Rain Magic by Erle Stanley Gardner audiobook.

Genre: adventure

In Rain Magic, Erle Stanley Gardner (best known for Perry Mason) turns to fast-moving pulp adventure with a strange, half-believed tale that begins in the California desert. A drifter is found exhausted and nearly dead, and when he revives he insists he has just returned from tropical Africa - carrying a story so vivid and bizarre that listeners are left wondering how much is truth, how much is invention, and why it still terrifies him. His account plunges into shipwreck and survival, where hostile terrain is matched by human danger: wary villagers, rival groups at the edge of conflict, and ruthless opportunists who will kill for a rumor. Somewhere beyond the next stretch of jungle lies a secret worth risking everything for - a hidden gold ledge guarded by traps, superstition, and a kind of natural menace that feels almost intelligent. As the narrator pushes deeper into unfamiliar country, he must decide whom to trust, how far to bargain with local power, and whether any treasure is worth the price of getting out alive. Rain Magic blends lost-world peril, greed, and uncanny atmosphere into a breathless expedition story.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:09:05) Chapter 02

(00:21:17) Chapter 03

(00:38:50) Chapter 04

(00:55:25) Chapter 05

(01:06:55) Chapter 06

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