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    Humane Killer
    Humane Killer
    Humane Killer
    Audiobook2 hours

    Humane Killer

    Written by Diana Gabaldon and Sam Sykes

    Narrated by Jill Tanner

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Diana Gabaldon teams with her son, fantasy author Sam Sykes, for this exclusive audio fantasy short from Recorded Books. Sorry Outlander fans, no highlanders or time travelers in this story, but there is a pot-smoking zombie.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateOct 31, 2014
    ISBN9781490635606
    Humane Killer
    Author

    Diana Gabaldon

    DIANA GABALDON is the author of the award-winning, #1 New York Times best-selling Outlander novels, described by Salon magazine as “the smartest historical sci-fi adventure-romance story ever written by a science Ph.D.” She serves as co-producer and advisor for the Starz network Outlander series based on her novels.

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    • 3/5
      I did not care for the reading of this book. The narrator obviously had no heart for it, and it came through. Very disappointing in what was otherwise a cute story.
    • 3/5
      Good story, but I have to admit I GRIMACED at the narrator’s pronunciation after this word came up five and then probably another twenty-five times in the space of a couple of hours…perhaps a synonym or two?? Picky maybe, but it really grated.