Listen free for 30 days
-
Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard
- Narrated by: J. G. Hertzler
- Series: Barsk, Book 1
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Listen with a free trial
Buy Now for £23.39
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
The Moons of Barsk
- Barsk Series, Book 2
- By: Lawrence M. Schoen
- Narrated by: J. G. Hertzler
- Length: 14 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Years after the events of Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard, the lonely young outcast and physically-challenged Fant, Pizlo, is now a teenager. He still believes he hears voices from the planet’s moons, imparting secret knowledge to him alone. And so embarks on a dangerous voyage to learn the truth behind the messages. His quest will catapult him offworld for the second time is his short life, and reveal things the galaxy isn’t yet ready to know. Elsewhere, Barsk's Senator Jorl, who can speak with the dead, navigates galactic politics as Barsk's unwelcome representative.
-
-
Just WOW!!!
- By Michael Mabon on 10-09-20
-
Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show: Big Book of SF Novelettes
- By: Orson Scott Card, Edward R. Schubert - editor
- Narrated by: Orson Scott Card, Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle de Cuir, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Too long to be a short story, too short to be a novel - welcome to the surprisingly potent world of the novelette. The award-winning magazine Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show has been an online haven for this powerful form of storytelling since 2005. Now its editors have selected their all-time favorite science fiction novelettes from the magazine's eight-year history and reprinted them together in one big book of listening pleasure.
-
-
I came for Ender's Universe, but was dissapointed
- By Matheus on 15-04-17
-
The Year's Top Short SF Novels 2
- By: Carolyn Ives Gilman, Kij Johnson, Mary Robinette Kowal, and others
- Narrated by: Tom Dheere, Adam Epstein, Vanessa Hart, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Short novels are movie length novels that may well be the perfect length for science fiction stories. This unabridged audio collection presents the best-of-the-best short science fiction novels published in 2011, by current and emerging masters of this form. In "The Ice Owl", by Carolyn Ives Gilman, an adolescent, female, Waster, in the iron city of Glory to God finds an enigmatic tutor who provides her with much more than academic instruction while a fundamentalist revolt is underway.
-
Venus of Dreams
- The Venus Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Pamela Sargent
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
- Length: 21 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Iris Angharads, a determined, independent woman, sets herself one massive goal: to make the poison-filled atmosphere of Venus hospitable to humans. She works day and night to realize her dream, with only one person sharing her passion, Liang Chen. It seems impossible to make Venus, with its intolerable air and waterless environment, into a paradise, but Iris succeeds. And in doing so, she also creates a powerful dynasty, beginning with her first born, Benzi Liangharad.
-
Ardulum: First Don (Volume 1)
- By: J. S. Fields
- Narrated by: Lynn Norris
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Neek makes a living piloting the dilapidated tramp transport Mercy’s Pledge and smuggling questionable goods across systems blessed with peace and prosperity. She gets by - but only just. In her dreams, she is still haunted by thoughts of Ardulum, the traveling planet that long ago visited her homeworld. The Ardulans brought with them agriculture, art, interstellar technology...and then disappeared without a trace, leaving Neek’s people to worship them as gods.
-
-
I really enjoyed the story.
- By Crackdown on 22-08-19
-
Meeting Infinity
- By: Jonathan Strahan - editor
- Narrated by: Traci Odom, Nicol Zanzarella, Michael Welch, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The world is rapidly changing. We surf future-shock every day, as the progress of technology races ever on. Increasingly we are asking: how do we change to live in the world to come? Multi-award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan brings us another incredible volume in his much praised science-fiction anthology series.
-
-
wide variety of interesting stories
- By DENNIS on 14-12-17
-
The Moons of Barsk
- Barsk Series, Book 2
- By: Lawrence M. Schoen
- Narrated by: J. G. Hertzler
- Length: 14 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Years after the events of Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard, the lonely young outcast and physically-challenged Fant, Pizlo, is now a teenager. He still believes he hears voices from the planet’s moons, imparting secret knowledge to him alone. And so embarks on a dangerous voyage to learn the truth behind the messages. His quest will catapult him offworld for the second time is his short life, and reveal things the galaxy isn’t yet ready to know. Elsewhere, Barsk's Senator Jorl, who can speak with the dead, navigates galactic politics as Barsk's unwelcome representative.
-
-
Just WOW!!!
- By Michael Mabon on 10-09-20
-
Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show: Big Book of SF Novelettes
- By: Orson Scott Card, Edward R. Schubert - editor
- Narrated by: Orson Scott Card, Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle de Cuir, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Too long to be a short story, too short to be a novel - welcome to the surprisingly potent world of the novelette. The award-winning magazine Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show has been an online haven for this powerful form of storytelling since 2005. Now its editors have selected their all-time favorite science fiction novelettes from the magazine's eight-year history and reprinted them together in one big book of listening pleasure.
-
-
I came for Ender's Universe, but was dissapointed
- By Matheus on 15-04-17
-
The Year's Top Short SF Novels 2
- By: Carolyn Ives Gilman, Kij Johnson, Mary Robinette Kowal, and others
- Narrated by: Tom Dheere, Adam Epstein, Vanessa Hart, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Short novels are movie length novels that may well be the perfect length for science fiction stories. This unabridged audio collection presents the best-of-the-best short science fiction novels published in 2011, by current and emerging masters of this form. In "The Ice Owl", by Carolyn Ives Gilman, an adolescent, female, Waster, in the iron city of Glory to God finds an enigmatic tutor who provides her with much more than academic instruction while a fundamentalist revolt is underway.
-
Venus of Dreams
- The Venus Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Pamela Sargent
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
- Length: 21 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Iris Angharads, a determined, independent woman, sets herself one massive goal: to make the poison-filled atmosphere of Venus hospitable to humans. She works day and night to realize her dream, with only one person sharing her passion, Liang Chen. It seems impossible to make Venus, with its intolerable air and waterless environment, into a paradise, but Iris succeeds. And in doing so, she also creates a powerful dynasty, beginning with her first born, Benzi Liangharad.
-
Ardulum: First Don (Volume 1)
- By: J. S. Fields
- Narrated by: Lynn Norris
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Neek makes a living piloting the dilapidated tramp transport Mercy’s Pledge and smuggling questionable goods across systems blessed with peace and prosperity. She gets by - but only just. In her dreams, she is still haunted by thoughts of Ardulum, the traveling planet that long ago visited her homeworld. The Ardulans brought with them agriculture, art, interstellar technology...and then disappeared without a trace, leaving Neek’s people to worship them as gods.
-
-
I really enjoyed the story.
- By Crackdown on 22-08-19
-
Meeting Infinity
- By: Jonathan Strahan - editor
- Narrated by: Traci Odom, Nicol Zanzarella, Michael Welch, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The world is rapidly changing. We surf future-shock every day, as the progress of technology races ever on. Increasingly we are asking: how do we change to live in the world to come? Multi-award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan brings us another incredible volume in his much praised science-fiction anthology series.
-
-
wide variety of interesting stories
- By DENNIS on 14-12-17
-
Children of Time
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Mel Hudson
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Adrian Tchaikovksy's critically acclaimed stand-alone novel Children of Time is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Who will inherit this new Earth? The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age - a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden.
-
-
Felt cheated
- By Paul Green on 02-07-19
-
The Fifth Season
- The Broken Earth, Book 1
- By: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This is the way the world ends...for the last time. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter. It starts with betrayal, and long dormant wounds rising up to fester. This is the Stillness, a land long familiar with catastrophe, where the power of the earth is wielded as a weapon. And where there is no mercy.
-
-
Good and enjoyable book.
- By AudiobookDevotee on 19-07-18
-
Hyperion
- By: Dan Simmons
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor, Allyson Johnson, Kevin Pariseau, and others
- Length: 20 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all.
-
-
Inspired Sci-fi
- By Peter on 02-12-09
-
The Three-Body Problem
- By: Cixin Liu
- Narrated by: Bruno Roubicek
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilisation on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them or to fight against the invasion.
-
-
Dont be put off by the science!!
- By Thomas on 07-03-18
-
Angels and Demons
- By: Dan Brown
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 18 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization, the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra.
-
-
Better than the Da Vinci Code!
- By PinkMilk on 02-03-07
-
14
- By: Peter Clines
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
There are some odd things about Nate’s new apartment. Of course, he has other things on his mind. He hates his job. He has no money in the bank. No girlfriend. No plans for the future. So while his new home isn’t perfect, it’s livable. The rent is low, the property managers are friendly, and the odd little mysteries don’t nag at him too much. At least, not until he meets Mandy, his neighbor across the hall, and notices something unusual about her apartment. And Xela’s apartment. And Tim’s. And Veek’s.
-
-
REVIEW FOR 14, by Peter Clines, read by Ray Porter
- By Amazon Customer on 07-06-14
-
Cloud Atlas
- By: David Mitchell
- Narrated by: Garrick Hagon, Jeff Harding, Steve Hodson, and others
- Length: 21 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Cloud Atlas features six characters in interlocking stories, each interrupting the one before it: a reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited composer blagging a precarious livelihood in between-the-wars Belgium; a high-minded journalist in Governor Reagan's California; a vanity publisher fleeing his gangland creditors; a genetically modified dinery server on death row; and Zachry, a young Pacific islander witnessing the nightfall of science and civilisation.
-
-
Great book, brought to life better than any movie
- By T on 25-02-13
-
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
- By: Claire North
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived a dozen times before. Nothing ever changes. Until now. As Harry nears the end of his eleventh life, a little girl appears at his bedside. 'I nearly missed you, Doctor August,' she says.
-
-
Déjà vu all over again
- By S. Kingston on 07-07-14
-
Lord of All Things
- By: Samuel Willcocks - translator, Andreas Eschbach
- Narrated by: Nick Podehl
- Length: 21 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
They are just children when they first meet: Charlotte, daughter of the French ambassador, and Hiroshi, a laundress’s son. One day in the playground, Hiroshi declares that he has an idea that will change the world. An idea that will sweep away all differences between rich and poor. When Hiroshi runs into Charlotte several years later, he is trying to build a brighter future through robotics.
-
-
More than Sci-fi
- By Alejandro Poleo on 11-11-18
-
Zoo
- By: James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For thirty-six years, James Patterson has written un-put-down-able, pulse-racing novels. Now, he has written a book that surpasses all of them. Zoo is the thriller he was born to write. All over the world, brutal attacks are crippling entire cities. Jackson Oz, a young biologist, watches the escalating events with an increasing sense of dread. When he witnesses a coordinated lion ambush in Africa, the enormity of the violence to come becomes terrifyingly clear.
-
-
Brilliant
- By Julie on 03-10-12
-
Blood Song
- Book 1 of Raven's Shadow
- By: Anthony Ryan
- Narrated by: Steven Brand
- Length: 23 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
We have fought battles that left more than a hundred corpses on the ground and not a word of it has ever been set down. The Order fights, but often it fights in shadow, without glory or reward. We have no banners. Vaelin Al Sorna is the Sixth Order's newest recruit. Under their brutal training regime, he learns how to forge a blade, survive the wilds and kill a man quickly and quietly - all in the name of protecting the Realm and the Faith. Now his skills will be put to the test.
-
-
Why ruin a good story with a poor narrator?
- By Jeremy on 20-10-14
-
Eternity
- A Sequel to Eon
- By: Greg Bear
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The crew of the asteroid-starship Thistledown has thwarted an attack by the Jarts by severing their link to the Way, an endless corridor that spans universes. The asteroid settled into orbit around Earth and the tunnel snaked away, forming a contained universe of its own. Forty years later, on Gaia, Rhita Vaskayza recklessly pursues her legacy, seeking an Earth once again threatened by forces from within and without.
-
-
Brilliant
- By Charlie on 20-02-22
Summary
The Sixth Sense meets Planet of the Apes in a moving science fiction novel set so far in the future, humanity is gone and forgotten in Lawrence M. Schoen's Barsk: The Elephant's Graveyard
A historian who speaks with the dead is ensnared by the past. A child who feels no pain and who should not exist sees the future. Between them are truths that will shake worlds.
In a distant future, no remnants of human beings remain, but their successors thrive throughout the galaxy. These are the offspring of humanity's genius-animals uplifted into walking, talking, sentient beings. The Fant are one such species: anthropomorphic elephants ostracized by other races and long ago exiled to the rainy ghetto world of Barsk. There, they develop medicines upon which all species now depend. The most coveted of these drugs is koph, which allows a small number of users to interact with the recently deceased and learn their secrets. To break the Fant's control of koph, an offworld shadow group attempts to force the Fant to surrender their knowledge.
Jorl, a Fant Speaker with the dead, is compelled to question his deceased best friend, who years ago mysteriously committed suicide. In so doing, Jorl unearths a secret the powers that be would prefer to keep buried forever. Meanwhile, his dead friend's son, a physically challenged young Fant named Pizlo, is driven by disturbing visions to take his first unsteady steps toward an uncertain future.
More from the same
What listeners say about Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Michael Mabon
- 06-09-20
WHAT A STORY
I got completely lost in this, in the best way possible. This is honestly one of the best stories that I've read!!
I was so involved with the characters, who had truly memorable personalities.
Needless to say, I immediately bought and started the second book, as soon as I finished this!!!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Connor Penhale
- 26-11-16
This is the greatest book I've ever read
I have never been more affected by a story. A masterpiece. The pacing of the narrative is deliberate and the collision of interstellar precognition with old-world prophecy is delightfully told. I remain intrigued by the universe the story was told in, and blown away by the dynamism of the characters portrayed.
20 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Jonathan
- 12-04-16
Wonderful on so many levels.
What other book might you compare Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard to and why?
Although I will say that as a sci-fi book, which bits that take place in space, there's little to no tech discussed at all. You could call it sci-fantasy, but aside from precognitives, telepaths, and the idea that you can summon the dead by way of calling on their memories, there's nothing Fantastical about it either. The book feels more like a mystery and a political thriller, and the closest thing I can think of to it would be "The End of All Things" by Scalzi.
Which character – as performed by J. G. Hertzler – was your favorite?
The voice-actor's best is perhaps with Senator Bish, getting the tone of voice right. Or perhaps Magda's. Both were complex, tonally.
Any additional comments?
The characters are lovely, most of them unpleasant, but still lovely. By the end I adored one of the characters, and hope to more of him with the author's writing. The prose is a welcoming, slow tide that sweeps you along on a pleasant river. The setting is enjoyable, although we only get one deep look at the rich culture of Barsk, at the race of fonts, despite the galaxy being filled with so many races. That's alright, as the plot is so heavily tied in with fonts, their culture, history and the resource on their planet. The fact every race seems to be prejudiced against the font strained my suspension of disbelief, but it comes up in the end that there's a real and legitimate reason for this that satisfied me.
Honestly I can't find anything negative to say about this book, beyond that I don't have more of it already.
13 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Michael James Oetting
- 24-01-16
A MUST-HAVE audiobook!
Would you listen to Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard again? Why?
I love listening to Audio Books on my daily commute, and frequently re-listen to favorites. I have read the BOOK version, and was chomping at the bit for BARSK to come out as an audiobook!
Who was your favorite character and why?
The main character Jorl is my favorite, but Pizlo is growing on me.
What does J. G. Hertzler bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
J. G. Hertzler's voice is a joy to listen to, and his vocal interpretations of how some of the characters sound is AMAZING! He has brought this book to life, and given me a new appreciation of this tale.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Jorl's conversation with his late father is particularly moving.
Any additional comments?
At the heart of the very best Science Fiction lies social commentary. In Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard, Lawrence M. Schoen crafts a far-future post-human civilization which examines many of prejudices that exist in our world today. Difficult topics such as suicide, genocide, the afterlife, social taboos and prejudices, both social and physical, have been woven into this tale of 'raised mammals' fighting to possess koph, a drug which allows users to speak to the dead. The problem is that koph is native to the planet Barsk, where the Fant, a race of despised, evolved-elephants have been exiled because they are so 'different'. Yet even this ostracized race has internal prejudices that further divide them. This is truly a though-provoking read, filled with twists and an ending which caught me off guard. I sincerely hope Lawrence Shoen is hard at work on a sequel because I want to find out what happens next! If this isn't worthy of a HUGO award, nothing is!
9 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Jules
- 02-10-17
Intriguing concept
This is not a book that reaches out and grabs you from the first few words. You have to let it wash over you and draw you in, and then you are hooked. The clues are there, but don't hit you over the head, so they build up organically. Even so, the end is something of a surprise, and all in all it was all very skillfully done.
I'm not one of those reviewers who treats a review like a book report where I have to prove that I read the whole book, but rather one who comments on the quality of the writing and the extent to which the reader/listener is drawn in and entertained and even prompted to think a little. On those terms, I would say this book is a winner on all counts, including narration.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- M Carroll
- 11-09-17
The books' Graveyard
What disappointed you about Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard?
Firstly, the narrator does a very bad job of separating the characters. At no point in the book did I have any certainty of who was speaking. I am 80% of the way through the story don't care who does what to whom because I just don't care enough about the characters. None of the scenes are separated by any meaningful scene descriptions, so not only do I have no idea of who is talking but no idea of where they are either.Secondly, the author does a very bad job of making it seem real - the world building is just enough to sell the book, but not enough to sell the story. Brilliant young creatures who have magical abilities make contact with their dead relatives and don't once ask how they are doing, whats going on etc - just get in, and get out and leave the reader wanting more. Very little believable in these relationships and skills behind them.
Other readers seemed to have loved it - so go for it if you have not read a fair amount of Sci-fi.
I will probably not try another of this authors writing. Perhaps this should be filed as young adult fiction.
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
I will not finish the book because my credit can be used elsewhere better.
How could the performance have been better?
The book is well read, but lacks everything an audiobook needs to be believable. The performance could have added character dimension to this book, but instead did not separate the voices / characters so it was VERY VERY VETY difficult to know who was speaking - and eventually I could no longer care who was speaking in order to hold the story together. No voice changes - the death of an audiobook.
9 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Bob H.
- 12-03-19
Boring
Boring. It's all I can tell you. Animals talking to dead animals. The story doesn't make a lot of sense. I listened for 3 chapters and finally gave up. I returned the book.
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Warren
- 30-05-16
Great Sci-Fi
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Solid story that offers new ways to look at our universe, how we affect those around us and the concepts of immortality and re-incarnation.
What did you like best about this story?
Both original and familiar. Easy read.
Which scene was your favorite?
When the main character realized he had gotten so many things wrong, but still kept his composure and secured his place as the hero of the story.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
no, but it was very enjoyable.
Any additional comments?
Sometimes I wish we could drop the term Sci-Fi and replace it with Literary Science. Much of what we call fiction is a visionary description of a future or a natural phenomena not yet proven or generally understood. There are concepts in this book that I believe fit in that category, particularly that we leave symbolic 'pieces' of ourselves, like dust, on the people and places we visit during life. I found the book's discussion of 'nephrons' offered tools to better consider these concepts.
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Torbjørn Pettersen
- 06-03-16
A fresh new breath of a story!
Where does Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
For me, what sets a book above others is that it's a new baseline in the story. Something I haven't read about before. Wizards and magic, that's not new, but can be great. Barsk on the other hand was something new from the start on for me. And what makes a book really great for me is if it can paint pictures in my mind. That I can see the characters and the surroundings playing like a movie in my head. And of course, the story needs to be catching and exciting.
Barsk is just this. All of it. I love the characters, and hate a couple too. There is something new and fresh about the story and concept that drew me in from the start. With great care Schoen spins a tale that kept me driving slower and longer than I needed too (listening to the audiobook). With the plot twisting and turning ways that I didn't expect I had to force myself to put it on pause and out of the car more than once.
That the narrator, J.G. Hertzler has a voice that is plesant to listen to was of course also a pluss.
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Rae
- 31-08-17
Good book, interesting characters... But...
There is nothing wrong with this book, but the strange concepts of telepathic elephants and otters and just all the animal characters is just too strange for me and I'm a fan of ZOO. I just could not get into this world.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Kindle Customer
- 18-01-16
refreshing
a good story, well crafted and delightfully different. I enjoyed the characters and their embrace of their unique technologies.
the reading could have been smoother
2 people found this helpful