Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
The Selection cover art

The Selection

By: Jason J. Nugent
Narrated by: Paul Jenkins
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £11.99

Buy Now for £11.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Dark Sacrifice: A Horror Novel cover art
The Divide cover art
Colony cover art
Fairy Keeper cover art
The Dwellers Saga Omnibus cover art
Ignition cover art
Watcher Series Box Set: The Complete Series cover art
Seeds of Chaos Omnibus: A GameLit Dark Adventure Series cover art
The Park Service cover art
Fire Country cover art
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes cover art
Drowning Ruth cover art
New Spring cover art
The Serpent and the Pearl cover art
First Truth cover art
Kin of Kings (The Kin of Kings: Book 1) cover art

Summary

One teen, thrust into the impossible, battles to survive.

A violent ritual terrorizes the young men of the planet Anastasia. It’s known as...the selection.

It’s brutal. Possibly fatal. And now...it’s Eron’s turn.

He has 30 days to fight his way through deadly animals, mysterious creatures, and bloodthirsty competitors on his quest to Victory Point. Survival depends on forming alliances, but the more time he spends with a boy named Phelan, the more he questions if he is to be trusted.

As Eron maneuvers his way through dangers and pitfalls, he learns there are risks greater than death along the route to Victory Point. He could become...Forgotten.

Fans of The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, and Divergent will love this fast-paced, action-filled adventure with exciting twists and turns from USA Today best-selling author Jason J. Nugent. 

©2017 Jason J. Nugent (P)2017 Jason J. Nugent

What listeners say about The Selection

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    0
  • 4 Stars
    1
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    0
  • 4 Stars
    1
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    0
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    1
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Decent start to a series

This book is a slightly odd mix for me, you have that well-worn plot device of a deadly game or coming of age trial, but it is done pretty well overall with the author managing to avoid some of the worst clichés of that type of plot.

The world-building is good overall, but quite a lot of that may not be relevant to subsequent books as it related directly to the selection and it's setting, which is completed by the end of this first book. The characters are fairly well-realised on the whole, but the main character didn't grab me as much as he could have done, I was interested in what happened to him rather than fully caring what happened to him.

The narrator mostly did a good job with the book, his narration had a clear and pleasant tone to it, but could have maybe made some of the main characters a bit more distinctive as that would have probably helped me connect better with the book.

Overall, I did enjoy this book, however it was merely a good setup for an ongoing series and a good standalone book rather than really excelling in either aspect, I think it is one that could grow on me if I enjoy the subsequent books in the series.

[Note - I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.]

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful