A.J. Carter has narrated 8 audiobooks on Listento.it by 10 authors, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 3 ratings. The most-rated is The Villain Institute.
The Villain Institute
Summary
Love is even more dangerous behind bars. Ava-Marie My name is Ava-Marie, and I love living on the dark side. Getting into trouble is kind of my thing, but one night, I take revenge too far. I’m sentenced to a reform school for magical delinquents...though really, it’s a prison. As the only supernatural who can control both fire and water, I’m already a target. To make matters worse, I literally share a soul with Charlie, a sexy inmate from the wrong side of the tracks. Surviving at the Institute is almost as risky as falling in love. But there’s a way out. The warden is offering a pardon for the team who wins the Darke Games - a sick, twisted competition where more prisoners come out dead than alive. They think I'm the bad guy. I'm about to show them just how much of a villain I can be. Charlie I shouldn’t be at the Institute. I’m in here because of her - the girl who claims to own half my soul. After losing my sight, I grew up as an orphan, banished from magical society. I learned enough on the streets to survive the gangs and fight clubs inside the prison. But nothing could prepare me for the Darke Games. Ava-Marie is my worst enemy, but if we’re going to break out of here, we’ll have to get along. Yet, the more I let Ava in, the more I want her. I can’t let my desire for her get in the way of my one chance at escape. Except, it already has. There’s a dark power inside of Ava that terrifies me.... And none of us will be prepared when it unleashes.
©2020 Megan Linski, Alicia Rades (P)2020 Megan Linski, Alicia Rades
Chronicles of Maradoum: Volume 2
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Might and magic. Legendary beasts and lost civilizations. Epic journeys and bloody brawls. Necromancers and dragon riders. Ancient evils and new saviors. Chronicles of Maradoum: Volume 2 is set in the same world as the epic fantasy Convent Series, beginning with A Dead Wizard’s Dream. From the present cruelties of the Babese Sultanate and Zamphia to the ancient atrocities committed in Dao Szeyukh and Vayloraheim, this adventure-filled fantasy anthology is crammed with 11 magical short stories featuring brutal palaces, warring cities, orcs, shape-shifters, assassins, and dragons. Featured in Chronicles of Maradoum: Volume 2: "The Red Wall" "Blood Sacrifice" "Of Wizards and Monks" "Legend of the Lake" "Viper’s Nest" "Legacy of a Consul" "A Prince in Peril" "Skull and Spine" "The Daimyo’s Downfall" "Dragon Rider" "The Edge of the World"
©2020 Ross Hughes (P)2020 Ross Hughes
Sacculina
Summary
When Jim's big brother Jack is released from prison, the brothers - along with their broken father and Jack's menacing best friend - decide to charter an ocean fishing boat to celebrate Jack's new freedom. Once the small crew is far out to sea, however, a mutant species rises from the deep abyssal darkness to terrorize the vessel and its occupants. As the horror of their situation becomes clear, the small group must find a way to fend off the attack and somehow, someway, return to safety; but as the strange parasitic creatures overrun them, they must use more extreme - and deadly - measures to survive.
©2017, 2020 Philip Fracassi (P)2021 Lethe Press
The Essence of Sunny Grimm
Summary
Fans of Neuromancer, Inception, and The Matrix - the mind-bending conclusion of the Maze. A name was tattooed on his finger. Marcus woke in a cell. No memory of how he got there or what his name was. Just a tattoo. There were others like him. They called this place unreality. They told him this was where someone was hiding him. Clues lead him on a journey in search of who he is, who he was, and why someone did this to him. Each time he finds someone connected to a mysterious symbol, something inconceivable happens. Something even the people who live in unreality can't explain. Micah and the investors built the Maze, a massive alternate reality that feeds on the players who enter. But now, someone is pursuing them. One by one, the investors begin to vanish. When clues are left behind, Micah suspects who it is that’s taking them. It’s someone from a game played long ago and a promise she made. He believes she wants to avenge all those responsible for what they did to her. And her son. But she wants something much more than to destroy the Maze. He must stop her before all hope is lost. He thought she was dead. But he was wrong. She was only waiting.
©2020 Tony Bertauski (P)2020 Tony Bertauski
The Divide Boxed Set: Darkness Descends & The Between Times
Summary
What if...for the first time in the history of the United States we took a social and economic nose dive into oblivion? The Between Times is just such a scenario. A story that reads like a folk tale from the past, but in reality is a fantastic possibility based on the choices available to us today. The premise is nothing short of an incredible imagination as modern day Chicago fades into an evil darkness separated by a wall. A separateness ruled by the upper society that isolates and mistreats the poor. These less fortunate people, in a short amount of time find themselves forced to live in the lower communities suffering from mistreatment comparable only to the concentration camps during WWII. Women are no longer human beings, but are nothing more than breeding animals kept only to prevent the extinction of the race. The conditions are bleak and seemingly hopeless. It is the belief in a Legend that becomes the driving force behind the survival. A young girl named Jewel, living in the captivity of this devastating socioeconomic environment, is the dream. She manifests hope and magic from within this beautiful tale. Fantastical, magical, and mystical in a story that will make you believe it is about a long forgotten past, but in reality is a possible future! I wholeheartedly recommend this remarkable highly imaginative novel!
©2018 Marta Moran Bishop (P)2019 Marta Moran Bishop
Ephialtes
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EPHIALTES collects three short horror books from seasoned horror craftsman, Terry M. West. Included are: "Transfer" - Prepare to scream forever! Howie Payne and Nick Enlow work the midnight shift at Big Carl’s Video Transfer and Media Services. An odd AVI clip begins to appear in their public drive on a nightly basis. At first Howie and Nick think it’s a serialized art house horror film someone on the day shift is sending them in secret. As the clips progress, however, the now obsessed duo discover something deeper and darker in the videos. Horror author Terry M. West would like to introduce you to the Green Room and its primary occupant, The Screamer. "The Devil’s List" - This story was inspired by shocking true events. The Devil's List is a dark tale of insanity and horror from Terry M. West. In the small Texas town of Pleasant Storm during the summer of 1985, Chuck Beall embarks on a journey of brutality and madness. Convinced he's possessed by a demon that compels him to kill, Chuck's murderous attention shifts from random transients to those he blames the most for his abusive past. "The Plumbers" - Liam and Pierce live in a country ravaged by a strange sickness. It’s called the CRUD and it turns its victims into rabid killing machines known as the Plaguers. The authorities wage constant war to keep the Plaguers from overrunning the towns, boroughs, and cities. Liam and Pierce are plumbers sent to the infected zones to keep the taps and sewers flowing. They preserve the dwindling resources of their homeland. Come along in the van and spend a typical day with Liam and Pierce. A day of digging holes, twisting pipe, soldering joints, measuring twice, cutting once, plunging the bog, battling the Plaguers in gruesome fashion, and telling crude jokes. No matter how dangerous or dirty the task, it’s just another day on the job for the Plumbers!
©2021 Terry M. West (P)2021 Terry M. West
Midnight
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From the author of the horror classic Night of the Living Dead. Children can get away with murder under the cover of midnight... Cynthia and her brothers had heard the stories about grandpa, who could summon demons and compel people to die with a curse. Maybe, they also possessed the ancient powers. At first, they caught smallish demons who had assumed the shapes of rabbits and birds and then, larger ones like those who resembled the neighbor kids. Now, they are growing, and their powers are swelling, nourished by adult desires. Soon, they will gather others like themselves from the earth's dark corners. Soon, they will begin the blood-drenched ceremonies performed one by one at midnight.
©1980 John A. Russo (P)2019 Capricorn Literary
Table for Four
Summary
A blockbuster Alzheimer’s cure. A murder and unexplained deaths. Two aggrieved parties meet by chance. Will they expose the truth, or die trying? Fresh out of college, Jackie Selaney is determined to excel at her job as a pharmaceutical rep. AlzCura Pharmaceuticals has discovered a cure for Alzheimer’s, providing hope to millions. Jackie’s enthusiasm hits a snag when she meets a boorish and unethical doctor, causing her to question whether she is cut out for the job or even wants it. Curt Barnes struggles to raise his two kids while searching for answers to why his wife was brutally murdered. When her killer suddenly dies from unexplained causes, the answers Curt sought may have perished as well. Serendipity and a simple mistake by a restaurant hostess bring Jackie and Curt together, helping them uncover a shocking truth. Facts that call into question AlzCura and their miracle cure as well as the possible cause of the killer’s murderous actions and sudden death. Revealing the facts could save thousands of lives, but the path to success is predicated on exposing a truth that will not set Jackie and Curt free but entangle them in a life and death crusade against the AlzCura juggernaut. Table for Four is the first book in this pause-resisting medical thriller series, which also includes Dying to Recall and Memory’s Hope. It’s a captivating story of good versus evil with engaging characters who will take you on an emotional roller-coaster ride. Pick it up now. You’ll have trouble putting it down.
©2019 Chris Bliersbach (P)2020 Chris Bliersbach