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The Haunting of H. G. Wells
- Narrated by: Steve West
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
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Summary
A plot against England that even the genius of H. G. Wells could not have imagined.
It’s 1914. The Great War grips the world - and from the Western Front a strange story emerges...a story of St. George and a brigade of angels descending from heaven to fight beside the beleaguered British troops. But can there be any truth to it?
H. G. Wells, the most celebrated writer of his day - author of The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man - is dispatched to find out. There, he finds an eerie wasteland inhabited by the living, the dead, and those forever stranded somewhere in between...a no-man’s-land whose unhappy souls trail him home to London, where a deadly plot, one that could turn the tide of war, is rapidly unfolding.
In league with his young love, the reporter and suffragette Rebecca West, Wells must do battle with diabolical forces - secret agents and depraved occultists - to save his sanity, his country, and ultimately the world.
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“Narrator Steve West superbly delivers Masello's latest historical imaginings. …West believably creates everyone from foot soldiers to Winston Churchill, from Satan worshipper Alistair Crowley to diabolical German spies, as well as anti-German locals; Wells's adoring wife, Jane; and his suffragette mistress, Rebecca West. With ghosts to lead the way, Wells and West attempt to foil a plot by occultists to destroy British lives and morale. Fascinating listening.” –Audiofile Magazine
“His blending of real and fictional events is utterly captivating. And casting the 49-year-old Wells as an action hero makes for great fun.” —Booklist
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- JOOLES
- 28-01-22
Thoroughly enjoyed definitely a good read
Thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook very engaging storyline and well read voice Steve West, he brings all the characters to life really well particularly the female voices in the story. Glad I bought this wanted to hear more about Jooles at the end of the story so this has to be a definite +2 any audible library.
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- Mr. S. M. Elliott
- 18-11-20
Convoluted
The story seems thrown together. There are a few good ideas there, but they don't always marry together well. The use of H G Wells is one angle, but his notoriety is just to help give the lead character access to situations and data that otherwise would be hard to explain. The ghost's are not really explained or investigated. Then the fact that H G cannot seem to keep it in his pants just comes across as insulting to the female characters especially his wife. Most books rely on coincidence, but this takes it to a level of incredulity. My main take away is I will not be looking for any further titles on this series or by the author, but that is just my opinion.
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- Iffet Burton
- 21-12-21
Not what I expected
Not what I expected. It starts off on the battlefield in 1918 where horsed riders appear to help the British win the battle.
Then we go to HGWells study where he works in a country house in WWII. A zeplin crashes in the night and is used to emphasis both his character and the feelings of the British towards the Germans.
The character of H G Wells is credible for the time and age. He lives with his 2 nd wife, Jane who helps him work his writing and he classes as his 'intellectual equal'.
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- Tony Turner
- 02-10-22
Some good ideas in search of a plot
One of those books I wanted to like but which ended up being vaguely disappointing. For example, the link between the ghostly horsemen who in the opening scene come to the rescue of a beleaguered unit of the British Expeditionary Force and the ghouls who wander in later in the book isn't really explored or explained. The dastardly plot to incapacitate the Allies' horses and pack animals with a virus - a frighteningly feasible idea - again is left in mid-air (after the initial contamination, did our heroes realise the problem and stop the spread? We'll never know). Are the ghouls human (i.e. just deserters) or supernatural prototype zombies/ghosts)? Then there are the slight annoyances, such as the narration coming from several different viewpoints - not very professional, I was always told - and some silly detail mistakes (the fact that the port of Dover is apparently set in marshland will come as a big surprise to local residents). And yet I listened right to the end, so maybe I'm being hyper-critical? .
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