Clones: The Anthology

I’ll admit, I approached *Clones* expecting another recycled cautionary tale about hubris and science. Boy, was I wrong. Walker doesn’t just recycle tropes—she weaponizes them. The standout story, *The Second Skin*, is a gut-punch about a black-market clone trying to outrun her own manufactured existence, narrated by Santomasso with a quiet, trembling vulnerability that’ll stick with you long after the credits roll. Hopkins, meanwhile, chews through *Corporate Savior* like a man who’s seen one too many boardroom eugenics meetings, his voice dripping with the kind of cynicism that makes you question every tech CEO’s next TED Talk. The production is sleek—no tinny narration or awkward pauses—just two pros who clearly relished diving into the moral sludge of Walker’s world. That said, a few stories, like *Facsimile*, drag just a hair too long in their second acts, and the anthology’s scope occasionally feels uneven, swinging from brilliant to forgettable without warning. But if you want sci-fi that doesn’t just ask ‘what if?’ but demands ‘now what?’, this is your audiobook. Just don’t listen before bed—you’ll be up all night agonizing over whether you’d clone yourself.