Blasphemy, Douglas Preston
Blasphemy, Douglas Preston
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Blasphemy
A Novel

Author: Douglas Preston

Narrator: Scott Sowers

Unabridged: 13 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/08/2008

Synopsis

In Douglas Preston's Blasphemy, the world's biggest supercollider, locked in an Arizona mountain, was built to reveal the secrets of the very moment of creation: the Big Bang itself.

The Torus is the most expensive machine ever created by humankind, run by the world's most powerful supercomputer. It is the brainchild of Nobel Laureate William North Hazelius. Will the Torus divulge the mysteries of the creation of the universe? Or will it, as some predict, suck the earth into a mini black hole? Or is the Torus a Satanic attempt, as a powerful televangelist decries, to challenge God Almighty on the very throne of Heaven?

Twelve scientists under the leadership of Hazelius are sent to the remote mountain to turn it on, and what they discover must be hidden from the world at all costs. Wyman Ford, ex-monk and CIA operative, is tapped to wrest their secret, a secret that will either destroy the world…or save it.

The countdown begins…

About Douglas Preston

DOUGLAS PRESTON has published forty books of both nonfiction and fiction, of which more than thirty have been New York Times bestsellers, a half-dozen reaching the #1 position. He is the co-author, with Lincoln Child, of the Pendergast series of thrillers. He also writes nonfiction pieces for the New Yorker. He worked as an editor at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University. He is president emeritus of the Authors Guild and serves on the Advisory Board of the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe.

About Scott Sowers

Scott Sowers has narrated numerous audiobooks, including books by Douglas Preston, Robert Ludlum, John Hart, and Nicholas Sparks. He was named the 2008 Best Voice in Mystery & Suspense by AudioFile magazine. AudioFile also awarded Sowers an Earphones Award for his narration of John Hart’s Down River, writing, “[providing] a bewitching rhythm and pace, expertly capturing and elevating this story of redemption. The combination of Hart and Sowers provides the perfect marriage of prose and voice. Together they enable the book to transcend genre fiction and become something exceptional.”  Sowers is also an accomplished actor of both stage and screen. His theater credits include roles in Inherit the Wind, A Streetcar Named Desire, Bus Stop, and A Few Good Men. His many television credits include guest roles on Law & Order, The Black Donnellys, Six Degrees, All My Children, and the Hallmark Channel’s Season for Miracles. He has also appeared in the films Trust the Man, The Village and The Ten.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Priscilla on 2008-07-02 16:37:41

Implausible is fine now and then and sometimes it's even great. But this was somewhat boring implausible.

Goodreads review by Matthew on June 27, 2019

3.5 to 4 stars Well, this was a very different Douglas Preston book. I was enthralled, but he also managed to make me quite uncomfortable. I have mentioned in previous reviews, posts, etc. that the ongoing (and increasingly aggressive) battle between religion and science disturbs me. At times, it dist......more

Goodreads review by Lowed on August 21, 2014

While tidying up my desk and figuring out how to make a review of this book, a friend approached me and tells me what she knew after making a little research on God: THERE IS NO GOD... THERE IS NO HEAVEN... NO HELL... NOT EVEN A PURGATORY... DANTE ALIGHIERI WAS A FAILED POLITICIAN WITH A VERY IMAGINATIVE......more

Goodreads review by Paul on September 11, 2023

A superb thriller that is DEFINITELY destined for mixed reviews! Isabella is a giant superconducting supercollider particle accelerator, the most expensive and probably the largest scale scientific experiment ever devised by man, designed to examine the state of the universe at the very moment of its......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on September 21, 2024

Who are the False Prophets Wyman Ford having long ago left the CIA and then decided he wasn’t destined to be a monk, went to Washington D. C. and hung up has shingle as a private detective. His first customer was a science lobbyist who hired him as a consultant and spy for the particle accelerator pr......more

Goodreads review by Nadine on December 10, 2021

Naja....Durchschnittsthriller mit schwachen Charakteren und wildem Handlungsverlauf... Wissenschaftler erforschen per Teilchenbeschleuniger "Isabella" schwarze Löcher und Co....doch irgendwann meldet sich aus dem Off eine Stimme...und verkündet eine neue Heilsgeschichte. Könnte es sein, dass hier Gott......more

Quotes

“Listeners are in exceedingly capable hands - Sowers never lets us down. He weaves together the complex subplots of what happens when science and religion collide.” —AudioFile

“When a talented reader narrates a spellbinding story by a consistently powerful author, great things happen in the audio world. Scott Sowers nails the suspense of Preston's latest novel; listeners will be grabbed from the very first line of this 'ripped from the headlines' story of science and religion clashing, with tragic results...Preston never fails to deliver a first-rate thriller, and with Sowers providing the outstanding narrative, listeners are in for a non-stop - and thought-provoking audio experience.” —Library Journal, starred review

“Preston's exhilarating and and absorbing science-based effort will thrill readers from the first page to the last. Michael Crichton wishes he could write half as well.” —Library Journal on Tyrannosaur Canyon

“If John Grisham had written Jurassic Park, he couldn't do better than Tyrannosaur Canyon.” —Stephen Coonts on Tyrannosaur Canyon

“Grandly entertaining...Intelligently told and never less than fun.” —The Washington Post on Tyrannosaur Canyon

“Scott Sowers's superb use of accents and inflections allows this archaeological thriller, a sort of Mexican Jurassic Park, to flow smoothly and blend a diverse collection of details...Sowers's narration of a dry and ironic pathologist talking to a local policeman as if she were talking to an idiot is masterful. The descriptions of T. Rex, which begin each new section, are compelling and awe-inspiring.” —AudioFile on Tyrannosaur Canyon

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