Final Victim, Ray Bradbury
Final Victim, Ray Bradbury
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Final Victim
A Hunter Haunted by His Past

Author: Ray Bradbury, Henry Hasse

Narrator: Scott Miller

Unabridged: 1 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scott Miller

Published: 01/08/2024


Synopsis

A frightened young man flees across an asteroid’s razor-sharp cliffs, desperately trying to reach safety before a patrolman guns him down. But what begins as a manhunt becomes something far stranger when the killer patrolman, Jim Skeel, returns to base—carrying secrets darker than any vacuum outside the dome. Soon, a vengeful sister, a notorious pirate, and a nightmare swarm of nocturnal alien creatures collide in a deadly trap where survival depends on light, nerve, and truth. Final Victim is a tense, atmospheric journey through guilt, frontier justice, and the line between duty and obsession—without ever revealing what waits at the final moment.Ray Bradbury and Henry Hasse—lifelong friends and early collaborators—wrote a number of remarkable stories together before Bradbury became one of the most influential voices in 20th-century speculative fiction. Their joint work blends Hasse’s hard-edged, pulp-era momentum with Bradbury’s signature humanity and emotional resonance. Bradbury would go on to create The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, and decades of world-defining short fiction, while Hasse became known for tales of cosmic scale such as He Who Shrank.Together they forged early space adventures that shaped the tone of modern sci-fi. Final Victim showcases the raw energy of two great talents on the rise.

About Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, and poet. He became a full-time writer in 1943 and contributed numerous short stories to periodicals before publishing a collection of them, Dark Carnival, in 1947.
His reputation as a writer of courage and vision was established with the publication of The Martian Chronicles in 1950, which describes Earthlings' first attempts to conquer and colonize Mars and the unintended consequences. Next came The Illustrated Man and Fahrenheit 451, which many consider to be Bradbury's masterpiece. Other works by Bradbury include The October Country, Dandelion Wine, A Medicine for Melancholy, Something Wicked This Way Comes, I Sing the Body Electric! Quicker Than the Eye, and Driving Blind. In all, Bradbury published more than thirty books and close to six hundred short stories. He has been awarded the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award, the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America, and the PEN Center USA West Lifetime Achievement Award, among others.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Suzanne on February 14, 2025

I was very disappointed in the ending of this book. I did not like it at all. Read all these books for this ending? She deserved a happy ending.......more

Goodreads review by Monnie on December 25, 2024

Is a serial killer on the loose? That's a question detective Megan Carpenter, with help from her partner detective Ronnie Marsh, must answer - and time, of course, is of the essence. And as the investigation continues, it looks more and more like Megan herself is in the killer's sights. Being a targe......more

Goodreads review by Jené on January 28, 2025

The prologue was intriguing, but the first chapter overwhelmed me with too much backstory too quickly. I struggled to connect with Megan and found myself disengaged from the narrative. Frequent references to past cases, friends, and murders felt irrelevant and distracting, almost like intrusive adver......more

Goodreads review by Anna on February 24, 2025

I read all of the books in this series in order. Spent 6 books growing attachments to these characters and this is how we’re ending it? So many loose ends. This better not be the last book. It’s giving game of thrones final season energy and I am not here for it. Do not waste my time Gregg give Mega......more

Goodreads review by Christine on December 11, 2024

This was so good!!! A creepy and disturbing novel but with a very likeable and capable police team! The plot remained scary even though I did guess a few things! The conclusion was a clever and intriguing end! I loved it all! This was my first novel by Gregg Olsen, and won't be the last! An immersiv......more