Book description
James Bradley's Ghost Species arrives like a whispered warning from the future-elegant, unsettling, and impossible to ignore. This isn't your typical dystopian fare filled with explosions and zombies; it's far more terrifying because it feels plausible. Set against a backdrop of escalating climate collapse, the story follows Dr. Kate Larkin as she dives into a shadowy scientific project aimed at resurrecting extinct species. But things take a darkly poetic turn when the team secretly brings back Neanderthals-specifically, a child named Eve.
What unfolds is less a sci-fi thriller and more a haunting meditation on what it means to be human in an age where we're busy playing god with extinction. Bradley doesn't just ask whether we can bring back the dead-we already know we're trying-he asks whether we should, and more pressingly, what happens when we do. The result is a narrative that's as much about parenting, grief, and responsibility as it is about genetic engineering.
The audiobook version pulls you in with a quiet intensity, making the ethical dilemmas feel personal, almost uncomfortably so. There's no melodrama here, only the steady unraveling of boundaries-between species, between science and morality, between the natural and the artificial. And while Eve may be the so-called ghost species, it quickly becomes clear that humanity itself might be the phantom-haunting the planet long after it should have moved on.
Bradley has crafted something rare: a novel that treats both climate crisis and biotechnology with the weight they deserve, without sacrificing emotional depth or narrative drive. It's a chilling, beautiful listen that leaves you questioning not just the fate of the characters, but the trajectory of our own species.
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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