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Stain

Written by: Neven Iliev
Narrated by: Jeff Hays,Annie Ellicott,Dorrie Sacks,Laurie Winkel,Justin James,Will Watt,Gary Furlong,Soundbooth Theater,full cast
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The world waits for no one. While Boxxy is off chasing shinies and delving dungeons abroad, Azurvale's shadows churn, fester, and ferment into a potent cocktail of trouble. Secret organizations maneuver behind the scenes, patiently advancing their nefarious plots. Government agencies lay in wait, ready to pounce at the first sign of trouble. Powerful adventurers gear up and train for the next challenge, uncertain as to what form it might take. In the midst of all this, a humble scholar arrives from a distant land wholly ignorant to the mountain-sized powder keg waiting for him. Explosives primed and the fuse set, the only thing missing is a spark to set things off, and who better to serve that role than a fiery redhead making her triumphant return?

It would appear that the universe once again conspires to put the Hero of Chaos in dire straits. However, in this particular instance, Boxxy is not entirely without fault. It doesn't know it yet, but the nasty surprises that await it are nothing more than the consequences of its own actions. As it turns out, butting heads with the seedy underbelly of civilized society has a way of stirring up an immense amount of trouble. Boxxy is aware of this, of course, though it doesn't care since it fancies itself an expert at deflecting blame and avoiding responsibility. For the most part, this is an accurate assessment. Unfortunately for the less-than-a-year-old monster, it has yet to learn one of life's key lessons.

Bad karma is like a stubborn stain—it never truly goes away.

Content warning: Profanity, gore, violence, explicit adult content

©2022 Neven Iliev (P)2023 Soundbooth Theater

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ELLC makes me yearn for Soundbooth Theatre.

i absolutely gobble up Jeff and team's work. cant wait for their next few team books.

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I can't get enough of this series

I like this series so much. I look forward to the next one each time.

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Pretty good

Another good book to add to the series. The narration was excellent as always but i hate stain her sounds were gross. The story was good but a bit weak at times, fizzy showing up out of nowhere and the conflict with the gilded hand felt rushed. I would have expected more cat and mouse between boxy and the spymaster. The fight was really good it just lacked some face time with the big names.

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consistant

The cast is amazing, the story is great. Did skip over some of the battles since about book 6 the 5 minutes battles can take 2 hours to tell ( the explanation of why the attack is made with preparation and explanation of skills and then why the attack didnt work because of the preparation thoughs and skills (explained) of the opponent... blurgh 15 min on 1 attack is annoying and completly throws of the beat of the battle... where the boxy that sneaked and 1 shot everything especially during monologues lol now not so much... anyway skipped a couple battles about 4 hours, didnt miss a thing of the story and enjoyed the story

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Still hilarious.

Story is not only engaging and hilarious but the narrator, as many of us know is just simply amazing, whatever jeff hays gets paid, give him a raise

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Does not disappoint

I appreciate that the over the top sex scenes have been mostly brushed aside. I felt like they were just something I had to get through to enjoy the rest of this awesome story. this is one of my favourite series out there now.

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Tasty as usual

Still enjoying the psychotic murderous chest after 8 books. Good on Neven for keeping it shiny and tasty this long.

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Does not disappoint

Amazing story and enjoyable performance. Book eight does not disappoint. Looking forward to book nine.

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"no spoilers, twitchy,"

Not just more escapades, hijinks and shenanigans from the elite team, but expansions to the cast and players make this well worth the wait. To be fair, I bought it on day one and marathon'd the first listen-to, but immediately started again when I woke up and had a hangover-cure.

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Sound booth theater for the win!

Love boxy, love the new happenings and pace.
Great book in every way.
Jeff, keep on keeping on!

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  • 2023-03-06

chapter 3 part 2

Holy shit, I love sound booth, but come on! A whole chapter with a creaking noise in the background that repeats just drags you out of the story. I literally spent time seeking out this noise thinking it was something else. I was disappointed to find it was inside this performance.

No excuse for this since with out the background chatter noises, I would enjoy this performance more.

Besides my main complaint. The voice acting is still top notch.

The writing and plot are God tier.

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  • Matthew Acevedo
  • 2023-03-01

Outstanding!!!

Absolutely amazing and a welcome addition to the series. Can't wait for the next book!!!

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  • Andreas
  • 2023-03-23

A little of a filler - but great and fun

The story is somewhat of a filler, some parts are not bringing anything forward but there is the humor we love and wonderful banter. I found the sound quality a bit off, weirdly the volume is changing and I get some reverb-thing going at some parts. Some is amazingly well done, and some isn't... it is as if some chapters/parts were done by Jeff alone without any background sound or anything (which is everywhere else otherwise)... it sadly brought the experience down a little.

The books took a little dip (to me) in this one, the series is amazing overall though.

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  • Patrick Hohman
  • 2023-03-04

Fantastic shiny and tasty

Sound booth theater is amazing and they completely bring the story to life in a way that completes Niven Illiev’s masterful storytelling style. Stain is a book that you won’t be able to put down.

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  • 2023-03-01

So good. I love this series!

It just keeps gettin better! I am so looking forward to the next one! That’s all

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  • Jeff Lingo
  • 2023-03-01

Keeps getting better

This series continues to improve. A great story with a superb performance makes this a five star audio book.

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  • Jay
  • 2023-02-28

Completion of an arc

I love the books subtly introduce concepts that become important in future stories and this one was no different but it felt much like the completion of an arc, the fight against the gilded hand set up all the way in book 2 was great and Jeff hays and this amazing cast was great as usual.

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  • Candice
  • 2023-02-28

Another great addition to the boxy saga

The Sound Booth Theater crew do such a great job with these book just love it!

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  • J. L. Cooper
  • 2023-02-28

OMG of probably this was fun.

Loved it.
Soundbooth studios makes amazing productions. This series is really fast at putting out its next book (thank you team) NSFW but playful not pointless.

Check out other books narrated by Jeff Hays if you like the genre. Personally I think this is the best.

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  • NealAylor
  • 2023-02-28

WOW!!!

Loved it! The best book yet! sound effects and voices are perfect! Absolutely an amazing series!

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