Ripper, David L. Golemon
Ripper, David L. Golemon
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Ripper

Author: David L. Golemon

Narrator: Richard Poe

Unabridged: 15 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/14/2013


Synopsis

The real Jack the Ripper is loose, and this time he's brought friends to the darkness of the deep desert in the newest adrenaline rush from David Golemon, the New York Times bestselling author of Legacy.

In the tradition of works by James Rollins, Preston and Child and Matthew Reilly, Ripper is the latest in an action-packed series about the nation's most secret agency—The Event Group. In 1887, the British Empire contracted brilliant American professor Lawrence Ambrose to create a mutant gene to turn an ordinary person into an aggressive fighting machine. But all too quickly, Ambrose was found to be behind a streak of vicious murders, and in a cover-up of massive proportions, Queen Victoria ordered the project, and Ambrose, terminated. Thus the legend of Jack the Ripper was born.

The killings stopped as suddenly as they had begun—but not because Ambrose was caught. Instead, he escaped and returned home to America where he and his formula faded into history. But in 2012, a raid against a Mexican drug lord uncovers a small cache of antiquated notebooks containing long-buried instructions to create blind killers out of normal men. Enter the Event Group and Col. Jack Collins, who are desperate to stop one of their most feared enemies.

When the formula is loosed in the underground halls and vaults of the Event Group complex itself, brother will battle brother, and for the first time in many men's brave lives they will understand the true meaning of fear.

The next heart-stopping chapter in the New York Times bestselling Event Group series, Ripper takes readers to new levels of suspense, where death could be hiding around any corner on this non-stop thrill ride.

“[A]n explosive combination that features the author’s immense imagination. It’s difficult to ground such fantastic science and weirdness in reality, but Golemon makes it look effortless … tense, terrifying—and worth the investment. Readers not familiar with the Event Group will find this book the perfect place to start.”—Associated Press

Reviews

Goodreads review by Beth on June 04, 2012

What would you say if you found out that the devastation of Jack the Rippers killing spree was paid for by England’s very own Queen Victoria? How would you feel if you found out that Jack the Ripper was also the infamous characters of Strange Cases of Dr. Jeckle and Mr. Hyde written by Robert Louis......more

Goodreads review by S.B. on September 03, 2022

The Event Group is a secret US government agency, led by Major Jack Collins, that has been tasked with eliminating those threats that many of us dismiss as myth, conspiracy, or sheer fiction. Having first appeared in Event, where the aliens of Roswell were the focus, the team has carried on through......more

Goodreads review by Fernando on February 14, 2018

Easily the worst of the series, and the one with the most errors and technical goofs by author David Lynn Golemon. This book really needed a revision by someone either than Mr Golemon, dont take me wrong, i love the Event series, but sometimes the almost amateurish writing shows. Examples: Mistaking......more

Goodreads review by Chance on September 27, 2020

Every nations got a few thousand skeletons This novel toke a new pace to the world building of previous novels has it gives a new look at the early years of the Event groups’ creation and showed a more natural(ish) side of science exploration in that’s worlds history. The novel was felt like the autho......more

Goodreads review by Judith on November 15, 2022

This is a thriller. I was unable to put this book down, once arriving at the ultimate scene of conflict, reading through dinner and absolutely captured by the action. Goleman can write action, not in a way that is boring and tedious, but action that puts you smack in the middle and creates a real fe......more