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Abyss Deep audiobook

  • By: Ian Douglas
  • Narrator: David Drummond
  • Length: 12 hours 39 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: October 29, 2013
  • Language: English
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Abyss Deep Audiobook Summary

New York Times bestselling author Ian Douglas’s virtuosic Star Corpsman series proves one thing: The Marines are still the toughest sons of guns in the galaxy.

As Bravo Company defuses a hostage crisis on an orbiting mining station, Navy Corpsman Elliot “Doc” Carlyle not only saves the lives of a wounded Marine and two extraterrestrial friendlies–he averts a terrorist strike intended to kill billions. His reward? Deployment on a recon mission into the darkest depths known to man.

Abyss Deep is a foreboding ocean planet torn by extremes: boiling storm world on one side, unbroken glacier on the other. Humans established a research colony there to study the planet’s giant sea serpents–but the colony has gone ominously silent. When Carlyle’s team arrives, they discover a vessel belonging to a warlike alien species hovering above the atmosphere. But below the ice lurks a mystery so chilling it will make even Elliot Carlyle’s blood run cold.

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Abyss Deep Audiobook Narrator

David Drummond is the narrator of Abyss Deep audiobook that was written by Ian Douglas

Ian Douglas is one of the many pseudonyms for writer William H. Keith, the New York Times bestselling author of the popular military science fiction series The Heritage Trilogy, The Legacy Trilogy, The Inheritance Trilogy, The Star Corpsman series, The Andromedan Dark series, and The Star Carrier series. A former naval corpsman, he lives in Pennsylvania.

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Ian Douglas is the author of Abyss Deep

Abyss Deep Full Details

Narrator David Drummond
Length 12 hours 39 minutes
Author Ian Douglas
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date October 29, 2013
ISBN 9780062287441

Additional info

The publisher of the Abyss Deep is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062287441.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Buzz

December 20, 2013

Entertaining, Smart, Fast-Paced. 3.5 StarsI enjoyed this second installment in the Star Corpsman series. Plenty of action but also some very enjoyable alien interactions. Plenty of military action with a good pace throughout the book.Personally, I enjoyed the times in the book where the author got more detailed with the scientific details of certain technologies or medica/biological info. My only criticism is that the explanation of DNA vs. other alien genome equivalents became a little too repetitive.This book is SIGNIFICANTLY better than the author's Star Carrier Book Four, which was so repetitive and had so many flaws in character development it ruined the book. I abandoned that series as a result. THIS book, however, is much more like the Ian Douglas (William H. Keith) that we know and love.I will definitely read the next book in the series. 3.5 Stars

Michael

February 05, 2017

This is the 2nd book in the Star Corpsman series by Ian Douglas a.k.a. William H. Keith Jr. In this one Earth has lost contact with a party of scientists sent to a world of frozen oceans to investigate that there may be an intelligent alien race living under the ice. The U.S. Marines along with their Navel Corpsmen and civilian scientists are sent to see what has happened to the earlier expedition. When they arrive they find an alien ship belonging to the warlike Gykr in orbit around the planet. The ship immediately flees but leaves solders on the planet's frozen surface. When the Marines land they engage the Gykr in a battle and the Gykr escape beneath the ice in a submarine. The Marines discover that the base of the scientists appears to have been destroyed. They also have a submarine and decide to investigate under the ice to see if there is in fact an alien intelligence living there. This book was a great read with an unforeseen twist near the end. I recommend it to all fans of Military Science Fiction and fans of Ian Douglas a.k.a. William H. Keith Jr.

Lee

March 25, 2017

As usual, Abyss Deeps provides an immersing and enjoyable read for all those who enjoy the technical jargon that comes along with hardcore science fiction books. Much like the first Star Corpsman book, the story is told from the point of view of Elliot 'E-Car' Carlyle, a Navy Corpsman. Besides the medical science aspect of this book, a lot of focus is put onto the humans trying to decipher and understand how alien cultures would see the world and the impact on their psychology, which I found extremely interesting. As with all of his books, it comes across as slightly repetitive with jargon and explanations repeated everyone a certain incident or scene occurs, but beyond that anyone who appreciates detailed science will enjoy this book.

Jeffrey Young

January 02, 2021

Solid workStar corpsman is a good concept to work with in this universe. He always adds in some nice physics and medical information. Worth the read

Christine

April 30, 2018

One of my favorite stories to listen to on audio book. Dying for a sequel.

Steven

May 22, 2014

A fairly entertaining read. The author comes up with some interesting first-contact ideas, and the pacing is fast. There is also a generous helping of hard science (actually too much). The problems are a reduced level of characterization (if any), with most of the dialog concerning how the lowly medical corpsman saves the day yet again. Still, a pleasant read, and I will look for sequels.

Chris

July 16, 2015

I enjoyed this book. Found it to be better than the first one. I liked the story with a corpsman and a different view from a sci fi military book that swings in medicine as well. Interesting to see how interaction with aliens affects the different ways a corpsman operates on the ground. Hope to see another one soon.

Theresa

September 05, 2016

Ian Douglas always comes through with a good story, though he tends to go into lecture mode a bit too often and tends to repeat himself. If I weren't a total science nerd I might go a bit glassy-eyed at some of these very involved explainations, but his stories are generally really good as is his writing other than the aforementioned quirk.

Michele

November 05, 2013

another great military sci-fi story told from the p.o.v. of a navy medical corpsman embedded with a space marine unit.

Bill

November 19, 2013

An excellent story. I read it in four days. The plot was engaging and characters were well developed.

GaiusPrimus

October 21, 2014

I enjoyed this one more then the first one. No lulls and not as many info-dumps. Great work Sir.

Ove

November 02, 2013

Still entertaining,but felt short and the info dumps where many.

Wesley

November 04, 2014

Great story, great first contact situations; awesome alien -human interaction. Really great.

Sam

December 26, 2013

Great readDamon fine novel. holds your interests and them some. been following the author from when he was writing. for the Sci fine frog Traveller.

Fred

September 03, 2016

Another off world adventure. Full review to follow

Peter

April 04, 2014

Another excellent series!

Michael

December 05, 2013

it was good even though there was a lot of science in this science fiction book.

David

September 18, 2014

Really great story line but a little too long winded on the technical details at times.

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