Star Wars: Cloak of Deception - James Luceno

Written by James Luceno
Read by Alexander Adams
Format: FLAC
Abridged

The audio sample provided accurately reflects the sound quality of this upload. It is not being streamed from Audible.
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Mired in greed and corruption, tangled in bureaucracy, the Galactic Republic is crumbling. In the outlying systems, where the Trade Federation maintains a stranglehold on shipping routes, tensions are boiling over—while back in the comfort of Coruscant, the hub of civilized space and seat of Republic government, few senators seem inclined to investigate the problem. And those who suspect Supreme Chancellor Valorum of having a hand in the machinations are baffled—especially when Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi foil an assassination attempt on the Chancellor.

With the crisis escalating, Valorum calls for an emergency trade summit. As Humans and aliens gather, conspiracies sealed with large sums of money run rampant, and no one is entirely above suspicion. But the greatest threat of all remains unknown to everyone except three members of the Trade Federation who have entered into a shadowy alliance with a dark overlord. While the trio will be content with more money and fewer problems, Darth Sidious has grander, far more terrifying plans.

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My FLAC rips are from CDs, not MP3 CDs, genuine uncompressed audio, FLAC allows me to keep the lossless audio quality of a CD without the larger file sizes of a WAV file or ISO. For the record, I do not use audible or MP3 CDs as a source for audiobooks. All of my audiobooks are from CD sources.

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Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
File size : 215 MiB
Duration : 1 h 10 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 426 kb/s
Album : Star Wars: Cloak of Deception
Track name : Unknown Title
Track name/Position : 1
Performer : James Luceno

Audio
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
Duration : 1 h 10 min
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 426 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 215 MiB (100%)
Writing library : libFLAC 1.3.2 (UTC 2017-01-01)