-
Island Life
- Narrated by: James Conlan
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy for $19.95
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
Berserker
- By: William Meikle
- Narrated by: Jonathan Waters
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For Tor and Skald this is their first Viking raid, and their minds are filled with thoughts of honor and glory. What awaits them are beasts - huge, hairy, and fanged, the Alma, who will not suffer intruders in their domain. When the Vikings slaughter a female Alma, they soon find themselves in the middle of a battle with vicious creatures bent on bloody revenge. Now they must stand and be counted, for destiny awaits in the mountains, where the hairy ones dance.
-
-
Viking Sci-fi
- By Son of Odin on 05-06-18
By: William Meikle
-
The Exiled
- By: William Meikle
- Narrated by: Chris Barnes
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When several young girls are abducted from various locations in Edinburgh, Detective John Granger and his brother Alan, a reporter, investigate the cases from different directions. The abductor is cunning, always one step ahead, and the only clue he leaves behind at each scene are the brutalized corpses of black swans.
-
-
Narration enhances Scottish crime thriller.
- By LilMissMolly on 01-02-15
By: William Meikle
-
Into the Black
- Tales of Lovecraftian Terror
- By: William Meikle
- Narrated by: Mike Cuellar
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this collection, you'll find some Mi-Go, Yog-Sototh, Shoggoths, King Arthur, British soldiers, some Deep Ones, scientists of various competencies, Roman centurions, the Antoinine Wall, a fair bit of singing, and some green blobby stuff.
-
-
Lovecraftian fix
- By Amazon Customer on 05-10-22
By: William Meikle
-
The Midnight Eye Files: The Amulet
- By: William Meikle
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Derek Adams is a Glasgow PI with plenty of time on his hands. Until the Bogart Case walks in. A priceless family heirloom has been stolen and everyone in town is looking for it. The stars are right once more, and an ancient evil has been awakened from its dreaming sleep. It was supposed to be an easy case, fast money. But pretty soon Derek is up to his armpits in bodies, femme fatales, and tentacles. The city's dark side has him. And it doesn't want to let the Midnight Eye go!
-
-
Amazing
- By Max on 07-02-20
By: William Meikle
-
Ghost Walk
- By: Brian Keene
- Narrated by: Chet Williamson
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Halloween is coming, and a new haunted attraction is open for business in LeHorn's Hollow. Folks will come from miles around to walk down the spooky trail and get scared witless. But there's one thing the owners of the ghost walk haven't counted on. There really is something waiting in the woods - a vast, ancient evil whose hunger threatens to consume all life on Earth. Soon, the unsuspecting customers will pay their money and get in line...to die.
-
-
A must listen
- By Jason on 04-29-17
By: Brian Keene
-
A Gathering of Crows
- By: Brian Keene
- Narrated by: Chet Williamson
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Brinkley Springs is a quiet little town. Some say the town is dying. They don't know how right they are. Five mysterious figures are about to pay a little visit to Brinkley Springs. They have existed for centuries, emerging from the shadows only to destroy, to kill. To feed. They bring with them terror and carnage, and leave death and blood in their wake. As the night wears on, Brinkley Springs will be quiet no longer. Screams will break the silence. But when the sun rises again, will there be anyone left to hear?
-
-
love Keene
- By saad alkashif on 01-03-18
By: Brian Keene
-
Berserker
- By: William Meikle
- Narrated by: Jonathan Waters
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For Tor and Skald this is their first Viking raid, and their minds are filled with thoughts of honor and glory. What awaits them are beasts - huge, hairy, and fanged, the Alma, who will not suffer intruders in their domain. When the Vikings slaughter a female Alma, they soon find themselves in the middle of a battle with vicious creatures bent on bloody revenge. Now they must stand and be counted, for destiny awaits in the mountains, where the hairy ones dance.
-
-
Viking Sci-fi
- By Son of Odin on 05-06-18
By: William Meikle
-
The Exiled
- By: William Meikle
- Narrated by: Chris Barnes
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When several young girls are abducted from various locations in Edinburgh, Detective John Granger and his brother Alan, a reporter, investigate the cases from different directions. The abductor is cunning, always one step ahead, and the only clue he leaves behind at each scene are the brutalized corpses of black swans.
-
-
Narration enhances Scottish crime thriller.
- By LilMissMolly on 01-02-15
By: William Meikle
-
Into the Black
- Tales of Lovecraftian Terror
- By: William Meikle
- Narrated by: Mike Cuellar
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this collection, you'll find some Mi-Go, Yog-Sototh, Shoggoths, King Arthur, British soldiers, some Deep Ones, scientists of various competencies, Roman centurions, the Antoinine Wall, a fair bit of singing, and some green blobby stuff.
-
-
Lovecraftian fix
- By Amazon Customer on 05-10-22
By: William Meikle
-
The Midnight Eye Files: The Amulet
- By: William Meikle
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Derek Adams is a Glasgow PI with plenty of time on his hands. Until the Bogart Case walks in. A priceless family heirloom has been stolen and everyone in town is looking for it. The stars are right once more, and an ancient evil has been awakened from its dreaming sleep. It was supposed to be an easy case, fast money. But pretty soon Derek is up to his armpits in bodies, femme fatales, and tentacles. The city's dark side has him. And it doesn't want to let the Midnight Eye go!
-
-
Amazing
- By Max on 07-02-20
By: William Meikle
-
Ghost Walk
- By: Brian Keene
- Narrated by: Chet Williamson
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Halloween is coming, and a new haunted attraction is open for business in LeHorn's Hollow. Folks will come from miles around to walk down the spooky trail and get scared witless. But there's one thing the owners of the ghost walk haven't counted on. There really is something waiting in the woods - a vast, ancient evil whose hunger threatens to consume all life on Earth. Soon, the unsuspecting customers will pay their money and get in line...to die.
-
-
A must listen
- By Jason on 04-29-17
By: Brian Keene
-
A Gathering of Crows
- By: Brian Keene
- Narrated by: Chet Williamson
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Brinkley Springs is a quiet little town. Some say the town is dying. They don't know how right they are. Five mysterious figures are about to pay a little visit to Brinkley Springs. They have existed for centuries, emerging from the shadows only to destroy, to kill. To feed. They bring with them terror and carnage, and leave death and blood in their wake. As the night wears on, Brinkley Springs will be quiet no longer. Screams will break the silence. But when the sun rises again, will there be anyone left to hear?
-
-
love Keene
- By saad alkashif on 01-03-18
By: Brian Keene
-
Near Dead
- By: Stephen R. George
- Narrated by: Rebecca Ehrenpreis
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Taylor Holdman was having a bad day. His wife, Rhonda, brutally murdered with their daughter three years ago, had suddenly appeared to him at an important business meeting. From beyond the grave, she sought his aid. And Taylor soon found that to help, he'd have to cross into her world.... Marilyn Briggs, a professional medium, was desperately needed. A little dead girl kept appearing to her, pleading to her - a little girl who wanted her murderer stopped...and wanted her daddy to help.
-
-
Creepy
- By Audrey E Adamson on 09-24-20
-
The Dark Tower I
- The Gunslinger
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the first book of this brilliant series, Stephen King introduces listeners to one of his most powerful creations: Roland of Gilead, The Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. In his desolate world, which frighteningly mirrors our own, Roland tracks The Man in Black, encounters an enticing woman named Alice, and begins a friendship with the boy from New York named Jake.
-
-
Abrupt Ending...
- By avoidthelloyd on 06-09-17
By: Stephen King
-
You See the Monster
- A Modern Horror Novel
- By: Luke Smitherd
- Narrated by: Luke Smitherd
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Guy is about to finish writing his breakthrough online article. He overheard the story by chance in a pub and it’s guaranteed to go viral - all he needs to do is persuade the World’s Unluckiest Man to talk to him. His best friend Larry’s quest for killer clickbait material has led him to a recently appeared shanty town in Glasgow, where he finds some kind of urban voodoo cult. Ex-cop Sam has already come face-to-face with the terrifying force behind both these phenomena, but he’s been trying to put it out of his mind.
-
-
A pleasant (horrifying) surprise
- By Theasophia on 10-24-21
By: Luke Smitherd
-
Haunted & Paranormal America
- Top 10 Haunted Places in the USA
- By: Richard Berrington
- Narrated by: Kevin Theis
- Length: 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Since the dawn of time, what we have come to know as America has had its fair share of activities and deeds done by people, animals, or manmade things in different places and locations across the country that have become associated with frequent appearance of ghosts and other telepathic incidents. As creepy as these supposed incidents are made to seem like, these incidents have sort of transcended from mere theories or made-up fiction to actual realities.
-
-
Spooky Paranormal Haunts!
- By RACHEL REED on 09-21-20
-
The End of the World Running Club
- By: Adrian J. Walker
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Edgar Hill is 35 and caught in his own headlock. Overweight slob, underperforming husband, and reluctant father - for Ed, the world may as well have already ended. So when it does end in a catastrophic asteroid strike and Edgar and his family find refuge in an Edinburgh army barracks, it comes as something of a relief. But nothing's ever that simple. Returning from a salvage run in the city, Edgar finds his family gone, taken to the south coast for evacuation by an international task force.
-
-
Production could be better
- By billfmkg on 11-05-20
By: Adrian J. Walker
-
True Crime
- By: Samantha Kolesnik
- Narrated by: Jennifer Pickens
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Suzy and her brother, Lim, live with their abusive mother in a town where the stars don’t shine at night. Once the abuse becomes too much to handle, the two siblings embark on a sordid cross-country murder spree beginning with their mom. As the murder tally rises, Suzy’s mental state spirals into irredeemable madness.
-
-
An unsettling story, an incredible narrator
- By Waylon Jordan on 02-14-21
-
Necroscope
- By: Brian Lumley
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 17 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Harry Keogh is the man who can talk to the dead, the man for whom every grave willingly gives up its secrets, the one man who knows how to travel effortlessly through time and space to destroy the vampires that threaten all of humanity.
-
-
WAITED FOR YEARS!!!! Awsome horror series!
- By John A. Carter on 12-21-15
By: Brian Lumley
-
Earthworm Gods
- By: Brian Keene
- Narrated by: Scott Weinberg
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
One day, it starts raining-and never stops. Global super-storms decimate the planet, eradicating most of mankind. Pockets of survivors gather on mountaintops, watching as the waters climb higher and higher. But as the tides rise, something else is rising, too. Now, in the midst of an ecological nightmare, the remnants of humanity face a new menace, in a battle that stretches from the rooftops of submerged cities to the mountaintop islands jutting from the sea. What hope does an already-devastated mankind have against this new supernatural adversary.
-
-
Highly recommended!
- By Old ManParker on 04-10-20
By: Brian Keene
-
Off Season
- By: Jack Ketchum
- Narrated by: Richard Davidson
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
September. A beautiful New York editor retreats to a lonely cabin on a hill in the quiet Maine beach town of Dead River - off season - awaiting her sister and friends. Nearby, a savage human family with a taste for flesh lurks in the darkening woods, watching, waiting for the moon to rise and night to fall.
-
-
Wow!
- By Barry S. Sharpnack on 11-22-09
By: Jack Ketchum
-
City of Golden Shadow
- Otherland, Book 1
- By: Tad Williams
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 28 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Surrounded by secrecy, it is home to the wildest dreams and darkest nightmares. Incredible amounts of money have been lavished on it. The best minds of two generations have labored to build it. And somehow, bit by bit, it is claiming the Earth's most valuable resource - its children.
-
-
Weird. Seriously weird.
- By Townsend on 05-15-15
By: Tad Williams
-
The Book of Cthulhu
- Tales Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft
- By: Ross E. Lockhart - editor
- Narrated by: Fleet Cooper, Teresa DeBerry
- Length: 27 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Cthulhu Mythos is one of the 20th century's most singularly recognizable literary creations. Initially created by H. P. Lovecraft and a group of his amorphous contemporaries (the so-called "Lovecraft Circle"), The Cthulhu Mythos story cycle has taken on a convoluted, cyclopean life of its own. Some of the most prodigious writers of the 20th century, and some of the most astounding writers of the 21st century have planted their seeds in this fertile soil. The Book of Cthulhu harvests the weirdest and most corpulent crop of these modern mythos tales.
-
-
Improves on Lovecraft, believe it or not
- By bookgurl on 04-29-14
-
Stinger
- By: Robert R. McCammon
- Narrated by: Nick Sullivan
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ever since the copper mine closed, the West Texas desert hellholes of Inferno and Bordertown have been slowly dying. Snake River isn't the only thing that divides them. Racism, gang wars, and anti-Mexican sentiment have turned the sun-scorched flatlands into a powder keg. If anything can unite them for now, at least in awe and wonder, it's the UFO that comes soaring out of the clouds like a flaming locomotive.
-
-
Alien Invasion F-U-N!
- By Char on 03-16-18
Publisher's Summary
On a small, sparsely populated island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, a group of archeology students are opening what seems to be an early Neolithic burial mound. Marine biologist Duncan McKenzie is also working on the island, staying with the lighthouse caretakers, Dick and Tom, while he completes his studies of the local water supply.
One afternoon the three men are disturbed in their work by the appearance of a dazed female student from the excavation, who is badly traumatized. She tells of the slaughter of the rest of her party by something released from the mound.
Soon everyone Duncan knows is either missing or dead and there are things moving in the fog. Large, hulking, unholy things. Things with a taste for human flesh.
What listeners say about Island Life
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Sharron
- 02-27-14
Action, suspense, folklore & plenty of SCARES!!!
I really enjoyed this book! It entertained me immensely and I will definitely look for William Meikle's other works. Since there are so many different types of "horror" novels out there and not everyone's definition of "scary" will be the same, I'll do my best to help you decide if this book is right for you without giving anything away.
First of all, this is definitely what I would consider a monster/supernatural horror novel but it certainly is one of the best I've read since so many are often comical rather than scary. One of my favourite types of suspense when it comes to supernatural horror is the author's ability to create fear with atmosphere, isolation, darkness and most importantly-with the character' s actions and senses. Meikle delivers a fantastic read by taking us to a small island on the Scottish countryside where we learn of ancient myths, folklore and we are introduced to ALL its inhabitants with great detail. Meikle also offers a generous amount of backstory on our supernatural villain which I thought was a BIG PLUS. I also felt he did a great job overlapping several different sub-plots through various characters/chapters and created a story that flowed seamlessly from start to finish. My favourite parts were with Duncan wandering through the fog and all of the many noises, smells and EXTREMELY SCARY descriptions of what he saw---so well done! This book was also well-paced so I finished it in just a few reads and didn't want to put it down.
My only critique so to speak (and the reason I only gave it 3 stars) is due to the same thing I come across in almost all modern horror: unnecessary/unrealistic SEX scenes! Ugh! I could not help but roll my eyes when the lead lady in the story rips the clothing off of our protagonist Duncan and has sex with him during the most ridiculous circumstances...definitely written by a man! No women behave like that!!! Aside from that, I felt the ending was very lazy and unsatisfactory...it just didn't seem to fit considering all of the work the author put into the rest of the book.
Overall, this book was worth the credit and one of the best "creature features" I've read in a while! The narrator also did a great job and added authenticity to the characters. If you like the supernatural and the idea of being creeped out by evil, malevolent creatures beneath a Scottish burial mound, give this a go!
6 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Robin
- 03-11-14
Boring
the author started with a good idea but could not pull it off. He tried to take on too many small stories and lost the story. What a shame.
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Shieldslinger
- 02-05-14
Great story! Memorable characters!
Where does Island Life rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
It's a favorite! I will definitely give it another listen!
What did you like best about this story?
The end of the world beginning in the Scottish Isles.
Which character – as performed by James Conlan – was your favorite?
Duncan, the protagonist, was my favorite. He was very easy to identify with.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I felt like cheering at the end.
Any additional comments?
I really enjoyed this, it was one of those books where the characters felt like old friends by the end.
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Tota
- 12-10-21
Good
I was given this free review copy at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
Good
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- SKELTER
- 10-22-21
An American butchers Scottish accents.
Good story let down by getting an American narrator who can't do Scottish accents to read a story set entirely in Scotland. Why? Who's dumb idea was this? Will they get a job better suited to their skill level, say cleaning toilets?
To be fair the narrator has a good voice but was way out of his depth with this one.