S. M. Stirling has 35 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 26 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.7★ across 145 ratings. The most-rated is Dies the Fire.
The City Who Fought
Summary
Simeon is bored, even with his latest war game. When he hears of the arrival of an out-of-control refugee ship, he welcomes the excitement. But the refugees' story is horrifying: they were attacked by space barbarians. If anyone is to survive another attack, Simeon must turn his war game hobby into the real thing! This tale is narrated by television and stage actress Constance Towers (Capitol).
©1993 by Bill Fawcett and Associates, Abridgment Approved by the Authors (P)1994 by Dove Audio, Inc.
The Sky People
Summary
Marc Vitrac was born in Louisiana in the early 1960's, about the time the first interplanetary probes delivered the news that Mars and Venus were teeming with life: even human life. At that point, the "Space Race" became the central preoccupation of the great powers of the world. Now, in 1988, Marc has been assigned to Jamestown, the US-Commonwealth base on Venus, near the great Venusian city of Kartahown. Set in a countryside swarming with sabertooths and dinosaurs, Jamestown is home to a small band of American and allied scientist-adventurers. But there are flies in this ointment - and not only the Venusian dragonflies, with their yard-wide wings. The biologists studying Venus' life are puzzled by the way it not only resembles that on Earth, but is virtually identical to it. The EastBloc has its own base at Cosmograd, in the highlands to the south, and relations are frosty. And attractive young geologist Cynthia Whitlock seems impervious to Marc's Cajun charm. Meanwhile, at the western end of the continent, Teesa of the Cloud Mountain People leads her tribe in a conflict with the Neanderthal-like beastmen who have seized her folk's sacred caves. Then an EastBloc shuttle crashes nearby, and the beastmen acquire new knowledge...and AK47's. Jamestown sends its long-range blimp to rescue the downed EastBloc cosmonauts, little suspecting that the answer to the jungle planet's mysteries may lie there, among tribal conflicts and traces of a power that makes Earth's vaunted science seem as primitive as the tribesfolk's blowguns. As if that weren't enough, there's an enemy agent on board the airship. Extravagant and effervescent, The Sky People is alternate-history SF adventure at its best.
©2006 S.M. Stirling (P)2006 Tantor Media Inc.
The Desert and the Blade
Summary
Reiko, empress of Japan, has allied herself with Princess Órlaith, heir to the High Kingdom of Montival, to find the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, the Grass-Cutting Sword, a legendary treasure of an ancient dynasty that confers valor and victory to its bearer. Órlaith understands all too well the power it signifies. Her own inherited blade, the Sword of the Lady, was both a burden and a danger to her father, Rudi Mackenzie, as it failed to save the king from being assassinated. But the fabled sword lies deep with the Valley of Death, and the search will be far from easy. And war is building in Montival and far beyond. As Órlaith and Reiko encounter danger and wonder, Órlaith's mother, Queen Matildha, believes her daughter's alliance and quest has endangered the entire realm. There are factions both within and without Montival whose loyalty died with the king, and whispers of treachery and war grow ever louder. And the Malevolence that underlies the enemy will bend all its forces to destroy them.
©2015 S. M. Stirling (P)2015 Recorded Books
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The Protector's War (3 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
Having escaped the clutches of the Lord Protector, Sir Nigel Loring, his son Alan and Little John Hordle have joined with the Mackenzie’s and the Bearkillers. Lady Juniper recounts the capture of one of the Lord Protector’s most precious treasurers, the Princess Mathilda Arminger. While Sir Nigel reveals that the Lord Protector has procured a deadly new weapon. Will Signe Havel ever forgive her husband for fathering Juniper Mackenzie’s son Rudi? Will Sir Nigel find a home in the Willamette Valley? And what will happen when the Norman Arminger attempts to reclaim the princess and wreck his revenge on the Mackenzies and the Bearkillers? Performed by Scott McCormick, Nora Achrati, Richard Rohan, Patrick Bussink, Eric Messner, Christopher Walker, Megan Poppy, Henry Kramer, Tia Shearer, Dani Stoller, Joe Mallon, Alejandro Ruiz, Laura C Harris, Jacob Yeh, Marni Penning, Evan Casey, Steve Wannall, Tony Nam, Bradley Smith, Tracy Olivera, Colleen Delany, Ken Jackson, Elizabeth Jernigan, Michael John Casey, Niusha Nawab, Lise Bruneau, Paul Reisman, James Lewis, Dylan Lynch, Matthew Bassett, Kimberly Gilbert, Nick DePinto, Siobhan Casey, Nathanial Perry, Yesenia Iglesias.
©2006 Stephen M. Stirling (P)2020 Graphic Audio, LLC
In the Courts of the Crimson Kings
Summary
In the parallel world first introduced in S. M. Stirling's The Sky People, aliens terraformed Mars (and Venus) 200 million years ago, seeding them with life-forms from Earth. Humans didn't suspect this until the 20th century, but when the first probes landed on our sister worlds and found life - intelligent life, at that - things changed with a vengeance. By the year 2000, America, Russia, and the other great powers of Earth were all contending for influence and power amid the newly discovered inhabitants of our sister planets. Venus is a primitive world. But on Mars, early hominids evolved civilization earlier than their earthly cousins, driven by the needs of a harsh world growing still harsher as the initial terraforming ran down. Without coal, oil, or uranium, their technology was forced onto different paths, and the genetic wizardry of the Crimson Dynasty united a world for more than 20,000 years. Now, in a new stand-alone adventure set in this world's AD 2000, Jeremy Wainman is an archaeologist who has achieved a lifelong dream: to travel to Mars and explore the dead cities of the Deep Beyond, searching for the secrets of the Kings Beneath the Mountain and the fallen empire they ruled. Teyud Zha-Zhalt is the Martian mercenary the Terrans hire as guide and captain of the landship Intrepid Traveller. A secret links her to the deadly intrigues of Dvor il-Adazar, the City That Is a Mountain, where the last aging descendant of the Tollamune Emperors clings to the remnants of his power...and secrets that may trace their origin to the enigmatic Ancients, the Lords of Creation who reshaped the Solar System in the time of the dinosaurs. When these three meet, the foundations of reality will be shaken - from the lost city of Rema-Dza to the courts of the Crimson Kings.
©2008 S. M. Stirling (P)2008 Tantor
The Steel
Summary
On a mission to reunite the planet Bellvue, Raj Whitehall and his men must conquer a group of barbarians or else his civilization could plunge into an era of darkness.
©1993 S.M. Stirling and David Drake (P)2019 Recorded Books
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Dies the Fire (3 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
S. M. Stirling presents his first Novel of the Change, the start of the New York Times best-selling post-apocalyptic saga set in a world where all technology has been rendered useless. The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered all electronic devices and fuels inoperable - and plunged the world into a dark age humanity was unprepared to face.... Michael Havel was flying over Idaho en route to the holiday home of his passengers when the plane’s engines inexplicably died, forcing a less than perfect landing in the wilderness. And as Michael leads his charges to safety, he begins to realize that the engine failure was not an isolated incident. Juniper Mackenzie was singing and playing guitar in a pub when her small Oregon town was thrust into darkness. Now, taking refuge in her family’s cabin with her daughter and a growing circle of friends, Juniper is determined to create a farming community to benefit the survivors of this crisis. But even as people band together to help one another, others are building armies for conquest.... Performed by Scott McCormick, Patrick Bussink, Nora Achrati, Laura C Harris, Marty Lodge, Bill Gillett, Dave Jourdan, James Lewis, Lawrence Redmond, Andy Brownstein, Terence Aselford, Tia Shearer, Chris Davenport, Scott Bruffey, Ken Jackson, Shayna Small, Andrew Quilpa, Eva Wilhelm, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Mort Shelby, Matthew McGee, Jacob Yeh, Steven Carpenter, Dani Stoller, Evan Casey, David Harris, Colleen Delany, Marni Penning, Nick DePinto, Kimberly Gilbert, Catherine Aselford, Karen Novack, Michael Glenn, Elizabeth Jernigan, Dylan Lynch, Richard Rohan.
©2004 Stephen M. Stirling (P)2020 Graphic Audio, LLC
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The Protector's War (2 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
The Lord Protector of Portland has continued to press his rule into every corner of the Willamette. Both Juniper and Havel know that war is coming, but their allies in the Free-state of Corvallis are less convinced. Sir Nigel continues his escape from mad King Charles with the aid of his new found Tasmanian allies, having to out race the legendary sailing ship the Cutty Sark and battle pirates off the coast of Africa. Mike and Signe go undercover as horse-traders to break up a band of raiders on their northern border. Meanwhile, the Mackenzie’s come into possession of a set of coded plans and maps, stolen from the desk of Baron Eddie Liu, himself. Will they be able to break the code in time to avert disaster? Performed by Scott McCormick, Nora Achrati, Patrick Bussink, Richard Rohan, Christopher Walker, Laura C Harris, Joe Mallon, Tia Shearer, James Lewis, Evan Casey, Niusha Nawab, Robbie Gay, Todd Scofield, Bradley Smith, Dani Stoller, Terence Aselford, Alejandro Ruiz, Carolyn Kashner, Henry Kramer, Andy Brownstein, Eva Wilhelm, Kimberly Gilbert, Andrew Quilpa, Chris Stinson, Christopher Scheeren, Jonathan Feuer, Yasmin Tuazon, Yesenia Iglesias, Nick DePinto, Karen Novack, Marni Penning, Elizabeth Jernigan, Lily Beacon, Scott Bruffey.
©2006 Stephen M. Stirling (P)2020 Graphic Audio, LLC
The Hammer
Summary
A monolithic computer is using General Raj Whitehall to reunite the planet and start humanity back on the road to technological achievement, but armies of musket- and saber-wielding barbarians stand in the way.
©1992 S.M. Stirling and David Drake (P)2019 Recorded Books
The Chosen
Summary
The hottest team in military SF is back in action - with Book I of a red-hot sequel to The General series! Planted by interstellar probes on hundreds of human-occupied worlds, the downloaded personalities of Raj Whitehall and the ancient battle computer known as Center work together for planetary unity. Their goal is to prepare those worlds for membership in the Second Federation of Man. But on one planet they do the opposite: on Visager they work to prevent unity. For on Visager a nation-state of vicious militarists is about to start the final war to unite their world - once that is accomplished and their technology has matured they will turn outward, bringing their fatal racist infection to the stars. John Hosten is the son of a high general of the Chosen. Jeffrey Fair is the son of an admiral of the only nation on Visager that might be capable of halting the onslaught. Through a strange twist of fate they have become as brothers united in their hatred of all that the Chosen hope to do. Only they - with the aid of the disembodied voices of their mentors from the stars - stand between eternal tyranny for their world and eternal war for the galaxy.
©2012 S. M. Stirling (P)2020 Recorded Books, Inc.
Marching Through Georgia
Summary
The first novel of the rise and fall of the Drakan Empire, an alternative history saga. In Marching Through Georgia, the Draka begin their conquest of the globe as they fight and best that more obvious horror, the Nazis.
©1988 S. M. Stirling (P)2020 Recorded Books
The Sword
Summary
For five years Raj Whitehall has led his men across the face of the planet Bellevue. With saber and bayonet he has conquered one barbarian nation after another. Now his greatest enemy is his own overlord, Barholm Clerett, who’s so paranoid of Raj’s victories that he is reduced to only one thought: Raj Whitehall must die.
©1995 S.M. Stirling and David Drake (P)2020 Recorded Books
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Dies the Fire (2 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
S. M. Stirling presents his first Novel of the Change, the start of the New York Times best-selling post-apocalyptic saga set in a world where all technology has been rendered useless. The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered all electronic devices and fuels inoperable - and plunged the world into a dark age humanity was unprepared to face.... Michael Havel was flying over Idaho en route to the holiday home of his passengers when the plane’s engines inexplicably died, forcing a less than perfect landing in the wilderness. And as Michael leads his charges to safety, he begins to realize that the engine failure was not an isolated incident. Juniper Mackenzie was singing and playing guitar in a pub when her small Oregon town was thrust into darkness. Now, taking refuge in her family’s cabin with her daughter and a growing circle of friends, Juniper is determined to create a farming community to benefit the survivors of this crisis. But even as people band together to help one another, others are building armies for conquest.... Performed by Scott McCormick, Nora Achrati, Patrick Bussink, Laura C Harris, Eva Wilhelm, Andrew Quilpa, Shayna Small, Terence Aselford, Jacob Yeh, Scott Bruffey, James Lewis, Marty Lodge, Eric Messner, Michael Glenn, Dani Stoller, Matthew Pauli, Tim Carlin, Elizabeth Jernigan, Bradley Smith, Tuyet Thi Pham, Dawn Ursula, Karen Novack, Paul Reisman, Steven Carpenter, Ken Jackson, Marni Penning, Michael John Casey, Tia Shearer, Richard Rohan, Dylan Lynch, David Zitney, David Fernandez, Colleen Delany.
©2004 Stephen M. Stirling (P)2020 Graphic Audio, LLC
The Forge
Summary
On a planet that was once part of a vast interstellar civilization, humans survive on the edge of barbarism amid the ruins of the once-great empire.
©1991 S.M. Stirling & David Drake (P)2019 Recorded Books
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The Protector's War (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
It’s been eight years since the Change rendered technology inoperable across the globe. Rising from the ashes of the computer and industrial ages is a brave new world. Survivors have banded together in tribal communities, committed to rebuilding society. In Oregon’s Willamette Valley, former pilot Michael Havel’s Bearkillers are warriors of renown. Their closest ally, the mystical Clan Mackenzie, is led by Wiccan folksinger Juniper Mackenzie. Their leadership has saved countless lives. But not every leader has altruistic aspirations. Norman Arminger, medieval scholar, rules the Protectorate. He has enslaved civilians, built an army, and spread his forces from Portland through most of western Washington State. Now he wants the Willamette Valley farmland, and he’s willing to wage war to conquer it. And unknown to both factions is the imminent arrival of a ship from Tasmania bearing British soldiers.... Performed by Scott McCormick, Richard Rohan, Patrick Bussink, Christopher Walker, Nora Achrati, Marty Lodge, Henry Kramer, Tia Shearer, Yasmin Tuazon, Dani Stoller, Laura C Harris, Alejandro Ruiz, Michael Glenn, Terence Aselford, Chris Davenport, Duyen Washington, Jacob Yeh, Nanette Savard, Nick DePinto, Frank Britton, Kimberly Gilbert, Ryan Carlo Dalusung, Scott Bruffey, Andrew Quilpa, Michael John Casey, Joe Mallon, Andy Clemence, Bradley Smith, Carolyn Kashner, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Mort Shelby, James Lewis, Marni Penning, Ren Casey, Ken Jackson.
©2006 Stephen M. Stirling (P)2020 Graphic Audio, LLC