Just One Damned Thing After Another

An Audible Original Drama

By: Marty Ross

Narrated by: Gemma Whelan, Ben Miles, Jonathan Bailey, Zara Ramm

Time travel meets history in this new drama adaptation by Marty Ross.

'So tell me, Dr Maxwell, if the whole of history lay before you...where would you go? What would you like to witness?'

When Max, a recent ancient history graduate, is offered a mysterious job at St Mary's Historical Research Institute, she quickly comes to realise this isn't any old stuffy research library. At St Mary's the historians don't just study the past - they revisit it.

What begins as an academic exploration of events, such as the Peterloo Massacre, takes a dark and dangerous turn, and the historians of St Mary's soon learn that it's not just history they're fighting....

Follow the tea-soaked disaster magnets of St Mary's as they rattle around history. Because wherever these historians go, chaos is sure to follow.

Starring Gemma Whelan (SAG nominated, Game of Thrones, Gulliver's Travels), Ben Miles (SAG nominated, The Crown, V for Vendetta), Jonathan Bailey (Broadchurch, Leonardo, The Mercy) and Zara Ramm (narrator of the original Chronicles of St Mary's audiobooks), this Audible Original production will transport you to iconic moments throughout history, from the Cretaceous period to the destruction of the Great Library at Alexandria.

©2017 Marty Ross (P)2017 Audible, Ltd

Critic reviews

"A Terry Pratchett- and Neil Gaiman-inspired adventure." ( NME)

"If you’re already a fan of the series, this is a no-brainer." ( Starburst)

"Once you've started listening, you'll find it hard to stop until the story is complete." ( Sci-Fi Online)

"What begins as an academic exploration of events such as the Peterloo Massacre, takes a dark and dangerous turn...." ( Daily Mirror)

I wanted to like this so much more

Great cast, outstanding source material but it just didn't translate to this format. The sounds effects were mostly distracting and there was so much yelling and heavy breathing that it just became annoying half the time.

Didn’t care for this version

Liked the original if you had not read that you didn’t quite know what was going on! Even with all the side effects!

So Well Done

First of all, both Jodi Taylor and Zara Ramm are treasures, and I am so grateful for their talents. Taylor’s St. Mary’s universe is one so many of us adore, and Zara Ramm is always the perfect Max…bring on the tea!

I found this Audible production to be fantastically well done, and I wish that -all- of Taylor’s St. Mary’s titles could be brought to full life this way.

Zara Ramm is so ridiculously good at differentiating between the characters’ voices—she is a towering talent—but it was so much fun to have this particular novel made real with all the different characters and sound effects (I didn’t think it was possible to dislike B*tch Barclay more, but the actress who voiced her was so good!)…Sussman in particular truly showed up, for better or worse, as a complicated and conflicted character. Arguably the only misstep for me was Leon…the actor who voiced him was great, but Leon’s character was quite different from his much quieter, more nuanced, slow-burn novel persona.

Fans of this series might have quibbles with minor differences in the story…I couldn’t care less about those. I was just glad to get my ears on this.

I really hope there are more St. Mary’s books that will be done as Audible Originals. (I haven’t found any thus far if they have). All I can say is a genuine bravo to Audible and the cast for such an entertaining listen.

thrilling

amazing cast. listened to every minute on the edge of my seat! highly recommended.

It's...okay

It's not bad. Well-researched. Voice actors are great. It just...didn't hold my interest for some reason. And felt kind of...heavy? Idk how to describe it. Maybe it just wasn't my cup of tea.