Where to Start with Rhett C. Bruno
- Best entry point → The Roach
- Best standalone → The Luna Missile Crisis
- Start the Children of Titan series → This Long Vigil
- What fans keep coming back to → Titanborn
- Highest rated by listeners → Vicarious
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Word of Truth
Buried Goddess Saga • Book 6
by Rhett C. Bruno, Jaime Castle
Narrated by Luke Daniels
★ 4.18 ABR Score (675 ratings)★ 4.55 Goodreads (276) ★ 4.85 Audible (399)23h 18m listening time • Released 2020Luke Daniels brings a 23-hour epic to life with such commanding presence that the final battle sequences feel genuinely apocalyptic. By book six, this saga earns its emotional weight, and his narration makes every devastating loss hit harder.
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The Roach
Narrated by R.C. Bray
★ 4.14 ABR Score (1.9K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (533) ★ 4.49 Audible (1.4K)10h 1m listening time • Released 2020R.C. Bray's gravelly delivery transforms this noir vigilante tale into something genuinely haunting—a fallen hero's descent hits different when narrated by someone who makes broken sound inevitable.
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This Long Vigil
Children of Titan
by Rhett C. Bruno, Jaime Castle
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 3.98 ABR Score (2.0K ratings)★ 4.03 Goodreads (719) ★ 4.5 Audible (1.3K)Ray Porter's gravelly delivery transforms a man's defiant final act into something deeply human—he makes you feel the weight of 25 years trapped in routine, and the terrifying freedom of choosing your own end.
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Titanborn
Children of Titan • Book 1
Narrated by R.C. Bray
★ 3.95 ABR Score (5.9K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (2.0K) ★ 4.38 Audible (3.9K)7h 23m listening time • Released 2019R.C. Bray transforms a morally compromised bounty hunter into someone you can't stop rooting for—his gravelly delivery makes every compromise cut deeper, every choice feel earned.
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The Luna Missile Crisis
by Rhett C. Bruno, Jaime Castle
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 3.85 ABR Score (2.4K ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (486) ★ 4.32 Audible (2.0K)14h 57m listening time • Released 2020Ray Porter's narration elevates this Cold War sci-fi thriller into something genuinely propulsive—he nails the paranoia and momentum of a world where aliens force superpowers into an uneasy alliance.
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Vicarious
Narrated by Wil Wheaton, Katherine McNamara
★ 3.85 ABR Score (2.6K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (814) ★ 4.33 Audible (1.8K)13h 5m listening time • Released 2021Wil Wheaton and Katherine McNamara anchor a mind-bending sci-fi thriller about reality TV taken to its darkest extreme—their dual narration makes you question which world you're actually invested in.
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Mind Burn
by Rhett C. Bruno, T.E. Bakutis
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
★ 3.83 ABR Score (335 ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (283) ★ 4.15 Audible (52)12h 46m listening time • Released 2023Edoardo Ballerini brings razor-sharp precision to this cyberpunk noir, making the mind-hacking premise feel genuinely terrifying when someone else controls your body.
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Brimstone (Ascendant Wars Book 2)
The Ascendant Wars • Book 2
by Rhett C. Bruno, M.B. Vance
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 3.69 ABR Score (121 ratings)★ 4.18 Goodreads (83) ★ 4.26 Audible (38)11h 11m listening time • Released 2024Ray Porter elevates this military sci-fi sequel with surgical precision, making the nested power games and moral compromises hit harder than the explosions. If you loved the first book's ruthless momentum, this deepens it.
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