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Under the Dome
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Narrated by:
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Raul Esparza
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By:
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Stephen King
About this listen
In Stephen King's mesmerizing new masterpiece - his biggest, most riveting novel since The Stand - a Maine town and its inhabitants are isolated from the world by an invisible, impenetrable dome.
Celebrated storyteller Stephen King returns to his roots in this tour de force, featuring more than 100 characters - some heroic, some diabolical - and a supernatural element as baffling and chilling as any he's ever conjured.
On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mills, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as "the Dome" comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when - or if - it will go away.
Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens - town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician's assistant at the hospital, a selectwoman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing - even murder - to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry.
But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn't just short. It's running out.
With some of the most spectacularly sinister characters King has ever imagined and a driving plot, Under the Dome is Stephen King at his epic best. This book will thrill every listener who's ever loved a novel by King.
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- Juanita Caban
- 07-03-2015
What a book!!!
Love this book. So much better than that stupid series on TV. Why didn't the screen play follow the book ?? Anyway I loved it it's well worth the time to read or listen too. Kept me awake on my long nightshifts thanks Mr King
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- GEOFFREY LOWE
- 20-12-2016
So well written and read...
I don't know what the equivalent of a page turner is in an audio book, but whatever it is, this has it! And if all the audio books I've listened to, this has to be the best performance by a narrator. So many characters and yet Raul managed to make each unique enough so each could be identified by their voice. Loved it!
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- Double-Hippy
- 06-03-2018
Under The Dome
In my early years I read as much Stephen King as I could lay my hands on, Tommy Knockers, Misery and Needful Things being three of my favourites. Now, I’m a bit of a scaredy-cat and can’t read anything really scary, it’s not big and it’s not clever to have to wake up your teenage daughter to take you to the loo and wait until you are back in bed to turn out the lights! I am so happy to have come across this book, it is a great suspense novel with a little scare hear and there, believe it or not there were some laugh out loud moments and some tearful moments.
I just loved this book and highly recommend it to anyone reading this 🤓
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- Lisa M Hayes
- 02-08-2016
sensational
one of my favorite stephen king books, kept me interested all the way through and brilliantly read
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- Linda
- 05-06-2016
Epic Gold
In Chester's Mill, the sun is shining, birds are singing and a woodchuck, happily searching for food is suddenly chopped in half as an impenetrable dome appears around the city limits. Steven King, you are pure gold. Credible characters - some loveable, some extremely not, had me in a trance as I was swept along with them at hypersonic speed. Paul Esparza's narration was faultless and while this is a very long book, I did not tire of it at all.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-11-2021
One of his best.
So well performed and riveting from start to end. Highly recommended for any King fan.
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- ADAM CLARK
- 26-02-2023
A real page turner!
I enjoyed this book, it was graphically violent in many parts that sometimes felt gratuitous to me but it speed along and kept me interested in what seemed like a cast of thousands in an interesting situation. Given it was written pre covid it felt somehow strangely familiar now reading about people being in essence locked down. There were hints of allergy of climate change but no real political or social message as the baddies were all bad and the goodies good through out. narration was excellent and we all know King can write - so sit back and enjoy 26 hours of entertainment!
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- Anonymous User
- 25-08-2017
Amazing story with great narration.
I was not sure what to expect going into this one. Having recently listened to The Stand and then It, I was looking forward to another indepth, multi-character King novel. Under the Dome did not dissapoint.
I believe King does not pull any punches when it comes to getting inside the minds of the antagonists within his worlds. Big Jim Renny was painted in a way that makes you love to hate him. I am left feeling almost dirty after being guided through such a self centered man's psyche. Even at the end him still thinking he will be dining with Jesus in heaven, I mean afterall everything he had done had been justified "for the good of the town".
The protagonists in the story were very loveable also. "Baaarbie" reminded me very much of a military version of Larry Underwood, he didn't want to be the hero but really didn't have much choice.
Overall it was great Raul's narration was on point throughout clearly identifying characters with individual voices and emotions. Give it a go!
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- Christopher
- 12-03-2017
Home Run
King has delivered a seriously good book with this one. The momentum never flags, and the Characters feel absolutely real. A must-read!
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- Anonymous User
- 06-11-2018
Under the Dome
Flowed well. Good character description. Set the scene so you could imagine the growing panic & frustration. Made the reader really care about the various characters. Suspenseful in places. Great book & beautifully narrated.
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