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A collection of short stories, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories was first published in 1979 and awarded the Cheltenham Festival Literary Prize. This Audible exclusive adaptation is narrated by legendary actors, Richard Armitage and Emilia Fox, who take on different chapters of the audiobook. Among these are 'The Bloody Chamber', 'The Courtship of Mr Lyon', 'The Tiger's Bride', 'Puss in Boots', 'The Erl-King', 'The Snow Child', 'The Lady of the House of Love', 'The Werewolf' and 'Wolf-Alice'.

In 1912, just months before the election, President Taft dies suddenly, and Teddy Roosevelt wastes no time in grabbing power as he wins another term as president. By force of will, he ushers the United States into a new, progressive era with the help of the Black Chamber, the mysterious spy organization watching his back.

A captured interstellar object is decoded—revealing the final record of an extinct civilization called the Anari. Once a star-faring empire, the Anari fell when Kellyn Windstream, a linguist-historian, unsealed the Chamber of Victory—releasing the powers that once shaped creation… and the Malloch, beings of pure entropy that devoured worlds faster than science could defend them.

Seventeen-year-old spirit medium Emily Chambers has a problem. Actually, she has several. As if seeing dead people isn’t a big enough social disadvantage, she also has to contend with an escaped demon and a handsome ghost with a secret past. And then there’s the question of her parentage. Being born an entire year after her father’s death (yes, a year), Emily is as much a mystery as the dead boy assigned to her.

After the Tortoise Spire climb claims three members of Team Guiding Star Legacy, surviving combat experts Nieve and Hane—teammates by chance if not by choice—cope with their losses by joining another delving group to ascend Tiger Spire. Allied with bickering siblings Rose and Mason, an Architect and a Transmuter, and the Biomancer Lief, they’re led by Odette, an Analyst, who has meticulously studied the spire’s scenarios to locate the mythical Vault of Shadows and claim its priceless treasures.

In 2045, friction has been engineered out of existence. But for two exiles on opposite sides of a broken world, the noise is just beginning. San Francisco is a paradise of perfect efficiency. AI "Mirrors" handle difficult conversations, and "Auto-gigs" project soulless concerts into empty clubs. Samir Patel is drifting. His marriage didn’t end with a fight, but with a quiet negotiation between algorithms. Now an exile in his own life, he tends bar at Maelzel’s Exhibition—one of the last holdouts for human-made music in a partitioned California.

Atlantica - the forgotten isle, the glittering gem in the cesspool of humanity's future. Anything you do inside your own home is allowed. Those with obscene wealth find it a haven, while every major country of in the world craves the secrets they believe are buried in the mist. Where mystery happens, John Chambers can exist: ex-soldier, gritty realist, detective. It's whispered that John "Dick" Chambers is the man you go to when you need someone who can't be bought.

Ben thought The Wylds would be a fun escape. Instead, he’s dropped into a brutal fantasy world where pain is real, the system is out to get him, and dying hurts. With no class, no weapon, and a seemingly useless calligraphy skill, Ben is hunted by Fate—the most powerful guild in the game—for an item that could destroy The Wylds and everyone in it.

The Great War is at a stalemate, and the only thing stopping Germany from striking America is the threat of the United States using their own Annihilation Gas against them. But America's supply is quickly decaying and the Central Powers know it. A plant is under construction in the remote highlands of Mexico so that America can make their own supply. President Teddy Roosevelt assigns crack agent Luz O'Malley and her technical genius Ciara Whelan to watch over the plant operating under cover identities.

Despite a lifetime of traveling with their father to collect strange artifacts, twins Topaz and Opal Cushing have never fully believed in monsters or the supernatural. Oh, sure, they share an eerie psychic connection, and their tarot card readings often come true, but… Werewolves? Vampires? Living mummies? None of those could be real. Those legends are just for rubes. Right? Since the girls’ father has been away, though, strange things have been happening in the family’s little exhibit—and in the waxworks studio that shares their dilapidated Victorian mansion on the outskirts of London.

With the empire secure, Otto turns his focus west. The first piece of the Immortality Engine lies across the ocean in Lord Colt’s Workshop. Complicating Otto’s mission, Eddred of Markane is already in Colt’s Land, trying to persuade them to help him defeat the empire. Can Otto navigate a web of politics and intrigue unlike anything he’s ever encountered? Or, will his mission fail before he even reaches Colt’s workshop?

A massive natural disaster was all it took to drop America to her knees. Will she be ready for the coming wars? Air Force Colonel Lou Caldwell was already in his own private hell. Living in the bottle since his son’s suicide, Lou is pressed into assignment by the nation’s leading general. His mission? Act as the joint chief’s quiet eyes and ears on the ground, assess the military’s true readiness, and find the pulse of America. China and Russia square up for war, intent on claiming their role as the world’s foremost superpower.

There is something seriously wrong with Santa this year, and he's coming for you. Santa Claus ruined his life. He saw him as a child, flying across the sky in his reindeer-pulled sleigh, and this vision grew into a long-time obsession. He eventually learned the truth about Santa. The dark, horrifying truth.

Part two of this 9.0 earthquake and volcano trilogy picks up right where the exciting conclusion to Tahoma’s Hammer left you hanging. As new allies begin to move onto the rifle club’s property, Phil must begin the grieving process for the recent personal tragedy. Rising violence throughout Slaughter County forces the club members to take drastic action, even at the risk of government reprisal. In the midst of this, Phil discovers a dear friend has been gravely injured. He decides to set out to find him before it’s too late.

Tahoma - the Native tribal name for Mt. Rainier - wakes up after a devastating 9.0 earthquake shatters the Pacific Northwest. Entire counties are covered in mud, rock, and earth. Landslides and tsunamis add to the annihilation. Power and internet are knocked out to the entire American West. Hundreds of thousands die on the first day of the New World.

The perfect afterlife or a never-ending nightmare? Isobel has it all: a steady relationship, the immaculate home and her dream job. Life, and even death, is completely under her control. For Isobel's generation death no longer means oblivion, thanks to firms like her employer, Oakley Associates. Isobel is their top Heaven Architect, crafting perfect afterlives for her clients: artificial paradises of the mind built from the memories they treasure most. Then Isobel meets handsome client Jarek....

After foiling a German plot to devastate America's coastal cities from Boston to Galveston, crack Black Chamber agent Luz O'Malley and budding technical genius Ciara Whelan go to California to recuperate. But their well-deserved rest is cut short by the discovery of a diabolical new weapon that could give the German Imperial Navy command of the North Sea. Luz and Ciara must go deep undercover and travel across a world at war, and live under false identities in Berlin itself to ferret out the project's secrets.

Step into the shadowed halls of "The Puzzle Chamber Mysteries: The Labyrinthine Library," where every whisper and echo holds the key to untold mysteries and ancient wisdom. This gripping novel invites listeners on an unforgettable journey through the heart of a library unlike any other—a place where books breathe secrets, walls shift with magic, and puzzles guard the path to hidden truths. Join an intrepid seeker, chosen to unravel the labyrinth's deepest mysteries and confront challenges that blend the arcane with the intellectual.

War is in the air.... The Gun Club members recoil from the explosive and violent abduction that showed just how brutally Order had been divested. The fledgling new posse is immediately tested with the knowledge that the cartel has annihilated the remaining police and National Guard in Seattle.... Elsewhere in the Northwest, the heroes become the hunters....

A wise man once said “Do or do not, there is no try”. Welcome to Chamber’s is a testament to the ‘do’ part of that quote. A collection of excerpts from the official Harper Productions program “Charlie in Chamber’s”, behind the scenes moments from its cast and crew, as well as a little extra interpretive spice, this show is sure to blow even the most cold hearted of businessmen away. Follow Charlie, his team, and their ever changing job, all while uncovering the grisly truth of what a human’s will can accomplish. Have a happy evening everyone!