebecca Trehearn

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Release date: April 21, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. Rich with magic, mystery and the wonder of the sea, fans of The Lamplighters will fall in love with Drift The hauntingly atmospheric English-language debut from the acclaimed Welsh author: a love story between a young Welsh woman and a Syrian mapmaker, rich with magic, mystery and the wonder of the sea. Nefyn has always been an enigma, even to her brother Joseph with whom she lives in a small cottage above a blustery cove. Hamza is a Syrian mapmaker, incarcerated in a military base a few miles up the coast. A violent storm will bring these two lost souls together - but other forces will soon try to tear them apart... Moving between the wild Welsh coast and war-torn Syria, Drift is a love story with a difference, a hypnotic tale of lost identity, the quest for home and the wondrous resilience of the human spirit. © Caryl Lewis 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

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Title: The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

Author: Janelle Monáe

Narrator: Bahni Turpin

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 10 minutes

Release date: April 14, 2022

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

In The Memory Librarian music, fashion, film and futurist icon Janelle Monáe returns to the Afrofuturistic world of her critically acclaimed album, Dirty Computer, to explore how different threads of liberation – queerness, race, gender plurality, love – become tangled in a totalitarian landscape… and to discover costs of unravelling them. Whoever controls our memories controls the future. Janelle Monáe and an incredible array of talented collaborating creators have written a collection of tales comprising the bold vision and powerful themes that have made Monáe such a compelling and celebrated storyteller. Dirty Computer introduced a world in which thoughts – as a means of self-conception – could be controlled or erased by a select few. And whether human, A.I., or other, your life and sentience was dictated by those who’d convinced themselves they had the right to decide your fate. That was until Jane 57821 decided to remember and break free. Expanding from that mythos, these stories fully explore what it’s like to live in such a totalitarian existence… and what it takes to get out of it. Building off the traditions of speculative writers such as Octavia Butler, Ted Chiang, Becky Chambers, and Nnedi Okorafor—and filled with the artistic genius and powerful themes that have made Monáe a worldwide icon in the first place – The Memory Librarian serves readers tales grounded in the human trials of identity expression, technology, and love, but also reaching through to the worlds of memory and time within, and the stakes and power that exists there.

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Title: Saint Death's Daughter

Author: C. S. E. Cooney

Narrator: C. S. E. Cooney

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 23 hours 12 minutes

Release date: April 12, 2022

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. Life gets complicated when Death gets involved. To be born into a family of royal assassins pretty much guarantees that your life is going to be... rather unusual. Especially if, like Miscellaneous 'Lanie' Stones, you also have a vicious allergy to all forms of violence and bloodshed, and an uncanny affinity for bringing the dead back to life. To make matters worse, family debt looms - a debt that will have to be paid sooner rather than later if Lanie and her sister are to retain ownership of the ancestral seat, Stones Manor. Lanie finds herself courted and threatened by powerful parties who would love to use her worryingly intimate relationship with the goddess of death for their own nefarious ends. But the goddess has other plans... © C. S. E. Cooney (P) Penguin Audio and Rebellion Publishing 2022

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Title: The Archon

Series: #5 of Project Stellar

Author: Roman Prokofiev

Narrator: Phil Thron

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Release date: April 12, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

Attention everyone! This is a directive from Stellar's serving Grand Legate! Locate the Bullet Star. Eliminate the Daat. Restore the First Legion. Upon completion, use any means possible to lift the Black Moon Alert! The Council of the Archons has been overthrown. Prometheus's final orders have been received. Still, a new menace is about to sweep over the City. Grey sets off for Neo Ark in order to face his old enemy. Or is it a friend? After all, no one really knows who the first Incarnators were or how they ended up on planet Earth.