Audiobooks narrated by John Pirhalla

Let's Go Exploring: Calvin and Hobbes Audiobook

A fascinating investigation of a beloved comic strip The internet is home to impassioned debates on just about everything, but there’s one thing that’s universally beloved: Bill Watterson’s comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. Until its retirement in 1995 after a ten-year run, the strip won numerous awards and drew tens of millions of readers from all around the world. The story of a boy and his best friend ― a stuffed tiger ― was a pitch-perfect distillation of the joys and horrors of childhood, and a celebration of imagination in its purest form. In Let’s Go Exploring, Michael Hingston mines the strip and traces the story of Calvin’s reclusive creator to demonstrate how imagination ― its possibilities, its opportunities, and ultimately its limitations ― helped make Calvin and Hobbes North America’s last great comic strip.

Michael Hingston (Author), John Pirhalla (Narrator)

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Dangerous Visions

Dubbed “the most significant and controversial SF book” of its generation, Harlan Ellison’s groundbreaking collection launched an entire sub-genre: New Wave science fiction. With contributions from legendary authors and multiple Hugo and Nebula awards, Dangerous Visions returns to print in a stunning new edition perfect for new and returning fans alike. A landmark short story collection that put New Wave Science Fiction on the literary map, Dangerous Visions won several prestigious awards and was nominated for many others. This now-classic anthology includes thirty-three stories by thirty-two award-winning authors, over half of whom have won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards. Contributing authors include: Robert Silverberg, Frederik Pohl, Brian W. Aldiss, Philip K. Dick, Larry Niven, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, Theodore Sturgeon, J.G. Ballard, Samuel R. Delany, and Ellison himself. As relevant now as it was when first published, Dangerous Visions is a phenomenal collection that deserves a place on every bookshelf.

Harlan Ellison (Author), Bradford Hastings, Bronson Pinchot, Dion Graham, Edoardo Ballerini, Feodor Chin, Grover Gardner, Heath Miller, James Patrick Cronin, Jd Jackson, Jim Meskimen, Joe Hempel, Joel Froomkin, John Pirhalla, Johnny Heller, Mara Wilson, Mark Sanderlin, Natalie Naudus, Neil Hellegers, Neil Shah, P. J. Ochlan, Ramiz Monsef, Robert Fass, Scott Aiello, Scott Brick, Shiromi Arserio, Simon Vance, Stefan Rudnicki, Steve West, Steven Jay Cohen, Suzanne Toren, TBD, Thom Rivera, Tim Campbell, Vikas Adam (Narrator)

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Antimatter Blues: A Mickey7 Novel

The thrilling follow-up to Mickey7, soon to be a major motion picture by Academy Award-winning director Bong Joon-Ho. Surviving isn't living, even for an Expendable. Mickey7's antimatter gambit paid off. He's out of the Expendable game and doing whatever else he can to help support the threatened colony on the ice world Niflheim. But the colony now desperately needs the one thing he doesn't want to give them: the antimatter in the bomb he claimed the alien creepers have. Without it, the colony won't survive the coming years. With it, the colony leader can finally get rid of Mickey7 for good. But the planet's indigenous races have their own plans for Mickey7 and the human colony. They want the colony resources, all of them, and they won't stop until they've devoured every last scrap.

Edward Ashton (Author), John Pirhalla, Katharine Chin (Narrator)

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Rookie Salvo

Wield the past. Forge the future. Amnesiacs awaken on an uncharted planet at the edge of the universe. After the survivors band together, the brave ones explore the wintry world, desperate to find a way off the planet. The few who manage to come back alive describe creatures in the darkness. When the newest rookie appears, some hope he’ll finally be the one to get them home, wherever home might be. Rookie’s a natural leader. Once he joins the fight, it becomes clear that war forged his past. He might be the hero they’ve all been waiting for. But Rookie learns there might not be a home planet to go back to. Even worse, they were apparently chosen for this world. To his horror, they have all been trapped here, where they will spend the rest of their lives battling against an infinite army.

C.A. Gleason (Author), John Pirhalla (Narrator)

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The Never Wars

From the author of Gunpowder Moon—a Library Journal Best Debut Novel—comes The Never Wars, a mind-bending mix of Interstellar and The Expanse in which a group of disgraced Special Forces are given one chance to redeem themselves. The question is whether they’ll survive long enough for it to matter. Special Forces are accustomed to crazy ops, but orbiting a black hole to slow down time and fight Earth’s dirty wars in the future? That’s new, even for them. But that’s the mission for Owen Quarry, Anaya Pretorius, and the rest of COG, a company of elite, disgraced, soldiers from around the globe. They join a defrocked company commander, an AI warship with self-confidence issues, and a crew of misfit troopers on a dizzying time-quest: prove the concept of stationing armies in space-time. If they complete ten missions, they’ll be redeemed as citizens in good standing. But the cost will be heavy—in time and in souls. And as one of their own hunts them down and another rises from the past with a key to freedom, Quarry and Pretorius find that redemption and survival are two very different things.

David Pedreira (Author), John Pirhalla (Narrator)

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The Mortal God: A Military Sci Fi Epic

Commander Kyle Griffin was a good soldier. Perhaps the perfect soldier. Owner of countless victories in an unyielding galactic civil war, he was bred to be the harbinger of death for the meager Splinter rebellion, and he did not disappoint. He and his team of elite Infinity Force operatives had the war all but won. Until he finally met an adversary he could not defeat: the truth. Stripped of his rank and title and cast out of the only life he’s ever known, he’ll travel across the galaxy to find new allies to support his obsession with winning the war…and provide him with a singular opportunity for the revenge that his rage demands. Will he be strong enough to win the fight of his life? He’ll soon find out. Experience the breathtaking first installment of the military sci-fi series that readers are calling “visionary” and “captivating!” Dive into The Infinity Chronicles today!

Ef Skarda (Author), John Pirhalla (Narrator)

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The Splinter's Siege

The fight against the Dominion has never been simple. Or convenient. Or easy. But it has changed. Kyle Griffin and his Infinity team made sure of that. After the assault on Aeron’s palace, the galaxy suddenly seems turned upside down. The Splinter revolution is no longer an afterthought. Poised to make their first true push toward overthrowing the established order, Commander Griffin takes the reigns of an eager and burgeoning army, leading them into a new age in the galaxy, one where the Dominion doesn’t appear invincible. However, they soon learn that their advancement may be nothing but a ruse. A new power is ascending to the throne, bringing with it a ferocity that even the Dominion had never known before. In order to keep their fragile confidence intact, Kyle must search out this dangerous enemy even as he struggles to grasp his own place in the natural order. Can he tame his infamous rage long enough to salvage the progress their victories have brought? Or will more betrayals and loss make the tragedies of war become all too real? Find out in The Splinter’s Seige, The Infinity Chronicles, Volume 2.

Ef Skarda (Author), John Pirhalla (Narrator)

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The Ravager War: The Complete Series

TUHRELEVIM—the initials of those integrally involved in discovering the planet and planning its colonization. Many more than just those ten were involved. Tens of thousands, in fact. Thanks to their efforts to highlight what occurs naturally, Tuhrelevim has a breathable atmosphere, plentiful water sources, beautiful landscapes, and flourishing wildlife, just like on Earth. And for the humans, therein lies the problem… Captain Nev and his squad, who are tasked with locating missing soldiers, suddenly find themselves at war with the fierce beasts. As they desperately fight for survival against this cunning, brutal, and relentless enemy, the devastating secrets of their mission are revealed. Includes: The Mauler (The Ravager War Prequel) Ravagers (The Ravager War Book 1) Ravagers 2 (The Ravager War Book 2)

C.A. Gleason (Author), Adam Verner, John Pirhalla (Narrator)

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Robots through the Ages: A Science Fiction Anthology

A remarkable collection, Robots through the Ages includes stories from some of the best writers of science fiction, both old and new. This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since The Iliad—in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus “with minds and wisdoms”—humans have been fascinated by the idea of artificial life. From the Argonautica to the medieval Jewish legend of the Golem and Ambrose Bierce’s tale of a chess-playing robot, the idea of what robots are—and who creates them—can be drastically different. This book collects a broad selection of short stories from celebrated authors such as Philip K. Dick, Seanan McGuire, Roger Zelazny, Connie Willis, and many more. Robots through the Ages not only celebrates the history of robots and the genre of science fiction, but the dauntless nature of human ingenuity.

Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Robert Silverberg (Author), Bronson Pinchot, Dan Bittner, James Anderson Foster, Jesse Vilinsky, Jim Meskimen, John Pirhalla, Leonard Nimoy, Matt Godfrey, Natasha Soudek, Neil Hellegers, Noah Michael Levine, Peter Ganim, Scott Aiello, Stefan Rudnicki, Steven Jay Cohen, Tim Campbell (Narrator)

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The Mauler

Armor that gallops. That’s what the lieutenant called it. But he’s wrong. It can be killed. There’s always a chink in armor, even if it’s been impossible to find so far. Sergeant Ryan’s forced optimism hasn’t been contagious, at least not since their aircraft crashed under mysterious circumstances. They had to scrap their mission of finding the missing explorers who were supposed to greenlight colonization on the alien planet. Even before being hunted, they were down a soldier, so he understands his compatriots’ frustration. But their situation isn’t hopeless. All they need to do is kill the creature that’s been stalking them since the crash. Trekking the hundreds of miles back to Fort Beckett will also require outrunning the roaming packs of predators, but based on the predators’ seemingly tactical behavior, Sergeant Ryan can’t shake the feeling they aren’t dealing with ordinary animals.

C.A. Gleason (Author), John Pirhalla (Narrator)

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Rogue

The final frontier is closer than we think … As a war journalist, Jonah Wall saw enough of humanity’s horrors to last a lifetime. He wrecked his marriage, alienated his two sons, and escaped by working on an oil rig in Alaska, as far from civilization as possible. But when he finds a spacecraft that was buried for millennia under the tundra, he is suddenly and reluctantly thrust into an unbelievable adventure. As the ship is being unveiled to the world, it mysteriously comes to life, taking Jonah, his estranged son, and a disparate group on a terrifying journey. Our crew of unwilling travelers are transported to a network of planets with remnants of civilizations that are strangely familiar to Jonah and his companions. But something has wiped out every one of them, and the visitors are about to find out what it is. Rogue is a sweeping adventure story through space and time and a profound exploration of humanity’s age-old obsession with its origins, its flirtation with self-annihilation, and people’s stubborn ability to find love even during the darkest moments.

Alex Schuler, Kevin Weir (Author), John Pirhalla (Narrator)

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Gauntlet

Agent Farrell and his team have Joshua backed into a corner. At the NSMZ base, a Maelstrom permie rig and a team of scientists await Joshua’s arrival. Silently observing from the sidelines is Peter Yee of the Siuping Clan, a powerful crime boss to whom Joshua owes a favor. Caught between two formidable entities who want to exploit his talents for their own purpose, Joshua has one option: join the Siuping Clan as an enforcer. Instead, Yee surprises Joshua with an unexpected offer—the opportunity of a lifetime and a way out of the killing and the death he’s known his whole life. All Joshua needs to do is survive one more night in Old Town before Yee’s jet smuggles him to a private sanctuary estate in Macau. But betrayal is closing in from all directions... This book contains drugs, sex, violence and strong language.

Al Davidson (Author), John Pirhalla (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by John Pirhalla