Duplex, Orson Scott Card
Duplex, Orson Scott Card
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Duplex
A Micropowers Novel

Author: Orson Scott Card

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 9 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/07/2021


Synopsis

New York Times bestselling authorHugo and Nebula Award–winning authorWhen Ryan’s crush, Bizzy Horvat, moves into the other half of his family’s duplex, he is swept up into a world of micropotents and micropowers. It becomes Ryan’s job to protect Bizzy from people who want to kill her.Ryan wakes up to find his contractor dad building walls to turn their big old house into a duplex. The family that moves into the other side includes Bizzy Horvat, the pretty girl he has a crush on at school. Bizzy claims her mother is a witch with the power to curse people with clumsiness or, in Bizzy’s case, astonishing beauty.When a bee gets caught in Bizzy’s hair, Ryan acts so quickly and radically to save her from getting stung that he attracts the attention of a group of micropotents—people with micropowers. He soon realizes that Bizzy and her mother also have such powers. It becomes Ryan’s job, with the help of the other micropotents, to protect the Horvats from a group of witch hunters from their native country, who are determined to kill Bizzy, her mother, and all the other “witches”—micropotents—who have gathered to protect them.

About Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card, the author of the New York Times bestseller Ender’s Game, has won several Hugo and Nebula awards for his works of speculative fiction. His Ender novels are widely read by adults and younger readers and are increasingly used in schools. Besides these and other science fiction novels, Card writes contemporary fantasy, American-frontier fantasy, biblical novels, poetry, plays, and scripts.

About Stefan Rudnicki

Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than five thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than nine hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014, and was named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices in 2012.

About Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom, CBE, is an English film and stage actress, known for leading roles in plays such as Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll’s House, and Long Day’s Journey into Night, along with nearly sixty films and countless television roles, during a career spanning over six decades. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Queen’s birthday honors for services to drama.


Reviews

First of all, totally didn’t know this was book two of a series. Second, it was still a really good book!! The bizarreness is fun and humorous and unlike anything I’ve ever read before. This whole idea of micropowers was so interesting and seemed really believable to me. Like almost anyone could hav......more

Goodreads review by Josh

My experience with Orson Scott Card up to this point had only been through his classic Ender’s Game saga. I wasn’t sure what to expect from him outside of that genre and those characters and wasn’t at all prepared for what I found in Duplex. All of the OSC tropes are there: hyper-intelligent kid, ex......more

Really enjoyed this "micropwers" YA fantasy book! I've been a fan of author Orson Scott Card for a long time, so was excited to hear he had a new book coming out, and really enjoyed Duplex! The idea of Micropowers- small, often silly super powers certain people have was delightfully played out, and re......more


Quotes

“Duplex is a page-turner and Card makes you believe.” Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, FL)

“A fun romp that’s part sweet love story and part action movie.” Kirkus Reviews