The Chrysalids

By: John Wyndham

Narrated by: Noah Reid

David Strorm's father doesn't approve of Angus Morton's unusually large horses, calling them blasphemies against nature. Little does he realise that his own son, his niece Rosalind and their friends have their own secret aberration that would label them as mutants. But as David and Rosalind grow older it becomes more difficult to conceal their differences from the village elders. Soon they face a choice: wait for eventual discovery or flee to the terrifying and mutable Badland....

About the author: John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Benyon Harris was born in 1903, the son of a barrister. He tried a number of careers including farming, law, commercial art and advertising, and started writing short stories, intended for sale, in 1925. From 1930 to 1939 he wrote stories of various kinds under different names, almost exclusively for American publications, while also writing detective novels. During the war he was in the Civil Service and then the Army. In 1946 he went back to writing stories for publication in the USA and decided to try a modified form of science fiction, a form he called 'logical fantasy'.

©1955 John Wyndham (P)2021 Audible, Ltd

My Favourite in Secondary School

...and still a favourite. I have and reread this book at least a dozen times and now I can listen to it over and over. I was skeptical about the narrator at first, but he does a great job of bringing the story to life. I've always felt that this could have been a series. I always keep wanting more to the story when I finish it.

The Narration Really Made This!

Beautiful story! I hope this narrator does more audiobooks. Very talented. He might even have a future in acting I think. I'll definitely be listening to this again in the future.

fantastic story

started a little slow but really pulled me in. good premise and very good characters.

So good

This story was intriguing and easy to follow. Noah Reid’s reading is really great and easy to listen to. Overall, I would recommend this book!

I would be skeptical of mutated food, though

great story! love the "not everything different is bad" message. that being said, I would like my food thoroughly vetted before I ate it. idk what made the corn huge or the cow bald, and I'm not eating it until I know.