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The Regional Office Is Under Attack!: A Novel Audiobook, by Manuel Gonzales Play Audiobook Sample

The Regional Office Is Under Attack!: A Novel Audiobook

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Read By: Mike Chamberlain, Sarah Scott, Susan Hanfield, Natasha Soudek Publisher: Penguin Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 7.17 hours at 1.5x Speed 5.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: April 2016 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780399567445

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

146

Longest Chapter Length:

06:45 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

13 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

04:25 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Publisher Description

In a world beset by amassing forces of darkness, one organization—the Regional Office—and its coterie of super-powered female assassins protects the globe from annihilation. At its helm, the mysterious Oyemi and her oracles seek out new recruits and root out evil plots. Then a prophecy suggests that someone from inside might bring about its downfall. And now, the Regional Office is under attack.   Recruited by a defector from within, Rose is a young assassin leading the attack, eager to stretch into her powers and prove herself on her first mission. Defending the Regional Office is Sarah—who may or may not have a mechanical arm—fiercely devoted to the organization that took her in as a young woman in the wake of her mother’s sudden disappearance. On the day that the Regional Office is attacked, Rose’s and Sarah’s stories will overlap, their lives will collide, and the world as they know it just might end.   Weaving in a brilliantly conceived mythology, fantastical magical powers, teenage crushes, and kinetic fight scenes, The Regional Office Is Under Attack! is a seismically entertaining debut novel about revenge and allegiance and love. Read by Sarah Scott, Natasha Soudek, Susan Hanfield, and Mike Chamberlain.

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“Four narrators tackle Gonzales’s cheeky take on mystical powers, secret organizations, and the shadowy forces of evil. Sarah Scott and Susan Hanfield capture, with exasperation and prickly personalities, the stories of two young women who are on opposite sides of the attack on the Regional Office. Mike Chamberlain balances pathos and humor in his portrayal of the hapless office workers caught in the fray. Natasha Soudek is given the most difficult task—interstitial sections in the style of an academic paper that give the listener background on the founding and eventual dissolution of the Regional Office…An irreverent and enjoyable listen.”

— AudioFile

Quotes

  • “The Regional Office really IS under attack! This is not metaphor! It is a wry and propulsive work of inventive fiction by a terrific young writer! Read it!”

    — Jess Walter, New York Times bestselling author
  • “Delightfully weird, weirdly delightful! Manuel Gonzales clearly has a labyrinth of a brain—all stuffed with monsters, trapdoors, and complicated heroes. Sign me up as a member of the fan club, please.”

    — Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble and Magic for Beginners

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About Manuel Gonzales

Manuel Gonzales is the author of the acclaimed story collection The Miniature Wife, winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, and the John Gardner Fiction Book Award. A graduate of the Columbia University Creative Writing Program, he teaches writing at the University of Kentucky. Gonzales has published fiction and nonfiction in Open City, Fence, One Story, Esquire, Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, and The Believer. He lives in Kentucky with his wife and two children.

About the Narrators

Sarah Scott is an actress and producer, known for The Artist, Haunted Boat, and The Darkside of Happiness. She has narrated several audiobooks.

Susan Hanfield is an Audie Award–winning narrator who comes from a strong classical theater background and loves bringing deep characterizations to all of her work. She has narrated over twenty books, including Ru Emerson’s six-book Night-Threads series. On camera, she has been seen commercially and in numerous international, national, and regional network spots. She also played the title character in Magdalene, an award-winning short film.

Natasha Soudek was raised in the South, speaks native German, lived in Berlin and Vienna, and finally settled in the Lower East Side of New York City. After honing her stage presence by studying acting and playing hundreds of live music shows (singing and playing bass), she moved to LA to record with Channel/DreamWorks and act on TV. Her voice is as distinct and memorable as the range of characters she’s played on-screen.