A full cast delivers an original drama from the Hellboy universe. Cynthia, an earnest reporter, investigates the disappearances of several New York elites in 1933. She calls upon the mysterious Lobster to help, but he's on his own case involving break-ins at research labs. Marni Penning shines as the narrator and the character Cynthia, imbuing the noir story with a fun sense of... Read More

Daredevil is not a Marvel Comics superhero heavy hitter like Thor or Iron Man, and he doesn't want to be. As narrator Dion Graham makes clear, Daredevil is content with keeping his New York neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen as safe as he can. Graham conjures up the gritty New York scenes in this audiobook without the need for distracting sound effects. He uses just his powerful... Read More

Narrator Khristine Hvam infuses this epic fantasy with passionate ambition, reflecting the drive fueling each main character. The Kingdom of Quandis, once ruled by four powerful magicians, now exists in an uneasy peace between their royal descendants and the downtrodden Bajuman caste. Hvam ratchets up the tension as Princess Phedra schemes her way into becoming queen and then... Read More

Indigo draws her superhuman powers from the shadows--any shadow, from under the stairs to the wrong side of the tracks. Narrator Christina Delaine gives a full three dimensions to this complicated female crime fighter who searches for the truth behind the violent deaths of her parents while taking on a brutal battle to wipe a child-slavery ring off the face of the earth.... Read More

In the future, American soldiers fight on the front lines not with their bodies, but with robotic avatars that are controlled remotely from a high-security subterranean base in Germany. They're called the Remote Infantry Corps, or, more informally, "Tin Men." Narrator Stephen Mendel's gravelly voice is well suited to the gritty plot of this sci-fi. He balances the extremes of... Read More

Golden's dark prose finds a perfect home in the voice of Peter Berkrot, whose thin voice has enough depth to it as well as a light rasp that adds just that extra bit of discomfort to this production. Berkrot captures the mood of this book, keeping a level narrative tone that grabs listeners' attention. However, his character voices are not as well done as his narrative. Yet it... Read More

Nick Podehl gives this relatively short work of suspense an energetic and expressive reading as we are told of a certain young priest, Father Gaetano, who takes over the temporal and spiritual care of a group of orphans in Sicily in 1943, just after the Allies have passed through. Desiring to teach the children the Truths of the Faith, he happens upon a puppet theater in the... Read More

Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and Green Lantern, what more could any science-fiction fan want? This stunning production brings them all together as the Justice League series continues, casting our favorite heroes against a strange alien force that is spreading across the Earth at a rapid pace. With eerie background music and realistic sound effects, listening is... Read More

Julie Dretzin ably conveys the anger, sorrow, and terror at the center of this tale of brutal crimes and racial intolerance on a college campus. Jenna Blake, the heroine of the Body of Evidence series, is enjoying her second semester in college. She has a new boyfriend and a great job in the county medical examiner's office. When an African-American couple is attacked, followed... Read More

A thriller with a teenaged heroine, BODY BAGS follows college freshman Jenna Blake as she outwits the FBI, the cops, and even the medical examiner's office to solve the mystery of why ordinary people are turning into homicidal maniacs before they die. And the plucky coed does this while being pursued by--what else--a homicidal maniac. Julie Dretzin injects her reading with... Read More