Nemo Rising

Name: Nemo Rising
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: C. Courtney Joyner
ISBN: 9781543663839

Author: C. Courtney Joyner

Narrator: Derek Perkins

Unabridged: 10 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 12/26/2017

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Sea Stories

Synopsis

An exciting sequel to the Captain Nemo adventures enjoyed by millions in Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.Sea monsters are sinking ships up and down the Atlantic Coast. Enraged that his navy is helpless against this onslaught and facing a possible World War as a result, President Ulysses S. Grant is forced to ask for assistance from the notorious Captain Nemo, in Federal prison for war crimes and scheduled for execution.Grant returns Nemo’s submarine, the infamous Victorian Steampunk marvel Nautilus, and promises a full Presidential pardon if Nemo hunts down and destroys the source of the attacks. Accompanied by the beautiful niece of Grant’s chief advisor, Nemo sets off under the sea in search of answers. Unfortunately, the enemy may be closer than they realize.…

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sam

I'd like to start this review with saying that I read the bad reviews here and have one thing to say: what book did they read?! C. Courtney Joyner's "Nemo Rising" was terrific! It gave an affectionate and knowing nod to the classic writing style of the original "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea......more

Goodreads review by Alain

Don't have a clue to what I just read. Book cover certainly had a lot of potential. Occasionally reads like a movie script. The final act (literally) could not justify the book's initial glacial pacing, bizarre characterizations, multiple viewpoints of the many players (both relevant & not) & near-bo......more

Goodreads review by Bon Tom

It's Nemo and his submarine. Very atmospheric, as expected. Nemo is true to his name, impossible character to deal with, but somehow always justified in his cinicism and right about everything. As a boy, I wanted to be Nemo and have cool sub for driving through depths with my friends. It seems, I st......more