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  Pendle Witches The - England...

  AI Voice Christopher Allen

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.  The Pendle Witches England 1600's 
  Book 6 of 7  Anne Redferne 
   
  The books are fictionally based on the true names and part facts of seven of the accused witches involved being sentenced to death mostly, although innocent, and is as follows: 
   
  Anne Redferne, the gentle daughter of notorious witch Chattox, lived a life overshadowed by her mother's dark reputation in Pendle Forest. A skilled herb gatherer devoted to raising her young daughter Marie, Anne's quiet existence shattered when a neighbor accused her of cursing his crops. Though innocent, Anne was condemned by her mother's damning witchcraft confession and the testimony of child witness Jennet Device. In Lancaster Castle's dungeon, she received a vision: a golden wheat field promising peace beyond suffering. On August 20, 1612, Anne walked silently to the gallows, her final thoughts of the daughter she would never see again. Unlike her defiant mother or wealthy co-accused Alice Nutter, Anne met death with bowed head - a poignant symbol of ordinary lives destroyed by witch hysteria. Her story, often overlooked in the Pendle trials, reveals how fear could transform quiet poverty into "evidence" of witchcraft.  
   
  This is the sixth book in a series of seven audiobooks and I do hope you enjoy ,(might not be the appropriate word, this instalment, and it's only $3 dollars. 
   
  the initial opening credit music which does run to approximately 2  minutes plus, called Haunting Elegy, uses flute and harp to set the scene of witches living life as they could. The closing music ends in a sad way, called Melancholy same instrumental at nearly 3 minutes as the fate that befalls these innocent people awaits them.!  
   
  The story itself runs to about 25 minutes, and and is narrated in my own voice. 
   
  Please let me know what you think, there are a lot more to come!. 
   
  Christopher Allen     -      At your service

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  The Camp - Freedom Through the...

  Claude Stahl

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  A time traveler returns to occupied Europe as an observer to find out what happened to a Jewish family member, becoming an eyewitness to the atrocities of a women's concentration camp. 
  Losing her family and humanity in a cattle train bound to a women’s death camp, young Elli is about to abandon all hope of surviving. But after a horrifying year of unimaginable torment, Elli is given a lifeline when she is sent to work in the camp’s surrounding forest to pick herbs, she uses this rare opportunity to dare an escape, despite the horrendous outcome for others if she is caught. 
  Interweaving accurate historical fact with science fiction, The Camp brings to life the perversity of organized human destruction, bloody sacrifices, betrayal and heroism within a doomed women's community.

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  The Green God

  L. Ron Hubbard

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  The entire Chinese city of Tientsin is under siege from within — the streets filled with rioting, arson, mass looting and murder. And all because the city's sacred idol, the Green God, has gone missing. Lieutenant Bill Mahone of Naval Intelligence is on a mission to find it. But he's walking a razor's edge — between worship and warfare, between a touch of heaven and a taste of bloody hell. What does a near-death experience sound like? Find out, as the audio version of The Green God gives new meaning to the word escapism — escape from a crazed mob, escape from the clutches of a torturer, escape from an early grave.

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  The Rebel

  May McGoldrick, Jan Coffey

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  Winner of Holt Medallion!  WANTED…for crimes against the king.  In retaliation for the brutality of the English troops, the Irish rebel Egan is fighting back, leading a secret group of revolutionaries—and building a legend across the country.   REJECTED…by her own family.  Jane Purefoy is a woman with a past. The daughter of an English magistrate, she watched her Irish lover die on the gallows. Now Jane's reputation is ruined—and she has all but ceased to exist is the eyes of her family.   DESIRED…with a forbidden passion.   Sir Nicholas Spencer is on his way to Woodfield House to court the youngest Purefoy sister when he crosses paths with the notorious Egan. Not a man to be cowed, Nicholas wrestles the rebel to the ground and unmasks him—only to uncover Jane's lovely countenance. Bewitched by the spirited lass, Nicholas decides to keep her secret while embarking on a risky plan of seduction—one that will throw her family into chaos, the country into rebellion, and his heart into the throes of a love that can never be…     "The classic rebel-in-disguise story has never been more fun, exciting, or romantic."  - Susan Wiggs NYT Bestselling Author

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  Spy Hook

  Len Deighton

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  What Bernard Sampson, protagonist of Berlin Game, Mexico Set, and London Match, is about to know may hurt him. When word gets to London Central that a cache of millions of pounds has disappeared inside the Service, Samson is determined to learn the truth. But not even that discovery will help if the Department itself wants his blood . . .

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  Open border dreamers

  Herb Stephens

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  José, a valet attendant from Monterrey, Mexico, arrives in Las Vegas with a heart full of hope and a dream of success. Leaving behind his family, he steps into the glittering city of opportunity, where fortunes are made as quickly as they’re lost. 
  Drawn to roulette—a game of chance and calculated risk—José sees it as a reflection of his own journey. But when the pressures of survival mount, he faces a moral crossroads: a daring scheme to manipulate roulette chips that could make or break his future. 
  Caught between ambition and integrity, José must navigate the high stakes of his choices. Will he achieve what he sacrificed for, or will the cost of his dreams prove too great for his loved ones? We will know as the story unfolds and characters confront their deepest desires, face impossible choices, and scuffle with the consequences of their dreams. 
  Open Border Dreamers is a powerful story of hope, sacrifice, and survival. Crafted genuinely, it draws readers into the heart of the American Dream, exploring the risks we take and the price we pay to chase them.

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