The Science Fiction category has 10,601 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.6★ across 119,960 ratings. The most-rated is Ready Player One.
The Witness for the Dead
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Katherine Addison returns at last to the world of The Goblin Emperor with this stand-alone sequel. When the young half-goblin emperor, Maia, sought to learn who had killed his father and half-brothers, he turned to an obscure resident of his Court, a Prelate of Ulis and a Witness for the Dead. Thara Celehar found the truth, though it did him no good to discover it. Now Celehar lives in the city of Amalo, far from the Court though not exactly in exile. He has not escaped from politics, but his position gives him the ability to serve the common people of the city, which is his preference. He lives modestly, but his decency and fundamental honesty will not permit him to live quietly. A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books
©2021 Katherine Addison (P)2021 Macmillan Audio
Rhats!
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Kerry Nietz, the award-winning science fiction author of Amish Vampires in Space and A Star Curiously Singing brings you Rhats!. Beyond the boundaries of civilized space lies the region of the Muto Empire. Mutos are a mammalian race that resembles a cross between a human and a Terran rat. Though spread across thousands of worlds, mutos - or rhats, as they are sometimes called - trace their lineage to a single dark world that orbits a ruined.... Enough of that! My name is Frohic, and I'm a muto. I've never seen the home-world, and I couldn't care less about civilization, empires, or space. Especially space. All I want is to survive in a family that sometimes forgets I exist. My mother is always pregnant, my dozen siblings are swarming over every available surface, and my father makes plan after plan to send us all away. Sure, our hovel is crowded, the food is sparse, but at least it's home. Then everything goes tails up.
©2018 Kgruppe LLC (P)2019 Kgruppe LLC
War Dogs: No One Left Behind
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Jason and MMax found their way home and found Jason's parents alive and well. MMax and Jason were soon asked to go rescue his brother and sister. While Jason is busy trying to rescue his siblings, the evil one, Ray, rears his head and tries to wreak havoc. Can MMax protect Jason during his quest or will both perish? MMax is one smart dog with military training to succeed. Along the way to save his sister, Jason saves Kat from a horrible fate. She is the most stubborn, hardheaded, nice, and lovely woman he has ever met. The pint-size woman stubbornly refuses to let the evil people of the world defeat her. Can Jason and MMax find and save Jason's loved ones and uphold No One Left Behind, or will they be killed along the way?
©2019 Anthony J. Newman (P)2020 Tantor
Safe Haven - Ice: Book 4 of the Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Horror Series
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From the multi-award-winning author Christopher Artinian comes the fourth book of the post-apocalyptic zombie series people are calling "gripping", "fast paced and full of action", "very realistic", "captivating", "inventive", and "emotional". They thought their biggest battle had been fought - but the war had not even begun. Months after the defeat of a vicious army that threatened their very existence, a new enemy has come to town. For Mike and his family, it’s a race against time. With death lurking around every corner, their only hope is to enter a zombie infested city to find the one thing that might save them. They have fought for all they have, but is this one battle too many? Can they fight their fate one more time? Can they bring back hope for their people? Can they halt the fall of Safe Haven? This will be their longest day; will it be their last? The countdown has begun....
©2018 Christopher Artinian (P)2019 Christopher Artinian
Orphan Wars
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What would you do if you woke up in another world? When leading archeologist Dr. Hank Murphy discovers an alien artifact on the Moon, corporate interests are quick to get involved. A discovery like this could change everything, but more importantly, someone stands to make a fortune. But Murphy just wants to understand what this thing is and how it works. After months of research, he finally manages to locate the power source. The gate is soon activated...and Murphy is pulled through. Moments later, he finds himself in a war-torn corner of the galaxy where strangers like him are called Orphans...and they are considered extremely dangerous. Somehow altered by the experience, the archeologist now has enhanced strength, speed, and agility. He is more than human. He is an Orphan. And he must survive a deadly new reality unlike anything he can imagine. Worse still, Murphy is not the only so-called Orphan in this region of the galaxy. There are many others. And not all of them are created equal.
©2021 Variant Publications (P)2021 Podium Audio
Dystopian Science Fiction Classics Collection: Brave New World, 1984, & Animal Farm
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Dystopian literature is a genre of fictional writing used to explore social and political structures in a nightmarish world. The term dystopia refers to a society characterized by misery, squalor, or oppression, and the theme is most commonly used in science-fiction and speculative-fiction genres. Dystopian Science Fiction Classics Collection: Book one: Brave New World. Set in 2540 CE, Brave New World is a dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley that was published in 1932. The novel takes place in a futuristic society called The World State, where life revolves around science and efficiency. Emotions and individuality are conditioned out of children, and citizens are socially engineered into an intelligence-based hierarchy. People are kept in a passive state through their consumption of a soothing drug called soma, and trouble-makers are exiled to various islands. The characters include Bernard Marx, a sleep-learning specialist, Helmholtz Watson, a lecturer, Lenina Crowne, a fetus technician, and John, also known as “Mr. Savage”. Brave New World was ranked at number five on the Modern Library’s 1999 list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Book two: 1984 is a novel by the British author George Orwell. Considered a classic of dystopian fiction, the book has contributed many terms to common usage, including "Big Brother", "doublethink", "newspeak", and "thoughtcrime", while the adjective "Orwellian" in the context of government deception, surveillance, and misleading terminology has entered the English language. The narrative unfolds in an imagined future when most of the world has fallen prey to omnipresent government surveillance, propaganda, and endless war. Great Britain has become a province of the super state Oceania, which is ruled by the Party, whose leader is called Big Brother. The Party employs the Thought Police to persecute individuality and independent thinking. Winston Smith, the protagonist, is an ordinary worker who secretly despises the Party and dreams of rebellion. Time Magazine included the novel on its 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005, and it is placed at number 13 on the editor’s list and at number six on the reader’s list of Modern Library's 100 Best Novels. Book three: Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in the UK in 1945. It is the tale of farm animals that rebel against the farmer, intending to establish a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. With stirring slogans, they set out to create utopia. However, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state worse than it was before under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon. This is the setting for one of the most revealing satiric fables of all time - an acerbic tale for adults that records the process from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism which is even worse. When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was its target. Today it is quite clear that wherever and whenever freedom is suppressed, the message of George Orwell’s masterpiece is still relevant. Time Magazine chose the book as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. It also features at number 31 on the Modern Library List of Best 20th-Century Novels.
Public Domain (P)2020 Museum Audiobooks
New
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An exciting, joyous story of what happens when a new creature with a new mind, but as intelligent as us, comes into the world. Found in a dying jungle, six strange babies are spirited off to the United States where a fantastic discovery is made. Like us, they are hominids. They don't share our DNA but they're highly intelligent. So they're animals -less than slaves, but as smart as us. This makes them incredibly valuable and the company that discovered them sees a fortune in the making by selling their offspring. But not if primate expert Beth Cooke, brought in to get them to breed, and her Army Ranger husband Charlie have anything to say about it. Will these brilliant captives get their chance to discover themselves, to look up at the stars, to be free...or will they become an animal commodity, bought and sold like cattle? Get this extraordinary novel today and find out!
©2018 Walker and Collier, Inc (P)2020 Walker and Collier, Inc.
Return to the Center of the Earth
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Mike Monroe and Jane Baxter barely survived their terrifying journey to the centre of the Earth. But a burning curiosity still tormented them about the origins of the pale creatures in the stygian darkness of the caves, and why were their dreams also haunted by something huge and monstrous that seemed as old as time itself? Now, news of a Russian military expedition has forced their hands and also meant they must go back to a place they swore they’d never return. But this time they’re going with a team of highly skilled mercenaries and scientists to help them track the Russians and also help unlock the secrets hidden at the centre of the planet. But what they find is something that evolution created in an environment vastly different to that of the benign world of the surface. And something that waits eagerly for their return.
©2020 Greig Beck (P)2021 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Scorpion Swarm
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When a terrorist organization take control of an island research facility, Rob Cashen and his band of mercenaries are recruited to eliminate the terrorists and rescue the hostages. Upon arrival, they realize something has gone horribly wrong. Terrorist outposts are in ruins, guns and equipment are left abandoned, but no bodies can be found. In the ensuing investigation, Rob discovers the horrific consequences of genetic tampering. Hordes of giant scorpions have taken over the island. Their hunger is insatiable, their numbers are increasing, and their food supply is dwindling. Armed with razor-sharp claws and javelin-like stingers, they mercilessly slaughter anything in their path. Now the team must fight for survival as the horde of scorpions pursue them through the jungle.
©2019 Michael Cole (P)2020 Tantor
Destination of the Colony Ship
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Expanded and enhanced, as of June 29, 2017
In book 10, the final book of the Colony Ship Eschaton series, the adventurers and crew and AIs look to incorporate a modified version of faster-than-light travel. Will it work? Will an old enemy try to stop them? Will they make it to the destination of the colony ship?
©2013 Automacube Enterprises (P)2019 Automacube Enterprises
Enter Into Valhalla
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Bethany Anne has hidden for years now - but her patience has disappeared.... She needs to help her new allies on their planet, but the Ooken have other ideas. As Bethany Anne has grown in power, someone on the Kurtherian side has taken control. Will Bethany Anne and her team be able to handle the deviousness this Kurtherian can bring? Lance Reynolds must try to keep the Leath from going into a no-go zone. Unfortunately, while the Leath are excellent fighters, the Ooken are superior. Will the Leath be able to retrieve their people in time? Will Lance and the Federation leadership allow the Leath to fend for themselves if they break the rules? Bethany Anne is tired of hiding. Will the Federation dissolve if they figure out the Empress is not that far away? Download Enter Into Valhalla right now. Go ahead, there isn't a Kurtherian waiting to bite you. At least, I don't think so.
©2019 Michael Anderle (P)2019 LMBPN Publishing
Black Cutlass
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He thought the bloodshed was over. The true terror is just beginning... Captain Liam Hoffen has no time to relax after defeating the Mendari. Hastily organizing an expedition to their home world, he brings his beleaguered crew across the stars to install the new leadership. But as soon as he arrives, a massive prototype warship slices into their path and threatens the entire mission. After a daring confrontation, Hoffen pushes through to the planet. But once there, he discovers a terrifying weapon of mass destruction was launched at the end of the war. And the Mendari people are mind-controlled from revealing any secrets...including its deadly course. Can Hoffen break through the horrific mental manipulation and stop an apocalyptic attack? Black Cutlass is the 19th standalone novel in the galaxy-spanning Privateer Tales military science fiction series. If you like desperate heroes, fast-paced action, and explosive battles, then you’ll love Jamie McFarlane’s thrilling space opera. Buy Black Cutlass to voyage into danger today!
©2020 Fickle Dragon Publishing LLC (P)2020 Fickle Dragon Publishing LLC
Iron Pirate
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The sea might be his mistress, but Shereen is the queen of his heart. Known as the Iron Pirate, Darius has been sailing the treacherous seas for a decade now. It might be time to settle down before the monsters he's been fending off finally get their tentacles on him. But any plans for a quiet retirement walk the plank when he discovers Princess Shereen has stowed away aboard his ship. A pretty princess with a price on her head. A woman who has only one dangerous choice if she wants to be free. If Shereen can prove she inherited her father's power, she might just survive. Problem is, what's a pirate to do when she asks him to be her king? Contains mature themes.
©2019, 2020 Eve Langlais (P)2021 Tantor
Escape the Chaos (A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller)
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A deadly virus has ripped through the population. Society has collapsed. Matt, Jamie, and Judy are already hanging on by a thread. They've finally found shelter, but food, water, and security are still lacking. Splitting up briefly to look for supplies, Jamie winds up missing. Exhausted, Matt and Judy must decide what to do. Without any way to communicate with her, she could be anywhere, and anything could have happened to her. Will they risk their own lives to do what it takes to find and save Jamie? Escape the Chaos is book three of Last Pandemic, a post-apocalyptic survival thriller series. It deals with real people fighting for their survival every inch of the way.
©2020 Ryan Westfield (P)2020 Ryan Westfield
Heartless
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"You're going to get your heart broken. And not just by one man." Hope is blooming in Four Corners. A family, torn apart for years, has been reunited. I’m falling in love again. The Steel Demons are finding a sense of home and purpose in their new surroundings. More is at stake now than ever before. We don’t just have our club to protect, but our new friends, family members, and neighbors. And privately, Reaper is determined to protect me at all costs, due to a cryptic vision from his brother. Our enemies are always lurking. What’s worse, they’re already inside our borders. The gods work in mysterious ways. They are here to guide us, but cannot alter our destinies. They will nudge us along our path, yet will never tell us what we aren’t meant to know. But I’m only human, and the heartless acts that unfold might break me. Trigger warning: Assault. Please see the full warning at the beginning of the book if you are sensitive to triggering content. Sons of Anarchy meets The Handmaid's Tale in this dystopian reverse harem adventure! Heartless is the sixth book in the Steel Demons MC saga. This series is full of kindle-melting steam and dangerous men who take what they want. Proceed with caution if easily offended.
©2020 Crystal Ash (P)2021 Crystal Ash
Children of the Storm: Nine Realms Saga
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Viktor Warden isn’t going down without a fight. Eternal happiness has never been high on Viktor’s list of desires. He’s lived a life up to his neck in danger, mythological threats, and family drama on a truly cosmic scale. But after bringing the world back from the brink of Armageddon -- more than once -- he’s ready to take a break. However, it turns out that old stories, and old foes, have a way of finding their way back into the narrative...and they rest for no one. This time, his enemies are the fractured Loa who are weaponizing wraiths, deadly creatures conjured with tainted blood. The fallout from the in-fighting poses a risk to Viktor and his family. Tracing back the past that lead him to this point, Viktor will have to ally with those he never imagined he’d work with, and he’ll have to fell enemies on a scale unlike he’s encountered before, to purge the world of this growing wraith poison. To the brink of death, across time and space, Children of the Storm sees Viktor Warden pushed to the very edge of his capabilities, giving his all to preserve what’s left of the world, and the family, he loves. The Nine Realms Saga: Vigiles Urbani Chronicles: Accession of the Stone Born: Nine Realms Saga Dust Walkers Shades of Fire & Ash Warden Global Series: The Wanderer Awakens Sleipnir's Heart (short story) Rise of the Storm Bringer Lamia's Curse (short story) Children of the Storm
©2019 Ken Lange (P)2019 Ken Lange
This Dark Earth
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The land is contaminated, electronics are defunct, the ravenous undead remain, and life has fallen into a nasty and brutish state of nature. Welcome to Bridge City, in what was once Arkansas: part medieval fortress, part Western outpost, and the precarious last stand for civilization. A 10-year-old prodigy when the world ended, Gus is now a battle-hardened young man. He designed Bridge City to protect the living few from the shamblers eternally at the gates. Now, he's being groomed by his physician mother, Lucy, and the gentle giant, Knock-Out, to become the next leader of men. But an army of slavers is on its way, and the war they'll wage for the city's resources could mean the end of mankind as we know it. Can Gus become humanity's savior? And if so, will it mean becoming a dictator, a martyr...or maybe something far worse than even the zombies that plague the land? "This smart addition to the zombie genre is heroic and strangely hopeful, championing the unyielding human drive for justice and civilization." (Publishers Weekly) "This Dark Earth is a smart, thoughtful look at the end of humanity that delivers horrifying detail packed with an emotional resonance. It's The Road meets World War Z. Deftly written, with eloquent prose peppered with crisp, dark humor, Jacobs crafts a chillingly believable tale that transcends genre fiction and manages to do what I long for whenever I sit down to read a book: make me wish I'd written it." (Scott G. Browne, author of Breathers and Lucky Bastard) "A savage gut-punch of a tale, lurching hellbent to a spectacular showdown ending unparalleled in the zombie canon." (Sophie Littlefield, author of Aftertime and Rebirth) "This Dark Earth is, quite simply, the best zombie novel I've read in years. Breathes some much-needed new life into the dead." (Brian Keene, best-selling author of The Rising and Ghoul)
©2012 John Hornor Jacobs (P)2019 Journalstone
Shield and Crocus
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In a city built among the bones of a fallen giant, a small group of heroes looks to reclaim their home from the five criminal tyrants who control it. The city of Audec-Hal sits among the bones of a Titan. For decades it has suffered under the dominance of five tyrants, all with their own agendas. Their infighting is nothing, though, compared to the mysterious "Spark-storms" that alternate between razing the land and bestowing the citizens with wild, unpredictable abilities. It was one of these storms that gave First Sentinel, leader of the revolutionaries known as the Shields of Audec-Hal, power to control the emotional connections between people - a power that cost him the love of his life. Now, with nothing left to lose, First Sentinel and the Shields are the only resistance against the city's overlords as they strive to free themselves from the clutches of evil. The only thing they have going for them is that the crime lords are fighting each other as well - that is, until the tyrants agree to a summit that will permanently divide the city and cement their rule of Audec-Hal. It's one thing to take a stand against oppression, but with the odds stacked against the Shields, it's another thing to actually triumph. In this stunning, original tale of magic and revolution, Michael R. Underwood creates a cityscape that rivals Ambergris and New Crobuzon in its depth and populates it with heroes and villains that will stay with you forever.
©2014 Michael R. Underwood (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.
Dark Sky Thunder
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Luke and Amy arrive at the Messner ranch to discover not everything has gone according to plan. Reunited with his family, and bringing new friends into the fold, Luke works hard to forget the horrors of their journey and make a fresh start with Amy. But others have plans as well, and Luke discovers there is no real safety in this new world. When the lights go out, the rats come out to play.
©2015 William Allen (P)2016 Audible, Inc.
Judge Dredd: The Pit
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Welcome to Sector House 301, the isolated dumping ground for Mega-City One's every misfit and foul-up Judge. Nicknamed The Pit, the sector house holds many dark secrets, and the discovery of one of them may have led to the death of Sector Chief Rohan. Sent to take over The Pit is Judge Dredd. Together with a small team of trusted Judges, he uncovers a trail of deceit and murder that leads to the very top levels of command. The only question is, will Dredd live long enough to bring the culprits to Justice? Featuring Joseph Fiennes as Dredd, and an ensemble cast including Paterson Joseph and Patricia Rodriguez, fans of Judge Dredd and newcomers to Mega City One alike will be transported to brutal dystopian world Dredd for an immersive listening experience like no other.
©2013 Rebellion 2000 AD Ltd (P)2021 Penguin Audio and Rebellion Publishing