Bill Kirton has 2 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 2 narrators. The most-rated is The Sparrow Conundrum.
Alternative Dimension
Summary
Joe Lorimer is a genius. His finest achievement is the online role-playing game Alternative Dimension, but he sees it as more than a plaything. He is fascinated by the freedoms offered by living in a virtual world, and the more sophisticated he makes his creation the more superior it seems to the alienating, faceless, ugly realities of daily life. Insinuated virtually into his creation, he exposes many of the psychological secrets of the folks behind the avatars. There are lovers, killers, crazies, animals, elves, vampires, even Health and Safety inspectors. Their stories are mostly wry observations on the lives we all live and the real societies they live in. Joe's fascinating attempts to bring the real and virtual together, to fuse the person and the avatar, lead eventually to an outcome which seems a far from ideal solution. Depending on your perspective, the ending is either a triumph or a tragedy. In a virtual reality it's easy to hook up, foster rage, and be the instigator of influence.
©2014 Bill Kirton (P)2015 Thorstruck Press
The Sparrow Conundrum
Summary
Chris Machin may think he's just a teacher, but the bottom feeders in Aberdeen squabbling over North Sea oil and gas contracts prefer to use his code-name - Sparrow. When his garden explodes he takes flight, unleashing various forms of Scottish mayhem. More complications are added by his ex girlfriend and a sociopathic policeman whose hobbies are violence, making arrests and, best of all, combining the two. Several murders later, two wrestlers, a road trip to Inverness, a fishing trawler, a Russian factory ship, and some fragments of a postman complete the enigma of... ... The Sparrow Conundrum. Winner of the Readers' Choice Award for Humor and Satire at Big Al's Books and Pals 2012. Also winner of the Humor category in the 2011 Forward National Literature Awards.
©2015 Bill Kirton (P)2015 Thorstruck Press