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False Hearts: A Novel Audiobook, by Laura Lam Play Audiobook Sample

False Hearts: A Novel Audiobook

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Read By: January LaVoy Publisher: Macmillan Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 7.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 5.63 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: June 2016 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781427277688

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

37

Longest Chapter Length:

36:06 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

49 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

18:06 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

4

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Publisher Description

Laura Lam's adult sci-fi debut False Hearts: Two formerly conjoined sisters are ensnared in a murderous plot involving psychoactive drugs, shared dreaming, organized crime, and a sinister cult. Raised in the closed cult of Mana's Hearth and denied access to modern technology, conjoined sisters Taema and Tila dream of a life beyond the walls of the compound. When the heart they share begins to fail, the twins escape to San Francisco, where they are surgically separated and given new artificial hearts. From then on they pursue lives beyond anything they could have previously imagined. Ten years later, Tila returns one night to the twins' home in the city, terrified and covered in blood, just before the police arrive and arrest her for murder--the first homicide by a civilian in decades. Tila is suspected of involvement with the Ratel, a powerful crime syndicate that deals in the flow of Zeal, a drug that allows violent minds to enact their darkest desires in a terrifying dreamscape. Taema is given a proposition: go undercover as her sister and perhaps save her twin's life. But during her investigation Taema discovers disturbing links between the twins' past and their present. Once unable to keep anything from each other, the sisters now discover the true cost of secrets.

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"A taut futuristic thriller, set in a San Francisco where everybody is beautiful... and nobody is exceptional. Two unusual sisters are caught in a war for control of a society that quietly suffocates its outsiders, rebels, and the damaged. Taema and Tila are all three, and their strange past and unique bond make False Hearts a difficult book to put down."

— A. M. Dellamonica, author of Child of a Hidden Sea

Quotes

  • “Gritty and wise, your own pulse will be racing as you get caught up in this exciting tale.”

    — Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award–winning author
  • "[An] encompassing, fast-paced murder mystery in a cyberpunk, late twenty-first-century San Francisco… Alternating first-person perspectives from each twin, Lam expertly explores themes of identity, totalitarian governments, cults, mind control, and familial love…[with an] accurate portrayal of San Francisco’s diverse populace.”

    — Publishers Weekly
  • “January LaVoy’s confident narration takes listeners on a wild ride…Subtle but distinct variations in the twins’ voices make the dual points of view easy to follow, and LaVoy’s skilled nuances work equally well for the story’s secondary characters.”

    — AudioFile
  • “Gorgeous prose, vividly rendered characters, and a story that moves like a ballistic missile.”

    — Wesley Chu, author of Time Salvager
  • “Riveting.

    — F. Paul Wilson, creator of the. Repairman Jack series
  • False Hearts has an ingenious premise, and Laura Lam executes it flawlessly. Gritty and wise, your own pulse will be racing as you get caught up in this exciting tale.

    — Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Red Planet Blues
  • A multi-layered, suspenseful thriller, False Hearts explores themes of identity and power in a breakneck plot that keeps the pages turning.

    — Ilana C. Myer, author of Last Song Before Night
  • Gorgeous prose, vividly rendered characters, and a story that moves like a ballistic missile.

    — Wesley Chu, author of Time Salvager
  • A smart debut from someone who's clearly got what it takes.

    — Peter F. Hamilton, author of the Commonwealth Saga

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About Laura Lam

Laura Lam is UK-based writer known for her award-winning young adult fiction.

About January LaVoy

January LaVoy, winner of numerous awards for narration, was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine in 2019. She is an American actress best known for her character Noelle Ortiz on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. In addition to working extensively in narration and television, including roles on Law & Order and All My Children, she has worked on and off Broadway as well as in regional theater.