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James E. Merl
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While present-day firefighters John Kirk and his partner are inside a burning house trying to locate the fire, something goes terribly wrong.
The next morning, John awakes in a hospital surrounded by a group of men claiming to be the crew of Engine Company 8 and that they had rescued him from the porch of a burning house, the night before.
But their story goes much deeper than that. They insist that they are in Chicago, and the date is September 25, 1871.
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Dual Meaders, Doc Taulbee, and their gang of city slickers set out to steal thousands of dollars worth of homemade Kentucky Whiskey from Son Martin, a hell-raising country boy, during the midst of Prohibition.
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Young and handsome, Julian lives a charmed life in Los Angeles. His world is turned upside down by a love affair with Josephine, a mysterious young woman who takes him by storm. But she is not what she seems, carrying secrets that tear them apart - perhaps forever. So begins Julian and Josephine’s extraordinary adventure of love, loss, and the mystical forces that bind people together across time and space. It is a journey that propels Julian toward either love fulfilled...or oblivion.
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The Missing
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In this spellbinder by critically acclaimed author Tim Gautreaux, Sam Simoneaux returns from World War I to rebuild his life. But when a girl is snatched from the New Orleans department store where he's working, he hops aboard a Mississippi steamboat to find her - and dredges up ghosts from his painful past.
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The Missing
- By Michael L. Wintory on 07-11-09
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A Ghostly Undertaking
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Bopped on the head from a falling plastic Santa, local undertaker Emma Lee Raines is told she's suffering from "funeral trauma." It's trauma all right, because the not-so-dearly departed keep talking to her. Take Ruthie Sue Payne - innkeeper, gossip queen, and arch-nemesis of Emma Lee's granny - she's adamant that she didn't just fall down those stairs. She was pushed. Ruthie has no idea who wanted her pushing up daisies, but she can't cross over until the matter is laid to eternal rest. Emma Lee's high-school crush, Sheriff Jack Henry Ross, isn't ready to rule out foul play.
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Jack: Secret Histories
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Ever come across a situation that simply wasn't right - where someone was getting the dirty end of the stick and you wished you could make things right but didn't know how? Fourteen-year-old Jack knows how. Or rather he's learning how. He's discovering that he has a knack for fixing things. Not bikes or toys or appliances - situations...It all starts when Jack and his best friends, Weezy and Eddie, discover a rotting corpse - the victim of ritual murder - in the fabled New Jersey Pine Barrens. Beside the body is an ancient artifact carved with strange designs.
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Hellboy: Oddest Jobs
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Longtime contributor to the Hellboy mythos Christopher Golden brings together a crew of luminaries including Joe R. Lansdale and China Miéville, cross-genre sensation Barbara Hambly, celebrated mystery writer Ken Bruen, best-selling science-fiction and fantasy novelist Tad Williams, and a bevy of other skilled storytellers eager to spin a tale or two about the world's greatest paranormal detective. Some of the biggest names in horror, mystery, and fantasy come together to pay homage to Mike Mignola's Hellboy!
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I Love This Bar
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She doesn't need anything but her bar....Daisy O'Dell has her hands full with hotheads and thirsty ranchers until the day one damn fine cowboy walks in and throws her whole life into turmoil.... He's looking for a cold drink and a moment's peace....Instead, Jarod McElroy finds one red-hot woman. She's just what he needs - if only he can convince her to come out from behind that bar and come home with him....
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Angel's Rest
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Growing up in Virginia's Allegheny Mountains, 11-year-old Charlie York lives at the foot of an endless peak called Angel's Rest, a place his momma told him angels rested before coming down to help folks. In 1967 his town was a poor boy's paradise...until a shotgun blast killed Charlie's father and put his mother on trial for murder.
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A Good Listen
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Of Mice and Minestrone
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Hap Collins looks like a good ol’ boy. But even in his misspent youth, his best pal is Leonard Pine, who is Black, gay, and the ultimate outsider. Inseparable friends, Hap and Leonard climb into the boxing ring, visit their families, get in bar fights, and just go fishing - all the while confronting racists, righting wrongs, and eating a whole lot of delicious food.
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Wringing every last drop
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When a Stranger Comes to Town
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It's been said that all great literature boils down to one of two stories—a man takes a journey, or a stranger comes to town. While mystery writers have been successfully using both approaches for generations, there's something undeniably alluring in the nature of a stranger: the uninvited guest, the unacquainted neighbor, the fish out of water. In the newest collection of stories by the Mystery Writers of America, each author weaves a fresh tale surrounding the eerie feeling that comes when a stranger enters our midst, featuring stories by prolific mystery writers.
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The narrators are outstanding here.
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Double Threat
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In the southwestern desert, a mysterious cult prays for the return of the Visitors. Only one creature can derail that grand and glorious event: An evil entity, known as the Duad, can keep the Visitors from arriving and prevent the transfiguration to come. Daley, who lives nearby, has a far more serious problem: an alien consciousness that has taken up residence in her head.
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So ready to see what's ahead next!
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- Mycon
- 05-08-20
Recommended!
Great narration, easy to get lost in the story which is always the sign of a good audio book! Also learned a lot about firefighting!
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- jimmy gravina
- 04-20-20
Surprise twist near the end.
Loved it! Listening for a second time. The action started right away and got better and better. It has a beautifully romantic under plot.
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- Jessica Jones
- 01-24-20
Great story ruined by laugh track
I am a total sucker for alternate history/time travel novels, and this one's story did not disappoint. The audio, on the other hand, was bad. Really bad. I don't mean the narrator; he was excellent! He did a very good job differentiating the characters and conveying the meaning of the text. For example: Joe, a native Texan, says that for fuel they use "co". (There's not really a better way to describe the sound.) My native Texas ear immediately recognized this as "coal", and the narrator did a lovely job of bringing this exchange to life.
I mean that the "sound effects"—95% of which was a bad, bad laugh track—were truly the worst things I've ever heard throughout my 650+ audiobook library. To be honest, I've never encountered *anything* like this in any other audiobook.
An example: The narrator says "They all laughed." This is IMMEDIATELY followed, and sometimes interrupted, by the world's worst laugh track: a strange mashup of fake laughs all done in the author's various voices. As in, five different sounds of the same fake laugh played simultaneously. This happened dozens—if not hundreds—of times, and it completely threw me out of the otherwise tremendous story. I know what laughing sounds like; I do not need such a jarring reminder. I don't know who came up with this idea but, please, do not ever do it again.
Otherwise, the story is really, really interesting, and 1871 Chicago is a unique choice of time. It grapples with all of the paradoxes, effects, and implications of time travel far better than most books. The characters were well-crafted, though it was an odd choice for the author to focus so much on the height of the main character. The main character is a short man. The main character is 5'7". The main character is the shortest person in both squads. This has absolutely no relevance to the narrative, so it was bizarre to hear it mentioned so many times.
Note to the author: In Illinois in 1871, interracial marriage was illegal. It was a felony for all parties involved. (I also felt that the other race issues were forced into far too quick and tidy resolutions—there was hardly any overt hostility from any of the white characters—that don't truly reflect the extreme racial segregation and resentment of the time. But this is a side plot that doesn't have anything to do with the main story.)
My recommendation? Read the story. Don't listen to it.
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- Tim and Misti
- 07-12-20
Enjoyable story and great narration
I am not a Firefighter, nor a Chicagoan, but the author's description of both modern and historical Firefighting equipment & the city of Chicago made me feel like an expert. I was a little hesitant starting this book, based on genre, but I truly enjoyed it. It is not just a SciFi or a Historical book, it's a love story, a personal relationship story, A Human story. The voice actor did a great job creating accents for the characters that helped you know who was speaking and made following along easy.
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- YEAMAN Melinda
- 04-03-20
Dynamic Reader, Fun Story
This is a fun story: sci-fi meets historical fiction. The cast of characters is well played by the narrator, who does a great job portraying their personalities. This in turn helped me to keep the characters straight so I could enjoy the story, which has been a miss on other audiobooks I have given up on in the past. This was a fun listen that went by quickly and offered a welcome diversion. I’ll be watching for the next.
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- Tim Rivali
- 07-19-21
Awesome book.
This book was excellent all the way around. i Highly recommend this to all you time travel buffs.
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- Frank Bennett
- 05-07-20
Riveting—I couldn’t stop listening!
Holy Cow what a great listen. The writing is fantastic—jamesE.Merl series a seriously good book: well written, historically accurate and with great storyline, character arcs and subtext. Chicago 1871 was compelling and I found myself making more time to work on my motorcycle just to hear the next acts of this book. I thoroughly enjoyed listening and found it interesting that, instead of chapters, this book was broken into scenes and acts—and this really added to the imagery and flow. The storyteller, Anthony LeRoy Lovato, delivered character voices which were so consistent I knew exactly who was talking. I don’t know how he’s able to make so many distinct voices and still be believable. Each voice was realistic and moved the story along with each character interaction, mood and emotion creating an irresistible listen. Most of all, it is his pacing that really glues everything together. Anthony an exceptional storyteller—I’m excited and anxious hear more from Mr. Merl and to listen to Mr. Lovato’s other current and future readings. Thank you, gentlemen, for this fabulous listening experience—one that is often missing in audio books.
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- Michele Bennett
- 04-25-20
Reader's Theater at it's Finest!
I'm going to begin by talking about this narrator. I've listened to a lot of audiobooks. Whether or not I will complete the book often has less to do with the story and more to do with the narrator. This narrator is so adept at creating different voices for the characters, that I knew immediately which character was talking. I was drawn into the story so completely that I felt it viscerally when it seemed as if John Kirk was lost in the fire. Mr. Lovato is gifted at bringing the cast of characters to life. There were a few sound effects that were so seamlessly added that I almost didn't notice except that it added dimension to the story. A previous reviewer mentioned a laugh track. I certainly didn't hear that. Maybe it was edited out.
The fantasy aspect wasn't so fantastical that the story was almost believable, which made it especially enjoyable. The history of the Great Fire of 1871and that entire week of increasing conflagration was riveting!
Great story! Fantastic narrator! Please more by both! Congratulations Mr Merl and Mr. Lovato!
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