Book description
The Lies of the Ajungo: A Desert Symphony of Sacrifice
Moses Ose Utomi's haunting debut audiobook plunges listeners into the suffocating embrace of the Forever Desert, where every whispered word carries the weight of survival. The City of Lies breathes through your earbuds like a fever dream-arid, desperate, and pulsing with ancient dread.
Narrated with chilling precision, Tutu's journey unfolds like sand through cracked fingers. At thirteen, he faces a grotesque ritual: tongue removal to appease the monstrous Ajungo Empire. But desperation makes rebels of us all. With his mother's life ebbing away, Tutu gambles everything on a quest that redefines heroism itself.
Utomi's prose flows like the precious water his characters crave-spare yet devastating, each sentence carved from desert bone. The author understands that true horror lies not in what screams but in what remains unspoken. Through the audio format, every silence between words becomes a character unto itself, pregnant with the city's collective trauma.
The narrator's voice captures Tutu's transformation from frightened boy to reluctant savior with remarkable nuance. When he speaks of his dying mother, you feel the salt of tears that won't come in a land that's forgotten rain. The audiobook's pacing mirrors the relentless march across burning sands-sometimes crawling with exhaustion, sometimes sprinting toward revelations that will shatter everything you thought you knew about lies, truth, and the price of salvation.
This isn't merely a story about water; it's about the stories we tell ourselves to survive. In the City of Lies, even hope becomes a currency traded in blood and whispered prayers. Utomi has crafted something genuinely unsettling-a fable where the monsters wear the faces of necessity, and freedom demands the highest price of all.
The Forever Desert awaits, and once you've heard its secrets, you'll never quite escape its pull.
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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