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Winter Dark

Audible's Thriller of the Year 2019

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Winter Dark

By: Alex Callister
Narrated by: Ell Potter
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When you buy murder online, who is there to stop you?

GCHQ agent Winter has just 14 days to bring down the website of a formidable criminal organisation before a teenager is tortured to death in front of an online audience of millions. Going deep under cover disguised as the paid assassin Snow White, Winter must infiltrate the inner circle of the extraordinarily powerful man at the heart of the dark web. This is a gripping, fast-paced ride through a disturbingly plausible technological future in which Callister’s protagonist must battle to bring down the terrifying crimes tearing through society.

About Winter
Master hacker, highly intelligent, combat trained: Winter is a very modern spy. Worlds apart from the straitlaced characters created in the minds of Ian Fleming and John le Carré , Alex Callister's lead protagonist wouldn't dream of playing the part of the impeccable agent. However, despite her intimidating skillset, Winter is delightfully human and often prone to prioritizing her libido over her employer. Undeniably sexy and exceptionally accomplished, Winter is a true 21st-century heroine.

About the Author
Alex Callister is the pseudonym of an industry expert on media, telecoms and internet stocks. She studied history at Oxford and the British School at Rome and was set for a career in academia until the beginning of the tech boom woke a lifelong interest in internet shares. Alex has spent her career visiting high security web hosting sites and speculating on what might go wrong. Winter Dark is her debut novel and the first in the Winter series.

Please note: This audiobook contains graphic adult content.

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About Winter

Master hacker, highly intelligent, combat trained: Winter is a very modern spy. Worlds apart from the straitlaced characters created in the minds of Ian Fleming and John le Carré , Alex Callister's lead protagonist wouldn't dream of playing the part of the impeccable agent. However, despite her intimidating skillset, Winter is delightfully human and often prone to prioritizing her libido over her employer. Undeniably sexy and exceptionally accomplished, Winter is a true 21st-century heroine.

A thrilling performance from rising star Ell Potter

Introducing the Slashstorm website
Winter goes Russian
Meeting the Marquise (explicit)
Winter gets into the ring
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A note to our listeners

She's terrifyingly quick-witted and intimidatingly sexy with a superhuman skillset: Winter is a woman to be reckoned with. Everyone on the Audible team was immediately drawn to Winter, and we didn’t hesitate in naming this our Thriller of the Year 2019. Alex Callister has perfectly captured today's mood, so cast aside all your current preconceptions of traditional spy novels because Winter Dark puts you right in the middle of a terrifying near-future world plagued by perverse online crime.

Ahead of the audiobook's release on 21st March, we put some of our thoughts on film.
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About the Narrator

Ell Potter is in her final year at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). She has appeared in the school’s productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, playing Helena, and New England, playing Alice Berry. She is also a writer and comedian, and in 2018 took her two-woman show HOTTER to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where it enjoyed a sellout run and was named an Evening Standard Best New Writing of 2018. It has since secured a transfer to the prestigious Soho Theatre. She has been entered for the 2019 Carleton Hobbs BBC radio drama competition. Ell has devoured audiobooks for as long as she can remember, growing up on Harry Potter and His Dark Materials during long car journeys. Winter Dark is her first audiobook.

Meet the author of Winter Dark

Alex Callister is the pseudonym of an industry expert on media, telecoms and internet stocks. She studied history at Oxford and the British School at Rome and was set for a career in academia until the beginning of the tech boom woke a lifelong interest in internet shares. Alex has spent her career visiting high security web hosting sites and speculating on what might go wrong. Winter Dark is her debut novel and the first in the Winter series.
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Gripping and charming

You can’t help but fall for Winter’s unusual charm as we follow her adventures through a story of twists and turns. The exceptional narration is key to the ease with which I could follow the story - I was so unbelievably immersed in this other world. Escapism at its finest.

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Fantastic punchy far fetched thriller, loved it !

It's pretty much James Bond but with a large dollop of racy sauce. I don't think this takes itself particularly seriously and it's all ab it far fetched but it's a really fun listen with some great fights, chases and some twists and turns. I'm pretty sick of "Gone Girl", "Girl on the Train" stuff that takes itself far too seriously and under delivers every time, I'm far happier with 10 hours of page turning action, spend a credit on this, you'll love it.

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Clever clever writing

This is Black Mirror Meets Bond territory. Winter is a plausible punchy hero who exists in a terrifying reality. Slick clever writing. 'Thriller of the Year' may be a bold claim, but Callister delivers here.

Utterly un-put-downable this is a must purchase new release. Great to see Audible releasing such a compelling Original.

Can't wait for the film - or better still the sequel. Ell Potter's narration was bang on the mark bringing all the characters believably to life.

Go Winter!

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Really exciting story

We listened to this over the course of a holiday involving many hours of driving and it was brilliant entertainment. Every time we stopped we were left wanting to know what would happen next! Would recommend if you like thrillers.

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An illicit romance at the heart of a dark thriller

I don’t normally read thrillers but the trailer and blurb on this one promised a strong female secret agent character to rival Bond or Bourne so I thought I would give it a go. The action takes place across a series of glamorous (and some not so!) glamorous locations all vividly described. The heroine has virtually superhuman abilities and a penchant for sex and violence. There are many twists and turns as we travel through the criminal underworld with our larger than life heroine, while she tries to discover the identity of the ‘Prince of Darkness' and stop the threatened televised terror from going ahead.

This is a vision of a dystopian near future where the darker side of the web predominates. But it is also a thriller with a love story - albeit not your average love story! The romance side is accentuated by the fairy tale elements which I did not expect - Snow White obviously, but also Bluebeard in his castle, the mirror, mirror elements, and hints of beauty and the beast - all with a dark twist.

All in all a gripping piece of story-telling.

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Better than I expected

Thrillers are.not usually my type of read/listen but I thought I would give the thriller of the year a go and it didn't disappoint. Twists and turns, confusion, guess work which could turn out to be right or wrong. Maybe I will give a few more thrillers a read.

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brilliant

brilliant gripping had me immersed i would definitely recommend it to anyone a thrilling listen

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Winter chills !

Brilliant book from start to finish. So many twists and turns right to the end. Next fearless female icon. Make it into a film!!! Well done Alex Callister. Can’t wait to hear Winter Rising.

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Brilliant!!!!

Loved it. Can highly recommend it, story, narration all excellent - use a credit and get it now!

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Brilliant, Gripping!

Excellent story, frightening concept. Winter is a brilliant character. Incredibly strong, feminine and deadly, you would not mess with Winter! Worth noting, not to be listened to if your mother-in-law is around! 😟

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