John McLoughlin has narrated 12 audiobooks on Listento.it by 5 authors. The most-rated is Mind of a Madman.
Ice Fall
Summary
After losing everything in a bitter divorce, Peter retreats to a secluded cabin in the Catskill Mountains, where he is trapped by earthquakes and months of unrelenting snow. Just as he is convinced he is the only survivor of a mysterious global cataclysm, he meets a woman seeking refuge from a past she won't reveal. Her arrival rescues him from unbearable isolation, but when the snow finally stops and her secret catches up with her, Peter is forced to choose between saving her life and following his conscience. His decision sends them running for their lives and searching for answers as the melting snow reveals a world unlike anything anyone has ever seen. Together they will learn not only what caused the greatest disaster in the planet's history, but that the worst may be yet to come.
©2016 Michael Edelson (P)2018 Michael Edelson
Relentless
Summary
Perfect for fans of police procedurals in the style of Harry Bosch. Cherry blossom season is Washington, D.C.'s most beautiful time of the year. But as tourists flock to the city, this year's festivities are marred by the discovery of the naked body of a young woman floating in the Tidal Basin. Veteran homicide detective Brian (Brick) Kavanagh is assigned to the case. He's shocked when he learns the victim is connected to another homicide which makes the investigation very personal for him. Brick's efforts to solve the case are thwarted by departmental politics and a rush to judgment. Convinced that justice has not been served and the wrong person is in jail, Kavanagh risks all to relentlessly pursue the truth. Overlooked evidence ultimately leads to a devastating conclusion in a heartbreaking case.
©2019 Shawn Wilson (P)2020 Shawn Wilson
Beyond Imagination
Summary
This short novel is an accompaniment to my second book, From Whence They Came. It coincides with the time period as to when that story takes place, though from an entirely different perspective. By listening both pieces of fiction a more complete picture is revealed. Jimmy, the main character, is an entitled 30-something whose mundane life is suddenly swept up into a secret organization that is directly linked to the aliens and their world changing course of events.
©2017 Thomas Zieman (P)2020 Thomas Zieman
Al Clark: Thera
Summary
Al Clark is on a mission.
His people have suffered enough, and he is determined to find a solution. Somewhere, there is a place his colonists can live in peace and without fear. He wants them to accomplish more than just survive. It is a task he is determined to complete - or die in the attempt.
Five years after settling Avalon, the settlers from Earth are still struggling to live on a planet populated by dinosaurs. The deceivingly beautiful world has taught them that paradise comes with a price.
The welfare of each and every person under his care depends on his finding a better, more forgiving world.
They left Earth long ago, hoping to find paradise. Now - all they want is a place to call home.
©2018 Jonathan G. Meyer (P)2018 Jonathan G. Meyer
Before It Began
Summary
Near some 35,000 years ago, a colony of aliens descends upon the Earth, striking an engagement with Paleolithic mankind. History unfolds through the eyes of Omegan, a watcher, who attempts to guide the "science-blinded" Technocracy from spiritual doom. Morphing from one epoch to the next, Omegan, a spirited Phoebian who lives through a succession of hosts, experiences life through others as ancient myths, biblical accounts, and much pre-dynastic history is corrupted by the presence of these species, and their manufactured servants, the Nephilim. By their scientific studies and interactions upon our planet they manage to skew the historical timeline, creating archaeological anomalies that to this day divide geologists and historians as to the actual course of the world’s events. This novel’s vivid rendering of Earth’s far distant past not only supports the claim of conspiracy theorists, but also will undoubtedly illuminate an epiphany within the imagination of any die-hard skeptic.
©2018 Thomas Zieman (P)2019 Thomas Zieman
Al Clark: Earth
Summary
Al Clark is going home. His wife of 32 years has passed away, and the kids have moved on. There is no longer a reason to stay in the village they founded. After an absence of 74 years, he returns to an Earth he does not recognize in search of his past. Amnesia has robbed him of the first 42 years of his life, which he hopes to recover. It was supposed to be an easy trip, where he would sleep through the long journey and be awakened upon arrival. That is not the way it works out.
©2019 Jonathan G. Meyer (P)2019 Jonathan G. Meyer
From Whence They Came
Summary
Eons ago, from the deepest reaches of outer space, came an alien exodus that would forever change the course of earth's history. A race of humanoids colonized our planet, living amongst ancient man, helping him to advance and build great empires. It is when Air Force Lieutenant Steve Coleman is abducted by these extraterrestrials that their intentions as to humanity are discovered. Although presented with eternal happiness while living in a utopian society, Steve remains distraught at the loss of his family and wrestles endlessly with the idea of escape. Come experience this metaphysical melodrama and decide for yourself if science fiction and religion have a place in this world's future. For with society's acceptance as to there being forces beyond our own lurking about our skies, the subject matter continues to grow and grow in popularity.
©2017 Thomas Zieman (P)2020 Thomas Zieman
Vincent
Summary
Jim Thompson is having a bad year. Last year; he celebrated his 25th wedding anniversary, had a good job he liked, and a home for retirement he built himself. This year, at 54 years of age; he is divorced, unemployed, and homeless. Fortunately, his luck is about to change. Enter Vincent, an extraterrestrial visitor with a crucial mission to save both our world and his, and a lesson on just how small Jim's place in the universe is. To help the alien and save two worlds, Jim must overcome his shortcomings to become the hero Vincent so desperately needs.
©2017 Jonathan G. Meyer (P)2019 Jonathan G. Meyer
Theft of Fire
Summary
Markus Stebbings is hiding terminal brain cancer, hoping to remain alive and a part of Delta Force long enough to die for something that matters. The mission to destroy a domestic terrorist cell in possession of a nuclear bomb sounds like the opportunity he is looking for, until he realizes that his targets are not terrorists, and that what they have is something infinitely more dangerous than a bomb. On the run with Dr. Grace Llewellyn and the device she calls Prometheus, Markus finds himself pitted against the full might of US intelligence and military forces as they mount the biggest manhunt ever conducted on American soil. He quickly learns that Prometheus represents a technological advancement so profound that it can alter the course of history. But there is another such device already in play, and he, Grace, and Prometheus are all that stand between it and the end of human civilization as we know it.
©2017 Michael Edelson (P)2018 Michael Edelson
The Living Reminder
Summary
Elijah remains the last person alive after the world ends. Wandering in desolation, he solemnly recounts his life story, unhappy with what he sees. He is discovered by alien twins, who themselves are the sole survivors of a crashed UFO - one of many spreading deaths across the face of the planet. The three awkwardly befriend each other, Elijah learning of them as they already know everything about him - including the purpose as to his being spared death. Rescued by an extraterrestrial mothership, Elijah journeys to a new planet with his friends, and it is during his time of wonderment aboard the vessel that Elijah parallels the aliens’ grappling of a dark history as to his own misguided ways. Conjecture of morality fills Elijah’s woes, metaphoric as to mankind’s current inept state. It is a story that befriends our protagonist at the world’s end, traveling him into the future, only to have him complete his journey in the past.
©2020 Thomas Zieman (P)2020 Thomas Zieman
Redemption: The Further Adventures of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer
Summary
Three men come together in the town of Redemption, Colorado, each for his own purpose. Huck Finn is a famous lawman who does not hesitate to use his gun to protect the weak. He has come to right a terrible wrong. After his wife’s death, Tom Sawyer does not want to live anymore; he has come to die. The third man, the Laramie Kid, a killer Huck and Tom befriended years earlier has come to kill a man. For these three men Death is a constant companion. For these three men it is their last chance for redemption.
©2014 Andrew Joyce (P)2020 Andrew Joyce
Mind of a Madman
Summary
Can a man with no memory - who has been missing for over 10 years and now institutionalized for murder - ever uncover the truth as to who he really is or where he’s been? Is it too late for his long beset wife and errant children to bring him back from the precipice of insanity, back from the depths of hell. With the government monitoring every aspect of his life, Steve Coleman is trapped within an apocalyptic world, harboring within him the answers to humanity’s fate, beholden unto all the universe.
©2019 Thomas Zieman (P)2020 Thomas Zieman