Book description
Yesterday's Kin
Nancy Kress delivers a masterclass in intimate storytelling wrapped in cosmic horror. This isn't your typical alien invasion narrative-it's quieter, more unsettling, and far more human.
The audiobook format serves Kress's prose beautifully. Her geneticist protagonist Marianne Jenner feels authentic, her scientific mind grappling with impossible choices. When alien spores threaten Earth, the real drama unfolds not in grand battles but in family fractures.
Kress excels at making the incomprehensible relatable. The alien threat looms large, but it's the Jenner family dynamics that cut deepest. Each sibling represents a different response to the impossible: isolation, addiction, desperate hope. Their conversations crackle with genuine tension.
What sets this apart is Kress's restraint. She trusts her audience to follow complex scientific concepts without dumbing them down. The audiobook narrator handles these passages with impressive clarity, making genetic theory accessible without sacrificing urgency.
The ten-month countdown creates genuine suspense, but it's the smaller moments that resonate. A mother trying to understand her addicted son. Siblings who can't agree on how to save the world. Scientists forced to make ethical compromises.
Kress has always been brilliant at exploring what happens when extraordinary circumstances expose ordinary human flaws. Here, she's found the perfect scale-global catastrophe filtered through deeply personal stakes.
This audiobook demands attention. It rewards listeners with something increasingly rare: science fiction that uses its fantastic elements to illuminate very real human truths. Kress makes the future feel inevitable and the present feel precious.
A subtle masterpiece.
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ThoughtTrailblazer
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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