Book description
The FAYZ breathes its last gasp, and you hear it in the crackle of the audiobook's quiet. Not a roar, but a slow, suffocating sigh beneath the surface of Perdido Beach. Eight months since the adults vanished, the air still thick with hunger, lies, and the ghosts of battles fought. Yet here, in this fragile calm, the true horror stirs-silent, insidious, and utterly inescapable.
This isn't just a story told; it's a dread that settles in your bones, narrated with a voice that knows exactly how close the dark is. The whisper of the Darkness slipping into a mind, the frantic pulse of a fever spreading through the streets, the chilling buzz of predatory insects cutting through the night-each sound is rendered with terrifying intimacy. You don't just hear Sam's doubt; you feel it coil in your throat. You don't just learn of the illness; you taste its metallic tang on the air.
Michael Grant's prose, already razor-sharp, finds a new rhythm in audio. Short, staccato sentences mimic the frantic heartbeat of survival. Long, flowing lines dissolve into the eerie calm before the storm. The narrator doesn't shout the terror; they let it seep in, like the fever itself. You hear the tremor in Astrid's voice when she questions their path. You feel the weight of Diana's resolve as she stands against the tide. Caine's internal struggle isn't just described-it's a low hum beneath the words, a vibration in your chest.
What makes this audiobook truly sing is how it transforms the setting into a character. The wind through the empty streets isn't just background noise; it's the FAYZ itself, holding its breath. The distant, unnatural screech of the mutated insects isn't a sound effect-it's the world unraveling, felt in the silence between your own breaths. The quiet moments aren't empty; they're charged, thick with the unspoken fear that this calm is the calm before the final, desperate plunge.
You're not just following Sam, Astrid, Diana, and Caine through a nightmare. You're breathing the same thin, desperate air with them. The audiobook strips away the page, pulling you straight into the heart of the FAYZ, where every choice feels like the last, and every shadow might hold the Darkness waiting. It's not just the best way to experience Plague-it's the only way to feel its true, chilling weight. The dread isn't coming; it's already here, in your headphones, in your quiet, and it won't let go.
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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