Book description
The Empire rules 200 million worlds. Earth? A joke. A backward speck clinging to lies about a past it never had. Until the crack tore through time.
Not a rumble. A shatter. A Chicago tailor-Joseph Schwartz, 1949, happily stitching suits-stumbles into the glittering, suffocating heart of Trantor. The Empire's throne room. His world? Gone. Replaced by a future he can't breathe in, where Earth's very existence is a blasphemy. The air hums with contempt. The Emperor's court sneers. Earth? They call it a myth. A lie.
But the lie is real. And it's alive in him. A walking, breathing proof they've spent centuries mocking. And that proof? They want to use him. Not to reclaim Earth's glory. To end it. To wipe out every other world, every other life in the Empire, to force humanity back onto its own dead rock. A plan not of hope, but of desperation. Of madness.
Hear the narrator's voice in your ear-raw, unflinching, pulling you into the panic of that impossible moment. The crack of the time fault. The suffocating weight of Trantor's golden cage. The sheer, terrifying wrongness of a man from 1949, stitching a suit, suddenly holding the fate of a galaxy. His quiet dignity against the Empire's crushing arrogance. The desperate, chilling whisper of the conspiracy: Let Earth be the only home. Even if it means burning the rest to ash.
This isn't just history. It's now. Every word crackles with the tension of a knife at the throat. You feel Joseph's confusion, his terror, the crushing weight of being the only one who knows Earth's truth-and the Empire's terrible, beautiful lie. The Empire's collapse begins not with a battle cry, but with a single, terrified heartbeat in a man who just wanted to go home. Earth wasn't a planet. It was a wound. And this book? It's the scalpel. Sharp. Unavoidable. The Empire's final, shuddering breath begins right here. Press play. The future is already bleeding into the past.
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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