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<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Predestination and Other Games of Chance: Book One of The Antithesis Progression by J. Daniel Sawyer" text="Podiobooks.com: Predestination and Other Games of Chance: Book One of The Antithesis Progression by J. Daniel Sawyer" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/435/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=435" description="&lt;a href=&quot;http://parsecawards.com/node/861&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3574/3773548318_0f024bb111_o.jpg&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

In the Port of Call bar on Space Station Sidon a man sits at a card game. He’s ruthless, he’s unforgiving, and he almost never loses. His name is Alex Hart, and he is waiting for someone.

Reuben Briggs never could play nice with others. As a professor he couldn’t stay out of trouble. As the National Security Advisor he couldn’t resist using other people’s secrets to leverage his agenda. He always attracted the wrong kind of attention, and in 2125 that attention turned deadly. A Lunar judge wants his secrets, a corrupt senator wants him dead, the Green Lady wants his fealty, and Alex Hart wants to play cards with him.

Walking into the Port of Call, Briggs thinks he’s left all the bounty hunters behind him. But in the looking-glass world above the gravity well, he’s about to discover that survival, like poker, is just another sport.

And in this contest, it’s not whether you win or lose. It’s how you rig the game." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Captains Share by Nathan Lowell" text="Podiobooks.com: Captains Share by Nathan Lowell" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/436/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=436" description="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2010/01/05/2009-founders-choice-awards/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4249613583_1c731dc0dd_o.gif&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;10&quot; vspace=&quot;10&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A Trader's Tale from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper

A shuffling of cabins puts Ishmael Horatio Wang in command of the worst ship in the fleet. He learns that being Captain doesn't make you infallible and that life in the Captain's Cabin is filled with new kinds of challenge as he tries to keep the ship moving, the crew out of trouble, and turn a profit to earn his Captain's Share. In a ship where the officers outnumber the crew, how can he manage to keep everybody happy? Welcome to the SC Agamemnon. " />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: The Colorado Sequence by Stacey Cochran, narrated by Owen Daly" text="Podiobooks.com: The Colorado Sequence by Stacey Cochran, narrated by Owen Daly" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/275/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=275" description="Physicist Dr. Amy Levine has discovered a mathematical sequence--the Colorado Sequence--that describes an underlying pattern and a guiding force within the very fabric of reality. Now she's on the verge of an astonishing breakthrough, and the U.S. government wants to know how she has done it. How has Dr. Levine learned to accurately predict the future? And they're willing to kill her to find out. Levine and a group of friends escape to Colorado to unravel the mystery of the sequence, but there they become snowbound. They must locate a secret treasure room, find a hidden key, and answer an ancient riddle before a devastating eruption destroys them all ... and the power of the Colorado Sequence is lost forever.

&quot;The Colorado Sequence, by Stacey Cochran, is a unique blend of hard science fiction, fantasy, and thriller ... The strength of this book is the story and level of suspense. I didn't want to put this one down simply because of the suspense and wondering who would make it out alive. With strange creatures, harsh elements, and deadly tests, danger seems to lurk around every corner.&quot; -- SciFiChick.com

&quot;A quantum fable of spy intrigue, adventure and thought-provoking speculation on the nature of the universe.&quot; -- Mark Jeffrey, author of The Pocket and the Pendant

&quot;An entertaining fast-paced read.&quot; -- Jeremy Robinson, author of The Didymus Contingency

&quot;Nonstop action makes you want to read 'til the end. I loved it!&quot; -- Richard Triebe, author of On a Rising Tide

&quot;A unique blend of fantasy and suspense, The Colorado Sequence builds a strong female character in Amy Levine.&quot; -- Julio Vazquez, author of Death at Disney

&quot;I have sacks under my eyes because I have been up late the last few nights reading The Colorado Sequence. I finished it last night at 2:31 A.M. because I simply could not put it down. I so enjoyed this book!&quot; -- Ericka Jackson, author of A Mansion Mindset

&quot;Nonstop action ... powerful!&quot; -- Brew City Magazine

&quot;With all the action scenes, running gun battles and explosions this story has all the makings for an action packed, big-screen movie.&quot; -- Gene Curtis, author of The Seventh Mountain

&quot;Thrilling, action packed!&quot; -- Hannah Stone, author of Remembering Our Angels" />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Serve It Cold by Ronnie Blackwell" text="Podiobooks.com: Serve It Cold by Ronnie Blackwell" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/153/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=153" description="Detective Jonny C. Speed’s life can’t get much better. He’s booked into the  French Quarter’s most luxurious guesthouse, and his day job as convenience store manager is 104 miles behind him in Catherine, Mississippi. He’s already taken care of one pro-bono missing persons job since he’s been in New Orleans, and his paying client’s cheating wife is a beautiful and very accommodating exhibitionist. Are things too good to be true? Of course they are. Jonny starts to worry when his client turns up dead, but when the suspects start dropping, Jonny and his crack team of beauty queens, recovering addicts, professional athletes, computer hackers, and pampered dogs find themselves caught in a twisted scheme of revenge that threatens to turn the town of Catherine inside out." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Have We Been Played? The Hidden Game Revealed by John Berling Hardy" text="Podiobooks.com: Have We Been Played? The Hidden Game Revealed by John Berling Hardy" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/426/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=426" description="THIS BOOK IS MOST LIKELY NOT FOR YOU!

      It will NOT guarantee success – Life holds no promises!
      It will NOT guarantee happiness – Ignorance is bliss!


There is a secret. It is not the one you have seen so well advertised in the media. It has little to do with positive thinking and really getting in touch with your true purpose in life.

Those people you read about in People magazine and see on television know it. Those people who enjoy the lives we would love to have – will never reveal this basic truth. It would be like a magician giving away their secret, and secret it is – the real secret! You won’t read or hear about this one… when you find out what it is, you will know why!

Life is too often a sucker’s game. Those who play by the rules, believe in fair play, and believe that what goes around comes around in life, are very often the greatest losers in life.

In every one of life’s arenas there is a “Hidden Game.” While the rank and file are all busy with trying to win the brass ring, there is a small group of insiders, the “Players,” who are coolly, cynically, pulling the strings.

These “Players” take the lion’s share of life’s rewards – the beautiful homes, the cars, the svelte spouses – leaving the rest of humanity to fight over the crumbs they leave behind.

Imagine, what it would be like to be able to recognize this pattern – know how it works, and predict what will happen next? It would be like having a crystal ball – always one step ahead of the game, knowing what is going to happen next!

You will have the confidence which comes from knowing that life is a Game – and you have THE EDGE!" />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Doctor Jack\'s Soapbox Seminars by John C. Adler, Ph.D., as told to Bill DeSmedt" text="Podiobooks.com: Doctor Jack\'s Soapbox Seminars by John C. Adler, Ph.D., as told to Bill DeSmedt" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/290/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=290" description="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/12/30/2008-founders-choice-awards/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4285895645_98147f8aee_o.gif&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;10&quot; vspace=&quot;10&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;What if the cataclysmic Tunguska explosion of 1908 was caused, not by a meteor or a comet, but by a microscopic black hole?

... Well, like as not, you already know that story -- the one told by Bill DeSmedt in his award-winning novel/podcast &lt;a href=&quot;http://podiobooks.com/title/singularity&quot;&gt;Singularity&lt;/a&gt;. What you may not know, though, is the story behind the story: the science behind Singularity.

Surprisingly (or maybe not), you can learn a lot about primordial black holes and the Tunguska Event and black hole radiation and the Big Bang on the pages of Singularity. And you don't have to take our word for it: some world-class physicists think so too:

&quot;Bill got the vast majority of the physics right, which is highly unusual -- especially in a book that is such a good read.&quot;
-- Kip Thorne, Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology and author of Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy

&quot;Singularity is an uncommonly good science thriller, quite free of the poetic license some writers take with the laws of nature in order to put together the yarn.&quot;
-- Jacob D. Bekenstein, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem and discoverer of black-hole entropy

&quot;As a specialist in black hole astrophysics, I would have to say that this is one of the most creative uses of primordial black-hole theory in science fiction.&quot;
-- Scott A. Hughes, Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Now, for the first time, the real-life counterpart of Singularity's resident cosmologist, Doctor Jack Adler, steps up to explain what it is all these scientists are raving about, in his &quot;Soapbox Seminars&quot; -- an informal look at the hard-core science behind the novel.

PS: Doctor Jack's got about fifteen or so of these seminars planned out so far, but that's subject to change -- and you could change it. If you've got a question about the science behind Singularity, send it to Jack at doctorjack at soapboxseminars.com. Jack will incorporate some of your questions into upcoming Seminars, and the all-time best question will win a hardcover copy of  Singularity, signed by the author, Bill DeSmedt." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Some Other Scotland by Mick Bordet" text="Podiobooks.com: Some Other Scotland by Mick Bordet" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/415/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=415" description="Gravestones across Scotland are being defaced. An ancient advanced civilisation is discovered under the remains of Skara Brae.  Bonnie Prince Charlie returns to Scotland, two hundred years after his death.  Edinburgh police unearth a mysterious surveillance operation on the Queen's residence and the Scottish Parliament.    All these events take place in a Scotland which is both familiar and yet slightly twisted.

Detective Jim Sykes' investigation into hidden cameras and a long-dead pretender to the throne uncovers a sinister plot that dates back centuries before the term 'terrorism' was coined.  Archaeologist Erica Wallis digs up more than she bargained for when she encounters an underground civilisation that has existed since before the pyramids of Egypt were built.  When one of their misplaced, but deadly artifacts falls into the hands of young street-poet 'Razer', he is launched into the middle of a clan war that has been waged across the World for millenia.

Events triggered thousands of years ago are about to reach a climax that not only threatens Scotland, but could finally hand the modern World the tools of its own destruction." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Borrowed Time by Keith Hughes" text="Podiobooks.com: Borrowed Time by Keith Hughes" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/414/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=414" description="Ness Relevant is living on borrowed time. Molecular implosion, cellular degeneration, and dangerous men are but a few of the perils faced by the friendly and unassuming forensic photographer.

His quiet bachelorhood is interrupted when he receives an innocent looking device in the mail from a friend and former college professor. Ness unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in events driven by his friend's success.

This device is the focal point of a struggle that could overturn the whole world should Ness or his friend’s invention fall prey to greedy men. Before his time runs out Ness must travel back to an uncomfortable past to prevent an unthinkable future." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Tumbler by Brand Gamblin" text="Podiobooks.com: Tumbler by Brand Gamblin" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/420/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=420" description="Libby Carter wanted to get away from it all, so she took a job mining asteroids as far out into the inky blackness as possible. However, her escape turned into a trap, leaving her stuck in indentured servitude, living on a tiny rock in space. As she tries to dig herself out, she gains friends and finds adventure. Cave-in rescues, planetary collisions, and other mishaps keep her new family fighting to stay alive." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Max Quick 1: The Pocket and the Pendant by Mark Jeffrey" text="Podiobooks.com: Max Quick 1: The Pocket and the Pendant by Mark Jeffrey" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/25/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=25" description="WHEN TIME mysteriously stops, young Max Quick must travel across America to find the source of this 'temporal disaster'... Along the way, he and his companions encounter ancient mysteries, quantum Books, and clues to the riddle of stopped Time. But the more Max learns, the more it seems that his own true identity is not what he once believed...

&quot;driven -- and driven well -- by good old-fashioned sci-fi storytelling.&quot; - Kirkus Reviews 

ForeWord Magazine 'Book of the Year' Finalist 2005" />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: In the Shadows by Basil Sands" text="Podiobooks.com: In the Shadows by Basil Sands" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/267/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=267" description="A collection of Short Stories by action author Basil Sands. 

These stories will get your heart racing in thirty minutes or less as you plummet to the depths of human emotion and the desire to protect what is dearest when all hell breaks loose and there is no one there to do anything about it but an Average Joe...or an almost Average Joe.  Think of each episode as something like the Twilight Zone, with guns, knives, and whatever the hero can find to defend themselves and their families from the bad guys.  These are Basil's original action novels taken down to single episode bite size chunks that'll get your blood pressure up on the commute to the office, or while on the treadmill at the gym. 

From a former Navy Seal, to a dad trying to make things right for his son, to a bunch of twenty something adventurers high on an Alaskan mountain you'll get the hardcore action you crave.  Twice a month, delivered right to your MP3 player.

You want action?  You want pulse pounding excitement?  You want to see the bad guys get their due? 

Here it is in a way that only a guy named Basil can do.

So make sure to put your tray table in the upright and locked position, and fasten your seat belt... it's going to be a wild ride." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Weather Child by Philippa Ballantine" text="Podiobooks.com: Weather Child by Philippa Ballantine" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/374/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=374" description="New Zealand’s first podiobook author, Philippa Ballantine, brings her first tale set totally in homeland. Step back in time and sideways into an alternate world, where magicians and seraphim are found only on the shores of the Long White Cloud. Between two world wars, Jack and Faith find themselves unravelling a conspiracy to turn the Awakened children of Aoteroa to dark purposes." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Anon Time by Craig Robertson" text="Podiobooks.com: Anon Time by Craig Robertson" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/419/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=419" description="What if you weren't who you thought you were, what others saw you to be?  What if the structure of time depended on you to keep it steady.  What if unseen forces, both good and evil, surrounded you, effecting your life in way's you could not begin to imagine?  Well, if that were the case, you'd be Mark De Martel, unobtrusive advertising agent in Los Angeles.  Or would you?  Possibly you were a Mark, but possibly you would be a powerful warrior, using skills such as the manipulation of gravity itself to save existence.

The answer can be found by listening to Anon Time.  It is a science fiction formatted novel with philosophical and spiritual underpinnings guaranteed to whisk you on an adventure of wondrous scope and amazing clarity.  Treat yourself to this fantastic story, trust us, you deserve it." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: The God Conspiracy by Derek Gilbert" text="Podiobooks.com: The God Conspiracy by Derek Gilbert" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/401/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=401" description="One e-mail. Five lines. 4,000 dead.

And it is only just beginning…

When a small boy in Iowa forwards a mysterious email from ‘God’ to a small group of friends, he unwittingly releases a trigger that sends blood pouring throughout his farming community.

Thousands more are dead across the country in dozens of simultaneous terror attacks and the government blames fundamentalists who want to trigger the Apocalypse.

FBI Agent Joe Unes reluctantly teams with reclusive Internet radio host Barney Ison (from Sharon K. Gilbert’s The Armageddon Strain) to expose the plot -- and discovers that he's not contending against flesh and blood." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: New World Orders by Edward G. Talbot" text="Podiobooks.com: New World Orders by Edward G. Talbot" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/288/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=288" description="In the nineteen-sixties, a group of wealthy men concludes that it's already too late to stop global warming from destroying the planet. But they have a plan to save themselves.

Twenty years later, Jack Crowley and Jim Patterson stumble onto the conspiracy, and every answer they find is accompanied by more questions - and more deaths.

Jack is a former idealist, turned cynical by his years working as a New York tabloid editor. But his enthusiasm returns as he looks into the work of a NASA scientist who tells Jack about cover-ups at the space agency.  Jim is a detective with little patience for conspiracy nuts. But he hates loose ends, and is unable to let go of the inconsistencies in another suspicious NASA death.  Soon, his investigation leads him to Jack, and they join forces.

As Jack and Jim dig deeper, they are targeted by the type of killers that don't usually miss. From Washington to Las Vegas to the Middle East, they manage to stay one step ahead of their pursuers in a race to expose the truth, and maybe, just maybe, save the world." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Untrue Tales... Book Two by Teel McClanahan III" text="Podiobooks.com: Untrue Tales... Book Two by Teel McClanahan III" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/409/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=409" description="FULL TITLE: Untrue Tales From Beyond Fiction - Recollections of an Alternate Past, Book Two:
The Twofold Invasion -or- Penetration and Destruction -or- How To Make Love With Twins -- Contains mature content not suitable for all readers. Book Two continues the boy’s story from a few months after where Book One leaves off, primarily following his quest to save the life of his unborn child as he finds himself further and further from the life he knew before.  This is the second book of the ongoing series; Untrue Tales From Beyond Fiction - Recollections of an Alternate Past. Look for Book One, also available at Podiobooks.com." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: War Machine by Andy Remic" text="Podiobooks.com: War Machine by Andy Remic" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/335/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=335" description="In a time of post-Singularity and FTL travel, Combat K are elite and murderous combat squads trained by the Quad-Gal Military specialising in interrogation, infiltration, assassination and detonation. Their gameplan is simple: to end The Helix War, which had raged across galaxies for a thousand years.
Ex-soldier Keenan, a stocky battered war veteran, addicted to Jataxa spirit yet still horribly efficient at his job, is working as a private investigator on a planet at the peaceful fringes of the Quad-Gal. Following the death of his family, Keenan is riddled with guilt and self-loathing, and carries a need for revenge which consumes him. When a prince from Jervai Province offers him a case on a dangerous colony world in exchange for clues that may lead to his family's murderer, Keenan is dragged from his self-pity. However, to have any chance of success he must gather together his old military unit, a group who swore they'd never work together again...
Through the tribal jungles of Ket, the mean chaotic streets of The City, the mission leads the squad to Teller's World, a Dead World, and home of the extinct God Leviathan... and there Keenan will find answers to his deepest nightmares... and face an ancient, evil terror older than The Four Galaxies." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: I Sold The Moon! (A True Story) by Barry McArdle" text="Podiobooks.com: I Sold The Moon! (A True Story) by Barry McArdle" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/218/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=218" description="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/12/30/2008-founders-choice-awards/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4285895645_98147f8aee_o.gif&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;10&quot; vspace=&quot;10&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just because it happened, doesn't mean you'll believe it.

Take a rollicking ride through the 1970s with the original Moon Man, Barry McArdle, a silver-suited street performer and comic philosopher who spent ten years crisscrossing America selling lunar real estate (transportation not provided). As told by the author,  I Sold the Moon! explores how a young man, fresh out of college, could get the idea that he could claim the moon, and then sell it.  Exactly what drugs was he on?   Well??..

Moon Man's adventures are paralleled throughout by a more earthly concern: his romance with a young woman as adventurous as he, in the turbulent days of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.   The story of this &quot;first love&quot; is threaded from the opening chapter until the final page.  I Sold The Moon! is for anyone who believes in following their dreams and searching for true love.  It's cosmic, perceptive, passionate and fun.  Mostly fun.  Hear it here from the one, the only, the original Moon Man." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: The Zombie Chronicles: Escape by James Melzer" text="Podiobooks.com: The Zombie Chronicles: Escape by James Melzer" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/330/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=330" description="&lt;a href=&quot;http://jamesmelzer.net/2009/02/tzc-wins-dead-letter-award/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3656/3320376807_bfa4e10c6b_t.jpg&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;100&quot; hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right border=0/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

When an asteroid passes by our planet and leaves a trail of death in its wake, a quarter of the population have become the living dead.

Twenty-five years later the zombies are under the control of the government. Citizens are chosen to participate in Project Mirror, a cloning project in which their &quot;mirrors&quot; are used as food for the undead. When one man discovers that something in his blood is being used to create an army of super-zombies, he decides to help his mirror escape. In doing so he uncovers a secret so guarded that the powers that be will stop at nothing to eliminate him and all those that he loves.

The Zombie Chronicles: Escape is the first book is a series of edge-of-your-seat thrillers that will take you on an adventure beyond your wildest imagination and leave you wanting more with each episode.
" />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Untrue Tales... Book One by Teel McClanahan III" text="Podiobooks.com: Untrue Tales... Book One by Teel McClanahan III" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/388/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=388" description="FULL TITLE: Untrue Tales From Beyond Fiction - Recollections of an Alternate Past, Book One:
An Introduction to Dodgeball -or- Conception and Induction -or- How To Begin An Apocalypse -- Contains mature content not suitable for all readers. Book One is the introduction to this series of books which take place in a world where magic and psychic-like powers exist but are overlooked by most people, and centers on a teenage boy of remarkable magical and mental powers as he is introduced to a world that had been hidden from him his entire life by ignorance.  This is the first book of the ongoing series; Untrue Tales From Beyond Fiction - Recollections of an Alternate Past.  Look for Book Two, also available at Podiobooks.com." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: In Search Of #6 by Damon Timm" text="Podiobooks.com: In Search Of #6 by Damon Timm" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/142/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=142" description="In Search of #6 is the story of the trials and trails of a man, a best friend, two bicycles, three states, four dispersed campsites, five tires, seven post-prandial naps, twenty-one dozen eggs, 1,100 miles, 15,000 vertical feet, and the search for a single kiss.

It is a tale of love, friendship, lactic acid, Achilles' Tendons, mistaken identities, false promises, broken dreams, large mountains, pungent flatulence, Heterosexual Life Partnership, childhood reminiscence, Umberto Eco, overused comic ploys, and considerable merriment. In Search of #6 is read by the author and includes audio interludes recorded during the course of the trip itself.

Prepare to hit the road. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wish there was more, and you'll certainly think twice about eating more than four eggs a day." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Echoes by Nathan P Butler" text="Podiobooks.com: Echoes by Nathan P Butler" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/87/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=87" description="It begins with a murder in an Atlanta hotel room. There is no DNA. There are no fingerprints. There are only the victim's ties to two powerful men: one a senator, the other a high-ranking aide to the President of the United States.

Amid an unfamiliar landscape of D.C. politics, Atlanta Homicide Detective Darren Fox must seek out a killer who leaves no trace, discover secrets long buried, and come face to face with one of America's darkest secrets and most dangerous truths..." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Heaven - Season Five: War by Mur Lafferty" text="Podiobooks.com: Heaven - Season Five: War by Mur Lafferty" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/396/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=396" description="Kate and Daniel remain exiled in the new world they created, with the need to build an army to save Heaven. But the allies they need may not be willing participants, as they're trapped gods who blame Kate and Daniel for their imprisonment. As the dark power that traps Heaven begins to seep into Kate and Daniel's new world, they face new enemies and learn about a very old obstacle that blocks them from their goal." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Deep Thoughts by Michael R. Mennenga" text="Podiobooks.com: Deep Thoughts by Michael R. Mennenga" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/96/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=96" description="Short-form Humor from the mind of Michael R. Mennenga.  Editorial on daily life and the human condition." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: The Zany Time Travels of Warble McGorkle by Blackbird Crow Raven" text="Podiobooks.com: The Zany Time Travels of Warble McGorkle by Blackbird Crow Raven" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/128/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=128" description="In 'The Zany Time Travels of Warble McGorkle' (book II of a trilogy, and the first one recorded), Warble Poundcake McGorkle and his entourage (wife, employees, a sales team, and a canine) travel back in time to revise history.

Their meddling in events during American Revolutionary War Times, at Custer's Last Stand, the Alamo, Woodstock, and  many other pivotal events--as well as a detour to 1st Century Jerusalem to kidnap Jesus (or Judas)--leads to catastrophic consequences for those living in modern times.
 
Among the things Warble and his gang perpetrate are:

1. Banishing George Washington to England for inventing the peanut (and thus being responsible for 'Peanut Envy')
2. 'Helping out' at the Alamo, so that it's the Mexicans who ultimately get 'saddled' with Texas
3. Originating Pre-emptive Strikes (umpires calling strikes before the ball is thrown)
4. Changing song lyrics at Woodstock to influence the politics and modify the personalities of the concert-goers
 
These are just a few of the outrageous shenanigans that culminate in a climactic scene as the protagonists return to the  present and see what their changes have wrought." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Traitor, Book 1 of The Turner Chronicles by Mark Eller" text="Podiobooks.com: Traitor, Book 1 of The Turner Chronicles by Mark Eller" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/392/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=392" description="Last Chance - a small town set on the edge of the far frontier. It is a place of gentle manners and common civility. After all, it should be since more than three quarters of its residents are women. However times change when a Talent Master runs rampant, savages threaten war, and an illegal militia from an alternate universe plans invasion and empire. A hero is needed. A Savior. Meet Aaron Turner, the small unassuming man who runs the Last Chance General Store. He is this town's--this world's--only hope. Unfortunately for the town, Aaron also happens to be a soldier and Militia spy whose job is to prepare the ground for the Militia's invasion. To help him with this task, he has a cellar filled with advanced weaponry and the unique ability to teleport between the two worlds. However after a year of living within Last Chance, Aaron is no longer sure in which direction his loyalties lie." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: The Curious Education Of Epitome Quirkstandard by A.F. Harrold" text="Podiobooks.com: The Curious Education Of Epitome Quirkstandard by A.F. Harrold" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/58/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=58" description="This peculiar comic novel concerns two men and a woman and looks at how they came to be where they were when they met and the effect that meeting had upon them. 

	One man is Epitome Quirkstandard, a benighted aristocrat in the Wodehousian tradition whose staff have abandoned him to go and fight in the First World War and who discovers the taste for learning - especially when he attempts to make his own breakfast. 

	The other man is Mr. Crepuscular, a man who has written a multitude of educative pamphlets that he kindly rents out to Quirkstandard. As an illiterate scamp he ran away to join the circus, but through a series of unlikely adventures he ends up as a wise quasi-Buddhist who understands that sometimes the circus just isn't the right place to be.

	And the woman is Quirkstandard's aunt, Penelope Penultimate, a beautiful but severe lady of mature years who spent the majority of her life abroad taking parties of teenage girls on adventure holidays, with no insurance.

	The story comes to a head when she issues an invitation to the men to come to her cottage in the country for the weekend. When they do so all manner of storylines come together, leading to unexpected revelations, arguments, jealousies, tensions, parlour games, picnics and nudity. Oh, it's so exciting.

	Along the way the book is filled with historical and biographical asides as it covers the broad sweep of life from the sawdust circuses of the 1860s, through the Amazon Basin of the 1890s, right up to the ultra-modern trench-warfare of the 1910s. It is discursive and meandering in a way that makes it a particularly diminutive descendant of Tristram Shandy or Three Men In A Boat or something akin to Douglas Adams without the science-fiction. Some people like this sort of thing.

	The author, A.F. Harrold, is a prize-winning performance poet, comedian and Englishman.  More can be discovered at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.afharrold.co.uk&quot;&gt;
www.afharrold.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;. 
" />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: A User\'s Manual for the Human Experience by Michael W. Dean" text="Podiobooks.com: A User\'s Manual for the Human Experience by Michael W. Dean" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/395/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=395" description="Learn to block and delete idiots from your life. Remove addiction to bad people, drugs, alcohol, government and more (WITHOUT MEETINGS!) Then use your new-found time and energy to MAKE A LIVING DOING WHAT YOU LOVE, like the author does. 

A USER'S MANUAL FOR THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE is a libertarian manifesto for getting healthy, getting brilliant, maximizing potential and changing the world. 

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS BOOK: 
&quot;Part intellectual memoir, part self-help book. Michael W. Dean's Practical Emotional Self-Defense (PESD) techniques flow from a wealth of life experiences, both positive and negative. 'The Only Two Rules in Life' have some radical, refreshing implications.&quot; --Jason Sorens, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo, SUNY), founder of the Free State Project 

&quot;You owe yourself the opportunity to step outside your comfort zone and put yourself in the court with this modern-day Socrates.&quot; 
--Pastor Kenneth V. Blanchard, Sr., author of Black Man with a Gun 

“I knew Michael Dean back in the day, when he was a 19-year-old punk rocker with an appetite for self-destruction. I honestly didn’t think he’d live to be 30. But guess what? It turns out that Michael isn’t just a survivor; he’s a survivor who’s learned how to enjoy life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness after recovery. For everyone who wants to know how to stay sane, develop a great work ethic, and make a mark on the world, Michael Dean has a great story to tell.&quot; 
--Professor Michael B&eacute;rub&eacute;, Ph.D. (Penn State), author of What’s Liberal About the Liberal Arts? and Life as We Know It

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
An anagram for &quot;Michael Dean&quot; is &quot;Deal Machine,&quot; and that truly fits. Dean never sits on his laurels, and he's constantly working hard and well in new directions. Michael Wareham Dean is the author of the books &quot;$30 Film School&quot;, &quot;$30 Music School&quot;, &quot;$30 Writing School&quot;, &quot;Starving in the Company of Beautiful Women&quot;, &quot;The Simple Pleasures of a Complex Girl&quot;, &quot;DIY NOW! Digital Audio&quot; and &quot;YouTube: an Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts.&quot;

He runs the libertarian pop-culture blog, Stink Fight. 

Michael directed the films &quot;Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow&quot; and &quot;D.I.Y. or DIE: How to Survive as an Independent Artist.&quot; Michael played guitar in the band The Beef People. He sang and played bass in Baby Opaque and Bomb (Warner Brothers). 

Michael W. Dean and his wife Debra Jean Dean are both professional voiceover artists, and also run The Nestlandia Institute, a think tank. They live in an undisclosed location in Southern California with their three cats. They plan to move to a farm in rural Wyoming this fall." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Virtual Vice - a new technology crime novel  based on true events by Jason M. Kays" text="Podiobooks.com: Virtual Vice - a new technology crime novel  based on true events by Jason M. Kays" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/391/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=391" description="In Virtual Vice by Jason M. Kays, readers follow disillusioned entertainment attorney Ian McKenzie as his professional life takes a decided turn for the questionable when he is hired by the charismatic and dangerous Scott White to represent Scott’s interests in his cutting edge Internet startup, Metropoleis Multimedia. Unfortunately for Ian, Scott has more in common with Scarface’s Tony Montana than Apple’s Steve Jobs, and things go from questionable to deadly in no time flat. As Scott’s confidant and consigliore, Ian soon finds himself caught between the Feds, La Cosa Nostra, and the Cali Cartel in a fatal game of corporate winner-take-all. Kays masterfully weaves the nuts and bolts of legal maneuverings and corporate worst-practices into an engaging and unpredictable thrill ride of a crime novel. Filled with wry humor and twists and turns galore, Virtual Vice keeps you guessing and wanting more while entertaining every step of the way." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Double Share by Nathan Lowell" text="Podiobooks.com: Double Share by Nathan Lowell" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/293/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=293" description="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/12/30/2008-founders-choice-awards/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4285895645_98147f8aee_o.gif&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;10&quot; vspace=&quot;10&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://parsecawards.com/node/861&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3574/3773548318_0f024bb111_o.jpg&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A Trader's Tale from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper : Book 4

When he graduates from the Academy at Port Newmar, Ishmael Horatio Wang reports for duty in his first assignment as an officer. When he gets to his new ship, he finds things are not exactly the way he'd learned in school. The coffee tastes like used engine oil, the ship has no heart, and the nearest decent tailor is two quadrants away. What's a new Third Mate to do? Will he be able to trust Billy?" />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Full Share by Nathan Lowell" text="Podiobooks.com: Full Share by Nathan Lowell" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/184/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=184" description="A Trader's Tale from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper : Book 3

The Lois McKendrick runs headlong into trouble when a routine in-system transit goes bad. Ishmael and the rest of the crew must scramble to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it in order to keep the ship alive. Learn more about the officers and crew of the Lois McKendrick as they struggle to keep their ship and discover how Ishmael finds out how wrong he's been about what it means to be a spacer in this latest Trader's Tale.This is the third book in the series. Look for Half Share and Quarter Share here on Podiobooks.com." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Half Share by Nathan Lowell" text="Podiobooks.com: Half Share by Nathan Lowell" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/151/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=151" description="A Trader's Tale from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper : Book 2

After Ishmael Wang is promoted to the environmental section, he's caught in a swirl of mystery, doubt, belief, lust and a really nice fitting pair of jeans. He has to come to grips with what it means to be a spacer while he's still trying to figure out what it means to be a man. Join Ishmael, Brillo, Pip, and the rest of the crew of the Lois McKendrick as they help the newest member of the crew adjust to life in the Deep Dark.Half Share is the sequel to Quarter Share, also available at Podiobooks.com.Note: Some scenes in Half Share involve adult themes, nudity, sex and references to religions not based on Judeo-Christian traditions. Read at your own risk." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Theater of the Midnight Sun by Michael McGee" text="Podiobooks.com: Theater of the Midnight Sun by Michael McGee" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/363/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=363" description="Short Story Audiodramas... Mixing humor and drama, THE THEATER OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN is an all new full-cast audio show that offers original stories of adventure, mystery, science fiction, fantasy, humor, thrillers, and literary fiction for lovers of radio theater, as well as literature. Essentially a podcast stage for new short story play productions, tales appearing on THE THEATER OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN range from 1 to 6 half-hour episodes in length. The show is hosted by Michael McGee." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: The Onion Files by Val Pattee" text="Podiobooks.com: The Onion Files by Val Pattee" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/253/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=253" description="Former NATO intelligence chief writes cyberterrorism spy thriller -- Major General Val Pattee's novel lauded as compelling and a &quot;tutorial for homeland security personnel&quot;. 

Suppose al-Qaeda had a second, potentially more devastating attack planned in 2001. How would it be thwarted? 

&quot;The Onion Files&quot; is a spy thriller differing from all previous novels in one very important aspect: author Val Pattee was one of the Western world's top spy masters. Serving as chief of intelligence for NATO in Europe during periods of Cold War-era terrorism, he worked with the heads of intelligence for sixteen member nations, and conferred with his Soviet and Red Chinese counterparts.

Although &quot;The Onion Files&quot; is fiction, Pattee infuses the action with a realism of people and places only an insider could deliver. The title refers to an ingenious and diabolical plot by al&amp;#8209;Qaeda to devastate vast areas of the United States soon after the 9/11 attacks. Pattee introduces readers to protagonists Jim and Mark Buchan, who work with the US Central Intelligence Agency and Russian counter-terrorism units in a fast-paced hunt across three continents to halt a computer virus and its brilliant creator." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Electricity by Myke Bartlett" text="Podiobooks.com: Electricity by Myke Bartlett" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/203/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=203" description="From the Author of How to Disappear Completely:
1999

Aston Somerfield, casual smoker and part-time alcoholic, has come to London to find himself. He knows who he's looking for, he's seen him on the cover of the NME. Drawn across oceans by fame and fate, Aston is keeping his diary empty to make sure he's available. Won't commit to anything until it's everything.

London, however, has other ideas.

When a virtual stranger calls Aston a few hours before his death, fate catches up with him, derailing his barely-made plans. Amid a hundred boozy evenings and romantic deadends, a mystery unfurls.

Equally assisted and hindered by tremulous accountant Tom Hensley and dedicated loafer Steven Black, Aston uncovers a different London, one of murder, ghosts, dangerous emails and the second big bang.

As chaotic and random as the city it inhabits, Electricity gradually evolves into a mystery bigger than the universe itself. Being of a somewhat useless persuasion, Aston does his best to ignore it.

For more details: www.biggerthantheuniverse.com" />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Time Crime by H. Beam Piper" text="Podiobooks.com: Time Crime by H. Beam Piper" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/258/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=258" description="From Astounding Tales Published February and March 1955

The Paratime Police had a real headache this time! Tracing one man in a population of millions is easy—compared to finding one gang hiding out on one of billions of probability lines!

This story from 1955 has rocket ships, time travel, slaves, post-hypnotic suggestions, drugged citizens, and a complete disregard for human rights. And those are the good guys. As a look back in time at &quot;classic&quot; science fiction, it's an interesting snapshot of a time when tobacco was common, sexism was unconscious, and female characters were a long way from Lara Croft.

Narrated by Nathan Lowell." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Aliens and Satanic Creatures Wanted: Humans Need Not Apply by Tony Ruggiero" text="Podiobooks.com: Aliens and Satanic Creatures Wanted: Humans Need Not Apply by Tony Ruggiero" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/39/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=39" description="Do you think its easy being an alien, a satanic creature or anything else not considered part of the Homo sapiens only club? They have tough days just like humans do and their frustration is growing. Don't believe it? Well, what about Lucifer, the prince of darkness, who runs a car dealership--what about his feelings when he is faced with that impossible sale and he can't get that signature on form 666, the standard soul contract? Or maybe you wondered about how an extremely vain alien copes with having a bad hair day as he tries to alter the future of Earth? Will his cosmetic problems be our problems in other ways? Perhaps you heard about the opposite vampire who loves to give blood, hates the darkness and has a fetish for garlic - how does he get through a bad relationship? How about a DNA altered cat that has been given the personality of one of the world's most fearsome criminals? Will its human owners understand or will it be a less then purr-fect arrangement? 

What's the common thread do all this discontent, you ask? What is it about most stories that stay the same? It's the human! These aliens and demonic creatures are sick and tired of being the second fiddle in the story. They want what everybody wants: to be the center of attention of the stories instead of the pesky humans for a change...and now they finally get their wish. In Aliens and Satanic Creatures Wanted: Humans Need Not Apply, they finally get top billing and they exploit it as far as they can. 
" />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Republic: A Novel of America's Future by Charles Sheehan-Miles" text="Podiobooks.com: Republic: A Novel of America's Future by Charles Sheehan-Miles" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/159/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=159" description="A domestic terrorist attack evokes a violent and oppressive response from the U.S. government... a labor dispute ends in violence... a young boy lies dying of a rare disease with no hope in sight. When the conflict focuses on a small town in West Virginia, Ken Murphy, Iraq veteran and Lieutenant Colonel in the West Virginia National Guard, must find a way to protect his family and community in a world turned upside down. In a future America terrifying to behold, Republic evokes the specter of civil war in a world that is simultaneously familiar and changed beyond recognition.

Republic is written and performed by Charles Sheehan-Miles (also author of Prayer at Rumayla: A Novel of the Gulf War) with music produced by Luke Tripp.

Here's What Some People Have to Say About Republic:

The Podler Book Review, June 7, 2007
... vital, gripping, convincing ... compelling enough you fear you're doing something subversive simply by reading ... an engrossing read....

Chris Gerrib, Author of the Mars Run, June 8, 2007: Republic is a gripping thriller that I couldn't put down. It's not just literary popcorn either - you'll be thinking about it the next day." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Letter from China by Peter James Froning" text="Podiobooks.com: Letter from China by Peter James Froning" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/303/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=303" description="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/12/30/2008-founders-choice-awards/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4285895645_98147f8aee_o.gif&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;10&quot; vspace=&quot;10&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a poignant and irreverent diary of the author's yearlong (2001-2) experience of teaching English to college students in Beijing, People's Republic of China.  From the very first pages, the author draws you into his struggle with a culture worlds away from his comfort zone.  The author's generous and compelling personality allowed him to gain access to the lives of his students and their families, who became characters in his tale. One can experience the author's wit and humanity throughout the narrative.

The author's humorous view of China is especially timely and dovetails with the current explosion of interest in that country as it enters the modern world.  The book is neither a travelogue nor a look at the government, although elements of those subjects are woven into the story.  Instead, it is an engaging look at China, tailored toward those who know little about it.  Still, those who have lived and/or traveled there will also enjoy the book as it reminds them of the absurdities they, too, experienced." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: The Arwen by Timothy Callahan" text="Podiobooks.com: The Arwen by Timothy Callahan" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/135/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=135" description="&lt;a href=&quot;http://parsecawards.com/node/234&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1361/1330033199_79dc70a26b_o.gif&quot; width=&quot;99&quot; alt=&quot;Parsec-Seal-2007-Winner&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

When a comet the size of a small moon threatens the remote world of Regal the Earth Alliance assigns the most decorated ship in the fleet, the Arwen, to destroy it.   Its Captain, Marjorie Cook, sees this as an opportunity to redeem herself after a tragic mistake in her past causes the death of over 400 of her crew.   It seems like an easy mission but, when the Arwen arrives, it finds things are not what they seem." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell" text="Podiobooks.com: Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/130/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=130" description="A Trader's Tale from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper : Book 1

When Ishmael Wang is orphaned by a flitter crash, he must make some hard decisions about how to survive in a Company-owned universe. With limited time and fewer options, he lands a job as the newest hand on the Solar Clipper Lois McKendrick and learns there's more to life than making coffee. Join Ish, Pip, Big Bad Bev, and the rest of the Lois McKendrick's crew as they sail the galaxy in search of profitable trade.For more information on the book and the Golden Age, see http://www.durandus.com/golden" />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Consider The Elephant by Aram Schefrin" text="Podiobooks.com: Consider The Elephant by Aram Schefrin" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/52/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=52" description="The common wisdom is that the men who have attacked American Presidents - Czolgosz, Guiteau, Fromme, Hinckley, Moore, Oswald, Zangara - were disgruntled, disturbed loners. That wisdom includes John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, called a failed actor and a madman.

But the truth is that Wilkes was the matinee idol of his time; and the attack on Lincoln was not the act of a maniac, but a part of a plan developed at the highest levels of the Confederacy.

In &quot;Consider the Elephant,&quot; by Aram Schefrin, the story of Wilkes'
life and death is told by his brother, Edwin Booth, called &quot;Ned.&quot; Ned was the greatest Shakespearean actor of his age, as was their father Junius in his era; and their brother June was an actor, too, though less successful than his brothers. The story is soaked in the ambiance of life in the American theater in the mid nineteenth century, and full of rich characters. It lays out in detail the path Wilkes took to the top of the celebrity heap, his growing involvement with the Southern rebels and the development in Richmond of the plot to kidnap - and later assassinate - the Union President." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Brave Men Run by Matthew Wayne Selznick" text="Podiobooks.com: Brave Men Run by Matthew Wayne Selznick" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/40/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=40" description="&lt;a href=&quot;http://parsecawards.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;donation&quot; src=&quot;http://www.podiobooks.com/images/parsec120.gif&quot;  width=&quot;120&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right border=0/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

April 18, 1985 -- Into a world already wound tight with the desperate tensions of the Cold War comes a man with a startling Declaration: Metahumans exist, they demand autonomy, and Dr. William Karl Donner has the reality-bending power to enforce their status.  The balance of power is thrown askew by the addition of not one more Superpower, but &lt;em&gt;six thousand&lt;/em&gt;.

Before the Donner Declaration, high school sophomore Nate Charters was just an outsider and self-proclaimed freak.  His unusual appearance, hair-trigger reflexes, and overactive metabolism should have made him something special, but his differences and low self-esteem have long since marked him as a target for the jocks and popular kids.

Now, just as his unique nature brings him the attention of a self-assured older girl, Nate must find his place in the world.  Why is he the way he is?  Where did he come from?  Is he part of a remarkable, powerful new minority... or just a misfit among misfits?

He'd better find out fast...  others want the truth, and they're closing in...

&lt;b&gt;Praise For &lt;em&gt;&quot;Brave Men Run - A Novel of the Sovereign Era&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;em&gt;&quot;The brilliance of&lt;/em&gt; Brave Men Run &lt;em&gt;is not only in its vision, but its execution. Matthew Wayne Selznick spins a superhero story that transcends predictable ‘grim-n-gritty’ and ‘rock-’em-sock-’em’ conventions, capturing a realism and emotion rarely seen in the genre. Part Stan Lee, part John Hughes..!&quot;&lt;/em&gt; -- &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jchutchins.net&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;J.C. Hutchins&lt;/a&gt;, author of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/search.php?keyword=7th+son&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&quot;7th Son&quot; trilogy&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;em&gt;&quot;Selznick effortlessly spins a strong nostalgia for the ’80s with a fascinating alternate history where the superpowers wake up and may not be entirely hip on the idea of serving the rest of mankind. If Peter Parker had been one of the characters in 'The Breakfast Club,' you would have&lt;/em&gt; Brave Men Run&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt; -- &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.murverse.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mur Lafferty&lt;/a&gt;, author of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.podiobooks.com/title/playing-for-keeps&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&quot;Playing for Keeps&quot;&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.podiobooks.com/title/heaven---season-one&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&quot;Heaven&quot; series&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;em&gt;&quot;A fantastical novel written with that all-too-rare attention to character and drama… Selznick speaks softly — yet eloquently — and wields a very big literary stick.&quot;&lt;/em&gt; -- &lt;a href=&quot;http://markjeffrey.typepad.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mark Jeffrey&lt;/a&gt;, Ulysses Award-winning author
of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/search.php?keyword=max+quick&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Max Quick Series&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;em&gt;&quot;This book rocks. It’s engaging, the characters are robust...&lt;/em&gt; Brave Men Run &lt;em&gt;is the finest podcast novel I’ve listened to… A solid story made even better by an exceptional performance by the author, it serves as an example of what a self-produced ‘podiobook’ can be. You won’t be disappointed.&quot;&lt;/em&gt; -- &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Terra&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Evo Terra&lt;/a&gt;, founder of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.podiobooks.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Podiobooks.com&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;em&gt;&quot;I thoroughly enjoyed&lt;/em&gt; Brave Men Run &lt;em&gt;for its sympathetic characters, its eighties nostalgia, and its comic industry in-jokes, as well as its thoroughly entertaining story! If John Hughes had written the ‘X-Men’ films, this is what we would have gotten.&quot;&lt;/em&gt; -- &lt;a href=&quot;http://cnvarbiter.livejournal.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Steven H. Wilson&lt;/a&gt;, Parsec Award-winning creator of creator of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.prometheusradiotheatre.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Arbiter Chronicles&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;em&gt;&quot;A great read, a real page turner. This book could be a bestseller.&quot;&lt;/em&gt; -- &lt;a href=&quot;http://hbaum.blogspot.com/2006/09/brave-men-run.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Henry Baum&lt;/a&gt;, author of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FNorth-Sunset-Henry-Baum%2Fdp%2F1411656563&amp;tag=mwsmedia-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&quot;North of Sunset&quot;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;em&gt;&quot;&lt;/em&gt;Brave Men Run &lt;em&gt;is at once fantastical and ordinary, gripping and emotional, shocking and intelligent. I thoroughly enjoyed it.&quot;&lt;/em&gt; -- &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamwords.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Paul Story&lt;/a&gt;, author of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=26&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&quot;Tom Corven&quot;&lt;/a&gt; podiobook.&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;em&gt;&quot;Well written, with great dialogue... utterly convincing.&quot;&lt;/em&gt; -- Paul S. Jenkins, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://revup.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=34943#&quot; target=&quot;blank&quot;&gt;Rev-Up Review&lt;/a&gt; podcast.

&lt;em&gt;&quot;Amazingly good... I'm totally hooked! Matthew's prose is clean and true...&quot;&lt;/em&gt; -- Jesse Willis, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sffaudio.com/2005/12/podcast-novel-from-just-under-radar.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;SFFaudio.com&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;b&gt;Extended Show Notes&lt;/b&gt;

Check out the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mattselznick.com/writing/fiction/novels/brave-men-run/free-audiobook/show-notes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;annotated show notes and comment on each episode&lt;/a&gt;!

&lt;b&gt;More From  The Sovereign Era &lt;/b&gt;

Immerse yourself in the Sovereign Era at Matthew Wayne Selznick's FREE ongoing serial fiction fiction project, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hazydaysandcloudynights.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&quot;Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights.&quot;&lt;/a&gt; 

Enjoy a new short story set in the Sovereign Era of &quot;Brave Men Run!&quot;  Read &quot;The World Revolves Around You&quot; for free, or purchase an e-book or signed and numbered limited edition chapbook &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mattselznick.com/writing/fiction/short-fiction/the-world-revolves-around-you/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;right here&lt;/a&gt;.

Visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mattselznick.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Matthew Wayne Selznick's website&lt;/a&gt; for more fiction, plus music, commentary and other content!

&lt;b&gt;Support the Author&lt;/b&gt;

Support independent creative endeavors!  If you enjoyed the free podcast edition of &lt;em&gt;&quot;Brave Men Run -- A Novel of the Sovereign Era,&quot;&lt;/em&gt; consider purchasing the paperback book or electronic editions for the Amazon Kindle, iPhone / iPod Touch, and other DRM-free e-book formats from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mattselznick.com/writing/fiction/novels/brave-men-run/purchase/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;BraveMenRun.com&lt;/a&gt;." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Grey by Jon Armstrong" text="Podiobooks.com: Grey by Jon Armstrong" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/202/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=202" description="High fashion, corporate malfeasance, celebrity culture, and an obsessed media collide with exuberant violence and volatile intensity in Grey, the explosive debut novel by Jon Armstrong.

For Michael Rivers, life is perfect. Michael has everything; tall, handsome, and famous, he is worshipped by billions of fans around the globe. He is wealthy beyond measure, the heir apparent to RiverGroup, one of the handful of high-tech corporations that controls the world. He is fashionable, setting trends with his wardrobe of immaculate designer suits, each a unique and celebrated work of art. And Michael is in love, perfect love, sharing a private language based entirely on quotes from the latest fashion magazine advertisements, with Nora, his beautiful, witty, and equally perfect fiance, the only woman with whom he can see surgically-altered monochromatic eye to eye.

When an assassin's bullets pierce Michael's body before the unblinking eyes of cameras, reporters, and viewers at a press junket, everything changes, forcing Michael to question everything about his previously perfect world. Illusions shattered and forcibly separated from Nora, Michael seeks to uncover the reasons behind the attempted assassination, embarking on a quest that leads him to question his relationships with his loud, profane, and narcissistically Ultra father; his estranged mother; and the perilous, contaminated, neo-feudalistic world that lies beyond the safe and protected bubble of corporate family life.

Michael must delve deep into his past, finding that all paths he uncovers seem to lead to the now-closed PartyHaus, and to a time when he was the golden boy, dancing furiously to the beat of notorious all-night Rage parties thrown by his father.

Grey was published by NightShade Books in February 2007.

&quot;Grey is a legendary book waiting to happen. It's a mad, stylish, trippy, endlessly inventive romp through the biohazardous wastes of post-genre literature. Jon Armstrong is a genius, with an umlaut, to the fifth power.&quot;
-- Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay and The Wonder Boys.

&quot;A dazzling trip through a world alternately glamorous and grimy, set in a crumbling but media-saturated future, with eyeball-kicks galore.&quot; --Locus Magazine

&quot;If you enjoy or, better yet, prefer a more literary than commercial read and you can appreciate a satirical stab at not only the fashionable elite of entertainment but a subtle yet obvious social comment on the general public and its destructive nature, then give Grey a read; it will not disappoint you.&quot; -- Book Opinions " />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Murder at Avedon Hill by P.G. Holyfield" text="Podiobooks.com: Murder at Avedon Hill by P.G. Holyfield" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/229/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=229" description="&lt;a href=&quot;http://parsecawards.com/node/861&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3574/3773548318_0f024bb111_o.jpg&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.podcastpeers.org/winnersPPA5.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/3104683159_fa35353c56_o.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Podcast Peer Award icon&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

Lord Avedon has a problem. Generations of Avedons have watched over Avedon Hill and controlled the only pass through the Lantis Mountains. Traditions are important to the Avedon family, but one tradition has tragically come to an end. Gretta Platt, Housemistress of Avedon Manor, has been murdered. A member of the Platt family has always served the Avedons as Housemistress. until now. Only a handful of people live at Avedon Hill, and most are suspects. Arames Kragen, retired Aarronic Advisor and scholar of prophecy, arrives at the gates of Avedon Hill, hoping to gain access to the mountain pass. Lord Avedon is not in a giving mood, however.

This is the story of Arames Kragen and his attempt not only to discover who killed Gretta Platt, but also to uncover the truth about a town that apparently has more secrets than inhabitants.

The Land of Caern: It is a world where the gods, the Children of Az, can choose to be born as mortals to directly affect events in the world, and often do. It is a world where the Priests of Caern frantically search for the mortal incarnations of any of the Children, in order prevent the Prophecies of Iberian from coming to pass.

Welcome to The Land of Caern. Welcome. to Murder at Avedon Hill, the podcast novel by P.G. Holyfield." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow" text="Podiobooks.com: Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/126/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=126" description="Art is an up-and-coming interface designer, working on the management of data flow along the Massachusetts Turnpike. He's doing the best work of his career and can guarantee that the system will be, without question, the most counterintuitive, user-hostile piece of software ever pushed forth into the world.

Why? Because Art is an industrial saboteur. He may live in London and work for an EU telecommunications megacorp, but Art's real home is the Eastern Standard Tribe.

The comm -- instant wireless communication -- puts everyone in touch with everyone else, twenty-four hours a day. But one thing hasn't changed: the need for sleep. The world is slowly splintering into Tribes held together by common time zones, less than families and more than nations. And Art is working to humiliate the Greenwich Mean Tribe to the benefit of his own people.

The world of next week is overflowing with ubiquitous computing, where an idea scribbled onto one's comm can revolutionize an industry. But in a world without boundaries, nothing can be taken for granted -- not happiness, not money, and, most certainly, not love.

Which might explain why Art finds himself stranded on the roof of an insane asylum outside Boston, debating whether to push a pencil into his brain. Happiness or smarts? What's it going to be, Art?" />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: 65 Below by Basil Sands" text="Podiobooks.com: 65 Below by Basil Sands" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/210/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=210" description="After twenty years hunting terrorists under orders to &quot;render harmless&quot;, USMC Master Sergeant Marcus Orlando Johnson, Mojo to his friends, settles into a quiet rural retirement on his childhood home in the Alaskan backwoods.  But the idyllic retirement is shattered when Marcus comes across soldiers of America's staunchest enemy who are about to unleash a nightmarish biological weapon on the world from the most unexpected of places.

With the help of his ex-fiancee, the beautiful Korean born State Trooper Lonnie Wyatt, and the chance reunion of his old special operations buddy Harley Wasner, they race to stop a potentially devastating terrorist attack with worldwide implications but even nature is against them as the temperatures plummet to 65 below." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: The Plitone Revisionist by Paul S. Jenkins" text="Podiobooks.com: The Plitone Revisionist by Paul S. Jenkins" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/102/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=102" description="Will Captain Paola Mackie, independent space courier, thrown out of  her home ten years previously, escape the unsavory clutches of the  man who thinks she can lead him to the notorious Revisionist  mothership secretly orbiting within the Lutrana system and plotting  to destabilize its economy, its culture, its very way of life?

Will Paola be reconciled with her estranged and aged father before  it's too late for him to pass on his onerous legacy to her? And will  she finally get it together with Nantuke Orlis, the Revisionist  President's enigmatic scout?

The Plitone Revisionist is a fast-paced, sexy science-fiction  thriller that will keep you enthralled to the end -- and beyond." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: A Long Way from Disney - Part I by Seth Harwood" text="Podiobooks.com: A Long Way from Disney - Part I by Seth Harwood" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/132/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=132" description="&lt;a href=&quot;http://parsecawards.com/2007Finalists&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1398/1224364836_1d5a4b70ac_o.gif&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;99&quot; alt=&quot;Parsec-Seal-2007-Nominee&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

It's the 1980s in Boston: the Celtics are rolling, the Patriots got crushed by the Bears, and the Sox are the Sox. Adam Berkman is learning how far from the warm feelings and epiphanies of Disney Americana his life can be when his parents get a divorce and he has to change schools almost every year. In this collection of linked stories, Seth Harwood takes you on a tour of Boston and its suburbs as he brings you more of the strong, clear writing you found in Jack Wakes Up.

In these stories you'll find frog murderers, slow dancers, lessons on basketball, fighting and how to defend your mother, as well as candy flippers, wiggers and portfolio managers, loves turning every direction imaginable -- maybe even good..." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Heaven - Season Three: Earth by Mur Lafferty" text="Podiobooks.com: Heaven - Season Three: Earth by Mur Lafferty" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/183/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=183" description="After gaining the rule of Heaven and Hell, with all the power that promised, Kate and Daniel should be set for eternity, right? Well, sure, as soon as they get used to their god-like powers. And then they need to remake the Earth. And there's the matter of the major and minor deities who are not pleased with their ascension. Even now, the afterlife still isn't easy." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: The Failed Cities Monologues by Matt Wallace" text="Podiobooks.com: The Failed Cities Monologues by Matt Wallace" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/110/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=110" description="&lt;a href=&quot;http://parsecawards.com/2007Finalists&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1398/1224364836_1d5a4b70ac_o.gif&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;99&quot; alt=&quot;Parsec-Seal-2007-Nominee&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

In a hardboiled dystopian future, one major American city has been divided in two. Separated by much more than a river, one side is an unfinished technological marvel populated by mega-skyscrapers where the wealthy live, work, and play. The other is a forsaken wasteland where order is strictly maintained by a rogue group of cleric soldiers known as the street preachers. But this dichotomy is about to change. Slowly, quietly, clandestine forces are working to undermine the small piece of redemption the street preachers have brought to their concrete flocks. In the face of watching their second chance crumble to dust, some will fight to stop it. Others will kill to make it happen.

A bold experiment in podcast fiction, The Failed Cities Monologues are told from the shifting perspectives of the characters who inhabit this world, twisted noir archetypes and cyberpunk warriors. Their lives and their stories are linked together by conspiracy, fate... and blood." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: MOREVI: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana - Abridged by Tee Morris and Lisa Lee" text="Podiobooks.com: MOREVI: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana - Abridged by Tee Morris and Lisa Lee" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/23/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=23" description="&lt;a href=&quot;http://parsecawards.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;donation&quot; src=&quot;http://www.podiobooks.com/images/parsec120.gif&quot;  width=&quot;120&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right border=0/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

Morevi, a landlocked kingdom shrouded by jungles and mystery, falls under the rule of Askana Moldarin, known in her realm as &quot;The Black Widow&quot; following her swift and bloody ascent to the throne. In the dawn of this New Age, hidden traitors in her own regime threaten to destroy everything. Askana, independent of council, seeks help to reveal the conspiracy against her... 

Enter Rafe Rafton, captain of the &lt;em&gt;Defiant&lt;/em&gt;." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Earthcore by Scott Sigler" text="Podiobooks.com: Earthcore by Scott Sigler" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/24/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=24" description="Deep below a desolate Utah mountain lays the largest platinum deposit ever discovered. A billion-dollar find, it waits for any company that can drill a world's record, three-mile-deep mine shaft.

EarthCore is the company with the technology, the resources and the guts to go after the mother lode. Young executive Connell Kirkland is the company's driving force, pushing himself and those around him to uncover the massive treasure.

But Kirkland and EarthCore are not the first to find this treasure. The mountain's history reveals two centuries of disappearances, murder, and insanity.

The discovery of ancient platinum knives, razor-sharp despite lying untouched for 1,000 years, reveals evidence of an ancient culture. If the artifacts are genuine, they show a pre-historic empire that once spanned from the Southern tip of South America all the way up through the American Southwest.

Wealth and fame lie under that Utah mountain, but at three miles below the surface, where the rocks are so hot they burn bare skin, something has been waiting for centuries. Waiting ... and guarding. Kirkland and EarthCore are about to find out first-hand why this treasure has never been unearthed.

&lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/claim/4b4hrzqp6&quot; rel=&quot;me&quot;&gt;Technorati Profile&lt;/a&gt;" />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Ancestor by Scott Sigler" text="Podiobooks.com: Ancestor by Scott Sigler" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/85/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=85" description="Scientists struggle to solve the problem of xenotransplantation -- using animal tissue to replace failing human organs. Funded by the biotech firm Genada, Dr. Claus Rhumkorrf seeks to recreate the ancestor of all mammals. By getting back to the root of our creation, Rhumkorrf hopes to create an animal with human internal organs. Rhumkorrf discovers the ancestor, but it is not the small, harmless creature he envisions. His genius gives birth to a fast-growing evil that nature eradicated 250 million years ago -- an evil now on the loose, and very, very hungry.

Also by Scott Sigler - &lt;a href=&quot;http://podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=24&quot;&gt;Earthcore&lt;/a&gt;.

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<outline title="Podiobooks.com: The Silk Code by Paul Levinson" text="Podiobooks.com: The Silk Code by Paul Levinson" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/129/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=129" description="Phil D'Amato, New York City forensic detective, is caught in an ongoing struggle that dates all the way back to the dawn of humanity on earth--and one of his best friends is a recent casualty. Unless Phil can unravel the genetic puzzle of the Silk Code, he'll soon be just as dead.

Praise for The Silk Code:

&quot;Forensic detective Phil D'Amato is one of my favorite characters, and the puzzles he solves are always imaginative, ingenious, and addictive, but Paul Levinson really outdoes himself this time in a mystery involving murders, moths, mummies, the Silk Road, poisons, fireflies, and forensics, all woven into a mystery only D'Amato could solve! A marvelous book!&quot;
—Connie Willis

&quot;At last we get Paul Levinson's superb forensic sleuth, Phil D'Amato, in full-length novel. . . . Kick back and enjoy a mystery that spans the ages.&quot;
—Jack McDevitt

&quot;The Silk Code is an intriguing story refreshingly rich not only in action but in ideas.&quot;
—Stanly Schmidt, editor of Analog

[An] odd and thrilling mix of forensic detective work, intellectual history, and biological speculation. It's a rare thriller that actually achieves its goals both as a detective tale and work of boldly speculative SF.
—Locus

As a genre- bending blend of police procedural and science fiction, The Silk Code delivers on its promises...
-Gerald Jonas in The New York Times Book Review

All donation to this title go to the reader, Shaun Farrell." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: The Corridor by Zan" text="Podiobooks.com: The Corridor by Zan" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/118/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=118" description="The Corridor is a fantasy/horror story about Stuart Morrow, a man who has lost all hope and reason to live. However, a strange coincidence brings him unexpectedly into contact with a multitude of worlds beyond our own. Hunted by a despot who rules over countless alternate realities, Stuart’s only hope is to seek help amongst the assortment of bizarre and grotesque characters who await him in the Corridor." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: One Among The Sleepless by MIke Bennett" text="Podiobooks.com: One Among The Sleepless by MIke Bennett" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/115/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=115" description="&lt;a href=&quot;http://parsecawards.com/2007Finalists&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1398/1224364836_1d5a4b70ac_o.gif&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;99&quot; alt=&quot;Parsec-Seal-2007-Nominee&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&quot;One Among The Sleepless&quot; is a contemporary fiction novel set in Brighton, England about sex, death and noisy neighbors: a thriller with a rich vein of dark humor that flows from both the narrative and the dialogue of the characters. It's a largely character-driven story; the people and their various shifting relationships compel the plot forward through sometimes subtle, sometimes brutal plot twists towards the final, nail-gnawing climax." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Heaven - Season Two: Hell by Mur Lafferty" text="Podiobooks.com: Heaven - Season Two: Hell by Mur Lafferty" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/112/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=112" description="&lt;a href=&quot;http://parsecawards.com/2007Finalists&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1398/1224364836_1d5a4b70ac_o.gif&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;99&quot; alt=&quot;Parsec-Seal-2007-Nominee&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

Kate and Daniel are reunited at last, but they have to return to their duties in traveling the afterlife. There are stolen souls suffering without cause in Hell, and only they can help. Kate is back in her corporeal body, but keeping memories of her time as pure soul energy, recently touched by the divine. Daniel carries the magic of an old god and the sword of a death goddess, as well a grudge against the deity who tricked him into losing nearly everything. As they search for the missing souls, Kate and Daniel have to come to terms with themselves and see if their friendship - not to mention the cosmos - can handle everything they've been through thus far. " />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: 7th Son: Book Two - Deceit (The Beta Version) by J.C. Hutchins" text="Podiobooks.com: 7th Son: Book Two - Deceit (The Beta Version) by J.C. Hutchins" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/103/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=103" description="&lt;a href=&quot;http://parsecawards.com/2007Finalists&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1398/1224364836_1d5a4b70ac_o.gif&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;99&quot; alt=&quot;Parsec-Seal-2007-Nominee&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is &quot;The Beta Version&quot; of this podiobook. 7th Son: Descent is now available as a print novel from St. Martin's Press. During the editorial process, significant changes and improvements were made to Descent's print manuscript. Character names were changed, and events at the end of the print novel were modified in ways that will impact the rest of the print trilogy. The print novel represents an official reboot of the 7th Son series.

Due to these changes, this &quot;Beta Version&quot; of Book Two: Deceit is no longer the &quot;official&quot; version of the podiobook. Please visit the 7th Son: Descent (The Print Edition) page to subscribe to the definitive beginning of the trilogy. You're welcome to continue the series with this version of Deceit, but understand that you will encounter slight inconsistencies in character names and plot references.

THE STORY
Two days ago, seven human clones -- John, Michael, Father Thomas, Dr. Mike, Jonathan, Jack and Kilroy2.0 -- were torn away from their &quot;normal&quot; lives to stop a ruthless plot created by their progenitor, a man code-named John Alpha. Their quest was a descent into conspiracy, violence and death.

The clones were successful in their mission, but victory was not without its price.

As 7th Son: Book Two - Deceit begins, the Beta clones are demoralized, reeling from their loss ... and about to learn that John Alpha's plans are far from over.

To prevent the next phase of Alpha's plan, John, Kilroy2.0, and the others must unearth more dark secrets about the government project from which they were spawned. They will experience the horrors of betrayal, and race cross-country to track John Alpha.

And they will finally realize the scope of Alpha's wrath -- the bloodshed the clones have witnessed is merely a prelude to the world-rending destruction to come. Unless they can stop it first.

Deceit is the second novel in J.C. Hutchins' 7th Son thriller trilogy." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: The Immortals by Tracy Hickman" text="Podiobooks.com: The Immortals by Tracy Hickman" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/76/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=76" description="&lt;a href=&quot;http://parsecawards.com/node/234&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1361/1330033199_79dc70a26b_o.gif&quot; width=&quot;99&quot; alt=&quot;Parsec-Seal-2007-Winner&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;b&gt;Podiobooks.com in association with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dragonhearthproductions.com/&quot;&gt;Dragonhearth Productions&lt;/a&gt;, presents New York Times Best Selling Author Tracy Hickman's cautionary tale... The Immortals.&lt;/b&gt;

The future story of United States Internment Camps ... of the dreams of the pre-deceased ... and of triumph beyond oblivion.

It's 2020, and an attempted cure for AIDS has mutated into a deadlier disease, V-CIDS. The U.S., under martial law, has set up &quot;quarantine centers&quot; in the Southwest. Searching for his gay son, Jon, media mogul Michael Barris smuggles himself into one of centers only to discover that it and the other centers are actually extermination camps. With a strange assortment of allies, including the leader of the camp's gay barracks, an army officer and a local cowboy, Barris precipitates an inmates' rebellion that promises the unraveling of the death-camp system and the overthrow of the government that established it.

As read and performed by Tracy and Laura Hickman. Published as a podiobook during the ten-year anniversary of its first printing.

&quot;Powerful... disturbing... A vision of the future that is all too possible...&quot; Margaret Weis

&quot;Masterful ... sensitive ... controversial ... Hickman holds up a mirror to our society.&quot; R. A. Salvatore

&quot;Excellent and exciting ... An important book...&quot; Robin Wayne Bailey.

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<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Seeds of the Machina by Thomas Moore" text="Podiobooks.com: Seeds of the Machina by Thomas Moore" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/46/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=46" description="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.read2kids.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/images/read2kids.gif&quot; class=&quot;read2kids&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; vspace=&quot;5&quot; width=&quot;158&quot; height=&quot;87&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&quot;Even the smallest children knew about the story of The Darkening. It was a cautionary tale to remind everyone of what the damages of blind ambition can cause. Children would listen with their eyes wide open in terror as they imagined the wrath of God being unfurled upon the unwitting people who had dared to defy their own limitations. The programmers were powerful people that could control steel and wield vast creations at their fingertips, but when they discovered that humans were the result of complex programming and design, it was only natural that soon they would let their curiosity cause them to tamper. A new type of programmer was born, they were called geneticists.

It started off innocently; the programmers first decided that they would fix the inherent design flaws of their own programming. They understood the algorithms of what it meant to be human, but they weren't listening to the musical complexity in its entirety. Many people across the ancient world hailed the programmers of genetics and looked forward to ushering in a new era of humans that lacked flaws and defects. When parents wanted to have children they could pick out what kind of children they wanted, or even their pets or their food that they would consume.

Humans were modified intrinsically so that they would be resistant to damage, grow stronger, and live longer. Within a hundred years there wasn't an aspect of civilization that wasn't altered by the geneticists and their tampering.

But during all of this modification that the geneticists accomplished they were all surprised when they realized that there was a flaw they had overlooked...&quot;

NOTE: The author is donating all of his proceeds to the Family Literacy Foundation (http://www.read2kids.org). It's a great place. You should donate, too." />
<outline title="Podiobooks.com: Singularity by Bill DeSmedt" text="Podiobooks.com: Singularity by Bill DeSmedt" type="rss" xmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/bookfeed/sampler/61/book.xml" htmlUrl="http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=61" description="&lt;a href=&quot;http://parsecawards.com/2007Finalists&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1398/1224364836_1d5a4b70ac_o.gif&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;99&quot; alt=&quot;Parsec-Seal-2007-Nominee&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


&lt;b&gt;What if&lt;/b&gt; the cataclysmic Tunguska explosion of 1908 was caused, not by a meteor or a comet, but by a microscopic black hole?

&lt;b&gt;What if&lt;/b&gt;  that fantastic object - smaller than an atom, older than the stars, heavier than a mountain - is still down there, orbiting deep inside the earth, slowly consuming the planet?

&lt;b&gt;What if&lt;/b&gt;  only a rookie government agent and an uncannily-insightful consultant stand between a renegade Russian billionaire and his plans to use the black hole to change history - or end it?

&lt;b&gt;What if&lt;/b&gt;  it's all true?

&lt;i&gt;For an alternative view of the Tunguska event and to explore the science behind &lt;/i&gt;Singularity&lt;i&gt;, visit  the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vurdalak.com/&quot;&gt;Vurdalak Conjecture website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;

&lt;b&gt;Accolades&lt;/b&gt;
* Winner of the Gold Medal for Science Fiction in Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year Awards

* Winner of the Independent Publishers Association's Ippy prize for Best Fantasy/Science Fiction novel of 2004

&lt;i&gt;&quot;Singularity is a swift, gripping novel with a goose-pimple mix of scary science and near-future action. An excellent debut from Bill DeSmedt - and I'll be looking forward to his next one!&quot;&lt;/i&gt;- Greg Bear, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author

&lt;i&gt;&quot;DeSmedt veers an action-packed thriller into perilous realms of black hole physics. The combination of adrenaline and intellect sizzles.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;
  - David Brin, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author

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