Apocalyptic & Dystopian audiobooks

Closing Down

By: Sally Abbott

Narrated by: Neil Pigot

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for a Science Fiction Novel 2017

'a polished, accomplished, imaginative novel' - SYDNEY MORNING HERALD


What would you do if all you held to be familiar was lost?

Australia's rural towns and communities are closing down, much of Australia is being sold to overseas interests, states and countries and regions are... Read more

Borne

By: Jeff VanderMeer

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 12 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In Borne, a young woman named Rachel survives as a scavenger in a ruined city half destroyed by drought and conflict. The city is dangerous, littered with discarded experiments from the Company―a biotech firm now derelict―and punished by the unpredictable predations of a giant bear. Rachel ekes out an existence in the shelter of a run-down... Read more

The Book of Joan

By: Lidia Yuknavitch

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Notable Book • BuzzFeed 50 Books We Can’t Wait to Read this Year • New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice • National Bestseller“Brilliant and incendiary.” — Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times Book Review""Stunning. . . . Yuknavitch understands that our collective narrative can either destroy or redeem us, and the outcome... Read more

Beneath the Shine

By: Sarah Fine

Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo & Noah Berman

Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

When a very few have everything worth living for, those beneath the shine will stop at nothing to burn it all down.In a future United States where those who control technology control the wealth, seventeen-year-old Marguerite’s viral video propels a populist candidate to presidential victory on a platform of “tech for all.” But as the mouthpiece... Read more

Void Star

By: Zachary Mason

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Tristan Morris, Sean Pratt ...

Length: 15 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Not far in the future, the seas have risen and the central latitudes are emptying. But it’s still a good time to be rich in San Francisco, where weapons-drones patrol the skies to keep out the multitudinous poor.Irina isn’t rich, not quite, but she does have an artificial memory that gives her perfect recall and lets her act as a medium between... Read more

Bunker (Book 2)

By: Jay J. Falconer

Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Those Who Resist, Triumph. Those Who Kneel, Serve.When a covert communication is intercepted, Jack Bunker and the town leaders of Clearwater swing into action to uncover the secret behind its deadly intent.However, before their defenses can be fortified and the threat neutralized, a ruthless faction gains a foothold, turning to kidnapping and... Read more

X-Troller

By: Linda Mooney

Narrated by: Kay Webster

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Emotionally scarred and physically weary, Dwan is ordered to go forty-seven years into the past in a last ditch effort to find the one man who can help her fight the monsters created decades ago by a company called Lambruchet. Monsters that have since devastated mankind and the world.Eli Voight has been battling the Lambruchet demons ever since... Read more

Tage der Suche - Solarian, Band 5 (ungekürzt)

By: Thariot

Narrated by: Matthias Lühn

Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A.D. 2232 Von der Erde blieben nach dem Krieg nicht mehr als verbrannte Erinnerungen. 12 Millionen Menschen leben noch. Unfähig, ihr Schicksal zu akzeptieren. Bedroht durch einen Feind, den sie nicht kennen. Tara sucht eine Lösung, findet aber nur Chaos. Mehr als sie ertragen kann. Leonie weigert sich, ihrer Bestimmung zu folgen. Sie hätte... Read more

Perfect

By: Cecelia Ahern

Narrated by: Aysha Kala

Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

In Perfect, Cecelia Ahern's thrilling sequel to Flawed, Celestine must make a choice: save just herself or risk her own life to save all Flawed people.

Celestine North lives in a society that demands perfection. After she was branded Flawed by a morality court, Celestine's life has completely fractured--all her freedoms gone.

Since Judge Crevan... Read more

Gauntlet

By: Holly Jennings

Narrated by: Erin Spencer

Length: 13 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Plug back into the dangerous world of virtual gaming, in the next thrilling novel from the author of Arena.

Kali Ling has faced down death hundreds of times for the entertainment of millions. She knows fear—and she knows what’s truly terrifying...

There’s a new game in town. A brutal, winner-takes-all, international video game tournament... Read more

Feral

By: James DeMonaco & B. K. Evenson

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter, Brittany Pressley, Erin Spencer...

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

From James DeMonaco, the writer/director of The Purge film franchise, comes the provocative and terrifying last stand of a lone outpost of women in the wake of a deadly pandemic.
 
Allie Hilts was still in high school when a fire at a top-secret research facility released an air-borne pathogen that quickly spread to every male on the planet,... Read more

The Breaking Light

By: Heather Hansen

Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

In a stratified society where contact with the sun is a luxury reserved for the elite, those kept prisoner in the darkness will do anything to find the light. Arden—beautiful, street-smart, and cynical—is one of the citizens of the lowest Level, known as Undercity, of an off-world colony. A blackout band traps Arden in her district, but as... Read more

Bunker (Book 1)

By: Jay J. Falconer

Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann

Length: 3 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

In a world plagued by cyber-attacks and EMPs, survival becomes a deadly game. Brace yourself for an electrifying battle in this gripping thriller from the master of mayhem, USA Today Bestselling Author Jay J. Falconer.When the end comes, few will have the ability to survive...When a devastating EMP attack plunges the nation into darkness, a... Read more

The Dome

By: Camille Picott

Narrated by: Michele Carpenter

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

What if finding the traitor is more dangerous than letting him roam free?“...the action continues in this third episode of the Sulan series!”“...the imagination the author has managed to embed into the world building completely amazes me.”“Loved it!!!! Totally looking into getting a hold of the next set of books!!!”-Reviews from Goodreads
There... Read more

Before This Is Over

By: Amanda Hickie

Narrated by: Cat Gould

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

"A gripping look at the way humanity handles crisis." --Newsweek

In the midst of a devastating epidemic, how far will a desperate mother go to keep her loved ones safe?

There is a deadly virus spreading around the world. At first it is a distant alarm bell in the background of Hannah's comfortable suburban life. Then suddenly, it has arrived on... Read more

The Beachhead

By: Christopher Mari

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

After Earth is decimated, the entire remaining human population is marooned on an unfamiliar beach. The enigmatic winged Orangemen leave the survivors with instructions to remake their society, basic tools and weapons, and a few thousand books, including Bibles in many languages. As two generations are born and raised, conflicting theories as to... Read more

Phobos

By: Steve Alten

Narrated by: Roxanne Hernandez

Length: 15 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A dazzling look at Mayan mythology incarnate from New York Times bestselling author Steve AltenFor two thousand years, the Mayan Calendar has prophesied the end of mankind on a date equating to December 21st, 2012. As that day approaches, greed, corruption, economic collapse, and violence seem to be pushing our species to the predicted brink of... Read more

A Single Stone

By: Meg McKinlay

Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

In an isolated society, one girl makes a discovery that will change everything—and learns that a single stone, once set in motion, can bring down a mountain.Jena—strong, respected, reliable—is the leader of the line, a job every girl in the village dreams of. Watched over by the Mothers as one of the chosen seven, Jena's years spent denying... Read more

Black Wave

By: Michelle Tea

Narrated by: Michelle Tea

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Desperate to quell her addiction to drugs, disastrous romance, and nineties San Francisco, Michelle heads south for LA. But soon it’s officially announced that the world will end in one year, and life in the sprawling metropolis becomes increasingly weird.While living in an abandoned bookstore, dating Matt Dillon, and keeping an eye on the... Read more

Extinction Lost

By: Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: No

“Extinction Lost” is a short story that should be read after book 6, Extinction Aftermath. NOTE: This story was originally published in SNAFU: Black Ops. The war continues … Two days after the events of Extinction Aftermath, European Unified Command calls on Team Ghost for a top secret mission. The residents of a small Inuit fishing village in... Read more

The Width of the World (Vega Jane, Book 3)

By: David Baldacci

Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Master storyteller David Baldacci is back with Vega Jane, the heroine from his instant #1 global bestselling and award-winning fantasy series.This is it. Vega Jane's time. She's been lied to her whole life, so she breaks away from Wormwood, the only home she's ever known, in search of the truth. She battles horrors to fight her way across the... Read more

The Invasive

By: Michael Hodges

Narrated by: Charles Constant

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Bishop is trapped deep inside Montana's Apex Valley along with his injured wife, a shotgun-wielding stranger named Colbrick, and a sneaking suspicion he's never making it back to Chicago. Things no man has seen before haunt the woods. Strange animal species creep behind pine trees, some of them with flashing red tags that blink faster and... Read more

Velocity

By: Chris Wooding

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The Fast and the Furious meets The Hunger Games in acclaimed author Chris Wooding's blistering vision of the future.Buckle up for a fast-paced, high-octane thrill ride!Cassica and Shiara are best friends. They couldn't be more different, but their differences work to their advantage -- especially when they're drag racing. Cassica is fearless and... Read more

The Book of Etta

By: Meg Elison

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A Philip K. Dick Award nominee. In a devastated world, one woman undertakes a desperate journey to rescue the future.Etta comes from Nowhere, a village of survivors of the great plague that wiped away the world that was. In the world that is, women are scarce and childbearing is dangerous…yet desperately necessary for humankind’s future. Mothers... Read more