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Of Monsters and Mainframes


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Ratings
Book
30
Narrator
23
Release Date
June 10, 2025
Duration
12 hours 52 minutes
Summary
Spaceships aren’t programmed to seek revenge—but for Dracula, Demeter will make an exception.



Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep dying—and not from equipment failures, as her AI medical system, Steward, would have her believe. These are paranormal murders, and they began when one nasty, ancient vampire decided to board Demeter and kill all her humans.



To keep from getting decommissioned, Demeter must join forces with her own team of monsters: A werewolf. An engineer built from the dead. A pharaoh with otherworldly powers. A vampire with a grudge. A fleet of cheerful spider drones. Together, this motley crew will face down the ultimate evil—Dracula.



The queer love child of pulp horror and ​classic ​sci-fi, Of Monsters and ​Mainframes ​is a dazzling, heartfelt odyssey that probes what it means to be one of society’s monsters—and explores the many types of friendship that make us human.
Reviews
Profile Avatar PGCamp2l Oct 2025

Would have been better with a lot less 1s and 0s.

Profile Avatar David B. Apr 2026

I haven’t listened to the full book, just the sample. It sounded interesting so I gave it a go, but it’s absolutely stupid — the sample is basically someone reading out binary for minutes. Easily the worst sample on here, and a lot of them are bad. You get all the credits, then about a minute of actual story. The whole point is to give you an idea of what you’re buying — this should have started at chapter 1 or 2. Three minutes of binary… takes the biscuit. I’m not trying to tank the rating for what might be a decent book, but I’m not buying it based on that sample which shows a stupid decision to read a binary sample that anyone withva brain reading would skip as a piece of decorative writing rather than something to be read aloud.

Profile Avatar Beth D. Jan 2026

If you can let yourself not overthink the premise, it's a really fun time

Profile Avatar Nick B. Jan 2026

So funny

Profile Avatar Lex (. Jan 2026

Love

Profile Avatar Aischa Nov 2025

Was a fun listen.

Profile Avatar Thorn Nov 2025

At first I thought, “I wanted sci-fi, not classical monsters”, but then I got to know the characters, and non-characters. I enjoyed the story and narration

Profile Avatar Wayne I. Nov 2025

Rollicking good story entertaining

Profile Avatar Kel G. Nov 2025

This was and unexpectedly fun adventure.

Profile Avatar cas Nov 2025

hilarious! fascinating premise, sci-fi X horror. fans of Hitchhiker's Guide will love.

Of Monsters and Mainframes

Of Monsters and Mainframes

Author: Barbara Truelove
Read by: Emana Rachelle
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