Pandemic
The Extinction Files, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Edoardo Ballerini
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By:
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A. G. Riddle
About this listen
A deadly outbreak in Kenya. A conspiracy beyond imagination. And a race to save humanity in its darkest hour.
From A. G. Riddle, the worldwide best-selling author of The Atlantis Gene and Departure, comes a novel that will change everything you think you know about pandemics.
A hundred miles north of Alaska, an American Coast Guard vessel discovers a sunken submarine at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean. It has no national identification and doesn't match the records of any known vessel. Deep within, researchers find evidence of a scientific experiment that will alter our very understanding of the human race.
In Atlanta, Dr. Peyton Shaw is awakened by the phone call she has dreaded for years. As the CDC's leading epidemiologist, she's among the first responders to outbreaks around the world. It's a lonely and dangerous job, but it's her life - and she's good at it. This time she may have met her match. In Kenya, an Ebola-like pathogen has infected two Americans. One lies at death's door. With the clock ticking, Peyton assembles her team and joins personnel from the Kenyan Ministry of Health and the WHO. What they find in the remote village is beyond their worst fears. As she traces the origin of the pathogen, Peyton begins to believe that there is more to this outbreak - that it may be merely the opening act in a conspiracy with far-reaching consequences.
In Berlin, Desmond Hughes awakens in a hotel room with no memory of how he got there or who he is. On the floor he finds a dead security guard from an international pharmaceutical company. His only clue leads him to Peyton Shaw - a woman who seems to know him but refuses to tell him how. With the police searching the city for him, Desmond desperately tries to piece together what happened to him. To his shock and horror, he learns that he may be involved in causing the outbreak - and could hold the only key to stopping it.
As the pathogen spreads around the world, Peyton and Desmond race to unravel the conspiracy behind the pandemic - and uncover secrets some want to keep buried.
©2017 A. G. Riddle (P)2017 Audible, Inc.What listeners say about Pandemic
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- Soraya
- 27-07-2017
Great story! Not so such a great performance
Amazingly detailed, scientific and futuristic as usual from A.G Riddle.
Another original and amazing plot.
The only thing that kinda got me was the performance.
Some of the characters are Australian.
I can appreciate the American narrator trying to get into the characters, but him putting on the accent was sooooo cringeworthy and horrible.
I almost couldn't do it for a while in the beginning.
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- Katrina
- 01-04-2018
Looking forward to next audiobook
Intense but enthralling story, South African accent used as an Aussie accent is annoying though.
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- Christine
- 02-07-2017
Narrator needs to work on his Aussie accent.
A great story and I enjoyed the plot thoroughly. However the narration, particularly the Australian characters, was atrocious. If you are going to produce a book with many Aussie characters, please employ a narrator who can do an authentic accent. I cringed every time he attempted to speak in an 'Aussie' voice. It almost made me give up and miss out on a great story.
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- B. Rawlings
- 18-10-2019
A very enjoyable read, though a bit convoluted.
This book is quite long and tackles the stories of many different characters, whilst focusing mainly on the life of one of those characters. as such, there are many jumps back and forth in time and location, and while this may be manageable reading a physical book, with an audio book it means that if you miss one line of information, it might take you a few minutes to grasp what's going on, who is involved and when in the story the event is occurring. The overall story however is still very much enjoyable, albeit a tad unbelievable at times. I'm not sure the timeline of events would play out in such a way in reality, with some characters flying back and forth across the world in what felt like a day or so.
The narration is quite well done, though the use of a few more varied voices would have made it easier to comprehend more quickly who was speaking. The narrator's African voice was done rather well actually, but there Australian accent was more laughable than believable (and that's coming from an Australian).
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- P
- 23-06-2022
Great Read - complicated & multilayered and well paced
Thank you Gerry. Such a great storyline with some solidly explored threads. Loved the Science Gerry. Waiting for the delivery of Genome. Tick Tock.
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- Kristian
- 03-12-2020
Worth a listen
A nice little escape into a whirlwind adventure, though you'll need to suspend belief for some of the twists!
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-07-2021
Wow, what a story!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and all its twists and turns. Getting closer to the end I had to replay a couple of chapters as I'd been busy doing other things and lost focus, then couldn't figure out what had happened. Loved the length of it too, it kept me enthralled for many hours.
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- Douglas
- 02-07-2018
Wow
Fantastic such a thrill ride was not expecting half of what happened in the book highly recommended read.
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- Warren
- 08-09-2017
Pretty good listen
Good book to listen narrator needs to brush up on Aussie accents. Will seek out more books from same author.
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- Emily
- 19-07-2017
twist and turns- loved it
If you could sum up Pandemic in three words, what would they be?
Cant wait for the next in series
Who was your favorite character and why?
Desmond- his covering up of his information was genius
Have you listened to any of Edoardo Ballerini’s other performances? How does this one compare?
I thought he did great. Australian accents are hard to do. Well done.
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