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Descension: A Gripping Supernatural Thriller
- Psychic Surveys, Book 5
- Narrated by: Sheila Dearden
- Series: Psychic Surveys, Book 5
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Horror
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Publisher's Summary
Descension is the fifth book in the best-selling Psychic Surveys series, featuring plot twists, compelling characters, and a mystery at its dark heart!
This is what we're dealing with here: the institutionalized.
Brookbridge housing estate has long been a source of work for Psychic Surveys. Formerly the site of a notorious mental hospital, Ruby and her team have had to deal with spirits manifesting in people’s homes, still trapped in the cold grey walls of the asylum they once inhabited. There have been plenty of traumatic cases but never a mass case – until now.
The last remaining hospital block is due to be pulled down. It is a building teeming with spirits of the most resistant kind - the institutionalized. With the help of a newfound friend, as well as Cash and her colleagues, Ruby attempts to tackle this mammoth task. At the same time, her private life is demanding attention, unravelling in ways she could never imagine.
She's about to delve deep into madness. Will she ever find her way back?
Discover the Psychic Surveys series today:
- Psychic Surveys Book One: The Haunting of Highdown Hall
- Psychic Surveys Book Two: Rise to Me
- Psychic Surveys Book Three: 44 Gilmore Street
- Psychic Surveys Book Four: Old Cross Cottage
- Psychic Surveys Book Five: Descension
Psychic Surveys companion novels
- Eve: A Christmas Ghost Story
- Blakemort
- Thirteen
Please note: Only Eve, Blakemort, and Thirteen are stand-alone stories. The main books in the Psychic Surveys series are best heard in sequence, and there will be six in total.
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- Steven Harrington
- 04-13-19
Wonderful
A terrific series. Waiting impatiently for book 6in this series. Loved the entirely mesmerizing. Absolutely terrific.
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- rhonda self
- 10-24-18
I love this series
Shani struthers is a captivating writer. I look forward to reading or listening to more of her books in the future.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-27-20
very good
another great listen about the team and getting more info about the other members can't wait for the next one
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- Wendy Davies
- 12-08-20
Narration too distracting
I love Shani Struthers, can't get enough of her books. But really ... this narrator? The lady cannot say the letter "R", and our main character's name is Ruby, who deals with spirits. So we have "Wuby" and the "spiwits" - sounding very Monty Python, and I find it hard to take the story seriously.
My next read was going to be Comraich which is a sequel to Jessamine - read in the beautiful Scottish lilt of Toni Frutin and set in Scotland. However I now find that Sheila Dearden has narrated this too so I will be giving the Audible version a miss. I don't think I can cope with hearing "Comwaich" over and over again!
Her diction and emphases are all wrong too. She puts emphasis on the wrong word in a sentence, giving it a whole different meaning. Then I find myself correcting it in my head which detracts from listening to the story.
Please get a better narrator to do Shani's work justice.
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- Katt collins
- 06-01-19
Another great story
I have loved all the psychic survey books but they are getting better and better. All the characters are growing and coming into their own, Jed is my favourite and I hope that somehow Cash will one day be able to see him with his own eyes, that would be amazing.
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- Jeffus
- 02-19-19
Another cracker
Shani Struthers delivers yet another great book, in the Psychic Surveys series! Hoping for another visit to Blakemort in book 6?!