Excellent spy thriller The Child Riddler by Angela Greenman, available now as audiobook narrated by Xe Sands
Hello again, dear audiobooks friends! Today’s spotlight article is dedicated to The Child Riddler by Angela Greenman, an extremely promising spy thriller that has recently been released in audiobook format. The audio production is performed by award-winning narrator Xe Sands, it is published by Tantor Audio, and has a runtime of almost 9 hours and a half in duration.
I’m always up for a good thriller and after a few minutes in this novel, I can gladly say that it is reminiscent of those written by Robert Ludlum, Mark Greaney, or Taylor Stevens, so I’m really happy to cover this audiobook.
From the Publisher’s Summary we find out the following:
Despite the angry scars she carries from her childhood training, Zoe Lorel has reached a good place in her life. She has her dream job as an elite operative in an international spy agency and found her true love. Her world is mostly perfect—until she is sent to abduct a nine-year-old girl. The girl is the only one who knows the riddle that holds the code to unleash the most lethal weapon on earth—the first ever “invisibility” nanoweapon, a cloaking spider bot.
Zoe’s agency is not the only one after the child. China developed the cloaking bot and will stop at nothing to keep its code secret. While China rapidly hones in on Zoe, her threats grow. Enemies in Austria and Bulgaria reveal the invisibility weapon’s existence to underground arms dealers—now every government and terrorist organization in the world want the nanobot.
From Malta to the Italian Alps to England, Zoe races to save not only the child she has grown to care about, but also herself. Her drug addiction is threatening her engagement to the one person who brings her happiness, yet she needs the agency prescribed pills. They transform her into the icy killer she must be to survive. Can she still be ruthless without the chemicals that suppress her emotions?
“A slick spy thriller that balances a futuristic counter-terrorism mission with the battle for its heroine’s soul.” — BestThrillers.com
Now that you have an idea about the story, let me introduce you to our talented author and award-winning narrator.
Angela Greenman is an internationally recognized communications professional. Her career has spanned the spectrum from community relations in Chicago to US and world governments’ public communications on nuclear power.
She has been an expert and lecturer with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for over a decade, and developed the communication standards for the IAEA’s Corporate Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) program. Ms. Greenman also participated as a team member for the France and Czech Republic Corporate OSARTs.
The IAEA published two of her papers, Communicating Risk to the Public and Achieving Successful Communication. At the invitation of the IAEA, she spoke at the agency’s prestigious International Conference “Topical Issues at Nuclear Installation Safety: Continuous Improvement of Nuclear Safety in a Changing World” that was held in Beijing, China.
As a spokesperson for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), she advised senior management and staff on media issues, conducted interviews and press conferences, and was actively involved in public meetings. Her guidelines, Conducting Public Meetings, were published by the NRC. She was a recipient of multiple awards from the agency.
In Chicago, she served as press officer for the Chicago Human Relations Commission, the City’s civil rights department. In this position, she worked with the department’s six community advisory councils, and managed city-wide media campaigns, community meetings, and events.
Ms. Greenman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communications with Honors from Roosevelt University in Chicago. She also received advanced training in the Executive Media Relations program of the Chicago Police Department, and studied at the U.S. NRC’s Technical Training Center.
She has traveled the world (21 countries and counting), sailed the turquoise Caribbean waters, and now her imagination is devising plots in the exciting places she has explored for her new chapter as an author.
Xe Sands is an award-winning narrator known for her authentic and compelling delivery of more than 350 audiobooks and audio series, specializing in first person, literary and epistolary fiction, memoirs, speculative fiction, and captivating performance of romance, also known for narrating Star Trek. She has been recognized for her work by Salon, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, AudioFile Magazine, Locus Magazine, and Audible Editors for many titles.
I already started listening, and after one hour with the characters, I can tell you that I like them a lot. Check back here during October to read my full review for The Child Riddler. Until then, take care, stay safe, and don’t forget, always listen with your heart!
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