More Hot Summer Reads on audible. We have ramped up our audio listening this Summer while we do yard work, jog, and lay poolside!
Last month we shared our recommendations on Audio book for Audio book month. We received some pretty positive feedback. That being said, this month we decided to share a few more of our reads/listens from Audible. The books below were all good and recommended by us. From dark fiction to young adult fiction. Also, some non-fiction made the list this month. Our two top picks would have to be “Remote Control,” and “City of Death.” Which will you listen to first?
More Hot Summer Reads!
Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton
The year is A.D. 922. A refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Baghdad, encounters a party of Viking warriors. They are journeying to the barbaric North. He is appalled by their Viking customs. These include the wanton sexuality of their pale, angular women, and their disregard for cleanliness. Their cold-blooded human sacrifices shock him further. But it is not until they reach the depths of the Northland that the courtier learns the horrifying and inescapable truth. He has been enlisted by these savage, inscrutable warriors to help combat a terror that plagues them. It is a monstrosity that emerges under cover of night to slaughter the Vikings and devour their flesh….
Eaters of the Dead was adapted to the screen as The 13th Warrior, starring Antonio Banderas.
City of Death by Ephraim Mattos: Hot Summer Reads
After leaving the US Navy SEAL teams in spring of 2017, Ephraim Mattos, age 24, flew to Iraq. He joined a small group of volunteer humanitarians known as the Free Burma Rangers. They were working on the front lines of the war on ISIS. Until being shot by ISIS on a suicidal rescue mission, Mattos witnessed unexplainable acts of courage and sacrifice by the Free Burma Rangers. While under heavy machine gun and mortar fire, they assaulted across ISIS minefields. They used themselves as human shields, and sprinted down ISIS-infested streets. All to retrieve wounded civilians.
In City of Death: Humanitarian Warriors in the Battle of Mosul, Mattos shares his experiences with the Free Burma Rangers. They evacuated the wounded, carried out rescue missions, and sometimes fought alongside the Iraqi Army against ISIS. This true story captures the emotional reality of facing death. It highlights how a small group of men risked their lives to save the Iraqi people. They embody the belief that “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
The Conception of Terror: Tales Inspired by M. R. James – Volume 1
An award-winning collection of four ghostly tales inspired by M. R. James.
Casting the Runes, adapted by Stephen Gallagher
—2019 New York Festivals Radio Award winner (Silver)
When academic Jo Harrington (Anna Maxwell Martin) is sent a paper—The Truth of Alchemy, by Anton Karswell—for peer review, she pulls no punches. Jo writes that the paper has no place in a serious academic publication. She describes Karswell as a half-bright fool. When the editor writes a rejection note to Karswell, he inadvertently includes Jo’s entire email. Occultist Karswell (Reece Shearsmith) doesn’t take kindly to criticism.
On the tube home with her partner Edward Dunning (Tom Burke), Jo spots a poster with her name on it. It reads: “In memory of Joanne Harrington, MLitt, PhD, died September eighteenth, three days were allowed.” Is there anything that Edward can do to save Jo from this curse?
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The Treasure of Abbot-Thomas, adapted by Jonathan Barnes
When former Somerton school pupil Greg Parsbury meets history teacher Mika Chantry, it is at a memorial for schoolmaster Sam Abbot-Thomas. He asks for her help. Greg received a postcard from Abbot-Thomas’s estate with a Latin inscription. He thinks it is the first clue in a treasure hunt like those Abbot-Thomas organized in the 1970s. There were rumors of a hidden fortune, and Parsbury and Chantry begin their search for it.
What The Hex by Alexis Daria
When Catalina Cartagena returns home for her older sister’s wedding, she’s shocked to discover that her soon-to-be brother-in-law is possessed by a demon. To make matters worse, everyone else seems to be under the demon’s spell. Except for Diego Paz, younger brother of the groom and Cat’s childhood rival.
With only three days until the wedding, Cat must join forces with her sexy nemesis to break the spell and defeat the demon. If they fail, demonic forces will control two of the most powerful witch families on Isla Bruja.
There’s only one bed at the magical B&B. It is time for these witches to get wicked…in more ways than one.
The Republic of Pirates by Collin Woodard:Hot Summer Reads
In the early 1700s, the Pirate Republic was home to famous pirates like Blackbeard, “Black Sam” Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with other pirates—ex-sailors, indentured servants, and runaway slaves—this “Flying Gang” created a simple democracy in the Bahamas. They allowed servants to be free, blacks to be equal citizens, and leaders to be chosen or removed by a vote. Furthermore, they disrupted trade routes, attacked slave ships, and cut off Europe from its colonies in the New World. They achieved success for a brief time.
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