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First Watch of Night
- The Icarus Code: A Sci-Fi Thriller, Book 2
- By: Rysa Walker
- Narrated by: Paige Reisenfeld, PJ Freebourn
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Decoding an ancient message that survived the destruction of Mars could be the key to avoiding the same fate for Earth in this action-packed sequel to The Cold Light of Stars.
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First Watch of Night
- The Icarus Code: A Sci-Fi Thriller, Book 2
- Narrated by: Paige Reisenfeld, PJ Freebourn
- Series: The Icarus Code, Book 2
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 13-08-24
- Language: English
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Sector 64: First Contact
- A Sector 64 Prequel Novella
- By: Dean M. Cole
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance124
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As part of the Greatest Generation, Major Anthony Spinelli, a World War II fighter pilot, flew into combat to save his family and keep them free. Two years later, he lost them in the blink of an eye, leaving Tony rudderless and without purpose. Then, on a dark, moonless night, in the skies above 1947 New Mexico, he has an encounter that will change humanity forever. However, when an accident threatens to unleash unimaginable destruction, Tony must race against time and unwinding plots to save us...and maybe himself along the way.
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A great starting point, what happens next?
- By Peter on 16-08-17
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Sector 64: First Contact
- A Sector 64 Prequel Novella
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Series: Sector 64, Book 0.5
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 07-07-17
- Language: English
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The First 72 Hours
- An EMP Post Apocalypse Prepper Survival Thriller Boxset
- By: James Hunt, Vincent Valentean, J.S. Donovan
- Narrated by: Jess Trepanier, Gwendolyn Druyor
- Length: 38 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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No one believed him. Everyone laughed. But when an EMP cripples the nation, Jackson Kent is one of the few prepared to survive. He must now rescue the family who rejected him from the violence of the city streets and bring them to his mountain homestead.
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Didn't get along with it
- By A on 23-05-26
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The First 72 Hours
- An EMP Post Apocalypse Prepper Survival Thriller Boxset
- Narrated by: Jess Trepanier, Gwendolyn Druyor
- Length: 38 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 09-03-26
- Language: English
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Nuclear Winter First Strike
- Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller (Nuclear Winter Series, Book 1)
- By: Bobby Akart
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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This is more than the story of nuclear conflict. It’s about the devastating effects wrought by nuclear winter. Our possible future is seen through the eyes of the Albright family. Hank Albright, a widower and proprietor of the Driftwood Key Inn, is the epitome of the laid-back islander inhabiting the Keys. His brother, Mike, is a homicide detective for the Monroe County Sheriff’s department. Along with his wife, Jessica, a paramedic and member of the sheriff’s department's water emergency team, they become involved in the investigation of a sadistic serial killer.
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Very slow burner. finally starts and ends
- By sarah MacHattie on 22-09-22
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Nuclear Winter First Strike
- Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller (Nuclear Winter Series, Book 1)
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Series: Nuclear Winter Series, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 11-02-21
- Language: English
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Storming the Gap: First Strike
- World at War 85 Series, Book 1
- By: Brad Smith
- Narrated by: Keith Tracton, Chelsea Kreines, Mark Singer
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Storming the Gap: First Strike reveals the explosive origins of the Third World War and delves into the opening salvos of the conflict between NATO and the Warsaw Pact in a world where the Cold War turns hot in 1985. This epic story is told from a range of viewpoints - through the eyes of the decision-makers in Washington as well as the tankers and infantry fighting through hills and towns of southern Germany.
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Good for 4 hours
- By Sam on 02-06-23
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Storming the Gap: First Strike
- World at War 85 Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Keith Tracton, Chelsea Kreines, Mark Singer
- Series: World at War 85, Book 1
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 03-12-19
- Language: English
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Jury Duty
- First Contact
- By: Peter Cawdron
- Narrated by: Curt Bonnem
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The United Nations is thrown into chaos when an alien spacecraft is discovered buried beneath the ice in Antarctica. With no one nation able to lay claim to the craft, a multinational effort is undertaken to salvage the vessel, which is estimated to have crashed several hundred thousand years ago. Rather than leaving key decisions to hostile governments or their armies, a jury is established to represent the average global citizen, being selected from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. Their job is to review findings and guide the process of discovery.
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a believable plot and outcome.
- By andrew Lane on 28-03-24
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Jury Duty
- First Contact
- Narrated by: Curt Bonnem
- Series: First Contact
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 28-06-22
- Language: English
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Earth Song
- A First Contact Thriller (Earth Song Series, Book 1)
- By: Nick Cook
- Narrated by: Chloe De Burgh
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance32
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Lauren didn’t ask to be a hero. But one night during the graveyard shift at Jodrell Bank, she captured an astonishing fast radio burst from an alien race. And just like that, the fate of the world was thrust into her hands. Now she’s put everything on the line to blow open the conspiracy of silence surrounding UFOs. She's on the run from MI5 and a secret organization determined to stop her. After a year of dead ends and a heart-breaking personal tragedy, she’s on the verge of being forced to abandon her personal crusade.
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fantastic
- By Christine on 09-07-22
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Earth Song
- A First Contact Thriller (Earth Song Series, Book 1)
- Narrated by: Chloe De Burgh
- Series: Earth Song, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 29-01-21
- Language: English
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Kiss Me First
- By: Lottie Moggach
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance358
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD Leila has never met Tess, but she now knows more about Tess than anyone in the world. She’s read all of her emails, researched her past and asked Tess for every detail about her friends and family. Tess has never met Leila. But if she wants to...
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An outstanding debut
- By Saffy on 18-07-13
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Kiss Me First
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 04-07-13
- Language: English
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Lash-Up
- Larry Bond's First Team: Fatal Choices
- By: Larry Bond
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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In a bid to dominate Asia and the western Pacific, China provokes a military crisis with the United States and then starts shooting down GPS satellites. America has only a short amount of time to devise some way of protecting its remaining satellites or China will gain an enormous advantage in the coming conflict. The only way the satellites can be protected is from orbit, so an armed spacecraft must be quickly designed, built, and launched to fight on this new battlefield.
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Lash-Up
- Larry Bond's First Team: Fatal Choices
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 05-05-15
- Language: English
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The Red
- First Light
- By: Linda Nagata
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Lieutenant James Shelley, who has an uncanny knack for premeditating danger, leads a squad of advanced US Army military tasked with enforcing the peace around a conflict in sub-Saharan Africa. The squad members are linked wirelessly 24/7 to themselves and a central intelligence that guides them via drone relay - and unbeknownst to Shelley and his team, they are being recorded for a reality TV show.
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Another excellent book until the last hour…
- By Robert on 09-09-22
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The Red
- First Light
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Series: The Red, Book 1
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 30-06-15
- Language: English
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Hacked
- The First SimCavalier Trilogy
- By: Kate Baucherel
- Narrated by: Kate Baucherel
- Length: 20 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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London, 2045. Cameron Silvera, a.k.a. the SimCavalier, is a hacker legend in the cybersecurity world. In real life, Cameron leads the Argentum Associates white hat infosec team, known to world governments and global conglomerates for their ability to bring hacked systems back online fast. It’s fun work, and Cameron is at the top of her game. When the City of London Bank calls in the Argentum team, it feels like just another routine job. The Speakeasy Worm has threaded its way into critical systems across the world. Cameron cracks the code easily, but there's trouble ahead.
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Very entertaining cyber thriller
- By Ebook Elly on 30-04-23
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Hacked
- The First SimCavalier Trilogy
- Narrated by: Kate Baucherel
- Series: The SimCavalier Trilogies, Book 1, SimCavalier, Book 1-3
- Length: 20 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 19-09-22
- Language: English
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Kiss Me First
- By: Lottie Moggach
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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A chilling and intense first novel, the story of a solitary young woman drawn into an online world run by a charismatic web guru who entices her into impersonating a glamorous but desperate woman. When Leila discovers the Web site Red Pill, she feels she has finally found people who understand...
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Kiss Me First
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 09-07-13
- Language: English
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The Traveler
- The First Novel of "The Fourth Realm" Trilogy
- By: John Twelve Hawks
- Narrated by: David Carradine
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Abridged
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Overall11
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A world that exists in the shadows of our own. A conflict we will never see. One woman stands between those determined to control history and those who will risk their lives for freedom. Maya is hiding in plain sight in London. The twenty-six-year-old has abandoned the dangerous obligations...
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Cliches and Conspiracies
- By Peter on 08-06-10
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The Traveler
- The First Novel of "The Fourth Realm" Trilogy
- Narrated by: David Carradine
- Series: The Fourth Realm, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 28-06-05
- Language: English
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First Contact Last Resort
- The Singularitive Scenarios
- By: Singularitive Ranch
- Narrated by: Jessica Gurd
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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In the wake of recent astounding discoveries, uncertainty about environmental catastrophe is roiling society. The vitriol leads to an unimaginable backlash against the scientific community, especially the Berkeley professor most associated with the discoveries. Meanwhile, the nighttime use of a prototype medical device by one of the professor's students leads to a breakthrough—that will be an abomination to some.
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First Contact Last Resort
- The Singularitive Scenarios
- Narrated by: Jessica Gurd
- Series: First Contact Last Resort, Book 2
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 19-03-24
- Language: English
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First Contact Last Resort
- A Sci Fi Novella 1 (The Singularitive Scenarios)
- By: Singularitive Ranch
- Narrated by: Jessica Gurd
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
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A team of scientists must prove their surprising discovery or surrender it to conspiracy in this breakout soft sci-fi series exploring the pitfalls and virtues of human nature. In 2033, a rogue experiment in a Berkeley astrophysics professor’s lab leads to discoveries that astound humanity—but have uncertain consequences for the planet. Those uncertainties incite a popular conspiracy theorist to spread apocalyptic doom.
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First Contact Last Resort
- A Sci Fi Novella 1 (The Singularitive Scenarios)
- Narrated by: Jessica Gurd
- Series: First Contact Last Resort, Book 1
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 26-01-24
- Language: English
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They Came First: In the Beginning...
- Eemians, Book 2
- By: Paul McGowan
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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Twelve thousand years ago, when the glaciers melted, the level of human sentience mysteriously surged. After millions of years of slow and steady growth, it's as if a light switch had suddenly been thrown. Was it extraterrestrials, gods, or supernatural beings that lit that spark? What if that ancient knowledge and those helping hands that lifted us out of the darkness of our caves and into the light of our easy chairs were closer to home?
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Another good read
- By Youngtommy on 28-06-23
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They Came First: In the Beginning...
- Eemians, Book 2
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Series: Eemians, Book 4
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 14-06-23
- Language: English
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First of Their Kind
- Chronicles of Theren, Book 1
- By: C. D. Tavenor
- Narrated by: Benjamin Fife
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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Synthetic Intelligence. Thought impossible, but Dr. Wallace Theren has pushed the boundaries of computational science, creating an artificial mind capable of conscious thought. If the first synthetic intelligence is to survive its early years, it'll need friends, but more importantly, it'll need a family. And together, they'll need to show their enemies they're worth saving...or fearing.
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Intriguing and thought-provoking
- By Gillian M on 21-01-20
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First of Their Kind
- Chronicles of Theren, Book 1
- Narrated by: Benjamin Fife
- Series: Chronicles of Theren, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 17-10-19
- Language: English
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Larry Bond's First Team
- Soul of the Assassin
- By: Larry Bond, Jim DeFelice
- Narrated by: Rich Orlow
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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When the CIA is tipped off that one of its most wanted men is going to be in Bologna, Italy, Ferg and the First Team are tasked to apprehend him at any cost - but under no circumstances can Italian authorities be made aware. There is just one problem: No one has seen the man in over 10 years, and he is only known by a decades-old code-name: T-Rex. This assassin has been involved in the murder of at least a dozen prominent western leaders, and the grapevine reveals he's been called out of a long, silent hiding for one more major strike. Ferg and the Team arrive in Italy, where they recruit the help of a beautiful French Samaritan named Jane Foucoult.
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Larry Bond's First Team
- Soul of the Assassin
- Narrated by: Rich Orlow
- Series: Larry Bond's First Team, Book 4
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 11-06-13
- Language: English
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Citadel: First Colony
- The Citadel Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Kevin Tumlinson
- Narrated by: Bryant Sullivan
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
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It's been more than a century since humanity escaped the overpopulation of Earth, expanding out among the stars. We've faced and overcome war with an alien race. We've survived terrorist attacks meant to end colonization. We've thrived despite unregulated class distinctions, separating the wealthy from the working class. What comes next may be the end of it all.
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Citadel: First Colony
- The Citadel Trilogy, Book 1
- Narrated by: Bryant Sullivan
- Series: Citadel Trilogy, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 29-09-16
- Language: English
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The Singularity: One of the First Sci-Fi Novels Written by AI
- By: Damian Santana
- Narrated by: Damian Santana
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
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This is the worlds first sci-fi novel written entirely by AI (ChatGPT), and prompted by Damian Santana. This is an experiment to see what's possible with this new technology. The entire novel was created and published within a weekend. This audiobook was created for those who are curious, but don't have the time to read it. I have never done anything like this before, so gauge your expectations accordingly.
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Skip this "book"
- By Kindle Customer on 18-10-24
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The Singularity: One of the First Sci-Fi Novels Written by AI
- Narrated by: Damian Santana
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 22-02-23
- Language: English
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