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Extinction

By: Douglas Preston
Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
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Bloomsbury presents Extinction by Douglas Preston, read by David Aaron Baker.

An epic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston, perfect for fans of Michael Crichton. Extinction explores the very real effort to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other extinct megafauna from the Pleistocene Age.

Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent hundred-thousand acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat, brought back from extinction through the magic of genetic manipulation.

When a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered in the Erebus back country by what is assumed to be a gang of eco-terrorists, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash partners with county sheriff James Colcord to track down the perpetrators.

As killings mount and the valley is evacuated, Cash and Colcord must confront an ancient, intelligent, and malevolent presence at Erebus, bent not on resurrection... but extinction.

©2024 Douglas Preston (P)2024 Macmillan Publishing Crime Thrillers Genetic Engineering Science Fiction Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Exciting Resurrection

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Critic reviews

'A creepy and creative variation on Jurassic Park... as smart and spine-chilling as the best of Michael Crichton.' Publishers Weekly

A thriller as breathlessly riveting as you would expect from a genre master like Douglas Preston, but much more too: it's meaty and thought-provoking, and tells us a lot about our distant past – and our immediate future. Spectacular!' Lee Child

'One of the most heart-stopping, terrifying climaxes of any novel I've read in recent years. Preston ingeniously combines real-life science and technology into his novels, and Extinction brings it all together in a thriller that's truly thrilling!' Tess Gerritsen

'Preston is a master storyteller. I’m still thinking about Extinction which is both entertaining and frightening, every page like a tasty treat. You have to read this!' Steve Berry
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Fast paced, action packed although just a bit predictable. The SA accent of the reader was not great but didn’t spoil the storytelling

Gripping stuff

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Another winner from Douglas Preston - a techno thriller in the vein of Jurassic Park, but only in set-up. The story went at a break neck pace, hooking me from the first chapter with likeable protagonists I could root for and enough questions to keep me gripped and guessing. I loved the descriptions of the Erebus resort and its inhabitants. The story strands were expertly weaved, with many side characters to learn about and root for too - a special mention to Doyle, whose character arc I found really fun. Extinction offered suspense and thrills from start to finish, and I'll be ready and waiting for the hinted sequel.

Flew through this one!

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I thought it was a brilliant story, I liked the twist and will keep coming back to listen lots of times.

Brilliant

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I did peek a spoiler that told me what the antagonists/threat was, and even when I eventually reached the revelation plot point which confirmed it, I was still too hooked from the story, the procedural investigation plot and the elevating stakes to be put off by it. How the murderers are revealed and how the truly horrific ethical implication behind their origin is revealed was truly satisfying and the eventual chaos that engulfs the protagonists and antagonists is executed like a nightmare from our prehistoric past come to the present.

One thing I will say- this is not a blatant ripoff or an ice age animal version of Jurassic Park. One reviewer claimed that Tyrannosaur Canyon was Preston’s version of Jurassic park- when in reality it is his version of Dragon Teeth. This- THIS story right here deserves the true mantle of Preston’s take on Jurassic Park, in which Preston has the scientists choose an era in prehistory that had arguably, a far more dangerous threat to humans than the hyper intelligent raptors in Jurassic Park. And no, they are not Smilodon or cave bears. Read and see!

Every character shines and plays their role well. The sinister elements of the murderers and the ominous forest location even with the majestic Pleistocene herbivores that populate it create a backdrop that sizzles as a murder investigation intrigue plot set in an idyllic natural backdrop. If this gets adapted I hope it will be in a series rather than a film to truly do justice to the arcs the protagonists and side characters undertake.

The narrator is a natural at voice acting and you will be rewarded with a rich listening experience. Do not miss out on this murder mystery take on de-extinction and playing God with genetics. You will not be disappointed. This story is definitely for adults with the graphic nature of the violence included and not for young or sensitive audiences.

A truly thrilling, disturbing blockbuster take on de-extinction. Pleistocene Park but not what you expect.

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It is difficult to review the book without giving away the twist, however, I will say that it is imaginative and fast paced. Well written and presented with a great cast of characters set among a frozen wasteland.

Excellent Story

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some parts sounded quite silly when the narrater voiced the neanderthals. the story was quite captivating. Good read.

unusual story captured the imagination

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Performance fine, but book...so so without giving anything away it doesn't really know what it wants to be

Well read but...

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Sadly predictable B-movie, with accents mangled (I’m not saying I could do better but the narrator is a professional).

It’s a b-movie.

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Stuck with it, really did, it had me hooked then massively disappointed. Maybe I’ll try one of his other books.

Great until the ending

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The comparisons to Jurassic Park are frankly insulting to Crichton. Jurassic Park was based on stretching truth of its contemporary scientific understanding, this book blatantly ignores all modern biology, and then has the arrogance to make Jurassic Park into a joke about unrealistic science. Despite many references to Jurassic Park, literally the entire climax hinges on the basically the same elements of Jurassic Park. There is no creature called the woolly indricothere and even the term indricothere is outdated. Cash is the most blatant case of a woman written by a man I've encountered in any novel written in the past decade. The constant "Cops need lots of coffee" trope makes the whole thing feel weirdly outdated. The heartless, unethical scientists are willing to do all sorts of awful things, except the things that will actually keep them safe. Genuinely intriguing premise wasted by a second rate writer. Also, the narrator's accent work is laughably bad.

More midnight B movie than Blockbuster

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