Matt Ward has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators. The most-rated is Death Donor.
Cynetic Wolf
Summary
It's 2096, 60 years after 90 percent died from a man-made Bioplague. Humanity has splintered into four unequal subspecies: Immortals, cyborgs, enhancers, and subservient half-human, half-animal hybrids. The world is anything but equal. Hybrids everywhere are suffering, but 16year-old Raek Mekorian, a wolfish with a nose for trouble, doesn’t see an alternative. Except the Resistance, who don’t stand a chance against the world government. His mom always said, “Keep your head down”. And he does, until his sister is murdered by a pair of cyborgs. Overnight, his simple life is shattered, fracturing the rigid governmental caste as he is thrust into the dangerous world of superhuman hit squads, Resistance uprisings, and secrets better left unsaid. With only built-in blasters and the advice of a mysterious professor, Raek must navigate crushing betrayal, self-doubt, and a limitless enemy whose evil knows no bounds. The fate of mankind may rest in his hands. Cynetic Wolf is best-selling author Matt Ward's YA dystopian sci-fi debut and features bloody immortality, post-apocalyptic progress, and gene editing that splinters the very fabric of society. If you like dark technothrillers, fast-paced adventure, and surprising sci-fi, are a fan of Divergent, Red Rising, or the Hunger Games, or love dystopia classics like the Handmaid’s Tale, Brave New World, and Ender’s Game, you’ll love this speculative fiction thriller.
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Neanderthal King
Summary
Imagine Game of Thrones, but with Neanderthals, too! It’s 1107, and the once-great Neanderthal empire is no more, laid waste by the dark Sapien King Isaac, the same bastard who slaughtered the Thal queen’s young heirs. A brutal reversal of medieval power forged in blood and fueled by Sap ingenuity. But one babe escaped the mad king’s wrath. Raised the son of a simple Thal herder, Maralek’s a rough lad with the ferocious pride and temper of his ruined people, a scorn for rules and rulers, and less than a little creativity in his thick skull. In a word, your average Neanderthal. And life’s livable, until King Isaac resumes his bloodthirsty crusade, and Maralek’s forced into slaving shackles. Then, a rowdy caravan, a mysterious gypsy, a whispered prophecy.... A whirlwind of devastation and war as his master is murdered, his fate unwoven, and his world ripped asunder in an epic battle to end all. Neanderthal King is a historic epic YA fantasy by renowned science-fiction and fantasy author Matt Ward that features savage twists and darker secrets, raging kings and enslaved heirs, and an audaciously ambitious coming of age quest set in an alternative medieval Europe. If you love Brandon Sanderson, Ursula le Guin, or Robin Hobb, or explosive high and low fantasy classics like Lord of the Rings, the Kingkiller Chronicles, and the Earthsea Cycle, you’ll love this heroic historical tale. Buy Neanderthal King today for a bold new take on a daring teen hero’s fantastic adventure...right up to its shocking conclusion.
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Gods of the Valley
Summary
In this eye-opening audiobook, accomplished entrepreneur, angel investor, and thought leader Matt Ward tears the tech companies a new one, dissecting the super-corporations of Silicon Valley to reveal the winners and losers and where the industry is headed.
Today’s tech monopolies are unlike anything the world has ever seen. With hundreds of billions in revenue, user bases in the billions, and aggressive CEOs willing to make big bets to remain in power (and kill startups), we are entering a new era of innovation. Yet while Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple control ever-increasing pieces of the economic pie, the world is not standing still.
Each of these empires is facing existential threats in the coming years. Who wins? Who loses? Where is the world headed?
Gods of the Valley downs the businesses and big problems with GAFA, examining upcoming market trends and potential disruptions that impact today’s tech giants and rating the businesses accordingly.
Up close and personal with GAFA
Who should Apple acquire?
Does voice computing kill Google’s search business?
Is Facebook the future of finance?
Will Amazon kill the economy?
These are the kinds of questions investors, economists, and entrepreneurs ponder. Here is the best-researched audiobook to date on the future, what it holds, where opportunities lie, and which companies will win it all.
From cryptocurrency to ecommerce, ridesharing, venture capital, and voice computing to social media and streaming video, let’s look at how the Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple build infinitely more defensible business models even Trump can’t touch.
Spoiler alert: The bigger they are, the harder they fall - and one of these four is headed for a crash; you will never guess who.
This audiobook is either: an early postmortem or the perfect product road map for Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple (and any startups looking to attack them); only time will tell.
©2018 Matt Ward (P)2018 Matt Ward
Death Donor
Summary
Would you sell your life to save another? Special forces vet, Samantha Jones, is a lowly bodyguard for Ethan Anderson, the biotech billionaire who revolutionized life extension. But at least she’s got a job, unlike most, and won’t have to sell her organs to support her family. Sure, they’re poor, but she’s got death insurance and a roof over her head. Life is livable... But then Sam’s daughter is kidnapped and sold for parts. Overnight, her life (and belief in the system) shatters. When the rich bastards get off scot-free, Sam’s weak husband commits suicide, and the ex-assassin snaps. Someone is going to pay. The question: how to kill the heartless elites that use the poor like livestock and whose security rivals the president? And then there’s the senator fighting to abolish life extension, the trillion-dollar corporate standoff, and bloody protests in the streets as conditions deteriorate. Things are about to get ugly. Death Donor is a speculative fiction technothriller by renowned futurist and best selling sci-fi author, Matt Ward, that features espionage, political drama, and fast-paced adventure in the dark dystopian world of synthetic biology. If you like Michael Crichton, Daniel Suarez, or Neal Stephenson, or loved dystopian classics: the Handmaid’s Tale, Brave New World, and Ready Player One, you’ll love this page-turning science fiction thriller. Grab Death Donor today if a fast-paced genetic technothriller filled with political espionage, bloody twists, and explosive turns sounds right up your alley! Praise for Death Donor: "a fast-paced revenge / payback story with a kick-A** female lead!"--She Just Loves Books “Politically intense, fast paced, and raw, Death Donor spares no grit, guts, or tools of fate.” --EL Strife, author of Stellar Fusion Buy Death Donor today for an action-packed techno thriller… right up to its shocking conclusion.
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