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Shadowed Souls

By: Jim Butcher - editor, Kerrie L. Hughes - editor
Narrated by: Jim Butcher, Julia Whelan, Emily Rankin, Justine Eyre, David de Vries, Mia Barron, Jon Lindstrom, Sumalee Montano, Mozhan Marnò, Karissa Vacker, MacLeod Andrews
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 In this dark and gritty collection—featuring short stories from Jim Butcher, Seanan McGuire, Kevin J. Anderson, and Rob Thurman—nothing is as simple as black and white, light and dark, good and evil..

Unfortunately, that’s exactly what makes it so easy to cross the line.

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher’s Cold Case, Molly Carpenter—Harry Dresden’s apprentice-turned-Winter Lady—must collect a tribute from a remote Fae colony and discovers that even if you’re a good girl, sometimes you have to be bad...

New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire’s Sleepover finds half-succubus Elsie Harrington kidnapped by a group of desperate teenage boys. Not for anything “weird.” They just need her to rescue a little girl from the boogeyman. No biggie.

In New York Times bestselling Kevin J. Anderson’s Eye of Newt, Zombie P.I. Dan Shamble’s latest client is a panicky lizard missing an eye who thinks someone wants him dead. But the truth is that someone only wants him for a very special dinner...

And New York Times bestselling author Rob Thurman’s infernally heroic Caliban Leandros takes a trip down memory lane as he deals wih some overdue—and nightmarish—vengeance involving some quite nasty Impossible Monsters.

ALSO INCLUDES STORIES BY

Tanya Huff * Kat Richardson * Jim C. Hines * Anton Strout * Lucy A. Snyder * Kristine Kathryn Rusch * Erik Scott de Bie *


Table of Contents and Cast List:
Introduction by Kerri Hughes, read by Julia Whelan
Foreword by Jim Butcher, read by Jim Butcher
COLD CASE by Jim Butcher, read by Julia Whelan
SLEEPOVER by Seanan McGuire, read by Emily Rankin
IF WISHES WERE by Tanya Huff, read by Justine Eyre
SOLUS by Anton Strout, read by David de Vries
PEACOCK IN HELL by Kat Richardson, read by Mia Barron
EYE OF NEWT by Kevin J. Anderson, read by Jon Lindstrom
WHAT DWELLS WITHIN by Lucy A. Snyder, read by Julia Whelan
HUNTER, HEALER by Jim C. Hines, read by Sumalee Montano
BAGGAGE by Erik Scott de Bie, read by Mozhan Marno
SALES. FORCE. By Kristine Kathryn Rusch, read by Karissa Vacker
IMPOSSIBLE MONSTERS by Rob Thurman, read by Macleod Andrews
 Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Fantasy Fiction Mystery Private Investigators Detective Paranormal Short Story

Critic reviews

Praise for Jim Butcher and the Dresden Files

“Butcher is the dean of contemporary urban fantasy.”—Booklist

“Think Buffy the Vampire Slayer starring Philip Marlowe.”—Entertainment Weekly

Praise for Seanan McGuire

“The plot is strong, the characterization is terrific, the tragedies hurt...and McGuire's usual beautiful writing and dark humor are present and accounted for. This has become one of my favorite urban fantasy series.”—Fantasy Literature

Praise for Kevin J. Anderson

“Anderson's skill in delivering taut action scenes and creating well-rounded human and alien characters adds depth and variety to a series opener that belongs in most SF collections.”—Library Journal

Praise for Rob Thurman

“Thurman continues to deliver strong tales of dark urban fantasy.”—SFRevu
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Loved all the stories, so different, characters so varied. Very well read by all the presenters. Totally recommended.

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I’ve been with Audible for about 20 years and am a huge sci-fi, fantasy and horror fan First of all, I’m also a huge fan of the Dresden Files and thought I’d do this one after finishing Cold Days as it’s number 12.5 in the series.

Unfortunately this has just one story at the beginning, which is about Molly and it’s not a particularly good one, but none of the other stories are even remotely linked to the Dresden Files.

I found the narrators monotonous and the stories dull and uninteresting. The completionist in me ensured that I stuck with it to the end.

Not my cup of tea at all. In hindsight I wish I’d read more of the reviews before buying it. You live and learn. Skip this one and save yourself a few quid and a few hours of disappointment.

Don’t bother

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The first few stories were really good, then I lost interest. Dresden story worth the purchase, for fans

Worth checking out

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Most of the stories were decent- engaging, interesting, had some original ideas and generally fun. However, others were just recycled ideas re-skinned into different stories with small changes and if I wasn't paintbrush in hand decorating for most of the listen I would have skipped.
If you're only in it for the Dresden story don't bother with downloading this- the story can be found in Book 15.5 'Brief cases'' so save your credit!

Not Dresden, most decent, some disappointing.

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Decent length stories, narrated fairly well but, as with any anthology, not all stories will appeal to everyone. I found with one or two of the stories my attention wandered as they did not engage me. Having said that none of the stories are badly written or narrated so I would recommend it as most people will find some stories are very much to their liking.

Ok selection of fantasy.

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