Away in the Wilderness by R. M. Ballantyne ~ Full Audiobook [adventure]

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03/16/23

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189m

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Away in the Wilderness by R. M. Ballantyne audiobook.

Genre: adventure

In 19th-century Canada, famed backwoods hunter and trapper Jasper Derry sets out from the far reaches of Rupert's Land with one urgent goal: reach civilization in time to marry the woman he loves, Marie Laroche, and finally trade a life of wandering for a home. The journey should be straightforward for a man as capable as Jasper, but the wilderness has its own plans. Traveling with two unlikely companions, Arrowhead, a sharp-eyed Indigenous guide, and John Heywood, a young artist whose sketches and curiosity often slow the pace, Jasper must thread his way through swarming insects, dangerous rivers, isolated outposts, and sudden encounters with wild animals, including a terrifying bear. As the three friends push onward, their camaraderie is tested by exhaustion, hard choices, and the long shadow of human conflict on the frontier, including the schemes of Darkeye, a hostile chief who sees opportunity in their passage. Fast-moving, vivid, and moral in spirit, Away in the Wilderness blends survival adventure with humor, friendship, and a hard-earned lesson about pride, mercy, and revenge.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:06:27) Chapter 02

(00:15:48) Chapter 03

(00:26:31) Chapter 04

(00:34:44) Chapter 05

(00:50:12) Chapter 06

(01:09:59) Chapter 07

(01:24:31) Chapter 08

(01:45:19) Chapter 09

(01:59:47) Chapter 10

(02:15:20) Chapter 11

(02:35:02) Chapter 12

(02:48:52) Chapter 13

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Witch of the Demon Seas by Poul William Anderson ~ Full Audiobook [fantasy]

March 16, 2023

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157m

Witch of the Demon Seas by Poul William Anderson audiobook.

Genre: fantasy

Condemned pirate captain Corun of Conahur is hours from the headsman's axe when a strange bargain buys him a little more life. The price is a voyage no sane sailor attempts: guiding a black galley into the Demon Seas, toward the lost, dread citadel of the Xanthi - amphibious sea-devils whose raids and ancient ruins haunt every chart. Corun's new masters are as dangerous as any monster: Shorzon, a calculating sorcerer with a plan that reaches beyond kings, and Chryseis, the mercurial witch whose beauty, cruelty, and iron will can command men as surely as chains. With a crew of hard-bitten sea raiders and a kingdom's politics tightening like a noose behind them, Corun is pulled between survival and pride, desire and suspicion, loyalty and revenge. Storm-lashed islands, bloody shipboard clashes, and eerie encounters in alien waters drive the journey forward as Corun begins to grasp what Shorzon and Chryseis truly seek. To reach the Xanthi is one thing; to return with his soul intact is another.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:13:35) Chapter 02

(00:34:15) Chapter 03

(00:52:08) Chapter 04

(01:01:40) Chapter 05

(01:24:41) Chapter 06

(01:36:17) Chapter 07

(01:59:11) Chapter 08

(02:15:41) Chapter 09

(02:27:22) Chapter 10

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Fast in the Ice by R. M. Ballantyne ~ Full Audiobook [adventure]

March 16, 2023

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180m

Fast in the Ice by R. M. Ballantyne audiobook.

Genre: adventure

In Fast in the Ice, R. M. Ballantyne throws listeners aboard the brig Hope as she sails from England into the blank white spaces of the Arctic in pursuit of a bold idea: that beyond the pack lies an open polar sea waiting to be reached. Captain Harvey is a driven, capable commander, but he is also a man who knows what his ambition costs the people he leaves behind. At his side is his nephew, Tom Gregory, a young ship's surgeon eager to trade classroom learning for real danger and discovery. As Greenland and Baffin's Bay close around them, the Hope is battered by storms, then gripped by the ice, turning a voyage of exploration into a long fight for endurance. The crew must improvise shelter and food, contend with sickness and scarcity, and venture out across a frozen wilderness where polar bears, darkness, and crushing cold are as threatening as any enemy. Along the way, Ballantyne mixes tense sea adventure with detailed, lived-in glimpses of Arctic travel, dog sledging, and hard-won lessons learned from the region's native people, testing what leadership and comradeship mean when the world itself will not let you go.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:06:58) Chapter 02

(00:17:15) Chapter 03

(00:33:20) Chapter 04

(00:49:26) Chapter 05

(01:06:31) Chapter 06

(01:24:46) Chapter 07

(01:51:25) Chapter 08

(02:05:39) Chapter 09

(02:20:27) Chapter 10