A Stir of Echoes (Library [Audio CD]

Matheson (Author), Richard (Author), To Be Announced (Narrator) (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2009

Tom Wallace lived an ordinary life, until a chance event awakened psychic abilities he never knew he possessed. Now, he's learning shocking secrets he never wanted to knowincluding one from beyond the grave!

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Scott Brick's taut, urgent voice masterfully renders Matheson's psychic thriller. When the skeptical Tom Wallace is hypnotized at a dinner party, he gains an uncanny power to see future events and becomes haunted by a dead woman. As his condition prophesizes more and more troubling events, his marriage and sanity start to unravel--which Brick mirrors in an increasingly desperate narration. Brick's fevered whisper ratchets up the pressure until the stunning climax--in which it sounds as if Tom is truly possessed. Still startlingly fresh 50 years after its publication, A STIR OF ECHOES makes listeners believe that there's much darkness in the world, even in the sunniest of Los Angeles suburbs. This audio production is far more eerie than the film. F.G. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc.; Unabridged edition (March 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1433267454
• ISBN-13: 978-1433267451
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,083,177 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A UNIQUE THRILLER SPLENDIDLY READ, June 20, 2009

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This review is from: A Stir of Echoes (Library (Audio CD)

The pairing of best-selling author Matheson and award winning narrator Brick is a formidable one. Together they have created a unique, chilling tale guaranteed to produce goose bumps and maybe even nightmares.

For openers we hear: "The day it all started--a hot, August Saturday--I'd gotten off work a little after twelve. My name is Tom Wallace; I work in Publications at the North American Aircraft plant in Inglewood, California. We were living in Hawthorne, renting a two-bedroom tract house owned by one of our next-door neighbors, Mildred Santas."

Tom sounds like an ordinary guy, doesn't he? Don't be deceived (remember Matheson's The Shrinking Man and his television work on The Twilight Zone?) Arriving home one day he finds that his brother-in-law, Phil, has come to visit. After supper their conversation turns to hypnotism with Phil claiming he can hypnotize Tom. At first Tom shies away from this and then agrees, saying, "What have I got to lose?"

The answer to that is everything and more. Quite suddenly he begins to realize that he has psychic abilities, qualities he never imagined he possessed. He can hear the thoughts of other people and learns things he could have gone all his life without knowing. But, even more shocking is a message he receives from beyond the grave. Unimaginable events follow.

Matheson's book is the inspiration for the popular film starring Kevin Bacon. Listening is even more pulse pounding than seeing - enjoy!

- Gail Cooke