Boston, Massachusetts Jun 26, 2024 (Issuewire.com) - Immoral Influence Publications (IIP) continues a vibrant summer publication season by releasing its second audiobook on August 13th, 2024. The BLOOD TRIAD audiobook by Raven Belasco will be narrated by Bahni Turpin, Tavia Gilbert, and Paul Rogan, and produced by Punch Audio.
Bahni Turpin (pictured) is an actress (Star Trek Voyager), activist, yoga instructor, and the award-winning narrator of Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone. She is the AudioFile Earphones Award Winner of 2019: "Bahni Turpin’s breathtaking narration will keep listeners rooted to their seats, listening intently.” Banhi brings to life the “am’r” (vampire) Zoraida in a story which Booklife by Publisher’s Weekly calls “pulsing with feeling.” “In ‘Teeth Are Bones,’ readers are transported to Haiti, where Zoraida and her lover and patar, Kgosi, fight for the liberation of their homeland amidst the backdrop of historical atrocities.”
Performer, producer, and writer Tavia Gilbert is an award-winning storyteller with more than 20 years’ of expertise in audio. She has also been nominated for or won nearly every possible award, including the coveted Audie Award for Best Female Narrator, for her emotional, evocative, powerful voice acting. Tavia embodies Astryiah in "Abyssinia," which follows the story of am’r woman Astryiah and her romantic relationship with Palmina in Prohibition-era Philadelphia, a story drawn from the life of Belasco’s grandmother, as the protagonists aid women seeking abortions in a society unwilling to afford them support and services. Kirkus Reviews describes “Abyssinia” as “a surprisingly romantic love story that will leave readers with tears in their eyes, and a powerful, timely read.”
Tavia says, “Cities are sweltering this summer, and the city story of Abyssinia pulses with heat. I love that energy in this story — and performing two beautiful, independent, brave women whose lives intertwine. Abyssinia is equal parts sexy, swagger, tenderness, and feminine power. Hope it’s just a taste of more to come from the world of Palmina and Astryiah!”
Paul Rogan (pictured) is a voice actor (The Ruin of Delicate Things by Beverley Lee), comedian, actor (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), director and improviser. He has numerous credits as a voice performer in BBC Radio comedy series, and don’t get him started on his hundreds of stand-up, improv, and sketch gigs. Paul brings to life both Scottish am’r Dubhghall and Viking am’r Wulfhram in “Blood Brothers,” a tale which explores their enduring bond forged through centuries of shared battle, love, and laughter. From Kirkus: “All three stories feature well-developed characters, impressive emotional intensity, and a dark, lyrical writing style. A fight scene from ‘Blood Brothers,’ for instance, is described thusly: ‘As he rolled, blood spun out and caught in the twilight like a little whirlwind of garnets.’”
Paul says of “Blood Brothers” that “the action sequences in particular were very immersive and exciting to deliver. Most fun on this gig as a voice guy with lots of accents and dialects, was bouncing around between Noosh’s geeky girl American, Dubhghall’s American voice which lapses into Scottish from time to time, Wulfhram’s Norse accent, and the other voices that pop up. I tried to identify as much as possible with Noosh’s geeky passion. I really tried to get a sense of how the two guys would feel after being alive for so many hundreds of years.”
Speaking about the project, Raven says, “I cannot thank Punch Audio enough for finding the most absolutely flawless matches for each of these stories. They feature characters I am especially fond of, and hearing them be brought to life to such a degree of perfection is actually a really emotional experience for me.”
BLOOD TRIAD is book 3.5 in THE BLOOD & ANCIENT SCROLLS series and can be read as a standalone. This fresh and unique exploration of the vampire myth rolls smoothly cross-genre to check boxes for fantasy, horror, history, and action-adventure fans.
BLOOD TRIAD will be available to buy directly from IIP, as well as from Audible, Barnes & Noble, Libro.fm, Chirp Books, Hoopla, Kobo, audiobooks.com and more. It can also be requested through Overdrive or Libby at your local library.
About Raven Belasco
Raven Belasco is the goth geekette author of the Blood & Ancient Scrolls series. Blood Triad, the latest book in the series is available for preorder on Amazon. Belasco is also the editor of the charity anthology Adventures in Bodily Autonomy. Find her at www.ravenbelasco.com
About Punch Audio
Punch Audio is an audiobook production group based in Los Angeles, California and Pensacola, Florida. Over the years they have earned a reputation for being the “best produced audiobooks for indie authors.” Find them at www.punchandroll.com
About Immoral Influence Publications
IIP is dedicated to variety, diversity, quality, and originality. This press is for readers who are ready to push beyond the limits of genre, find unique characters like themselves, and love beautifully crafted tales. Find them at: www.immoralinfluence.com
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