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Whispers of the Sower

By: Martin Parece
Narrated by: Daryl Branson, Brittney LaBelle
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“All I ask is that you love me... the way I love you.”

From Storytrade Award and Penmasters Global Fiction Award winning author Martin V. Parece II comes a masterclass in science fiction horror. “This is [Martin’s] love letter to Ridley Scott and Lovecraft. It’s Alien meets Dreams in the Witch House with the lyrical prose of Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation.”

Laura Reynolds is a career executive for Argent Mining, driven by one goal – to earn her promotion and win back custody of her daughter on Mars. Her chance finally comes when a company freighter limps into Aldebaran Gateway Station, nearly empty, carrying a single message from the colony on Tànjiu II: a doctor’s plea for help, a warning laced with paranoia.

Laura assembles a team of professionals to investigate. Their mission is simple: travel to Tànjiǔ II, assess the situation, and get the mine back to full capacity. But what awaits them on that frozen world isn’t malfunction or mutiny. Colonists are missing. The survivors are plagued by headaches, nightmares, and violent delusions. And something vast and ancient is whispering from somewhere between oblivion and reality, sowing visions of love, faith, and rebirth.

And all she asks?
Love her the way she loves us.

©2025 Martin Parece, Parece Publishing (P)2026 Martin Parece, Parece Publishing Science Fiction Space Exploration Scary Witchcraft Mars Magic Users
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Overall, the story was okay, though the dialogue seemed forced at times and the character development was slightly flat and inconsistent. My biggest gripe was with the narration, though. While I like the idea of dual narration, I think it was the wrong choice for this story. Switching the narrators to match the sex of the POV characters only works if the whole scene stays within that character’s POV. This book however has multiple chapters where the POV suddenly jumps to another character, and that becomes very jarring when that new POV character is of the opposite sex. On top of that, the volume and power of the narrators’ voices were also not synched with each other, making the male voice jarringly louder and the female voice too soft in comparison. At least in the beginning. It didn’t stand out to me as much later in the book but I’m not sure if that was because the voice were more balance or because I just got used to it. Another problem was an inconsistency with the sound effect when Eliza and James used the breathing masks toward the end of the story. When they first put the masks on, were in Eliza’s POV and we hear her voice clear and normal while James’ sounds tinny to simulate that Eliza was hearing it through comm system or the mask. But in the next chapter when we are in James’ POV, both voices are clear even though they are still wearing their masks, and then suddenly Eliza’s becomes tinny again. I think if the story would have had a single narrator, I would have enjoyed it more and my rating would have probably been better.

Story was good but narration could have been better

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If you’re listening to Whispers of the Sower, prepare for an experience not just a story.
The narrative carries a heavy, almost dreamlike tone that works incredibly well in audio form. The slow build of tension, combined with the emotional stakes of Laura’s journey, makes it feel immersive like you’re drifting through space alongside her, unsure of what’s waiting in the dark.The horror isn’t loud it creeps in.
Moments of silence feel just as important as the words.This is the kind of audiobook you listen to late at night, lights off, letting the atmosphere do its work.

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