Robert Power has narrated 5 audiobooks on Listento.it by 4 authors. The most-rated is Salamander.
Are We Nearly There Yet, Dad?
Summary
In January 2008, Graham Naismith, 37-year-old IT consultant and former police detective, and his wife Eirene, aged 38 and a former teacher, spontaneously, and with no prior experience whatsoever, decided to embark on a 30,000 mile drive to Australia with their three daughters aged one, four, and six. Having previously sold their house in anticipation of a drop in the housing market and with Graham's job at the infamous ID Cards Scheme looking precarious, the climate was right. So, with the decision made and the trip endorsed by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Lance Armstrong, and not forgetting The Hairy Bikers, four months of intensive planning and preparation followed. A suitable four-wheel drive vehicle was bought and built to expedition standards and the relentless quest for sponsorship commenced. Satellite phones, emergency beacons, needles, drips, medicines, vaccinations galore, mountains of equipment, and bureaucracy were all sourced, and courses in vehicle repair, remote emergency first aid, and Russian were embarked on before they departed. On May 1, 2008, they waved goodbye to their friends, and within 15 minutes heard their first “Are we nearly there yet, Dad?”. This proved to be a constant as they traveled through 19 countries including Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, and onto South East Asia before driving the entire circumference of Australia. As they traveled, the global economy went into meltdown.The book charts, in diary form, a journey through desert and jungle, from Auschwitz to the Beijing Olympics and from opulence to third-world poverty. The family encountered terrorist bombings, earthquakes, blood clots, gun-toting soldiers, corrupt policemen, covert tracking devices, AK-47 carrying locals, an attempted car-jacking, landslides, mines, convicted drug dealers at the Bangkok Hilton, lice, leeches, ghosts, scorpions, snakes, and sharks, not to mention their car being confiscated in China, blowing up in Thailand, and getting stuck in the middle of the Australian desert. Arguably, the overarching theme throughout this is one man's mid-life crisis that led to a physical journey of self-discovery and realization. On a less pretentious level, it gives a painfully honest insight into how a family and a marriage cope through the good and bad. It is, above all, a funny book. If you’ve ever thought about throwing it in and doing something completely different, then this is a must listen. Includes full equipment list, visa details, preparations required, costs, route, vehicle maintenance tasks, and sponsorship details.
©2019 Graham Naismith (P)2019 Graham Naismith
Journeyman's Trial
Summary
A missing friend. A magical catastrophe. When an evil conjurer crashes the wizard’s tournament, can one lowly apprentice save them all? Ozel is quickly realizing there’s more to being a wizard’s apprentice than reciting spells. Between protecting villagers from nefarious conspirators and preparing for the fast-approaching magical tournament, he has his hands full. So it’s little wonder he’s lost track of his close friend who seems to have disappeared without a trace. Traveling alongside his master on the road to the competition, his search for clues comes up empty. Not even magical festivities can distract him from the worry eating at his heart. And his worst fears about his friend’s fate seem to come true when a dark conjurer soaks the tournament grounds with innocent blood. To defeat an evil wizard and rescue his friends, Ozel must draw on his budding magic before his apprenticeship ends in disaster. Journeyman’s Trial is the second book in a spell-binding fantasy series. If you like plucky characters, magical battles, and enchanted mysteries, then you’ll love Jim Hodgson’s thrilling coming-of-age tale. Buy Journeyman’s Trial to summon an electrifying magical adventure today!
©2018 Jim Hodgson (P)2020 Jim Hodgson
Wizard's Resolve
Summary
A dark power. A kingdom hurtling toward war. This young wizard is in a whole horde of trouble.... Ozel finds joy in his kingdom's peace. For the first time since the wizard discovered his true heritage, he's able to consider a future without danger and bloodshed. Prepared to settle down and open his enchantment shop, his dream slips away when King Usta requests his help against a terrifying enemy.... With the land of Dilara still reeling from magical catastrophe, Ozel and his friends may be the kingdom's best shot at overcoming a massive, unbeatable army. But as the foreboding power creeps closer to land, the former apprentice is unsure if he's strong enough to protect both the living and the undead. As the twisted wizardry swallows his home, can Ozel summon the magic he needs to defeat the impossible? Wizard's Resolve is the third book in a spellbinding YA fantasy series. If you like determined characters, do-or-die battles, and a sprinkle of humor, then you’ll love Jim Hodgson’s legendary tale. Buy Wizard's Resolve to vanquish black magic today!
©2018 Jim Hodgson (P)2020 Jim Hodgson
Arcana
Summary
In an alternate world where real magic exists, its practitioners are hunted down by police officers called M-forcers. But some groups are fighting back!
Callum McGuire is a new M-forcer who once worked the quiet streets of London. As an orphan, Callum has been brought up to believe that all magic is evil, but the more he sees of The M-forcers’ cruel methods (implemented by General Nero Stark, and his second-in-command Sherman Pryce), the more he begins to question whether or not they are right.
And when he unwittingly encounters a member of the rebel group called Arcana, he’s introduced to their world and realizes that nothing will ever be the same again.
Join award-winning and bestselling author Paul Kane (the sell-out phenomenon Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell, the Hooded Man series, and the bestselling Before) as he shows you a kind of magic you’ve never seen....
©2018 Paul Kane (P)2019 WordFire Press
Salamander
Summary
Magister Coelus, the College’s young and brilliant theorist, finally has a student capable of learning theoretical magery at the level at which he can teach it. He invites her to help him with his current research project, which promises to funnel through the hands of one mage more power than any mage has ever had. Ellen, who knows more about both the theory and practice of magic than a first year student should know, refuses, arguing that the Cascade will do more harm than good. When news of the project reaches Prince Kieron, brother and heir of the king and Royal Master of Mages, he insists that it be completed in secret and employed, if at all, only under royal authority. Word has also reached Lord Iolen, Kieron’s competent, cold-blooded, and ambitious nephew, with his own ideas of how and by whom the Cascade should be used. Ellen and Coelus must together face the conflicting threats and demands of two arrogant and powerful men, the peril posed by the very existence of the Cascade, and their feelings for each other. Forty years earlier Olver, a founder of the College, took the first steps in converting magery from a craft to a science. It is for his successors to deal with the consequences.
©2011 David Director Friedman (P)2020 David Director Friedman