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The Hollow Tree

By: James Brogden
Narrated by: Sarah Nichols
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About this listen

From the critically acclaimed author of Hekla’s Children comes a dark and haunting tale of our world and the next.

After her hand is amputated following a tragic accident, Rachel Cooper suffers vivid nightmares of a woman imprisoned in the trunk of a hollow tree, screaming for help. When she begins to experience phantom sensations of leaves and earth with her missing limb, Rachel is terrified she is going mad. But then another hand takes hers, and the trapped woman is pulled into our world.

This woman has no idea who she is, but Rachel can’t help but think of the mystery of Oak Mary, a female corpse found in a hollow tree and who was never identified. Three urban legends have grown up around the case; was Mary a Nazi spy, a prostitute, or a gypsy witch? Rachel is desperate to learn the truth, but darker forces are at work - for a rule has been broken, and Mary is in a world where she doesn’t belong.

©2018 James Brogden (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing Horror Psychological Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Scary Paranormal Suspense

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love it, it was a great story, will be reading more of James Brogdens books

Brilliant

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As I accepted from James Brogden book it was interesting and not like other books. He twisting story in unexpected turns :D

love it

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Story was good BUT narrator was terrible and really shouldn't have even bothered trying to do different accents, her "Scottish" accent was a mixture of West country with Irish hints, her German accent was dire and she got muddled with whose accent was which! Made it very hard to continue listening.

Awful narration!

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The story was ok, a good idea and would have filled a few hours; but couldn't finish this due to the narration. The narrator sounded much older and genteel than the main character was meant to be, and really REALLY struggled with accents. The dialogue between Scottish and Irish characters is what made me call it quits.

Story was a good idea, bizarre narrator choice

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I love James Brogden and this was another wonderful story with an interesting crossover between the here and now, legend, and fantasy. There are a few loose ends that I’m not sure I fully grasped but I really enjoyed it nonetheless.

I wasn’t keen on the narrator - her voice didn’t match the personality of the main character in the slightest - but this didn’t spoil my overall experience.

Brilliant story…less impressive narration

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