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Stain

By: Neven Iliev
Narrated by: Jeff Hays,Annie Ellicott,Dorrie Sacks,Laurie Winkel,Justin James,Will Watt,Gary Furlong,Soundbooth Theater,full cast
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Summary

The world waits for no one. While Boxxy is off chasing shinies and delving dungeons abroad, Azurvale's shadows churn, fester, and ferment into a potent cocktail of trouble. Secret organizations maneuver behind the scenes, patiently advancing their nefarious plots. Government agencies lay in wait, ready to pounce at the first sign of trouble. Powerful adventurers gear up and train for the next challenge, uncertain as to what form it might take. In the midst of all this, a humble scholar arrives from a distant land wholly ignorant to the mountain-sized powder keg waiting for him. Explosives primed and the fuse set, the only thing missing is a spark to set things off, and who better to serve that role than a fiery redhead making her triumphant return?

It would appear that the universe once again conspires to put the Hero of Chaos in dire straits. However, in this particular instance, Boxxy is not entirely without fault. It doesn't know it yet, but the nasty surprises that await it are nothing more than the consequences of its own actions. As it turns out, butting heads with the seedy underbelly of civilized society has a way of stirring up an immense amount of trouble. Boxxy is aware of this, of course, though it doesn't care since it fancies itself an expert at deflecting blame and avoiding responsibility. For the most part, this is an accurate assessment. Unfortunately for the less-than-a-year-old monster, it has yet to learn one of life's key lessons.

Bad karma is like a stubborn stain—it never truly goes away.

Content warning: Profanity, gore, violence, explicit adult content

©2022 Neven Iliev (P)2023 Soundbooth Theater

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Softcore

Story is once again destroyed by the authors completely unnecessary lust for all things degerenate

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A really well done audiobook

I love this series, this book was most enjoyable lots went on there was plenty humour, world building and fighting. The only thing missing was a jig of victory. Some long term story details get tied up.

The narration was fantastic and the music and sounds well done, subtle too so the dialogue was not overpowered. The narrators deserve thanks for their hard work.

If you enjoyed the previous books you should enjoy this one, and not too many stat pages but an appendix of skills and what they do would be handy to refresh the memory.

I am so glad this series is available on this site. I look forward to the next book.

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Single favorite thing on audible

I have been listening from volume 1 and I’ve enjoyed every second. This final addition was a great addition to the series. One appreciates the character development of each and every character not just boxy. The humour is crude…and great! The descriptive power is nothing to sniff at and the battle scenes are done fantastically. The plot in this last volume left me wanting a little more, but im assuming that is because its a bridge, so on the other hand, I am excited for more!

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Tasty!!!

Love the series and all things Boxxy. Hope SBT get the last two books done post haste as I can't wait.

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Brilliant!

Somehow I'd missed the release of Stain. what a brilliant book! I love Boxxy and the rest of the crew. At the beginning of the book it says Fizzy has been voiced by an actress instead of Jeff and I wasn't sure if it would work, it does! Brilliant work by everyone involved.

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Boxy Is The Chest!

I love these books. so funny, well written and with top notch narration and editing. Can't ask for more. Neven and Soundbooth are an amazing pairing (just like shiny and tasty things).

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May boxy last forever.

Not my favourite book of the series but still a 5star classic. The audio work is amazing and I look forward to the next one.

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it really is that good

great performance even better story.
Neven and Soundboth just doesn't disappoint

filler filler filler

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worth waiting for

Best one so far, the story is taking on it's own life that doesn't want to end. Fantastic series.

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Stain

Very enjoyable listen following on in the series every body loves large chests. If you enjoyed the previous, you will enjoy this one. 😉

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  • Matthew Acevedo
  • 01-03-23

Outstanding!!!

Absolutely amazing and a welcome addition to the series. Can't wait for the next book!!!

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  • Andreas
  • 23-03-23

A little of a filler - but great and fun

The story is somewhat of a filler, some parts are not bringing anything forward but there is the humor we love and wonderful banter. I found the sound quality a bit off, weirdly the volume is changing and I get some reverb-thing going at some parts. Some is amazingly well done, and some isn't... it is as if some chapters/parts were done by Jeff alone without any background sound or anything (which is everywhere else otherwise)... it sadly brought the experience down a little.

The books took a little dip (to me) in this one, the series is amazing overall though.

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  • 06-03-23

chapter 3 part 2

Holy shit, I love sound booth, but come on! A whole chapter with a creaking noise in the background that repeats just drags you out of the story. I literally spent time seeking out this noise thinking it was something else. I was disappointed to find it was inside this performance.

No excuse for this since with out the background chatter noises, I would enjoy this performance more.

Besides my main complaint. The voice acting is still top notch.

The writing and plot are God tier.

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  • Patrick Hohman
  • 04-03-23

Fantastic shiny and tasty

Sound booth theater is amazing and they completely bring the story to life in a way that completes Niven Illiev’s masterful storytelling style. Stain is a book that you won’t be able to put down.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 01-03-23

So good. I love this series!

It just keeps gettin better! I am so looking forward to the next one! That’s all

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  • Jeff Lingo
  • 01-03-23

Keeps getting better

This series continues to improve. A great story with a superb performance makes this a five star audio book.

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  • Jay
  • 28-02-23

Awesomtastic

Great story, listened to some of the cold read but to hear it altogether is more than fantastic. Body’s splendid reunion with fizzy, the spy master and all his men and women… to hear all the voices sound effects and music on to of the already great narration was what I needed this weekend.

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  • Candice
  • 28-02-23

Another great addition to the boxy saga

The Sound Booth Theater crew do such a great job with these book just love it!

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  • J. L. Cooper
  • 28-02-23

OMG of probably this was fun.

Loved it.
Soundbooth studios makes amazing productions. This series is really fast at putting out its next book (thank you team) NSFW but playful not pointless.

Check out other books narrated by Jeff Hays if you like the genre. Personally I think this is the best.

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  • NealAylor
  • 28-02-23

WOW!!!

Loved it! The best book yet! sound effects and voices are perfect! Absolutely an amazing series!

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