Book description
The silence in the Battle School isn't empty. It's thick, like the vacuum outside the station, pressing in until your ribs ache. That's the voice you hear in this audiobook-Ender Wiggin's voice, raw and young, echoing in the zero-gravity silence of a war that's not really his to fight. Orson Scott Card's masterpiece, narrated with a chilling intimacy, turns a sci-fi classic into something far darker, far more intimate than you remember. This isn't just about alien invasions or child soldiers; it's about the slow, suffocating erosion of a soul in a gilded cage.
You hear the weight of every whispered secret, the tremor in Ender's voice as he lies to his sister Valentine, the crushing loneliness that settles in his bones like cold metal. The narrator doesn't just tell you he's alone-it whispers it, the sound of a child's breath in a darkened room, the frantic beat of a heart against the silence of a planet waiting to be destroyed. The adults in this world aren't heroes; they're shadows, manipulating Ender's genius, his fear, his love for his sister, like marionettes on a string. You feel the pressure building, the way the Battle Room's mock battles become a terrifying mirror of the real war, where every strategy feels like a betrayal of his own humanity.
And then there's the horror that isn't in the stars, but in the space between the words. The way Ender's brother Peter's cruelty echoes in his own thoughts, the terrifying moment when he realizes the line between him and the monster he's been taught to fear is thinner than a hair. The audiobook makes you hear it-the whisper of Peter's voice in Ender's mind, the chilling calm of the commanders who've already decided his fate. It's not ghosts or monsters that haunt this story; it's the unbearable weight of being the weapon they need, the weapon they will use, no matter the cost. The moral abyss isn't outside the station-it's inside Ender, and the narrator makes you feel every step he takes toward that edge.
This isn't a story about winning wars. It's about the war inside a child who's been told he's the only hope, while the world he's fighting for is already crumbling under the weight of its own lies. The silence between the lines? That's where the true horror lives. And in this audiobook, that silence isn't silent at all. It's filled with the sound of a boy becoming a weapon, and the terrible, beautiful, terrifying sound of his heart breaking. You don't just hear Ender's story-you feel it in your own chest, a cold, relentless pulse that won't let you rest until you've faced the truth: sometimes, the greatest battle isn't against an alien horde. It's against the monster they've made you into, and the terrifying, unspoken question: Do you even want to win?
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Dangle
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Troublemasher
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Old Felix
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Devil Blade
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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