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The Silence

Written by: Tim Lebbon
Narrated by: Marisa Calin, Ralph Lister
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In the darkness of a vast cave system, cut off from the world for millennia, blind creatures hunt by sound. Then there is light, there are voices, and they feed. Swarming from their prison, they multiply and thrive. To scream, even to whisper, is to summon death.

Deaf for many years, Ally knows how to live in silence. Now, it is her family's only chance of survival. They must leave their home, shun others, and find a remote haven where they can sit out the plague. But will it ever end? And what kind of world will be left?

©2015 Tim Lebbon (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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Deliciously original

Not an average apocalypse story nor even an average monster story. It’s a little slow to build but definitely worth the wait. As a blind person I have often wanted a story that could find relative benefit in disability during the end of the world and this one does that but in a very natural manner, without feeling preachy. Excellent character development and without a tidy ending and well read.

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Gripping.

Excellent, riveting story; fascinating characters; fabulous narration. Only problem is the ending... or what there is of it.

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Scary Adventure

A scary look at the end of the world and how fast people can adapt.
monsters released from a cave take over the continent and eat every living thing they hear.
The scariest thing is still the people and what they will do to survive.

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A fascinating adventure

The book offers a unique look into what a new and silent world could look like in the race of an extinction event. Overall a great adventure, worth the time.

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The sheer stupidity of the characters...

I enjoyed the premise of this book and the monsters had promise. The repetitiveness and the absolute naïveté of the characters drove me insane. The lack of preparedness and complete denial of obvious dangers ... I couldn’t finish it.

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Male narrator was just awful

The story was actually not too bad. I enjoy a good dystopian story and this one did keep my interest. The female narrator was fine, but the guy… my god. It felt like he was reading in point form and there were SO many “dramatic” pauses, many of which were in mid sentences lol. I can normally handle a slow narration, but this one I actually sped up to 1.3 just to cut the length of those pauses 😑

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If you don't like Scott Brick, don't bother

The female narrator has a lot of the same habits as Scott Brick, famous audiobook ruiner. Couldn't finish the book. If you know, you know.

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Hush

Great story! loved the world building through social media updates, constantly being given new information yet having so many unanswered questions. What made this different than other similar stories is it's not just happening to humans, the entire ecosystem is fighting for it's life. Birds are engaged in aerial combat just as much as fighter jets are. The narrator was also a perfect choice and did her job amazingly!

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Good solid story

The voices reading were
Perfect rhythm for it, the story keeps your interest and the finish is a bit sudden

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Confusing Narration

I feel like this story is actually good however I found the narration so confusing and poorly done that I still can't finish it.

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