James Maxey has 8 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 10 narrators, with an average listener rating of 3.8★ across 12 ratings. The most-rated is Dragonforge.
Dragonforge
Summary
Following the events of the novel Bitterwood, a new and untested dragon-king now rules the land. The firebrand prophet, Ragnar, has raised an army of men to overthrow the dragons, and their first target is the town of Dragon Forge, home to the foundries that supply weapons and armor for the king's soldiers. Against this back-drop of war, the legendary dragon-slayer, Bant Bitterwood, finds himself in an uneasy alliance with a sun-dragon named Hex as they race to halt the genocidal schemes of the most dangerous creature alive: Blasphet, the Murder God.
©2008 James Maxey (P)2018 James Maxey
Burn Baby Burn
Summary
Sundancer is a militant radical who channels the heat and light of the sun, capable of melting steel and vaporizing anyone who stands in her way. Pit Geek is seemingly immortal, able to survive any injury, but haunted by fragmented memories. Together, these supervillains launch a crime spree bold enough to threaten the world’s economy. To stop them, the government authorizes a new band of superheroes known as the Covenant to hunt down the menaces. Sundancer and Pit must learn to rely on one another as never before if they’re to escape the heroes that hound them. When they finally run out of places to hide, can mankind survive the conflagration when Sundancer unleashes the full force of her solar powers?
©2011 James Maxey (P)2019 James Maxey
Dragonseed
Summary
The sequel to the hugely successful Bitterwood. A unique setting, a blend of Anne McCafrey and Gene Wolfe. A rich fantasy to appeal directly to all fans of dragon books, including Pern and Dragonlance. After the death of King Albekizan, Shandrazel and his allies struggle to keep the kingdom intact as the radical human prophet Ragnar gathers forces to launch a full-scale rebellion against the dragons. When all-out war erupts, legendary dragon hunter Bitterwood must face his own personal demons and choose where his loyalty really lies.
©2009 James Maxey (P)2019 James Maxey
Nobody Gets the Girl
Summary
Richard Rogers was an ordinary man until he met the supergenius Dr. Nicolas Knowbokov. Now, trapped in a world that has no memory of him, Richard is an invisible, intangible ghost to everyone but Dr. Know and the scientist’s two sexy superheroine daughters, Rail Blade and the Thrill. Assigned the code name Nobody, Richard becomes the world’s ultimate spy, invisibly battling the superpowered terrorist army run by the mysterious mastermind Rex Monday. The fate of the free world is at stake as the superhuman battles escalate, wiping entire cities from the map, threatening the survival of all mankind. Who can save us from the looming apocalypse? Nobody! Nobody Gets the Girl is a stand-alone novel that leads into further adventures! Check out Burn Baby Burn: A Supervillain Novel as Sundancer and Pit Geek go on a crime spree! Then, the action continues in Covenant as a team of superheroes struggling with dark pasts unite to face the threat of the mysterious terrorists known as the dervishes. "Nobody Gets the Girl soars from the heart to the skies, from deeply personal to super-sized epic." (Jim Shooter)
©2003 James Maxey (P)2018 James Maxey
Covenant: A Superteam Novel
Summary
In a world of killer robots and superpower madmen, there's nothing more dangerous to a superhero than her own secrets. Sarah Buchanan lives a quiet, small town life, hiding one dangerous secret. She's the world-famous superhero known as Skyrider, leader of the government-sanctioned super team, the Covenant. Not even her husband knows about her dual life. When a legion of superpower dervishes declare war on America, the Covenant must work around the clock to track down the mastermind behind them. With Sarah spending less and less time and home and her excuses running thin on why she keeps showing up covered with bruises, the strain on her marriage reaches a breaking point. She wants nothing more than to quit being Skyrider and return to ordinary life, but when ghosts from her past threaten the world, she faces the ultimate test: Can she save the world and still save her marriage? Covenant: five heroes united to serve mankind. Skyrider: the champion of the skies. Chimpion: a cybernetically enhanced chimpanzee and master of martial arts. Servant: the invulnerable strongman. App: the world's first open-source superhero, able to download an array of body hacks. Steam-Dragon: the mechanical marvel with razor-sharp claws.
©2017 James Maxey (P)2019 James Maxey
Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show
Summary
Best-selling writer Orson Scott Card founded the online magazine Intergalactic Medicine Show in 2006. It has been a big success, drawing submissions from well-known science-fiction and fantasy writers, as well as fostering some amazing new talents. This collection contains some of the best of those stories. There is fiction from David Farber, Tim Pratt, and David Lubar among others, also four new Ender's Game universe stories by Card himself. This collection is sure to appeal to Card's fans and be a great ambassador to them for these other talented writers.
©2008 Orson Scott Card (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
There Is No Wheel
Summary
There's a shark in the kitchen. A biology teacher dumps a dead angel onto his grandmother's dining room table. A billion bees swarm the Empire State Building. In an empty attic, a teapot filled with lizards reaches a boil. Everything is understood when a small-town sheriff bites into an eyeball. These are the scenes that draw you into the world of James Maxey. Good luck on finding your way back out. James Maxey's award winning short fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show, and more than a dozen other magazines and anthologies. There Is No Wheel collects his 10 most critically acclaimed tales. "To the East, a Bright Star": A former circus aerialist rescues a trapped girl as the ultimate natural disaster draws nearer. "Silent as Dust": a tale of Seven Chimneys, a haunted house with one ghost too many. "Final Flight of the Blue Bee": The Blue Bee’s former sidekick, Stinger, is released from prison after 40 years. Can a venom gun, an army of bees, and a hostage deliver him the justice he deserves? "Empire of Dreams and Miracles": In Atlantis, no one need ever fear poverty, disease, or death. But what is left of humanity once all the great struggles are won? "Return to Sender": Crystal Lance is a half-breed angel assigned to root out a demonic cult in a small college town. The monks who’ve raised her have trained her in martial arts and taught her the true names of the 7,777 heavenly powers. But before Crystal can complete her holy mission, she must survive the temptations of coffee, pizza, her first kiss, and Elvis. "Pentacle on His Forehead, Lizard on His Breath": A junkie uses drugs and magic to search for his dead father, leading his girlfriend to hide all the knives. "To Know All Things That Are in the Earth": In the aftermath of the Rapture, a scientist attempts to understand the mind of God through the autopsy of an angel. "Echo of the Eye": In a town of famous for its barbeque, the butcher is a vegetarian. Mostly. "Where Their Worm Dieth Not": Atomahawk! She-Devil! Retaliator! The most powerful members of the Law Legion must unite to thwart the villainous scheme of the Prime Mover, until Retaliator discovers that they may be in the grip of an even more insidious evil. "Perhaps the Snail": A young woman is invited back to the trailer of her pop-star idol for a sex act involving a silver tray, a wine bottle, a pistol, a tropical snail, and sudden mystic glimpse of the entirety of creation. Edmund Schubert, editor of Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show, writes in the introduction: “One thing about James: he pushes boundaries, and he pushes them hard.... James’ stories require a strong mind and strong stomach. They’re freaky weird and hauntingly honest at the same time.”
©2011 James Maxey (P)2021 James Maxey
Bitterwood
Summary
An epic war between dragons and mankind! Dragons rule the world, united under their powerful dragon-king. Humans struggle to survive as slaves, pets, and prey. One man, the mysterious Bitterwood, strikes at dragons from the shadows, fighting a long, lonely war of resistance. When Bitterwood is blamed for the death of the dragon-king's son, the dragons launch a full scale campaign to rid the world of the legendary dragon-slayer - even if they must kill all of mankind to do so.
©2013 James Maxey (P)2020 James Maxey