Out Like a Light

audiobook

Out Like a Light

by Randall Garrett, Laurence M. Janifer

EN·~5 hours·17 chapters

Chapters

17 total

Illustrated by Freas

16:35

OUT LIKE A LIGHT - By MARK PHILLIPS

0:16

II.

19:09

III.

11:37

IV.

22:28

V.

22:28

VI.

12:16

VII.

23:37

VIII.

23:54

IX.

18:56

Description

Kenneth Malone, a hulking FBI operative with a penchant for night‑time wanderings, finds his life upended when a seemingly ordinary street‑side encounter spirals into a baffling mystery. After a seductive stranger lures him into his sleek red Cadillac, Malone awakens under a solitary streetlamp with a pounding head and no memory of how he got there. The surreal scene sets the tone for a case that blends hard‑boiled detective work with off‑beat, almost psychedelic twists.

As Malone scrambles to piece together the missing moments, he confronts a world of telepathic spies, strange experiments, and a city that feels both familiar and oddly distorted. The narrative balances witty banter, vivid noir imagery, and a creeping sense of unease, inviting listeners to join an unconventional sleuth on a quest for answers that may be as elusive as the dream he just left behind.

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Language

en

Duration

~5 hours (296K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Greg Bergquist, Bruce Albrecht and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2008-01-28

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the authors

Randall Garrett

Randall Garrett

1927–1987

A prolific mid-20th-century science fiction and fantasy writer, he became especially known for witty, idea-rich stories and for creating the popular Lord Darcy mysteries. His work ranged from pulp-magazine adventures to clever alternate-history fantasy, often published under a variety of pen names.

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Laurence M. Janifer

Laurence M. Janifer

1933–2002

A prolific American science fiction writer, he built a career that stretched across more than 50 years and ranged from sharp satire to fast-moving adventure. He also wrote under several names, leaving a large and varied body of work for genre readers to discover.

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