About the Book
"From a debut voice comes a genre-breaking blend of apocalyptic sci-fi and epic fantasy about a scattered group of unlikely heroes traveling across their broken mechanical planet to stave off eternal darkness. A tightly-coiled puzzle of a thrill ride, The Failures launches The Wanderlands trilogy.Welcome to the Wanderlands.A vast machine made for reasons unknown, the Wanderlands was broken long ago. First went the sky, splintering and cracking, and then very slowly, the whole machine--the whole world--began to go dark. Meet the Failures.Following the summons of a strange dream, a scattering of adventurers, degenerates, and children find themselves drawn toward the same place: the vast underground Keep. They will discover there that they have been called for a purpose--and that purpose could be the destruction of everything they love. The end is nigh.For below the Keep, imprisoned in the greatest cage ever built by magicians and gods, lies the buried Giant. It is the most powerful of its kind, and its purpose is the annihilation of all civilization. But any kind of power, no matter how terrible, is precious in the dimming Wanderlands, and those that crave it are making their moves. All machines can be broken, and the final cracks are spreading. It will take only the careless actions of two cheerful monsters to tip the Wanderlands towards an endless dark...or help it find its way back to the light.Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!Performed by Scott McCormick, Jenna Sharpe, Aure Nash, Michael Glenn, Mecca Rogers, Henry W. Kramer, Stephanie Nemeth-Parker, Torian Brackett, Khaya Fraites, Terence Aselford, KenYatta Rogers, Holly Adams, Robb Moreira, Taylor Coan, Danny Gavigan, Kay Elluvian, Christopher Williams, Stewart Crank, Christopher Walker, Peter Holdway, Laura C. Harris, Michael John Casey, Lydia Kraniotis, Christopher Graybill, Drew Kopas, Steve Wannall and LaMont Ridgell.
About the Author :
Benjamin Liar is a writer, musician, filmmaker and game designer. He has been writing for most of his life, but The Failures is his first published novel. He has performed his music under many names and in many places, has won several local awards for short filmmaking, and recently published a virtual reality game. His name is clearly a pseudonym, but you still shouldn't trust anything he says.
Scott McCormick is an in-demand narrator with a background in film and stage acting. Torian Brackett is a theatre-trained, New York-based voiceover actor who has lent his talents to audiobooks, video games, and audio dramas. Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales on 27 October 1914. In 1934 his first book of poetry, Eighteen Poems appeared, followed by Twenty-five Poems in 1936, Deaths and Entrances in 1946 and in 1952 his final volume, Collected Poems. He also published many short stories, wrote filmscripts, broadcast stories and talks, did a series of lecture tours in the United States and wrote Under Milkwood, the radio play.During his fourth lecture tour of the United States in 1953, a few days after his 39th birthday, he collapsed in his New York hotel and died on November 9th at St. Vincent's Hospital. His body was sent back to Laugharne, Wales, where his grave is marked by a simple wooden cross.In June 1994, his wife, Caitlin Thomas, died in Italy, where she had spent most of the years of her life after the death of Dylan Thomas. Her body is buried next to his.
Terence Aselford is an in-demand narrator with a background in film and stage acting. Stephanie Németh-Parker is a SAG-AFTRA audiobook narrator, voiceover artist, and actress with over thirty years of experience. With a voice that has been described as warm and soothing, her versatility and adeptness with accents has enabled her to work on a multitude of projects.
Henry W. Kramer is a resident DC-based voice actor of several years, with a BA in theater from St. Mary's Honors College. He has worked with companies such as Blunderwoman Productions, Graphic Audio, and now Tantor Audio, with parts ranging from western cowpokes, to aristocratic lordlings with parental issues, to romantic interests possessed by ancient Peloponnesian Gods of Law and Rule. A few of the books he has narrated include the Myrrosil Chronicles by Steven C. McCullough, the Soldiers of Earthrise series by Daniel Arenson, and the Caleb Books series by Ted Dekker. Aure Nash is a DC-based voiceover actress who specializes in the romance genre. With an instinctive flair for passionate expression and a background in creative writing, she brings characters to life, alluring audiences and making the listening experience unforgettable.
