Book description
Okay, so let me tell you about this wild ride called Hell's Heart - and yes, I'm talking about the audiobook because trust me, you're going to want someone narrating this chaos.
Alexis Hall has cooked up something absolutely bonkers here, mixing Gideon the Ninth's gothic space weirdness with Moby Dick's obsessive quest narrative. We're talking about a future where Earth's basically toast, and humanity's scraping by harvesting this mind-bending substance called spermaceti from massive whale-like creatures floating around Jupiter's atmosphere.
The narrator - and I love that Hall just goes with "I" - finds herself broke and bored planetside, so she signs onto this hunting ship, the Pequod. Classic mistake, right? But then she gets sucked into Captain A's orbit, and things get properly unhinged. This captain is your standard charismatic lunatic, the type who makes everyone believe in her mission even when it's clearly heading off the rails.
What really grabbed me was how the story dives deeper into Jupiter's atmosphere - literally and figuratively. The closer they get to these Leviathans, the more everything starts unraveling. The narrator's reality gets all fuzzy, which honestly makes perfect sense given what they're dealing with.
But here's where it gets interesting: there's this character Q, survivor from Old Earth with these glowing holographic tattoos, and she becomes the narrator's anchor to actual sanity. Their connection feels real and complicated in a way that cuts through all the cosmic horror madness.
The audiobook format really works for this story. You need that voice pulling you along through the atmospheric weirdness and the captain's increasingly unhinged monologues. It's the kind of book that makes you slightly uncomfortable about how much you're enjoying the chaos.
Hall's taken some serious risks blending genres like this, and honestly? They pay off beautifully. This isn't your typical space opera - it's messier, more personal, and way more unsettling.
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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