Major Audio Releases

Brooks, Terry. A Princess of Landover. 10 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 12 hrs. Brilliance Audio. ISBN 978-1-4233-9846-2. $99.97; 10 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library/retail eds.; digital download. F

Brooks's sixth "Magic Kingdom of Landover" title in 14 years; series narrator Dick Hill reads.

Eggers, Dave. Zeitoun. 10 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 11½ hrs. Recorded Bks. ISBN 978-1-4407-6413-4. $123.75; Playaway digital; digital download. F

The Pulitzer Prize nominee's long-awaited return to narrative nonfiction; reader TBA.

Frey, Stephen. Hell's Gate. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. NA hrs. BBC Audiobooks America. ISBN 978-0-7927-6055-9. $89.95; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F

A thriller diverging from the New York Times best-selling author's usual world-of-high-finance setting; Erik Steele reads.

Patterson, James. Alex Cross's Trial. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 hrs. Hachette Audio. ISBN 978-1-60024-948-8. $79.99; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; 8 CDs. retail ed. F

A Patterson novel "written" by character Alex Cross, read by Dylan Baker and Shawn Andrews.

Ransom, Christopher. The Birthing House. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 10½ hrs. Blackstone Audio. ISBN 978-1-4332-8922-4. $90; 9 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F

Edward Herrmann reads this horror fiction debut; the St. Martin's hc received a starred review, LJ 4/15/09.

Sheldon, Sidney & Tilly Bagshawe. Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 12 hrs. Blackstone Audio. ISBN 978-1-4332-9388-7. $100; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; Playaway digital; 10 CDs. retail ed. HarperAudio; digital download. F

The sequel to the late writer's No. 1 New York Times best seller, The Master of the Game (1982); Karen Ziemba reads.