Book description
The desert wind carries no sound but the crunch of boots on sand, a silence that feels like a held breath. That's the world Kinsey knows, a remote research outpost where solitude is a shield. But Sarah Gailey's Spread Me shatters that quiet with a single, terrible discovery: a specimen buried deep in the dunes, seeking warmth. And Kinsey, the team lead who thrives on control, makes the fatal mistake of bringing it inside.
This isn't just a horror story-it's a slow, suffocating unraveling. The audiobook's genius lies in how the narration mirrors the creeping dread. The narrator's low, steady voice, almost too calm, becomes the perfect vessel for Kinsey's descent. You hear the careful precision in her professional voice cracking as the specimen's influence seeps in, a whisper beneath the static of the desert night. The air in your room suddenly feels thinner, charged with the same tension Kinsey experiences as her meticulously ordered life begins to dissolve.
What makes Spread Me truly unsettling isn't the jump scares-it's the psychological erosion. The specimen doesn't just want a host; it wants the perfect one, the one whose deepest, most hidden longing it can exploit. As the team realizes their own vulnerabilities are being weaponized, the horror shifts inward. You don't just fear what's outside the habitat; you fear the quiet, insistent voice inside your own head that the specimen has learned to mimic. The narrator's pauses are masterful, stretching the silence until it hums with unspoken terror.
The desert setting isn't just backdrop; it's a character. The audiobook's sound design-distant wind, the hum of machinery, the unsettling silence between breaths-makes you feel the isolation, the way the vast emptiness amplifies every whisper of doubt. You hear Kinsey's internal struggle in the subtle shifts of the voice: the hesitation before a lie, the sharp intake of breath when temptation becomes undeniable.
Gailey doesn't give you easy answers. The question isn't just what the specimen is, but what it reveals about the people it chooses. One by one, the team's secrets surface, not as plot points, but as the chilling realization that the thing they've been studying has been studying them. The climax isn't a fight, but a quiet, devastating surrender to a need they didn't know they had.
Listening to Spread Me is like being drawn into a dark room where the light is slowly, deliberately being extinguished. The narrator doesn't shout the horror-it seeps in, a familiar warmth turning icy. You'll find yourself leaning closer to the speaker, half-expecting the whisper to come from your own shadow. It's a masterpiece of atmospheric dread, where the most terrifying monster is the one you've always been running from, and the most dangerous place is the one you thought was safe. You won't just hear this story; you'll feel it coil around your own thoughts long after the final word fades.
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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