Book description
A Perfect Blood delivers exactly that.
Kim Harrison returns to the Hollows with surgical precision. No wasted words. No unnecessary flourishes. Just pure, distilled storytelling.
Rachel Morgan, former witch turned day-walking demon, faces her most unsettling enemy yet: humanity itself. Not vampires. Not demons. Humans.
The premise unfolds like a slow burn. Ritualistically murdered corpses appear across Cincinnati. Human-Other hybrids. The kind of bodies that make even seasoned investigators look away. When the I.S. and FIB pull Rachel in, she discovers something chilling. A human hate group is manufacturing demons. And they need her blood to perfect their creation.
What makes this audiobook exceptional isn't just Harrison's tight plotting. It's how she uses the medium. The narration captures Rachel's weariness, her sharp edges, her reluctant heroism. You hear the exhaustion in her voice when facing yet another supernatural threat. But underneath, steel.
The Cincinnati underworld feels lived-in. Dangerous. Real. Harrison doesn't explain everything. She trusts listeners to keep up. To feel the weight of Rachel's choices. The moral complexity of a world where humans weaponize fear against the Other.
This isn't just urban fantasy. It's a meditation on prejudice, on what happens when hatred becomes organized. Rachel Morgan, for all her flaws, becomes the unlikely guardian against humanity's darkest impulses.
The audiobook format amplifies everything. Every pause. Every inflection. Every moment where Rachel's facade cracks just enough to show vulnerability.
Harrison proves why she's a New York Times bestselling author. She understands that the best supernatural stories are really about very human fears.
A Perfect Blood succeeds because it understands its own perfection lies not in being flawless, but in being exactly what it needs to be.
Listeners will finish knowing they've experienced something sharp, necessary, and perfectly crafted.
Mother Night
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Beo
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience