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Title: Mappa Mundi

Author: Justina Robson

Narrator: Ruth Urquhart

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-22-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The map of everything you know, everything you are, everything you ever will be...just got rewritten. A novel of hard SF exploring the nature of identity both inherited and engineered, from one of Britain's most acclaimed new talents.

In the near future, when medical nanotechnology has made it possible to map a model of the living human brain, radical psychologist Natalie Armstrong sees her work suddenly become crucial to a cutting-edge military project for creating comprehensive mind-control.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, Jude Westhorpe, FBI specialist, is tracking a cold war defector long involved in everything from gene sequencing to mind-mapping. But his investigation has begun to affect matters of national security - throwing Jude and Natalie together as partners in trouble - deep trouble from every direction. This fascinating novel explores the nature of humanity in the near future, when the power and potential of developing technologies demand that we adapt ourselves to their existence - whatever the price.

Critic Reviews:

"Silver Screen and Mappa Mundi showed intelligence, grace and a lively but humane imagination. Robson's considerable sense of humour lay in ambush, backed up by a postfeminist tendency to look the problem straight in the eye. Combined with a clean, powerful narrative drive and a cosmological sensibility, this clarity of vision now demonstrates itself as her major asset, making her one of the very best of the new British hard SF writers. But it proves her identity too, moving her on, like the Forged themselves, into a space of her own choosing." (Guardian)"...maintains throat-tightening suspense from its teasingly enigmatic introduction of its major characters to its painful conclusion that evil will succeed if well-meaning people try to achieve good at any cost... Shortlisted for the 2001 Arthur C. Clarke Award, this near-future SF thriller presents convincing characters caught in profound moral dilemmas brought home through exquisite attention to plot details and setting." (Publishers Weekly)"Rich and varied and at times exhilarating" (Daughters of Prometheus)

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Title: Johnny and the Bomb

Subtitle: Johnny Maxwell, Book 3

Author: Terry Pratchett

Narrator: Tony Robinson

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-16-07

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Johnny Maxwell and his friends have to do something when they find Mrs Tachyon, the local bag lady, semi-conscious in an alley...as long as it's not the kiss of life. But there's more to Mrs Tachyon than a squeaky trolley and a bunch of dubious black bags. Somehow she holds the key to different times, different ears: including the Blackbury Blitz in 1941. Suddenly, now isn't the safe place Johnny once thought it was as he finds himself caught up more and more with then.

© Terry and Lyn Pratchett; (P) RHCB Audio

Critic Reviews:

"Thrilling and impressively funny." (Mail on Sunday)

"Terry Pratchett's storytelling skills are exceptional....A brilliant story full of Pratchett's quirky and delightful humour." (The Bookseller)

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Title: Mistification

Author: Kaaron Warren

Narrator: Tom Lawrence

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-18-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Marvo is a stage magician. His magic is real. Marvo grows up without knowing his parents, without knowing his heritage, without knowing much about life. The magicians have always been with us, since the beginning of civilisation. They fill our heads with the mist, keeping us from witnessing the stark reality of existence. But are things so bad that Marvo will bring it down on all of us, forever?

Marvo begins to understand those around him, and his place in the world; he discovers that his remarkable powers can be put to good, or to evil. He only has to choose

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Title: Librarian

Subtitle: Lenna's Arc, Volume 1

Author: Brian Fence

Narrator: Anisha Dadia

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-14-14

Publisher: Moon Rabbit Publishing

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Lenna Faircloth thought she was content enough to be junior librarian at one of the grandest libraries on the Continent, so long as at the end of the day she can enjoy a glass (or two) of wine and some decent shut-eye. Reticent and unconcerned with trivial matters, Lenna is almost laughably nonplussed the day her childhood friend, Gilbert, appears at her door, asking her to help smuggle stolen goods across national borders.

Librarian is the first part of a young woman's long journey set in an alternate, sparsely-populated world. When unfortunate circumstances leave a bizarre, out-of-place artifact of immense power in the sole custody of Lenna, she is forced to question her own wants, the source of her withdrawal from others, and the curious nature of the Continent's magic - all the while being the target of numerous political factions longing to possess the strange item bound to her by a child's promise.

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Title: Ocean of Dust

Author: Graeme Ing

Narrator: Becky Doughty

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-30-14

Publisher: Graeme Ing

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Fourteen-year old Lissa is snatched from her home and finds herself a slave on a trading ship traveling on a waterless ocean of nothing but gray dust. A feisty, curious and intelligent girl, her desire to explore the ship earns her the hatred of the cruel first officer, Farq.

Fascinated by the ocean of dust, Lissa becomes embroiled in its mysteries, sensing things that the crew cannot, while cryptic whispers in her head are leading her toward a destiny linked to the dust itself. Only one man aboard can help her make sense of her new talent, but can she trust him? All is not as it seems, and she must unravel the clues before it's too late.

When a sinister plot casts her adrift on the barren ocean, her best friend is left in the hands of the treacherous crew. Everything hinges upon her courage, quick wits, and her ability to master her new talent.

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Title: The SnowRaven Chronicles: Thian Oil

Author: A J Spencer

Narrator: Matt Franklin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-11-14

Publisher: Joseph Buzzoni

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The Snowraven Chronicles: Thian Oil by AJ Spencer - the final installment in the Snowraven Chronicles series: The lady Snowraven, fallen out of favor with the duke's inner circle, returns to the simple life of a humble shepherdess... But to lead her flock through the very heart of the mighty Andereke mountains, she must either cross the fabled bridge of Nelchatta... and pay the troll's terrible price... or risk being trapped by the nightmarish Thian Oil pits... a dark and terrible fate from which few escape... The putrid sludge from centuries of nexil-orbs - haunted by the vile creatures transformed by its insidious evil. All while the Vosharians lay siege to the duke's greatest stronghold - the Snowraven embroiled in one final battle that will either spread the revolution of industry to every corner of the world... or destroy it forever...

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Title: Serpent's Keep

Author: David R. Beshears

Narrator: Michael T. Bradley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-27-14

Publisher: David R. Beshears

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

"I bequeath to my nephew, Jacob Quigley, all that I own, all that I dream, and all that I am, in the hope that my life's quest will become his quest." br>- Last Will & Testament of Tobias Quigley

Those few cryptic words send Jake into a world that couldn't possibly exist. Traveling the Gateways, he will befriend the eternal Guardians and stand against an ancient enemy.

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Title: The Movement: A Children's Story for Grown-Ups

Author: Dave Burns

Narrator: Alan Caudle

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-22-14

Publisher: Dave Burns

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

We were made... then we were left. - The Other

The Movement: A Children's Story for Grown-Ups is the tale of a little clockwork man and his search for the Maker and the cruel joke. Told by the narrator in a "sitting around the fireplace enjoying a warm cup of cocoa" sort of way, the listener embarks on a journey through a wondrous land inhabited by wondrous creatures. Yet, the listener soon discovers that the wonder of these creatures is blanketed in a thick comforter of despair brought on by the cruelty of the joke.

Curl up in a comfy chair, dear listener - cocoa and cookies at the ready - and embark on this whimsical tale of discovery. And - if I may dare to speak - who knows what you may discover....

For the child in all of us.

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