The Dragon Queen of Jupiter by Leigh Douglass Brackett ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

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02/15/23

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54m

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The Dragon Queen of Jupiter by Leigh Douglass Brackett audiobook.

Genre: scifi

On the steaming, storm-shrouded fringes of Jupiter, Fort Washington is little more than a rusting island of Earth Empire metal in a sea of poisonous swamp. Corporal Tex and his ragged detachment of Space Foreign Legionnaires are supposed to be the spearhead of expansion, holding the line until a relief column arrives and the planet can be opened for settlement and farmland for overcrowded Earth and Mars. Instead, they are trapped in a slow, merciless siege. The Jovian swamp-dwellers strike from the darkness with grotesque living weapons: venomous green snakes, hideous red beetles, and a creeping parasite that makes even water a danger. As supplies dwindle and nerves fray, Tex leans on the hard-won instincts of his fellow soldiers, including Breska, a tough Martian comrade who knows what it means to be far from home and surrounded. Over it all looms the force behind the attacks, the Dragon-Queen herself, a winged, almost hypnotic commander with white legions at her call. To survive, Tex must face not only an alien enemy, but the brutal costs of conquest and the thin, shifting line between fear and fascination.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:24:07) Chapter 02

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Terror Out of Space by Leigh Douglass Brackett ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

February 15, 2023

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Terror Out of Space by Leigh Douglass Brackett audiobook.

Genre: scifi

On a rain-choked, half-mapped Venus, something has come down from the emptiness between worlds and left a trail of madness behind it. Men abandon duty, turn violent, or walk willingly into death, all chasing the same impossible vision. Tri-World Police pilot Lundy and his partner, Smith, manage to capture the source - a small, baffling object the reports call only 'IT' - and begin the dangerous run back to the scientists who might explain it. But the nearer Lundy gets to safety, the more the prisoner seems to reach into human minds, twisting desire into obedience and turning comrades into threats. When disaster hurls Lundy into the black Venusian sea, survival becomes a lonely march across an alien ocean floor of drowned roads, ruined cities, and hungry life-forms that should not exist. Pursued by obsession and surrounded by telepathic whispers, Lundy must pit his will against a presence that has no face, no name, and no mercy - and learn whether any human can fight a terror that wins simply by being seen.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:17:20) Chapter 02

(00:37:33) Chapter 03

(00:55:05) Chapter 04

(01:10:23) Chapter 05

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The Jewel of Bas by Leigh Douglass Brackett ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

February 15, 2023

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137m

The Jewel of Bas by Leigh Douglass Brackett audiobook.

Genre: scifi

On a harsh, half-forgotten world where legends walk as close as hunger, Ciaran the wandering minstrel and Mouse his sharp-eyed, sharp-fingered wife live by wit, song, and whatever can be stolen back from those who hoard. One evening on the edge of the Forbidden Plains, a campfire tale turns real: the Kalds, savage servants of the sleeping boy-god Bas, drag the pair toward Ben Beatha, the Mountain of Life, where Bas lies dreaming beside the Jewel of Bas, a relic said to hold a destiny for all mankind. Inside the mountain, Ciaran and Mouse find not holy mystery but a ruthless system of chains and labor, ruled by cold intelligences that wear the shape of men. As captives vanish and a vast machine rises in the depths, the couple must gamble everything on escape, on unlikely allies, and on the dangerous question at the heart of every myth: what happens when the god you fear is real, and might not care if mortals live or die? Blending romance, grit, and uncanny science, Brackett spins a swift planetary adventure about love, survival, and the price of immortality.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:20:35) Chapter 02

(00:42:43) Chapter 03

(01:03:10) Chapter 04

(01:23:16) Chapter 05

(01:50:35) Chapter 06

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