Joseph Balderama has narrated 2 audiobooks on Listento.it by 2 authors, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is Will Haunt You.
Will Haunt You
Summary
You don’t read the book. It reads you. Rumors of a deadly book have been floating around the dark corners of the deep web. It is a disturbing tale about a mysterious figure who preys on those who read the book and subjects them to a world of personalized terror. Jesse Wheeler - former guitarist of the heavy metal group the Rising Dead - was quick to discount the ominous folklore associated with the book. It takes more than some urban legend to frighten him. Hell, reality is scary enough. Seven years ago, his greatest responsibility was the nightly guitar solo. Then one night when Jesse was blackout drunk, he accidentally injured his son, leaving him permanently disabled. Dreams of being a rock star died when he destroyed his son's future. Now, he cuts radio jingles and fights to stay clean. But Jesse is wrong. The legend is real - and tonight, he will become the protagonist in an elaborate scheme specifically tailored to prey on his fears and resurrect the ghosts from his past. Jesse is not the only one in danger, however. By listening to this audiobook, you have volunteered to participate in the author's deadly game, with every moment drawing you closer to your own personalized nightmare. The real horror doesn't begin until you reach the end. That's when the evil comes for you. Flame Tree Press is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launching in 2018, the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners and exciting, original voices.
©2019 Flame Tree Publishing (P)2019 Flame Tree Publishing
Dreamland (YA edition)
Summary
Bloomsbury presents Dreamland (YA edition) by Sam Quinones, read by Joseph Balderama. As an adult book, Sam Quinones' Dreamland took the world by storm, winning the NBCC Award for General Non-fiction and hitting at least a dozen Best Book of the Year lists. Now, adapted for the first time for a young adult audience, this compelling reporting explains the roots of the current opiate crisis. In 1929, in the blue-collar city of Portsmouth, Ohio, a company built a swimming pool the size of a football field; named Dreamland, it became the vital center of the community. Now, addiction has devastated Portsmouth, as it has hundreds of small rural towns and suburbs across America. How that happened is the riveting story of Dreamland. Quinones explains how the rise of the prescription drug OxyContin, a miraculous and extremely addictive painkiller pushed by pharmaceutical companies, paralleled the massive influx of black tar heroin - cheap, potent and originating from one small county on Mexico’s west coast, independent of any drug cartel. Introducing a memorable cast of characters - pharmaceutical pioneers, young Mexican entrepreneurs, narcotics investigators, survivors, teens and parents - Dreamland is a revelatory account of the massive threat facing America and its heartland.
©2015 Sam Quinones (P)2019 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc