Carrion Comfort

Dan Simmons’s Epic Thirty-Nine-Hour Geopolitical Thriller of Mind Control and Psychic Vampires in Audio

Behind the assassinations, political upheavals, and catastrophic conflicts of the twentieth century lurks a secret cabal of human predators who possess 'The Ability'—the telepathic power to hijack human minds and use ordinary people as disposable marionettes in a deadly global chess game. Led by Nazi camp survivor Saul Laski and courageous sheriff Bobby Joe Gentry, a desperate band of hunters traces this trail of psychic carnage from the crematoriums of Chelmno to the decadent celebrity estates of Hollywood and the violent streets of Philadelphia, risking their own sanity to expose and eliminate the aristocratic monsters who feed upon human violence. Joined by courageous psychiatrist Natalie Preston and French resistance veteran Father Joseph, the aging Saul battles the psychic attacks of the ruthless billionaire Quentin Herms and sociopathic producer Tony Harod, pursuing them across violent political rallies and blood-soaked private islands.

On audio, *Carrion Comfort* functions as a colossal, globe-trotting thriller that combines the high-stakes espionage of John le Carré with the supernatural dread of Stephen King. Narrators Mel Foster and Laural Merlington bring chilling psychological depth to the monstrous villains, voicing the cold, predatory detachment of Melanie Fuller and her wealthy co-conspirators with terrifying banality. Highlighted in our Horror and Thriller catalogs alongside Simmons's The Terror and Stephen King’s It, this nearly forty-hour recording turns mind control into an intensely suspenseful auditory masterclass that will keep your pulse racing.

Clocking in at nearly forty hours of intricate plotting and relentless momentum for a single credit, this release represents extraordinary value for fans of ambitious, long-form thrillers. Simmons fearlessly examines the philosophical nature of human complicity, fascism, and the banality of evil, delivering explosive gunfights, cross-country hunts, and psychological showdowns that never lose their grip. Investing a monthly credit in this dark, brilliant doorstopper secures weeks of transportive listening that proves why this cult classic remains one of the crowning summits of twentieth-century horror literature.