Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Name Is Iris: A Novel Author: Brando Skyhorse Narrator: Alejandra Reynoso Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 1, 2023 Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian Publisher's Summary: “Brilliant.” —The Washington Post * “Nuanced and compelling.” —The New York Times From the PEN/Hemingway Award–winning author of The Madonnas of Echo Park, an engrossing dystopian novel set in a near-future America where mandatory identification wristbands turn second-generation immigrants into second-class citizens—“a well-imagined allegory of divisive racial politics” (Kirkus Reviews). Iris Prince is starting over. After years of drifting apart, she and her husband are going through a surprisingly drama-free divorce. She’s moved to a new house in a new neighborhood, and has plans for gardening, coffee clubs, and spending more time with her nine-year-old daughter Melanie. It feels like her life is finally exactly what she wants it to be. Then, one beautiful morning, she looks outside her kitchen window—and sees that a wall has appeared in her front yard overnight. Where did it come from? What does it mean? And why does it seem to keep growing? Meanwhile, a Silicon Valley startup has launched a high-tech wrist wearable called “the Band.” Pitched as a convenient, eco-friendly tool to help track local utilities and replace driver’s licenses and IDs, the Band is available only to those who can prove parental citizenship. Suddenly, Iris, a proud second-generation Mexican American, is now of “unverifiable origin,” unable to prove who she is, or where she, and her undocumented loved ones, belong. Amid a climate of fear and hate-fueled violence, Iris must confront how far she'll go to protect what matters to her most. “Part social commentary and part thoughtful consideration of themes that include family, identity, transitions, perspectives, and hope” (Shelf Awareness), My Name Is Iris is an all-too-possible story that offers a brilliant and timely look at one woman’s journey to discover who she can’t—and can—be.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/639055 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Titanium Noir: A novel Author: Nick Harkaway Narrator: Davis Brooks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 16, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian Publisher's Summary: A virtuosic mashup of Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler by way of Marvel—the story of a detective investigating the murder of a Titan, one of society’s most powerful, medically-enhanced elites. • “Cross-genre brilliance from the superbly talented Nick Harkaway.” —William Gibson, New York Times best-selling author of Agency 'An exemplar of its genre, Titanium Noir twists and turns between excellent fun and deep melancholy.' —The New York Times Book Review Cal Sounder is a detective working for the police on certain very sensitive cases. So when he’s called in to investigate a homicide at a local apartment, he’s surprised by the routineness of it all. But when he arrives on scene, Cal soon learns that the victim—Roddy Tebbit, an otherwise milquetoast techie—is well over seven feet tall. And although he doesn’t look a day over thirty, he is ninety-one years old. Tebbit is a Titan—one of this dystopian, near-future society’s genetically altered elites. And this case is definitely Cal’s thing. There are only a few thousand Titans worldwide, thanks to Stefan Tonfamecasca’s discovery of the controversial T7 genetic therapy, which elevated his family to godlike status. T7 turns average humans into near-immortal distortions of themselves—with immense physical proportions to match their ostentatious, unreachable lifestyles. A dead Titan is big news . . . a murdered Titan is unimaginable. But these modified magnates are Cal’s specialty. In fact, his own ex-girlfriend, Athena, is a Titan. And not just any—she is Stefan’s daughter, heir to the massive Tonfamecasca empire.   As the murder investigation intensifies, Cal begins to unravel the complicated threads of what should have been a straightforward case, and it becomes clear he’s on the trail of a crime whose roots run deep into the dark heart of the world.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/636170 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Telluria Author: Vladimir Sorokin Narrator: David Aranovich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 58 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian Publisher's Summary: Telluria is set in the future, when a devastating holy war between Europe and Islam has succeeded in returning the world to the torpor and disorganization of the Middle Ages. Europe, China, and Russia have all broken up. The people of the world now live in an array of little nations that are like puzzle pieces, each cultivating its own ideology or identity, a neo-feudal world of fads and feuds, in which no one power dominates. What does, however, travel everywhere is the appetite for the special substance tellurium. A spike of tellurium, driven into the brain by an expert hand, offers a transforming experience of bliss; incorrectly administered, it means death. The fifty chapters of Telluria map out this brave new world from fifty different angles, as Vladimir Sorokin, always a virtuoso of the word, introduces us to, among many other figures, partisans and princes, peasants and party leaders, a new Knights Templar, a harem of phalluses, and a dog-headed poet and philosopher who feasts on carrion from the battlefield. The book is an immense and sumptuous tapestry of the word, carnivalesque and cruel, and Max Lawton, Sorokin's gifted translator, has captured it in an English that carries the charge of Cormac McCarthy and William Gibson.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - George Orwell: 1984, Farm der Tiere Author: George Orwell Narrator: Nils Wittrock Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 45 minutes Release date: December 13, 2022 Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian Publisher's Summary: '1984 - der Roman zum Ende des Kommunismus.' George Orwells 1984 dreht sich um den Büroangestellten Winston Smith, der im Ministerium für Wahrheit Ozeaniens als kleines Zahnrad im Getriebe eines monströsen Staatsapparates Zensuraufgaben erledigt. Seit Jahren nagen Zweifel an der Legitimität des Systems, in dem ihm selbst ein Augenrollen das Leben kosten kann. Der Roman beginnt mit dem ersten Schritt, diesen ursprünglich rein geistigen Widerstand in die Tat umzusetzen: Winston eröffnet ein Tagebuch. In weiterer Folge lernt er eine junge Kollegin lieben, gemeinsam beginnen sie eine Liebesbeziehung, die in der jeden Lebensaspekt durchdringenden Diktatur für sich bereits einen Akt des Hochverrats darstellt. Wenn sie auch unterschiedliche Ansichten über die Gesellschaft, in der sie leben, haben, sie eint die Ablehnung ihres engen Korsetts und der Wunsch nach individueller Freiheit und nicht zuletzt ein Recht, zu lieben und zu fühlen. Während Winston versteht, WIE die Maschinerie der Tyrannei funktioniert, versteht er jedoch nicht, WESHALB der massive Aufwand ihres Überwachungs- und Unterdrückungsapparates betrieben wird. Als sie sich entschließen, Kontakt zur Opposition im Untergrund zu suchen und schließlich in die Hände der Staatsmacht gelangen, lernt Winston den wahren Hintergrund der Gesellschaft Ozeaniens kennen. Bis zu seinem Tode war George Orwell überzeugter Sozialist - umso größer war die Wirkung, die sein 1949 veröffentlichtes Werk auf die politische Linke der damaligen Zeit hatte. Innerhalb dieser galt die Sowjetunion als die Verwirklichung der Ideen Marx, das Arbeiterparadies, dass die versklavten Massen aus ihrem Joch befreien würde. Orwell war einer der wenigen Linken seiner Zeit, die es wagten, an diesem Narrativ zu rütteln. Unter dem Eindruck des unbestreitbaren Terrors der stalinistischen Herrschaft und ihrer zynischen, opportunistischen Kooperation mit dem faschistischen und kapitalistischen Ausland, kritisierte er die Heuchelei und die Unmenschlichkeiten des real existierenden Kommunismus mit Farm der Tiere und 1984. George Orwell - Farm der Tiere Farm der Tiere (Animal Farm) ist eine dystopische Fabel von George Orwell, erschienen im Jahr 1945. Inhalt ist die Erhebung der Tiere einer englischen Farm gegen die Herrschaft ihres menschlichen Besitzers, der sie vernachlässigt und ausbeutet. Nach anfänglichen Erfolgen und beginnendem Wohlstand übernehmen die Schweine immer mehr die Führung und errichten schließlich eine Gewaltherrschaft, die schlimmer ist als diejenige, welche die Tiere abschütteln wollten. Während die politische Linke der 1940er immer noch mehrheitlich die Sowjetunion als Verwirklichung der Ideen Karl Marx' betrachteten, bricht George Orwell mit seinem Bestseller mit dieser Sichtweise, indem er sehr humorvoll die Entwicklung Russlands bzw. der Sowjetunion von der späten Herrschaft Zar Nikolaus II. bis zum Nachkriegsstalinismus in Form dieser modernen Fabel.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/668921 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - ضارب الطبل Author: أشرف الخمايسي Narrator: يحيى محمود Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 42 minutes Release date: September 19, 2022 Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian Publisher's Summary: «سرح محمَّد أحمد حسين ليرى بعيدًا بعيدًا خضرة محمَّد علوان خلف غبشة ضَبابيَّة، وراء غِلالة من سنين مَرَّت، كانت تقول له بفخر: جَدِّي علوان شهير أبو زيد رفض الموت بعد مرور فترة الحياة التي تسمح بها الحكومة، هاجر إلى ما وراء هذە الهضاب ولم أرە بعد ذلك، الله عالم إن كنت سأراە مَرَّة أخرى!». تُرى ماذا سيحدث لو استطاع العلم أن يجعل الإنسان كاشفًا للغيب ويعرف متى سيموت؟ هل ستتطور حياته إلى الأفضل، أم سيصبح بائسًا يعد الأيام منتظرًا توقيت الوفاة؟ في روايته الجديدة «ضارب الطبل» يفتح الروائي أشرف الخمايسي الباب أمام كثير من القضايا الجدلية التي تدفعنا للتفكير في عدة تساؤلات حول الموت، والرغبة في الخلود، وكيف يؤثر فقدان الأحبة على الأشخاص، وهل يستطيع الإنسان التغلب على الخوف من المجهول. «ضارب الطبل»؛ رواية تحمل العديد من الأبعاد الفلسفية والإنسانية التي تثير خيال القارئ وتدفعه للتفكير، وتحقق له الإمتاع أيضًا. تبدأ أحداث الرواية العجيبة في إحدى قرى القرنة بمحافظة الأقصر في وقت أصبح كل إنسان يعرف موعد وفاته عبر جهاز 'الفاحص العمري'، الذي اخترعته إحدى الدول الأوروبية ثم أخذته باقي دول العالم وطبقته على شعوبها..ليتمرّد ضارب الطبل ويتيه في الصحراء وياخذنا معه في رحلةٍ لا نهاية لها! استمع الآن.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/668488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Band Eight Author: Tham Cheng-E Narrator: Benjamin Chow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: November 5, 2021 Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian Publisher's Summary: In the Nation, citizenship is competitively earned, and the sting of failure strikes swift. The smallest professional blemish may spell demotion or even deportation to offshore labour communities called Depositories, while the affluent are insured against all misfortune and can do no wrong. Santhosh is a Transient student hoping to ace the Civil Primaries and make Citizen the following year, when his father is suddenly deported and State agents murder his guardian's entire family. Adopted by a motley band of fugitives who hold wealthy Citizens ransom for a shot at freedom, Santhosh searches for his father and struggles to keep his integrity in a world where the only true choices are luxuries. © 2018 by Tham Cheng-E. Published in paper format in Singapore by Epigram Books, recorded by Storyside 2021.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/676525 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El mundo después (versión alternativa) Series: #2 of El mundo después Author: Laetitia Thollot Narrator: Daniela Aedo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 30, 2020 Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian Publisher's Summary: Este audiolibro tiene dos versiones, esta versión (alternativa), que sigue el orden alterno de lectura para seguir a cada uno de los personajes y en que incluso algunos capítulos podrían repetirse, y la versión original, que sigue el orden planteado en la novela. Para tener la experiencia completa, te recomendamos escuchar las dos versiones. Al ser humano no le bastó ser un animal entre los animales. Su ambición sin medida, su voluntad de poder y poseer, lo convirtió en una fiera de apetitos insaciables que no concebía otro límite que su imaginación. De apacible habitante de la Tierra, se volvió una especie invasora que se multiplicaba sin control, como una bacteria que infecta el organismo de su huésped hasta matarlo, para luego consumirse a sí misma. Una novela que nos hace reflexionar sobre la importancia de cuidar el medioambiente.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/662884 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - فيروس الموسم 1 الحلقة 2 Series: #2 of فيروس Author: Daniel åberg Narrator: مارلين شكيب Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 13 minutes Release date: May 6, 2019 Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian Publisher's Summary: آيريس بصحبة سيجريد داخل وحدة المستشفى. كل شيء من حولهما يبدو سيئًا، الناس يزدادون مرضًا ويبدأون في التصرف بغرابة. دانو وأسرته أخيرًا على وشك الوصول إلى وجهتهم النهائية بعد شهور من المعاناة والأحداث المريرة، ولكن فجأة يتوقف القطار وتندلع أحداث غريبة من حولهم.. أحداثٌ أسوأ بكثير مما مروا به من قبل. فَيْرَوس هي قصة تحكي كفاحَ ومعاناة أربعة أشخاص يكافحون من أجل النجاة في عالمٍ قاسٍ لم يعد يرغب في وجودهم.