Impact, Douglas Preston
Impact, Douglas Preston
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Impact

Author: Douglas Preston

Narrator: Scott Sowers

Unabridged: 11 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/05/2010

Synopsis

In Douglas Preston's Impact, Wyman Ford is tapped for a secret expedition to Cambodia... to locate the source of strangely beautiful gemstones that do not appear to be of this world.

A brilliant meteor lights up the Maine coast... and two young women borrow a boat and set out for a distant island to find the impact crater.

A scientist at the National Propulsion Facility discovers an inexplicable source of gamma rays in the outer Solar System. He is found decapitated, the data missing.

High resolution NASA images reveal an unnatural feature hidden in the depths of a crater on Mars... and it appears to have been activated.

Sixty hours and counting.

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

Goodreads review by Arah-Lynda on December 05, 2017

Score! ! Two young women witness a brilliant meteor that lights up the sky and then falls to earth just off the Maine coast…………. Be warned, for such a small book, this one hosts a big, big story, so you best tinkle, if need be, gather your tea and biscuits, get comfy, strap in. You’re going to be her......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on October 13, 2020

I love reading the books Preston & Child write together. But, I also enjoy checking out their solo work. Impact is Preston's third entry in the Wyman Ford series. Maybe not loving it as much as the Pendergast series, but still very good. If you are looking for Indiana Jones type action combined with......more

Goodreads review by Paul on March 07, 2024

ET ... call home?? Wyman Ford, a former CIA agent turned freelance investigator, first introduced to Preston's fans in TYRANNOSAUR CANYON and BLASPHEMY, returns to complete a solo undercover mission to locate a secret Cambodian mine hidden deep in the north Vietnamese jungles. The mine is turning out......more

Goodreads review by BookishDramas on November 09, 2024

I have been a big fan of the illustrious duo, Mr. Preston here and his co-conspirator, Lincoln Child who have created the Pendergast series. Those stories have their own style and feel. But the individual novels by both authors have also left their mark with me and I lap up almost everything they pu......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on October 12, 2024

Eyes on the Sky Abbey Straw and her best friend Jackie are trying out Abbey’s new telescope, when what appears to be a meteor streaks across the night sky and disappears somewhere in the ocean. Abbey has a plan to borrow her father’s lobster boat to go in search of the meteor, certain it must be valu......more

Quotes

“Scott Sowers's fully voiced reading is perfect...Sowers's accomplished, finely tuned pacing will keep listeners hooked. Great family listening for a long journey.” —SoundCommentary.com

“Be warned, once you start listening to this you'll will not want to switch it off... Definitely recommended!” —SFCrowsnest.com

“I highly recommended Impact on all levels. It is one of the best books I have ‘read' in a long time.” —SF Revu

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