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Black River Orchard

By: Chuck Wendig
Narrated by: Kalani Queypo, Gabra Zackman, Brittany Pressley, Xe Sands, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Cindy Kay
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A small town is transformed by dark magic when strange apple trees begin bearing fruit in this new masterpiece of horror from the bestselling author of Wanderers and The Book of Accidents.

It's autumn in Harrow, but something is changing in the town besides the season.

Because in that town there is an orchard, and in that orchard grows a new sort of apple: strange and beautiful, with skin so red it's nearly black.

Take a bite of one of these apples and you will you will become stronger. More vital. More yourself, you will believe. But soon your appetite for the apples and their peculiar gifts will keep growing - and become darker.

This is what happens when the townsfolk discover the secret of the orchard. Soon it seems that everyone is consumed by an obsession with the magic of the apples...and what's the harm, if it is making them all happier, more confident, more powerful?

But now the leaves are falling. The days grow darker. And a stranger has come to town, a stranger who knows Harrow's secrets. Because it's harvest time, and the town will soon reap what it has sown.

©2023 Chuck Wendig (P)2023 Penguin Audio Dark Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Magic Paranormal
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I was introduced to Wendig we he did the Star Wars trilogy, and since then I haven’t looked back. I absolutely loved and instantly was hooked with Black River Orchard. Do yourself a favour, listen to it, read it whatever your preference and give in to the weirdness. You won’t regret it. Also the full cast did an amazing job.

Wendig at his weirdness

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A master of show don’t tell who walks the walk and talks the talk. He knows how to show terror, but also kindness. True rollercoaster. Wendig’s characters have deep, complex inner life, they feel alive. And you get to learn about apples! The performance of readers is top notch.

Wendig’s Americana weirdness is the best

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