BELLWETHER

Kate Reading delivers this novella, which features a sociologist and a chaos theorist. A man and woman who work for a scientific research company are paired together on a new project involving farm animals. Reading, an experienced science fiction narrator, has a knack for making even the most otherworldly and bizarre stories sound entirely plausible and real. Reading's delivery is smooth and unwavering yet weighted with a certain uneasiness that abounds in the central character of Sandra Foster. As Flip, the annoying yet helpful sidekick, Reading becomes a distracted, disorganized individual, yet one with underplayed redeeming qualities that inadvertently save the day. L.B. 2010 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2009]