Roil

· Brilliance Audio · Narrated by Ralph Lister
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11 hr 4 min
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Shale is dying. A vast, chaotic, monster-bearing storm known only as the Roil is expanding, consuming the land. The last humans are fighting back with ever more bizarre new machines, but the Roil seems unstoppable. Whole cities have been consumed—where once there were twelve, now only four remain.

It’s up to a decadent wastrel, a four thousand year-old man, and a young woman bent on revenge, to try to save their city—and the world.

Shale is dying. A vast, chaotic, monster-bearing storm known only as the Roil is expanding, consuming the land. The last humans are fighting back with ever more bizarre new machines, but the Roil seems unstoppable. Whole cities have been consumed—where once there were twelve, now only four remain...

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Trent Jamieson is an Australian writer. His first short story "Threnody" was published in 1994. His other works includes Slow and Ache, which won the 2005 Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story and Cracks, which won the 2008 Aurealis Award for best young-adult short story. Day Boy was the winner of the 2015 Aurealis Awards Best Fantasy Novel and Best Horror Novel. His novels include Death Most Definite, Managing Death and The Business of Death which are in the Death Works series. He wrote a duology which includes Roil and Night's Engines. Jamieson is a former teacher. He taught at Clarion South Writers Workshop and Queensland University of Technology. He was a magazine editor. And currently he is a bookseller in West End.
Trent Jamieson is an Australian writer. His first short story "Threnody" was published in 1994. His other works includes Slow and Ache, which won the 2005 Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story and Cracks, which won the 2008 Aurealis Award for best young-adult short story. Day Boy wa...

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