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Seed

By: Ania Ahlborn
Narrated by: Eric G. Dove
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With nothing but the clothes on his back—and something horrific snapping at his heels—Jack Winter fled his rural Georgia home when he was still just a boy. Watching the world he knew vanish in a trucker’s rearview mirror, he thought he was leaving an unspeakable nightmare behind forever. But years later, the bright new future he’s built suddenly turns pitch black, as something fiendishly familiar looms dead ahead.

When Jack, his wife Aimee, and their two small children survive a violent car crash, it seems like a miracle. But Jack knows what he saw on the road that night, and it wasn’t divine intervention. The profound evil from his past won’t let them die…at least not quickly. It’s back, and it’s hungry; ready to make Jack pay for running, to work its malignant magic on his angelic youngest daughter, and to whisper a chilling promise: I’ve always been here, and I’ll never leave.

Country comfort is no match for spine-tingling Southern gothic suspense in Ania Ahlborn’s tale of an ordinary man with a demon on his back. Seed plants its page-turning terror deep in your soul, and lets it grow wild.

2012 by Ania Ahlborn. ℗ 2012 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

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“Seed is great horror—a dark, fearless, unflinching blast of suburban spookiness that reminded me of early Stephen King. It’s easily the best debut novel—in any genre—that I’ve read in years.” —Blake Crouch, bestselling horror and thriller author

“I absolutely loved Ahlborn’s evocative writing style, which was supersaturated with dark imagery throughout. Her poetic narrative enriched and deepened every sequence…This was a shockingly dark and sublimely creepy read that I won’t soon forget.” —Paul Goat Allen, Barnes&Noble.com
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Being used to lengthy King books it was nice to listen to a story that got right to the point. Maybe not the glowing 5 star tributes I read in the reviews but an enjoyable story all the same. Nice twist at the end and not quite what I expected.

Good concise story with a twist

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Though it's a bit short, which was my only gripe with the book, I thought this was a great listen. It's an eerie experience that leaves you wanting more.

I smashed this out in a day, but it's definitely worth the credit. Great characters, great story, great book. Give it a listen.

4.5 Stars! Eerie and gripping.

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4.5⭐️

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Narrator adds to the creepy vibe.
Good pace throughout with plenty going on. Loved it.

Great creepy story.

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Pretty basic and formulaic horror/ thriller that isn’t really pushing anything new that we haven’t had in this genre. The characters are pretty thin and it comes off overall like one of those trashy Netflix movies that pass an hour of your time but it that time would be better off spent doing something else.

Basic

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Feels like a typical horror where the characters act in a ridiculous manner, or don’t act as they should, to begin with, but through slivers of backstory we soon realise that we’re not in Kansas anymore.
Well worth a listen.

Not a typical tale.

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