“A gripping, whimsical, and inventive collection! Couldn’t put it down.” —Jennifer Brody, award-winning author of A Sacrifice of Blood and Stars and The 13th Continuum
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- Shadow Lab
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Edited by Brendan Deneen
Stories by Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Ed Cho, Rebecca Webb, Tom Radford, Nick Herbert, Marie Hoy-Kenny, and Brian Slattery
Read by R. C. Bray, Tim Lounibos, Soneela Nankani, Zura Johnson, January LaVoy, Natalie Naudus, and Kevin Kenerly
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Release Date: 11/05/24
Formats: Hardcover
In Shadow Lab, a brilliant roster of speculative fiction writers pulls listeners into a diverse and genre-bending collection of stories, each as irresistible as the last.
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith comes Hell Divers: The Lost Years. In the radioactive wastes of what was once known as Earth, a man and his dog fight nightmarish creatures in order to return to their home in the sky.
In Clouds by Brian Francis Slattery, a happily married couple finds their relationship strained when they end up on opposite sides of a brewing conflict in the aftermath of the arrival of an alien species.
In Her Eyes by Rebecca Webb tells the story of Addie, a woman who discovers a pair of eyeglasses that offer a portal into the minds of their previous owners. Soon her obsession with a reckless woman named Nima begins to change everything …
These stories and more await the curious reader in Shadow Lab, a brand-new anthology from Blackstone Publishing.
- Shadow Lab
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Edited by Brendan Deneen
Stories by Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Ed Cho, Rebecca Webb, Tom Radford, Nick Herbert, Marie Hoy-Kenny, and Brian Slattery
Read by R. C. Bray, Tim Lounibos, Soneela Nankani, Zura Johnson, January LaVoy, Natalie Naudus, and Kevin Kenerly
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Release Date: 11/05/24
Formats: Hardcover
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- Hell Divers XII: Heroes
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 8/06/24
Formats: Trade Paperback, Hardcover
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith throws the Divers into another action-packed adventure in the final installment of the Hell Divers series.
Two final dives. One mission that will determine the fate of humanity—forever.
The Forerunner has decimated the Vanguard Islands in a surprise attack from the Trident warship. King Kade Long—seeing no alternative—accepts a peace deal, committing to a perilous mission with X, the “Immortal,” to activate weather-modification reactors at the poles. But as Kade and X set off, the fragile peace is threatened by Gran Jefe’s one-man guerrilla war against the psychopathic knight, General Jack. Meanwhile, halfway across the world, Michael and his family begin to settle into their new life in the Canary Islands, only to discover that it’s not the sanctuary they believed it was.
Diving into the most inhospitable territory yet, the Hell Divers face horrific monsters bred for a single purpose: to keep them out at any cost. Their only hope of defeating the monsters and restoring the planet is for enemies to unite behind the Immortal and finally work together. But with blood being shed back home, these heroes may have nothing left to save.
In Hell Divers XII: Heroes, beloved characters will confront their fates in a desperate bid to resurrect the world, though not all will live to see the dawn of a new era.
- Hell Divers XII: Heroes
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 8/06/24
Formats: Trade Paperback, Hardcover
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- Sons of War 4: Soldiers
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By Nicholas Sansbury Smith and Tom Abrahams
Read by Ray Porter
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Release Date: 2/06/24
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Print ARC, Trade Paperback
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith and Tom Abrahams comes the fourth and final installment in the action-packed Sons of War series.
In the conclusion to the sweeping saga of postapocalyptic Los Angeles, Dominic Salvatore leads the Saints, a secret team of elite operatives, in a final push to purge the city of its demons. After sending their families into hiding, the Saints know that the stakes have never been higher—they will succeed decisively or perish.
Broken by the death of his wife, Don Antonio Moretti seeks revenge against her killers. He embarks on a body-strewn campaign to crush his last rivals and secure the crown of Los Angeles. Nephew Vinny Moretti tires of the killings and wonders whether his uncle is going too far.
Every eye is on the prize. And anyone trying to walk the fence between good and evil will have to pick a side. With either choice, hell awaits.
- Sons of War 4: Soldiers
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By Nicholas Sansbury Smith and Tom Abrahams
Read by Ray Porter
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Release Date: 2/06/24
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Print ARC, Trade Paperback
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- Hell Divers XI: Renegades
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 12/05/23
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith pulls the surviving divers into another heart-stopping adventure in Hell Divers XI: Renegades.
The secret location of the Vanguard Islands is no longer a secret …
Tired from years of fighting, Xavier passes the crown to a younger Hell Diver, Kade Long, and then sets off on the Sea Wolf with Magnolia to find Michael and his family. But the journey will push them both to their limit.
On the damaged airship Vanguard, Michael and crew are running out of water and must dive to a new location before attempting the perilous voyage across the Atlantic to a new home.
Back at the Vanguard Islands, King Kade hurries to prepare the rigs’ defenses against the Forerunner and his Knights of the Coral Castle. Fearing that X won’t return with the airship in time, Kade sends the elite Barracudas on a mission to find aircraft that will give the islands a fighting chance against the knights.
In the penultimate Hell Divers book, the survivors travel skewed and far-flung paths, but soon those paths will converge. The journey is almost over, so strap in for the last dives!
- Hell Divers XI: Renegades
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 12/05/23
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback
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- Hell Divers X: Fallout
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 2/28/23
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Large Print Hardcover, Signed Hardcover
Much is lost, but hope in one man remains . . .
In a shocking betrayal, Captain Rolo has vaporized the supercarrier Immortal with a nuclear warhead, all but wiping out the Vanguard army. Little does he know that King Xavier and the surviving Hell Diver and Cazador teams from Brisbane were not aboard.
In Panama, Outpost Gateway has suffered a very different disaster: attack by carnivorous vines. Director Rodger Mintel sent out a desperate SOS as the voracious coils ripped into the bunker.
At the Vanguard Islands, Charmer has framed Michael Everhart for two murders. Michael’s wife, Layla, is frantic to prove his innocence as evidence against him mounts.
Back in Queensland, knights of the Coral Castle dragged captive Hell Diver Kade Long to their leader, known as the Forerunner, before locking him in a cell in the Coral Castle.
The truth of what happened at Brisbane is spreading, and so is radiation from the nuclear blast. The fallout threatens everything in its path, putting the Coral Castle and X’s remaining forces in dire peril.
- Hell Divers X: Fallout
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 2/28/23
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Large Print Hardcover, Signed Hardcover
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- Hell Divers IX: Radioactive
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 6/21/22
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Large Print Hardcover
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series
New monsters. New terrain. New threats. Welcome to Australia.
The battle for Panama is over, and King Xavier Rodriguez secretly deploys the airship Vanguard to Queensland. The hunt for the Coral Castle is on. The rest of the fleet returns to the Vanguard Islands with new ships and supplies, but tensions rise with rumors of a hidden food cache.
When two sky people are murdered, Chief Michael Everhart knows the stage is set for mutiny. And with King Xavier off in search of the Coral Castle, he feels the target on his back. At Panama, a new leader emerges as an ancient evil threatens Outpost Gateway. The only hope of defeating it is a youth who has learned to survive in the deadly ruins.
On Australia’s Sunshine Coast, King Xavier leads the search for the Coral Castle while Captain Rolo deploys the Hell Divers to hunt for a new source of seeds. As losses from both missions mount, the king wonders if finding this place is worth the cost. But turning back to the Vanguard Islands without a new food source could doom all humanity to starvation. Or to all-out war.
- Hell Divers IX: Radioactive
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 6/21/22
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Large Print Hardcover
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- Hell Divers VIII: King of the Wastes
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 9/14/21
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Signed Hardcover
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series
Face the uncertain future without fear …
A year has passed since the Hell Divers defeated the machines at Kilimanjaro. The freed captives have settled into their new home at the Vanguard Islands, joining survivors from around the world. But extreme weather and failed crops have raised the specter of famine. Ships must push deeper into dangerous red zones, only to come back with less loot—and fewer soldiers.
When the Hell Divers discover a scroll on a raid, King Xavier is faced with a long-buried truth that threatens the future of his people and all of humanity. The Vanguard Islands are not the salvation the sky people thought them to be. To survive, they must venture through the Panama Canal and into the wastes beyond.
With the future at stake, the Immortal once again dons his armor. But there is a reason the great Cazador armies never returned from the canal, and this time not even the King of the Wastes is prepared for what awaits them.
- Hell Divers VIII: King of the Wastes
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 9/14/21
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Signed Hardcover
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- Sons of War 3: Sinners
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Read by Ray Porter
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Release Date: 2/16/21
Formats: PMM Paperback, Hardcover, Trade Print ARC
To fight evil, you must embrace evil.
The motto of Marine Sergeant Ronaldo Salvatore lives on in his son, Dominic, and his undercover team known as the Saints. With the support of LAPD Captain Zed Marks, the Saints embark on a mission to destroy the criminal organizations that have a stranglehold on Los Angeles.
Through brains, cunning, and sheer ruthlessness, the most powerful leader, Don Antonio Moretti, has risen from underdog to contender for the throne. He believes that only the Vega family of narcos stands in his way, but he has underestimated another underdog.
As the Morettis and Vegas slug it out, the Saints go outside the law to deliver the City of Angels from evil. In this three-way death match, the streets will run with blood before a victor ever emerges.
- Sons of War 3: Sinners
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Read by Ray Porter
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Release Date: 2/16/21
Formats: PMM Paperback, Hardcover, Trade Print ARC
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- Sons of War 2: Saints
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Read by Ray Porter
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Release Date: 9/15/20
Formats: PMM Paperback, Hardcover, Trade Print ARC
The civil war is over, but the struggle for power is just beginning …
In the aftermath of a devastating civil war, America has fallen into anarchy and chaos. Los Angeles is divided into different territories controlled by criminal organizations. Don Antonio Moretti has won a slice of the pie but is hungry for more. In his quest for power, he sends his nephew and a small crew to Mexico, to negotiate a new deal for their staple product, while the don returns to Italy for some unfinished business.
While the crime families battle for power in LA, Dominic Salvatore and his elite team at the LAPD fight tirelessly to stem the rot. But their fight often seems futile in a force rife with corruption. Dom’s father, Ronaldo, is a deputy fighting to secure the border, but when intel arises about his missing daughter, he leaves Los Angeles for the desert wastes, to find her and bring her home.
To the Morettis and the Salvatores, family is everything, and they will protect their own no matter the cost.
- Sons of War 2: Saints
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Read by Ray Porter
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Release Date: 9/15/20
Formats: PMM Paperback, Hardcover, Trade Print ARC
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- Hell Divers VII: Warriors
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 7/14/20
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series
While the Hell Divers cross an ocean to battle the machines, an old flesh-and-blood threat returns to the islands.
The mission to Rio de Janeiro ended in victory, but it came at a dire cost, killing most of those who set out to rescue the stranded survivors. Even worse, the skinwalkers’ leader, Horn, escaped with his demonic crew and is coming to take the throne.
Back at the Vanguard Islands, King Xavier Rodriguez has been severely injured in another battle to protect the kingdom. Now an infection threatens to kill the one man who can keep the peace. As he fights for survival, new intel from Rio de Janeiro gives humanity hope of destroying the biggest threat of all: the machines—if the machines don’t find the Vanguard Islands first.
- Hell Divers VII: Warriors
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 7/14/20
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback
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- Sons of War
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Read by Ray Porter
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Release Date: 4/14/20
Formats: Large Print Hardcover, PMM Paperback, Hardcover, Trade Print ARC
The explosive new Sons of War series is a harrowing and realistic depiction of what a second American Civil War and the aftermath might look like, from former Homeland Security Disaster Mitigation Officer and New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith.
All empires eventually fall…
The United States is no exception…
And out of the embers, a lawless new empire will rise…Across the world, the United States recalls troops to combat civil unrest after the biggest economic meltdown in history. Marine Sergeant Ronaldo Salvatore’s platoon comes home to a powder keg that could ignite a civil war.
While some see the coming collapse as the end, others see opportunity. Fleeing Naples after rival crime lords decimated his family, Don Antonio Moretti settles in Los Angeles to rebuild his criminal empire. But he is far from alone in his ambitions—the cartel and rival gangs all want the same turf, and they will sacrifice their own soldiers and the blood of innocents to get it.
As open warfare erupts across the states, Salvatore fights his way back to LA, where his son has joined the police in the battle for a city spiraling into anarchy. Family is everything, and the Morettis and Salvatores will do what they must to protect their own. But how far will they go to survive in a new economy where the only currency is violence?
- Sons of War
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Read by Ray Porter
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Release Date: 4/14/20
Formats: Large Print Hardcover, PMM Paperback, Hardcover, Trade Print ARC
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- Hell Divers VI: Allegiance
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 11/05/19
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series
The war for the Metal Islands is over, but the search for survivors has just begun.
After a long and bloody battle, legendary Hell Diver Xavier Rodriguez reigns as the dutiful but reluctant new king of the islands. Advised by a council of former sky citizens as well as Cazadores, he works to assimilate the two societies peacefully. But not all Cazadores have accepted the new order.
While X tries to ease tensions at home, a rookie team of divers, led by Michael Everhart, returns to the skies in Discovery, formerly the ITC Deliverance. Their mission: to locate other human survivors throughout the world and rescue them. But Michael’s team aren’t the only ones searching for survivors. A gruesome discovery reveals that android defectors continue to hunt humans across the globe. And they may not be the only ones.
In a race against time, the Hell Divers may be the only obstacle to enemies bent on wiping out the final pockets of survivors and extinguishing the human genome forever.
- Hell Divers VI: Allegiance
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 11/05/19
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback
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- Hell Divers V: Captives
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 5/07/19
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series
Humanity has finally found a new home, but the price is blood …
After a long, perilous journey, Hell Divers Xavier Rodriguez and Magnolia Katib discover the Metal Islands, a sunny habitable zone where thousands of people live by fishing and farming. But this “paradise” is really a violent warrior society ruled by the cannibal king el Pulpo. For the first time in X’s life, he is forced to lay down his arms and surrender.
Back on the airships, the Hell Divers are recovering from a gruesome discovery at Red Sphere, where they learned the truth about World War III. Now they must fight another war—this time for what remains of their own endangered species. As the battle approaches, alliances will be forged, and others broken.
Forced to fight in the Cazador army, X faces his toughest mission yet. Will he help his people come down from the sky and claim the promised land, or will humanity go extinct?
- Hell Divers V: Captives
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 5/07/19
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback
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- Hell Divers IV: Wolves
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 11/06/18
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series
They dive so humanity survives. Now they take to the sea.
In the fourth installment of the Hell Divers series, the Sea Wolf sets out to search for the Metal Islands. Leading the expedition is legendary Hell Diver Xavier Rodriguez. After enduring for a decade on the poisoned surface, his survival skills will be put to the test on the dangerous open seas.
But storms, sea monsters, and the cannibalistic Cazadores aren’t the only threat to X and his small crew. Their mission will uncover hard truths about the history of the war that left humankind stranded in the air for centuries. And the fate of those still living on the airships might very well rest on this fragile and perilous journey to find a new home.
- Hell Divers IV: Wolves
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 9/03/18
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback
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- Hell Divers III: Deliverance
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 5/15/18
Formats: Large Print Hardcover, Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Trade Print ARC
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series
They will dive, but will humanity survive?
Left for dead on the nightmarish surface of the planet, Commander Michael Everhart and his team of Hell Divers barely escape with their lives aboard a new airship called Deliverance. After learning that Xavier “X” Rodriguez may still be alive, they mount a rescue mission for the long-lost hero.
In the skies, the Hive is falling apart, but Captain Jordan is more determined than ever to keep humanity in their outdated lifeboat. He will do whatever it takes to keep the ship in the air—even murder. But when he learns the Hell Divers he exiled have found Deliverance, he changes course for a new mission—find the divers, kill them, and make their new ship his own.
In the third installment of the Hell Divers series, Michael and his fellow divers fight across the mutated landscape in search of X. But what they find will change everything.
- Hell Divers III: Deliverance
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 3/16/18
Formats: Large Print Hardcover, Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Trade Print ARC
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- Hell Divers II: Ghosts
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 7/18/17
Formats: Large Print Hardcover, Hardcover, Trade Paperback
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series
Betrayal and sacrifice in the skies …
Ten years ago, Hell Diver Xavier “X” Rodriguez fell to Earth. Those he left behind went on without him aboard the airship he once called home. Michael Everhart—the boy once known as Tin—has grown into a man and the commander of Hell Diver Raptor Team. While Michael dives to help keep the Hive in the air, Captain Leon Jordan rules with an iron fist at the helm of the ship. But unrest stirs under his strict leadership as a prophecy of hope sweeps the lower decks.
When a mysterious distress signal calls the Hell Divers to the surface, Michael and his loyal team begin to uncover long-buried truths and the secrets Captain Jordan will do anything to keep. They dive so humanity survives … but will they survive the ultimate betrayal?
Nicholas Sansbury Smith delivers another heart-pounding thriller in Hell Divers II: Ghosts, the second book in the acclaimed science fiction series.
- Hell Divers II: Ghosts
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 7/18/17
Formats: Large Print Hardcover, Hardcover, Trade Paperback
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- Hell Divers
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 7/19/16
Formats: Large Print Hardcover, Hardcover, Trade Paperback
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series
They dive so humanity survives …
More than two centuries after World War III poisoned the planet, the final bastion of humanity lives on massive airships circling the globe in search of a habitable area to call home. Aging and outdated, most of the ships plummeted back to earth long ago. The only thing keeping the two surviving lifeboats in the sky are Hell Divers—men and women who risk their lives by skydiving to the surface to scavenge for parts the ships desperately need.
When one of the remaining airships is damaged in an electrical storm, a Hell Diver team is deployed to a hostile zone called Hades. But there’s something down there far worse than the mutated creatures discovered on dives in the past—something that threatens the fragile future of humanity.
- Hell Divers
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Read by R. C. Bray
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Release Date: 7/19/16
Formats: Large Print Hardcover, Hardcover, Trade Paperback