SHADES OF FOREVER

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SHADES OF FOREVER

by Chris Kluwe ; read by Tess Irondale ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 30, 2026

Irondale's range, combined with the thrilling action, make this genre-bending audiobook nearly nonstop fun.

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Tess Irondale’s narration elevates this unique story about an otherworldly AI known as Box that arrives in a post-apocalyptic village. Sky is prepared to take over as memory keeper for his people when an armed force attacks. Irondale’s comedic voices are both hilarious and apt. Alongside the horror and comedy, characters call out LitRPG elements, and Irondale makes them feel oddly natural. She matches the narrative’s fun mix of philosophy and comedy while keeping the entire story an auditory joy. Her capable narration effortlessly shifts between witty jokes, over-the-top action, and surprisingly deep concepts.

Irondale's range, combined with the thrilling action, make this genre-bending audiobook nearly nonstop fun.

Pub Date: June 30, 2026

Duration: 20 hrs, 10 mins

DD ISBN: 9798347018314

Publisher: Podium Audio

Review Posted Online: July 28, 2026

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 15, 2026

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SCIENCE FICTION | APOCALYPTIC & POST APOCALYPTIC SCI-FI | GENERAL SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY

    CERTAINTY

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    CERTAINTY

    A NOVEL

    by John Twelve Hawks ; read by Scott Brick ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 28, 2026

    Navigating this material with gusto, Brick serves as an anchor amidst the chaos.

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    Scott Brick takes a maximalist approach with his performance choices here. The result is a kind of summer SF blockbuster experience, but not an uncomplicated one. Listeners follow a dense, dystopian alternative history. A predictive AI model identifies Kate, a 6-year-old girl who may soon be murdered. Or maybe she herself will kill someone. Kate escapes with her interactive toy to New York, into a world where the virtual and the real are blurred. The story unwinds with rich, dizzying details that are deliberately disorienting while inspiring thought-provoking questions about the nature of humanity and technology. Brick delivers this material with a brisk, in-your-face confidence.

    Navigating this material with gusto, Brick serves as an anchor amidst the chaos.

    Pub Date: April 28, 2026

    Duration: 13 hrs, 41 mins

    DD ISBN: 9798217174041

    Publisher: Random House Audio

    Review Posted Online: June 16, 2026

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    SCIENCE FICTION | GENERAL SCIENCE FICTION | APOCALYPTIC & POST APOCALYPTIC SCI-FI

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      WORLD'S EDGE

      A MOSAIC NOVEL

      by James Sallis ; read by Dan John Miller ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 10, 2026

      Dive in, the future’s strange.

      Dan John Miller narrates this one-of-a-kind audiobook, a dystopian collection of reminiscences, with a special type of panache. World's Edge is a mosaic work, meaning that no one chapter necessarily follows the previous one. This makes it easy to pick up and put down. Rather than giving distinct voices to characters, the soft-spoken and gentle yet deep-voiced Miller sounds like he’s telling tales of how the world got here, leaving the interpretation up to listeners. The audio quality is incredibly high, with just a slight hint of reverb adding to the future-historic atmosphere.

      Dive in, the future’s strange.

      Pub Date: Feb. 10, 2026

      Duration: 5 hrs

      DD ISBN: 9798899745447

      Publisher: Recorded Books Inc.

      Review Posted Online: March 10, 2026

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      SCIENCE FICTION | APOCALYPTIC & POST APOCALYPTIC SCI-FI

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