Kristin Ward has 3 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 2 narrators. The most-rated is Burden of Truth.
After the Green Withered
Summary
A 2018 Best Indie Book Award winner in young adult fiction and a terrifying vision of a possible future. They tell me the country looked different back then. They talk of open borders and flowing rivers.They say the world was green. But drought swept across the globe, and the United States of the past disappeared under a burning sky. Enora Byrnes lives in the aftermath - a barren world where water has become the global currency. In a life dominated by duty to family and community, Enora is offered a role within an entity that controls everything, from water credits to borders. But it becomes clear that not all is as it seems. From the wasted confines of her small town to the bowels of a hidden city, Enora will uncover buried secrets that hide an unthinkable reality. As truth reveals the brutal face of what she has become, she must ask herself: How far will she go to retain her humanity? Praise for the book: “Water is the currency and key to survival; and the concept of water rationing gives this story a distinct originality.” (Author Lee Hall) “The story is engaging, well-written and flows beautifully.” (Author Joey Paul) “I love this book! If you enjoyed reading Divergent, The Testing, or Inside Out, then After the Green Withered is for you.” (Author Donna Elliott)
©2018 Kristin Ward (P)2020 Kristin Ward
Rise of Gaia
Summary
Beneath rock and soil, trees and oceans, she lies. Under concrete jungles and poisoned rivers, she slumbers. She is Mother Earth. And mankind has turned its back on its mother. The visions begin on Terran’s seventeenth birthday. Horrifying images pummel her brain, while a voice commands her to see beyond the world she thought she knew and into the heart of it. Gaia has awakened, brought to consciousness by the greed of a species that has tainted every aspect of her being in a tide of indifference. With this awareness, comes rage. Gaia calls upon her children to unleash her fury, wreaking vengeance on humanity. Terran will emerge in a world on the brink of collapse to face a being whose wrath is beyond imagining.
©2018 Kristin Ward (P)2020 Kristin Ward
Burden of Truth
Summary
Sequel to the 2018 Best Indie Book Award winner in young adult fiction and a terrifying vision of a possible future. I thought I understood the truth. I thought I knew the whole story. But no one really did. In a country defined by scarcity and control, Enora Byrnes leaves the watchful eyes and secret agendas of the powerful and enters a society living on the fringes. Life beneath the surface brings her face-to-face with a world struggling to survive. Armed with knowledge and honed into a weapon for the resistance, she fights alongside those whom society deems rebels and uses her skills to steal a secret kept hidden from humanity. Enora becomes what she has hunted: a traitor. As Enora embarks on a fateful quest, will she find the one thing that could give her world hope or a truth that is far worse than she ever imagined? Praise for the book: “It's a heartbreaking tale that gives drops of hope before they are almost pulled away. An amazing story with a cautionary ending.” (Joey Paul, author) “Well-planned and researched, Burden of Truth, is the sequel to an eye-opening story of a dystopian future on earth, when water and food are scarce, and a battle to create an evolved life form occurs. The book is captivating, and I stayed up late reading the final chapters. I really like the writing and character development, and my heart ached for Ander. The ending is thought-provoking and suggests a completely conceivable outcome. Given Enora’s choices, I wonder what I would do.” (Donna Elliott, author)
©2018 Kristin Ward (P)2020 Kristin Ward