Book description
Edgar's accident. A dark pencil line on a blank page. That's the start. No more than a scar on the world. His arm gone. His mind scrambled. Wife gone. Daughters gone. Minnesota gone. He wants out. Dr. Kamen says geography. Florida. Duma Key. A sliver of coast. Sun setting into the Gulf. Tidal rattling of shells. That sound. You hear it in the audiobook. The narrator's voice drops low. Like the Gulf whispering. Edgar picks up a pencil. Sketches. Then paints. Feverishly. His hands remember what his mind forgot. The house. The beach. The way the light hits the water. You feel that. The salt in the air. The weight of the brush. His paintings... they breathe. They have teeth. He meets Wireman. Quiet. Holding his own wounds. Then Elizabeth Eastlake. Old. Sick. Roots tangled deep. Her past. It unfolds like a rotten leaf. Ghosts. Not just memories. They're here. In the house. In the paintings. They're real. They're hungry. You hear the dread in the voice. The way the narrator pauses before a shadow moves. The Gulf's whisper becomes a roar. The beach rattling becomes a scream. Edgar's rage. His love for Ilse. The tenacity of it. All that. It's not just a story. It's a thing you feel in your bones. The audiobook makes it live. You're not reading. You're listening. To the wind. To the waves. To the ghosts. To Edgar's mind snapping. The paintings aren't just on the page. They're in your head. They're bleeding. You hear Elizabeth's voice. Old. Broken. Haunting. And the terror? It's not just the ghosts. It's the power of the art. The danger. The way it twists everything. You can't look away. You can't stop listening. Even when it gets dark. Especially when it gets dark. The horror isn't just out there. It's in the painting. In the memory. In the sound of the narrator's voice holding your breath. You want to turn it off. But you don't. You need to hear it. The Gulf's whisper. The shell's rattling. The sound of something breaking. Inside. Outside. Duma Key isn't just a place. It's a wound. And this audiobook? It's the sound of the wound opening. You hear it. You feel it. And you can't unhear it. The last note. The last wave. Stays with you. Long after the book ends.
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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