Lives of Bitter Rain
Featured Article: 20 Best Sci-Fi Audiobooks for Exploring New Worlds
There is no genre that lends itself better to audio narrative than Science Fiction does. There is a magic that transports listeners to new worlds of wonder and mystery that is heightened by expert voice actors and narrators. A great writer can create an imaginative new world or dystopian civilisation, but it is up to the narrator to bring this world to life around you. We’ve gathered together 20 of the top science fiction audiobooks ranked not only for their stories but for the emotive and compelling narrative performances. Let these award winning tales and voices carry you away to worlds unknown.
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The Air War
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Length: 25 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10
An empress demands her birthright . . . The Air War is the eighth book in the critically acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky. All is in turmoil as the world moves towards war. In Solarno, spies eye one another and ready their knives – while the people of Myna...
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The Air War
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Series: Shadows of the Apt, Book 8
- Length: 25 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2021-11-11
- Language: English
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Children of Time
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Mel Hudson
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,692
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,490
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,487
Adrian Tchaikovksy's critically acclaimed stand-alone novel Children of Time is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet....
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5 out of 5 stars
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SF masterwork in the style of Brin or Vinge
- By Blythe on 2018-09-16
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Children of Time
- Narrated by: Mel Hudson
- Series: Children of Time, Book 1
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 2017-05-02
- Language: English
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$31.42 or free with 30-day trial
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Empire in Black and Gold
- Shadows of the Apt, Book 1
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Length: 23 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 51
The Lowlands’ city states have lived in peace for decades, hailed as bastions of civilization. Yet that peace is about to end....
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5 out of 5 stars
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this series needs more attention!
- By Kindle Customer on 2020-12-17
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Empire in Black and Gold
- Shadows of the Apt, Book 1
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Series: Shadows of the Apt, Book 1
- Length: 23 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2020-12-10
- Language: English
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Service Model
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 40
Murderbot meets Redshirts in a delightfully humorous tale of robotic murder from the Hugo-nominated author of Elder Race and Children of Time....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun story, interesting perspective
- By Skye Curtis on 2025-10-03
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Service Model
- Narrated by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2024-06-04
- Language: English
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$26.99 or free with 30-day trial
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City of Last Chances
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 19 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
There has always been a darkness to Ilmar, but never more so than now. The city chafes under the heavy hand of the Palleseen occupation, the choke-hold of its criminal underworld, the boot of its factory owners, the weight of its wretched poor and the burden of its ancient curse....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Everyone is Scottish there?
- By J Brandon. on 2024-10-25
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City of Last Chances
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Series: The Tyrant Philosophers, Book 1
- Length: 19 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 2023-01-31
- Language: English
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Bee Speaker
- Dogs of War, Book 3
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Gabrielle Nellis-Pain, Rod Hallett
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
From the Arthur C. Clarke award winner, Adrian Tchaikovsky, comes the third instalment of the DOGS OF WAR science fiction series, a future where genetically engineered “Bioforms” have inherited not the Earth, but the Solar System.
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Bee Speaker
- Dogs of War, Book 3
- Narrated by: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Gabrielle Nellis-Pain, Rod Hallett
- Series: Dogs of War, Book 3
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 2025-06-05
- Language: English
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$21.86 or free with 30-day trial
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Dans la toile du temps 1
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Lemire
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
La Terre est au plus mal... Ses derniers habitants n'ont plus qu'un seul espoir : coloniser le "Monde de Kern", une planète lointaine, spécialement terraformée pour l'espèce...
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Dans la toile du temps 1
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Lemire
- Series: Dans la toile du temps, Book 1
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 2024-06-13
- Language: French
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Day of Ascension
- Warhammer 40,000
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Harry Myers
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 79
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 80
The people of forge world Morod have found a new hope against despair and toil. The long-awaited angels are close, and the cult must prepare for their coming....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Praise the four armed emperor
- By Random_user499 on 2024-11-07
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Day of Ascension
- Warhammer 40,000
- Narrated by: Harry Myers
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 2022-01-29
- Language: English
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$27.31 or free with 30-day trial
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Bear Head
- Dogs of War, Book 2
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard, Nathan Osgood, William Hope
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7
Jimmy Martin has a sore head. He's used to smuggling illegal data in his headspace. But this is the first time it has started talking to him. The data claims to be a distinguished academic, author and civil rights activist. It also claims to be a bear....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By SushiGIrl on 2025-08-14
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Bear Head
- Dogs of War, Book 2
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard, Nathan Osgood, William Hope
- Series: Dogs of War, Book 2
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 2023-01-31
- Language: English
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Cage of Souls
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 23 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
Humanity clings to life on a dying Earth in an epic, far-future science fiction novel from an award-winning author....
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5 out of 5 stars
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So many incredible ideas, surprises, great characters
- By Herp McDerpikins on 2025-08-20
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Cage of Souls
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 23 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 2023-01-31
- Language: English
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Dogs of War
- Dogs of War, Book 1
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard, Nathan Osgood, William Hope
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8
A bio-engineered dog fights for its life and its right to life....
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3 out of 5 stars
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meh...
- By Amazon Customer on 2024-03-30
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Dogs of War
- Dogs of War, Book 1
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard, Nathan Osgood, William Hope
- Series: Dogs of War, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 2023-01-31
- Language: English
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Dans les profondeurs du temps
- Dans la toile du temps 2
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Lemire
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Il y a plusieurs milliers d'années, la Terre a envoyé de nombreuses équipes dans l'espace en vue de terraformer de nouveaux mondes et de donner un futur...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Génial, tout ce que j'aime en SF !
- By Momo on 2024-11-24
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Dans les profondeurs du temps
- Dans la toile du temps 2
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Lemire
- Series: Dans la toile du temps, Book 2
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 2024-07-11
- Language: French
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$47.29 or free with 30-day trial
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Days of Shattered Faith
- The Tyrant Philosophers, Book 3
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 21 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Loret is fresh off the boat, and just in time. As Cohort-Invigilator of Correct Appreciation, Outreach department, she’s here as aide to the Palleseen Resident, Sage-Invigilator Angilly.
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Days of Shattered Faith
- The Tyrant Philosophers, Book 3
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Series: The Tyrant Philosophers, Book 3
- Length: 21 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 2024-12-05
- Language: English
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Elder Race
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
A junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to study to save a planet from an unbeatable foe....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing short story
- By Kundalini student on 2023-07-04
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Elder Race
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2023-06-27
- Language: English
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Walking to Aldebaran
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
I'm lost. I'm scared. And there's something horrible in here.... My name is Gary Rendell. I'm an astronaut. When they asked me as a kid what I wanted to be when I grew up, I said, "astronaut, please!" I dreamed astronaut, I worked astronaut, I studied astronaut. I got lucky....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fun story with interesting unexpected ending.
- By mike ertl on 2023-03-27
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Walking to Aldebaran
- Narrated by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2019-10-15
- Language: English
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Dragonfly Falling
- Book Two in the Epic Fantasy Series from British Fantasy Award Winner Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Length: 25 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Every hero must be tested . . . Dragonfly Falling is the second book in the critically acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Children of Time. The Wasp Empire’s armies are on the move – and the city of Tark will...
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Dragonfly Falling
- Book Two in the Epic Fantasy Series from British Fantasy Award Winner Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Series: Shadows of the Apt, Book 2
- Length: 25 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 2020-12-10
- Language: English
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$27.33 or free with 30-day trial
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Lives of Bitter Rain
- A Tyrant Philosophers Novella
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring 'Perfection' and 'Correctness' to an imperfect world. But before these ruthless Tyrant Philosophers send in their legions, they despatch Outreach – the rain before the storm.
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Lives of Bitter Rain
- A Tyrant Philosophers Novella
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Series: The Tyrant Philosophers
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2025-10-14
- Language: English
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$12.28 or free with 30-day trial
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Salute the Dark
- Shadows of the Apt, Book 4
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story5 out of 5 stars 19
The epic fantasy series of war and empire by Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky continues. A terrible new power could see the Wasp Empire triumph over everything. It's time for spymaster Stenwold to choose his path....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Some of my favourite books
- By Ashley Augustine on 2023-03-13
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Salute the Dark
- Shadows of the Apt, Book 4
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Series: Shadows of the Apt, Book 4
- Length: 17 hrs
- Release date: 2021-02-18
- Language: English
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The Scarab Path
- Shadows of the Apt, Book 5
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Length: 26 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17
Ancient powers are waking. The war with the Wasp Empire has ended in a bitter stalemate, and Collegium has nothing to show for it but wounded veterans....
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The Scarab Path
- Shadows of the Apt, Book 5
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Series: Shadows of the Apt, Book 5
- Length: 26 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2021-07-22
- Language: English
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The Hungry Gods
- Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Emma Newman
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Amri was a Rabbit, one of a tribe of survivors scratching out an existence in the blasted landscape of a shattered, poisoned world. The Seagull fight, the Pigeon trade and the Cockroach scavenge, but the Rabbit had one rule: If you want to see tomorrow, you run.
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The Hungry Gods
- Narrated by: Emma Newman
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 2025-08-12
- Language: English
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