Death Valley, Eden Francis Compton
Death Valley, Eden Francis Compton
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Death Valley

Author: Eden Francis Compton

Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla

Unabridged: 8 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/14/2023

Categories: Fiction, Crime


Synopsis

Love has a brother … and his name is hate.Life was never easy for Marcus, even before his parents’ murder/suicide in a seedy trailer park in Florida. Now he’s landed in Vegas with his older brother, Mac, hoping to start over. But plans usually go sideways when Mac’s involved. He’s a mean brawler, and Marcus all too often ends up on the receiving end. Then Marcus meets Trina—a ray of hope in his sea of despair. He’s smitten. Trina, however, has a thing for bad boys, and Mac is as bad as they come. After an unlikely stroke of good fortune dumps a heap of cash in their laps, their pressure-cooker existence explodes and all hell breaks loose.Death Valley is a story of how far you can push someone before they finally push back. It’s about love, greed, and the wide-open desert where men mostly end up dead.

About Eden Francis Compton

Eden Francis Compton enjoys exposing the dark underbelly of humanity while diving deep into the human heart, the human psyche, and the wonderful absurdity of life itself. Eden is a published and anthologized poet, with several literary awards for poetry. Eden’s debut novel, Emily (Level 4 Press, 2022), was praised for its “madness” and “lovely language.”

About Chris Andrew Ciulla

Chris Andrew Ciulla, an Earphones Award–winning narrator with over 350 credits, is an on-screen actor, voice actor, host, boxing analyst, and radio personality. He has performed characters for the popular video game series Fallout and Mafia, and can be heard frequently voicing commercial campaigns. A versatile performer with over twenty-five years of experience, he produces original audio content under his own production banner, Leonardo Audio.

About Diane Taylor

Diane Taylor is the author of seven nonfiction books for young readers, ages nine to fifteen. Her titles from Nomad Press include World War II: From the Rise of the Nazi Party to the Dropping of the Atomic Bomb, The Renaissance Thinkers, and The Science of Natural Disasters: When Nature and Humans Collide. She also writes fiction for adults; Death Valley is her first novel with Level 4 Press. Diane lives in Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cara on July 09, 2025

I enjoyed the pacing of this book! Snyder did a nice job of combining several different elements: high-stakes historical and modern poker games, the dying Wild West, a mystery-thriller, budding romance, and time travel — all against the backdrop of the Mojave. The book attempts to use a lot of trope......more

Goodreads review by Feathered Quill Book Reviews on June 19, 2025

You know that kind of book that sneaks up on you — you start it expecting a dusty desert adventure or a ghost-town legend and suddenly, you're halfway through and emotionally invested in a man trying to reconcile with his past, his brother, and a mystery that’s followed him for twenty-five years? Th......more