Nigel Peever has narrated 33 audiobooks on Listento.it by 13 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.9★ across 103 ratings. The most-rated is The Last Man.
The Last Man
Summary
The four dead guards didn’t concern Mitch Rapp as much as the absence of the man they’d been paid to protect. Joe Rickman wasn’t just another foot soldier. For the last eight years Rickman had ran the CIA’s clandestine operations in Afghanistan. It was a murky job that involved working with virtually every disreputable figure in the Islamic Republic. More than a quarter billion dollars in cash had passed through Rickman’s hands during his tenure as the master of black ops and no one with a shred of sense wanted to know the details of how that money had been spent. At first glance it looks as if Rickman has been kidnapped, but Rapp knows certain things about his old friend that cause him to wonder if something more disturbing isn’t afoot. Irene Kennedy, the director of the CIA, has ordered Rapp to find Rickman at all costs. Rapp must navigate the ever-shifting landscape of Afghanistan as the Taliban, Iranians, Pakistanis and Russians all plot to claim their piece of the war torn state. With Afghanistan crumbling around him, Rapp must be as ruthless as his enemies and as deceitful as people in his own government if he has any hopes of completing his mission.
©2012 Vince Flynn (P)2012 Simon & Schuster Audio
The Man Who Was Thursday: Centennial Edition
Summary
This audiobook is wonderfully narrated by British actor Nigel Peever, who brings the story to life. Published by Chesterton Books.
Public Domain (P)2018 Chesterton Books
The Imperial Banner
Summary
AD 272 - the Roman emperor Aurelian has defeated Queen Zenobia and crushed the Palmyran revolt. Faridun's Banner, hallowed battle standard of the Persian Empire, has fallen into Roman hands and is to be returned to the Persians as part of a historic peace treaty. But on the eve of the signing, the banner goes missing. Recalled to Syria, imperial agent Cassius Corbulo is charged with recovering the flag. Accompanied by his faithful servant, Simo, and ex-gladiator bodyguard Indavara, Cassius must journey across the dangerous wastes of Syria to the equally perilous streets of Antioch. He and his companions face ruthless brigands, mysterious cults, merciless assassins and intrigue at every turn.
©2012 NH Brown (P)2016 Hodder & Stoughton
The Siege
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AD 270. Rome has ruled Syria for over three centuries. But now the weakened empire faces a desperate threat: Queen Zenobia of Palmyra has turned her Roman-trained army against her former masters, and the once invincible legions have been crushed. Arabia, Palestine and Egypt have fallen, and now Antioch, Syria's capital, stands exposed. Cassius Corbulo is a young intelligence agent fresh from officer training. He has been assigned the menial task of rounding up wounded legionaries, but then urgent new orders arrive. He is the only ranking Roman officer left in the line of the Palmyran advance. He must take command of the fort of Alauran, the last stronghold still in Roman hands, and hold it against the enemy until reinforcements arrive. What Cassius finds at Alauran would daunt the most seasoned veteran, let alone a 19- year-old with no experience of war. A mere scattering of divided and demoralised legionaries remain, backed up by some fractious Syrian auxiliaries and a drunken Praetorian Guardsman. With the Palmyrans just days away, Cassius must somehow find the discipline, resourcefulness and courage to organise the garrison, save Alauran and secure Rome's eastern frontier....
©2011 NH Brown (P)2014 Oakhill Publishing
Agent of Rome
Summary
Aurelian, Emperor of Rome, has one last enemy left to conquer: In Gaul, the usurper Tetricus holds sway, and Aurelian will need every last man if he is to unify his domain and bring peace to the Empire. One of those men is Cassius Corbulo, now seconded to the legion of Prefect Venator in southern Gaul. When a leading general is abducted on the eve of battle, Cassius is ordered to find and rescue him before the enemy gain crucial intelligence. As ever he is accompanied by attendant Simo and Indavara, the ex-gladiator bodyguard. After a punishing few years, both Cassius and Indavara doubt themselves: Do they still have the strength and courage to survive this deadly mission behind enemy lines? Their foe is Volosus: A veteran agent as resourceful as Cassius but far more ruthless. If he is victorious, Tetricus will gain a crucial advantage that might turn the tide of the coming war. Who will survive the Last Battle?
©2019 Nick Brown (P)2020 Nick Brown
The Electric
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In the summer of 1985, 15-year-old Sam Crowhurst discovers an old, abandoned cinema that screens movies made by ghosts, for ghosts. Sam and his friends Emma and David find themselves drawn into a world where the likes of Humphrey Bogart, Lon Chaney, and Theda Bara are still making pictures, where Harold Lloyd and John Belushi team up for roustabout comedies, and Karloff and Lugosi appear in films scripted by Edgar Allan Poe. Sam comes to learn the mysteries of the Electric cinema and his part to play in its long and strange history. The Electric is about movies, ghosts, and that ephemeral moment in all of our lives: childhood.
©2013 Andrew David Barker (P)2019 Andrew David Barker
Brewer's Revenge
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Admiral Horatio Hornblower has given Commander William Brewer captaincy of the captured pirate sloop El Dorado. Now under sail as the HMS Revenge, its new name suits Brewer's frame of mind perfectly. He lost many of his best men in the engagement that seized the ship, and his new orders are to hunt down the pirates who have been ravaging the trade routes of the Caribbean sea. But Brewer will face more than one challenge before he can confront the pirate known as El Diabolito. His best friend and ship's surgeon, Dr. Spinelli, is taking dangerous solace in alcohol as he wrestles with demons of his own. The new purser, Mr. Allen, may need a lesson in honest accounting. Worst of all, Hornblower has requested that Brewer take on a young ne'er-do-well, Noah Simmons, to remove him from a recent scandal at home. At 23, Simmons is old to be a junior midshipman, and as a wealthy man's son he is unaccustomed to working, taking orders, or suffering privations. William Brewer will need to muster all his resources to ready his crew for their confrontation with the Caribbean's most notorious pirate. In the process, he'll discover the true price of command.
©2018 James Keffer (P)2019 Michael James
Devil's Cross
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Adopted from an early age Angelica is looking for her mother. Regressed by her friend Max, she is plunged into a world of murder and mystery, which belies her ordinary life. Charlie her son is an addict and becomes involved with a religious cult, which forces him to re-examine the life choices he's made. Kane is trying to stay sober and will go to any lengths to protect the ones he loves. Poppy forever at his side is also struggling against demons. With humankind on the brink of annihilation, a bond is created amongst the group as they struggle to survive. The results of their journey into the unknown are completely unexpected and mean their lives will never be the same. This book may be listened to as a standalone.
©2016 E.M.G. Wixley (P)2016 Elizabeth Wixley
Tales of the Weird 3
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Welcome to the third volume of Tales from the Weird by one of England's top cult writers on the supernatural - Tom Slemen. In this disturbing but thought-provoking book of real-life paranormal nightmares which are set in places ranging from Liverpool to Los Angeles, Alaska to Australia, New York to New Brighton, you will explore some probing questions such as: What demonic child murderer took the bones out of his victims and tied their limbs in knots? Was the Biblical Tree of Knowledge once found in New York's Central Park? What lies behind the eerie reports of ghostly cities seen across the world from Alaska to the Australian Outback? What eerie force whisked a Welsh antiques dealer off the face of the earth in a street crowded with tourists? Who is the sinister Green Man, and why does he visit bedrooms with deadly gifts on Halloween? Who - or what - was the grotesque mimic which tried to rape a foreign exchange student in France? What was the black mass of nothingness which stalked a woman during the New York Blackout? What happened to the lady who received the chilling warning: Dead at 43...? What happened to the boy who found that his entire family had been replaced by creepy robot-like impersonators which then chased him across a city in England? What happened to the method actor who wanted to see the fabled Fourth Wall? What was behind the demonic computer game which overlapped into reality and ended with the stabbing of a Brooklyn teenager? What was the fate of the depraved English millionaire who decided to conjure up the Devil during a high class orgy? What's the dark story behind the heart-stopping haunting known as the Wee Willie Winkie stalker? And why was an innocent teenage girl targeted by the knife-wielding apparition?
©2016 Tom Slemen (P)2017 Tom Slemen
Kane's Cross
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Kane is a burned out soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress. He comes from a dysfunctional family. His parents are divorced, his sister is missing under mysterious circumstances, and his mirror twin half-brothers are displaying disturbing behaviors. It's whilst drowning his sorrows that he meets a strange girl who asks him for help. Under her influence, they embark on a transformative journey together. Soon everything about Kane's life is different. Kane knows he will have to kill their adversaries before they are all murdered. This book may be listened to as a standalone.
©2015 E.M.G. Wixley (P)2016 E.M.G. Wixley
The Innocence of Father Brown: Centennial Edition
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Celebrating the 100th birthday of the world's favorite amateur sleuth, Father Brown! This is a new edition of the first collection of G. K. Chesterton's masterful mysteries, The Innocence of Father Brown. Contains 12 thrilling tales, including "The Blue Cross", "The Invisible Man", and "The Sins of Prince Saradine". The audiobook is expertly narrated by British actor Nigel Peever, who brings to life Father Brown and all of Chesterton's marvelous characters.
©2009 Chesterton Books (P)2018 Chesterton Books
Haunted Liverpool 28
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Welcome to Haunted Liverpool 28, another dazzling collection of supernatural stories by Tom Slemen, arguably England’s greatest writer on the paranormal. In this exceptional audiobook, you will hear about Liverpool’s mysterious third cathedral - dedicated to Mother Nature - which appears and disappears in the mists of time, and you will also encounter a timid man who was possessed by the spirit of an ancient king via an antique chess set. Hear also about the many intriguing time-slips in the city, including the disturbing case of a modern female club-goer who was abducted by two rapists from the 18th century. You will also find yourself holed up in the dead of night with two Liverpool security guards who find themselves under attack from a giant vampire, and you will hear the weird case of the adulterous businessman who enlisted a real magician to spirit away his wife! Included among this compendium of macabre and astounding tales you will hear: The teenage girl who discovered that her doctor was leading a double life - as a werewolf! The small-time criminal who fell ill in prison and woke up in a mysterious empty hospital where a terrifying fate awaited him.... The Liverpool reverend who was enlisted by high society to get to the bottom of a supernatural assassin.... The girl who experienced terrifying glimpses of the future whenever she slept with a certain pink pillow under her head.... The failed Liverpool comedian who was possessed by a long-dead occultist who read minds - even the minds of killers.... The shy stammering drama student who was transformed by the clothes of a murdered male prostitute into a sinister dandy, out for lethal revenge.... The Huyton bachelor who found himself living in different eras with three different wives! The Cressington executive who discovered an amazing secret about his old wardrobe - and the sexual temptations that lay within it.... The Liverpool woman haunted by a little ghostly trumpeter who drove her to drink.... Liverpool’s cursed families.... Is your family cursed? These are just some of the tales of terror, intrigue, and the unknown which you will find in Haunted Liverpool 28!
©2017 Tom Slemen (P)2018 Tom Slemen
Haunted Liverpool 23
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Once again, legendary researcher and investigator of the supernatural Tom Slemen brings you a chilling yet thought-provoking collection of 50 tales of the paranormal in Haunted Liverpool 23, and in this eagerly awaited audiobook you will be introduced to the sinister “Cosmic Joker,” who has a cruel and deadly sense of humour, and the joke is always on you as he flouts the laws of probability and stacks the odds against you in a terrifying way. Plus, read about the ancient apparitions associated with the Devil’s Woods, the creepy fate of the vanishing hippies of Sefton Park, the uncanny "3 a.m. effect," which you will most probably experience after reading this book – and read about the incredible time slips that Tom has investigated, including one where a 1970s woman found herself among naked drug-crazed dancers in some future rave party. Plus: Unravel the mystery of the top secret military train that arrived in Liverpool’s Central Station – was it carrying a nuclear missile? The bizarre well-documented case of eerie doppelgangers that menaced a Liverpool couple. The terrifying yet inexplicable reports of werewolves at large in Liverpool. The weird story of Renshaw Street’s Faceless ghost – who was he? A sinister case of a real-life Skeleton in the Cupboard in the Anfield district of Liverpool. The unfortunate former solicitor who was trapped in a dimensional hell between this world and limbo - What was his fate? The Liverpool housewife who was accosted by a group of ghosts from different eras as she lay in a hospital bed after an operation - They wanted to take her over to their side. The Crosby man of 1973 who talked to a Texan woman in 1962 via shortwave radio – and warned her of JFK’s assassination. The many chilling reports of the ghosts and apparitions haunting the roads.
©2018 Tom Slemen (P)2018 Tom Slemen
Agent of Rome: The Far Shore
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Treason waits at the furthest reaches of Empire...When the deputy commander of Rome's Imperial Security Service is assassinated on the island of Rhodes, Cassius Corbulo swiftly finds himself embroiled in the investigation. Assisted once more by ex-gladiator bodyguard Indavara and servant Simo, his search for the truth is complicated by the involvement of the dead man's headstrong daughter, Annia. Braving hostile seas, Cassius and his allies follow the assassin's trail south aboard a ship captained by a roguish Carthaginian smuggler and manned by his disparate, dangerous crew. Their journey leads them to the farthest reaches of the empire; to a ruined city where the rules of Roman civilization have long been abandoned, and a deadly battle of wits with a brutal, relentless foe.
©2013 Nick Brown (P)2013 Hodder & Stoughton
Haunted Liverpool 30
Summary
Turn the phone off, lock yourself away, and give your mind the holiday it deserves from the cares and stresses of this world when you read the latest volume of cult author Tom Slemen’s Haunted Liverpool. It is always an event when Tom publishes a new book and this one is definitely no exception. In this chilling volume of more than 30 chapters - with many chapters containing more than one story - you will meet the Faceless Bride of Lime Street and you will also be introduced to Anfield’s unknown ghostly woman before visiting the creepy establishment known as The Devil’s Arms, where everything is just too good to be true. You will not find the usual hackneyed stories of supernatural cliché in this volume; you will find extraordinary and sometimes surreal terror lurking that will play on your mind and possibly inspire a nightmare or two. You will be greeted by the terrifying Tickler - a bizarre entity which attempts to tickle his victims to death, and you will learn about the Yovar - a race of ancient beings who are said to be even more evil than the Devil. There are accounts of timeslips in this amazing book and tales of witchcraft, possession and nercomancy; furthermore, you will listen to two spine-chilling accounts of haunted sleepovers and an unearthly story about two strange deities who resurrected a heroin addict. Lose yourself in the uncanny story of the teenager who fell in love with a satyr, but peruse the chapter on omens of death at your own risk, and do not dwell too long on the unsettling accounts of the ghost that gets around - the Night Maiden - or she may pay you a visit. These are just some of the terrors you will encounter in Haunted Liverpool 30....
©2018 Tom Slemen (P)2018 Tom Slemen
The Place That Never Existed
Summary
For Paul and Debbie it was meant to be the happiest time of their lives. A small village wedding in front of their family and friends, followed by a quiet honeymoon in Devon.
Not everyone had been happy to see them together. A woman from their past refused to accept it. Her actions over the previous year had ended in tragedy, and had almost broken the happy couple apart.
Now, away from it all in a picturesque log cabin, Paul and Debbie look forward to time spent alone together.... But she has found out where they are, and she will stop at nothing to make sure that the marriage is over...forever.
But Huntswood Cove isn't just a beautiful Devonshire fishing town, it has its own secret. Recently, people have begun to disappear, only to turn up dead in suspicious circumstances. The locals begin to question what is going on.
Soon everything strange points to the abandoned house in the woods. The house that nobody wants to talk about. To them, it is the place that never existed.
©2017 Zombie Cupcake Press (P)2018 Jim Ody
The Black Stone
Summary
AD 273. Obsessed by the solar religions of the east, the emperor Aurelian sets out to obtain every sacred object within his realm. But one - a mysterious rock said to channel the power of the sun god - lies beyond his reach. Warrior-priest Ilaha has captured the legendary stone and is using it to raise an army against Rome. For imperial agent Cassius Corbulo and ex-gladiator bodyguard Indavara, stopping him constitutes their greatest challenge yet. Assisted by a squad of undercover soldiers and a Saracen chieftain, they trek south across the deserts of Arabia, encountering sandstorms, murderous moneylenders and a ruthless German mercenary. And when they finally reach Ilaha's mountain fortress, they face thousands of warriors who will give their lives to protect him...and the black stone.
©2014 NH Brown (P)2016 Hodder & Stoughton
Bad Blood
Summary
It's 1971, and 17-year-old Christine is about to give birth to her son. When her family throw her out, Christine has the biggest fight of her life to bring up her son safe on the infamous Canterbury Estate in Bradford, rife with crime, alcohol and drugs, a place where family is everything and nothing. It's Friday evening on the Canterbury Estate in Bradford, and Christine, who's been rushed to hospital by her friend, Josie, is on the maternity ward giving birth. She's 17 and terrified. Not just of the pain, which is ripping her in two, but because she knows that once the baby arrives, her family is never going to speak to her again. Her beautiful baby boy is about to start a chain of events that will lead to tragedy - and only her own family can save her.
©2016 Julie Shaw (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
The Emperor's Silver
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Still recovering from his previous assignment in Arabia, imperial agent Cassius Corbulo has been spending most of his time and money on women and wine. Unfortunately for him, word of his achievements has reached Emperor Aurelian's deputy, and he is sent north, tasked with smashing a counterfeiting gang. Cassius tracks the criminals to the city of Berytus, where his investigations are hampered by civil unrest and uncooperative officials, not to mention the personal problems of his servant, Simo, and bodyguard, Indavara. Despite this - and intense pressure from his superiors - the young officer eventually closes in on the gang. But his enemies will do anything to protect their profits, and Cassius and Indavara soon find themselves fighting not only for the emperor but for their very survival.
©2015 NH Brown (P)2017 Hodder & Stoughton
Agravain's Escape: The Return of King Arthur
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It is 2021, and Sir Agravain's nemesis, Malagant, is back. But Agravain, who hunted the Dread Knight during the 18th and 19th centuries, is now serving a prison sentence. Nimue, a mysterious student of Merlin, seeks King Arthur to offer him a choice. Arthur can settle into the normal life he yearns, abandoning his estranged knight. Or risk everything he has, all he has achieved, to aid in Agravain’s escape. The second book in the Arthurian fantasy series, The Return of King Arthur.
©2020 Alan O'Donoghue (P)2020 Alan O'Donoghue