Torchwood Ghost Train

By: James Goss

Narrated by: Kai Owen

It’s not easy being Rhys Williams. You’re married to the sexiest woman in Torchwood. She saves the world for a living, you move lorries round in a timely fashion. Suddenly, you’ve got a mystery of your own. Oh, it starts off being about missing fridges. But it leads to a midnight train pulling into an abandoned platform at Cardiff Station. What is the mysterious cargo that Rhys is unloading from the train? Where’s it going? And what can be behind it? Rhys Williams is going to get to the bottom of it. All by himself, thank you very much. Soon Captain Jack is missing, his wife’s dead, and it’s up to Rhys to try and put everything right. And find those fridges... Written specially for audio by James Goss, Ghost Train is set before the ‘Children of Earth’ TV story and features Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones, as played by John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd in the hit series from BBC Television. It is read by Kai Owen, who plays Rhys.

Very entertaining!

I'm a huge Torchwood fan and I love that this was narrated by Kai Owen. You can hear the difference between the different characters- a really nice job narrating.

Kai Owen really makes this story.

Where does Torchwood: Ghost Train rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is in the top 5 Torchwood stories I've listened to yet.

What about Kai Owen’s performance did you like?

Kai Owen's reading is spot on for the pace of the story.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, I did want to listen in one sitting, but was not able to. I have listened several times though because the story was so enjoyable.

Any additional comments?

I thoroughly enjoy Kai's readings of the Torchwood stories.

In which we hear from Rhys

I've listened to this so many times, and I still love it. We get so used to hearing things from the hero's point of view...this is the chance for a secondary character to explain Torchwood from an outsider's perspective. And boy, what a perspective! Thoroughly enjoyable, with tense moments and laugh-out-loud on the bus moments, well written and well narrated.

Delightful Torchwood story

I didn't like Rhys very much in first two seasons of the show, but I fell in love with his character in this story. Rhys as Sherlock and Colombo in one person is just hilarious and Kai Owen is amazing narator and he is clearly enjoying it. And his impersonation of Ianto is pitch-perfect. This is one of my favourite Torchwood audios.