Margie Valine has narrated 3 audiobooks on Listento.it by 2 authors. The most-rated is Vaporized.
Vaporized ll
Summary
Earth has been invaded by aliens.... Colonization is underway.... A pocket of humanity survives. Amber Lee just has to live long enough to find it.... Following a cataclysmic event that no one on Earth saw coming, lawyer Amber Lee awakes in London to find that the city and seemingly the entire population of the UK has been literally vaporized over one night during the summer Bank Holiday weekend - a surprise alien invasion that the news stations call "The Event". She sets off across the city, now slowly being taken over by an unknown alien lifeform, to her now deserted family home in West Wales. With all hope fading of finding anyone else alive, she picks up a radio transmission coming from a nearby farm, and sets off to discover if the individual responsible for the transmission is still alive. Miraculously the farm owner, John, has also survived the mysterious event and he has been picking up radio transmissions from a group of scientists in Nevada, USA. With nowhere to go, and the alien menace closing in on the farm, Amber and John flee to the coast, with the intention of embarking on a voyage across the Atlantic to the west coast of America in the hope of finding the only other known survivors. The only mode of transport available to them however is a large oil tanker, The Nostrum, which was in the process of leaving port to deliver its cargo of crude oil, when the cataclysm struck. Amber and John manage to board the tanker, but they soon discover however that they are not travelling alone, and the seemingly impossible voyage quickly turns into a journey from hell, which has virtually no chance of succeeding.... This is the second book in the Vaporized series. If you enjoy science fiction adventure novels, then jump into Amber's shoes and enjoy the ride, but don't forget to take your motion sickness tablets before you start listening!
©2016 Simon Rosser (P)2017 Simon Rosser and Margie Valine
Callie's Gamble
Summary
Desperate people might do crazy things; crazy like adverting for a mail-order bride; crazy like answering the ad. Michael Malloy was desperate. His mother had died in a tragic accident nine months prior, and his father had become a drunkard. He ran their ranch but was stuck doing the work of all three. How could he get some help? How could he fashion a future? Were any of the girls he knew in Laramie, Wyoming, the answer to all his dreams? Hmm. He could advertise for a bride, specifying all the attributes he was seeking. It was a gamble - a gamble a desperate man was willing to take. Callie O’Brien had spent four years in Cincinnati. In all that time, she hadn’t found that good man her pa claimed was out there waiting for her. When the old man Big Red died, she had no place to live. Well, she was stuck in a dead-end job. Maybe, that good man was a rancher in Laramie, Wyoming. Replying to his ad was more than a little crazy. It was a desperate gamble. She rationalized. How likely was it she’d be chosen? Callie's Gamble is set in Laramie, Wyoming, in the year 1886. The story follows a lonely and desperate rancher and his mail-order bride - a Kentucky Southern girl, Callie O'Brien. It's a story of adjustments, trials, new adventures, and overcoming life's obstacles.
©2019 Kenneth V. Bloom (P)2020 Kenneth V. Bloom
Vaporized
Summary
For Amber Lee, a lawyer working in London, the thought of the approaching long bank holiday weekend fills her with joy - a chance to catch up with friends and generally relax. But as the weekend gets underway, news starts filtering through of unidentified objects entering Earth's atmosphere. As Saturday morning unfolds, Amber will soon wish that the long weekend never arrived.... An inexplicable celestial event.... When two unidentified objects are tracked heading toward Earth's polar regions, NORAD launches interceptor ballistic missiles to neutralize the threat. The incoming objects appear to take evasive action, however, and ground-based seismographs later confirm that the objects have made a soft impact at the poles. Earth's water vaporized.... Amber Lee, originally from Wales, but now working as a lawyer in London, awakes in the middle of the night following a disturbing dream. The next morning, she, along with the rest of the world, hears about the strange, and unique, celestial event that occurred during the early hours of the morning. Civilization in ruins.... Twenty-four hours after the event, things take a sinister turn. As Amber prepares for the bank holiday weekend, she notices weird phenomena occurring in the luxury apartment building she is renting from her absent uncle. Water seems to be defying gravity, and the building appears to be abandoned. Amber quickly realizes that a cataclysm of immeasurable proportion has struck London, and she sets off on a quest to reach home and to find out what has happened. She soon discovers, however, that the world may have changed forever, and her journey home soon turns into a fight for her very survival.... Vaporized is for anyone who enjoys a mix of science fiction, adventure, thrills, and horror. Suspend your disbelief for a while, jump into Amber's shoes, and enjoy the ride!
©2014 Simon Rosser (P)2015 Simon Rosser/Margie Valine