Book description
You step into Niflheim not with a map, but with the scent of damp earth and whispering lichen, the chirp of six-winged bat-things stitching the afternoon air. Edward Ashton's Antimatter Blues isn't just a book you read-it's a world you inhabit, breathed into life by a masterful audiobook performance that makes the colony's fragile sun feel warm on your skin, the low thrum of the failing antimatter core vibrate in your chest. Mickey Barnes, the expendable colonist who somehow keeps breathing, isn't cleaning reactors anymore. Now, he's tending rabbit hutches, the mundane rhythm of it all a fragile shield against the storm gathering. The narrator's voice-warm, weathered, laced with quiet humor-makes you feel the scratch of rabbit fur under his fingers, the dusty smell of the hutches, the eerie, almost musical hum of the colony's last gasps.
Summer here is golden, thick with life: lichens bloom like living moss on the rocks, the air thrums with insect wings, and for a breathless moment, Mickey believes he might just stay. But the narrator's cadence tightens, the warmth turning brittle. The antimatter is running thin, the colony's breath growing short. Commander Marshall's cold urgency echoes: the creepers hold a bomb, and Mickey-Mickey, the one who survived-is the only thing standing between them and annihilation. You hear the weight in his voice as he says, "It's not a bad life," the words hanging like a fragile thread.
The true magic of this audiobook is how it makes you taste the tension. When the narrator describes the colony's low thrum, you feel it in your bones, a counterpoint to the frantic pulse of Mickey's choices. Refuse Marshall? Doom them all. Agree? Lose the only thing keeping him breathing. And the creepers... oh, their quiet, alien negotiations, the subtle shift in the narrator's tone when they speak-they're not just threats, but beings with their own ache, their own desperate need. You hear the unspoken bargain in the rustle of alien leaves, the sigh of a planet holding its breath.
Winter isn't just coming-it's already here in the shadows. The narrator doesn't rush you toward the climax; they let the dread settle, like the cool evening mist rolling over Niflheim's hills. You're not just listening to a plot-you're in the rabbit hutches, smelling the hay, hearing the distant, anxious chirp of the bats, feeling the cold certainty that this time, survival might not be an option. Antimatter Blues is a triumph of voice and atmosphere, where every rustle of a leaf, every strained silence, carries the weight of two worlds. It's not just a sequel-it's a revelation, made vivid, urgent, and utterly unforgettable through the sheer, living power of the spoken word. You don't just hear Mickey's story; you live the fragile, beautiful, terrifying hope of it.
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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