Author: Travis Beacham | Narrator: Holliday Grainger, Esme Creed-Miles, Liam Cunningham, David Gyasi, Bella Ramsey, Himesh Patel, Indira Varma, Freddy Carter, Caroline Ford, Chloe Pirrie, Sacha Dhawan, Ralph Ineson, Ellie Bamber, Danielle Galligan, Andrew Gower
Runtime: 4 hours and 55 minutes | Genre: Post-Apocalyptic, Full-Cast, Vampires, Action, Cinematic Audio, Horror, Survival, Graphic Audio, Thriller, Dystopian, UK
A world plunged into eternal winter belongs to the vampires. Follow the human resistance in this full-cast, multi-part cinematic audio saga of survival and blood.
Eight years after a massive comet impact blots out the sun and plunges planet Earth into perpetual, freezing darkness, the remnants of humanity in the British countryside huddle inside a fortified fallout shelter known as Dunraven Castle. In this sunless wasteland, bloodthirsty vampire hordes have risen from the shadows to conquer the frozen surface, treating human survivors as cattle. When brave young fighter Darcy and her sister Hope venture outside into the snow to forage for supplies and defend their community, they discover that the predatory beasts are evolving—and that Darcy possesses a terrifying supernatural secret that could alter the fate of humanity forever.
Created specifically for the audio medium by *Pacific Rim* screenwriter Travis Beacham, *Impact Winter* utilizes cutting-edge binaural 3D audio design to deliver an intensely terrifying, cinematic thriller experience. The crunch of frozen snow beneath heavy boots, the sickening hiss of vampire fangs snapping in the dark, the echoes of underground caverns, and the clatter of pump-action shotguns echo around your headphones with heart-stopping spatial directionality. Highlighted as a premier original production in our Cinematic Audiobooks collection, this audio drama demonstrates the terrifying power of audio when stories are written from the ground up specifically for headphones.
Running at a brisk, pulse-pounding five hours of relentless tension, this audio blockbuster functions as an exhilarating, high-momentum investment for horror, thriller, and sci-fi fans. Beacham combines the claustrophobic dread of a zombie siege with high-stakes vampire mythology and rich emotional sisterly bonds that keep your adrenaline surging across every chapter. A single credit grants you front-row entry to a Hollywood-caliber acoustic spectacle that will have you constantly checking the dark corners of your room while listening in total suspense, proving that cutting-edge audio engineering can rival the most terrifying cinematic blockbusters ever brought to screen, keeping listeners thoroughly hooked from the first note to the final reveal.
Impact Winter Series Order: • Impact Winter (Season 1 – 4h 55m) • Impact Winter: Season 2 (Season 2) • Impact Winter: Season 3 (Season 3)
This blockbuster audio production features an extraordinary ensemble cast delivering theatrical performances tailored specifically for binaural headphones. Holliday Grainger anchors the drama with fierce emotional grit and vulnerability as Darcy, while Bella Ramsey brings youthful defiance and heartbreak to secondary scenes. Liam Cunningham and Ralph Ineson lend gravelly, battle-hardened gravitas to the older survivors. The 3D audio mastering is breathtaking—sound effects, weapon reloads, and chilling creature whispers travel dynamically through a 360-degree acoustic space, creating an intensely immersive, hair-raising cinematic experience.
*Note: Narrators may differ across regional releases and audiobook editions.