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“In a word: Brilliant….It left me breathless and awed….Pure exhilaration from the first page to the last.”
–James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of Altar of Eden

“WOW! Double Wow!…Ghost Country by Patrick Lee will make Asimov and Heinlein cheer with the angels. The techno-thriller meets Sci-Fi, and the result is mind-blowing.”
–Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author of Disciple

Patrick Lee reinvented and revitalized the contemporary thriller with his extraordinary debut The Breach (“Audacious and terrifying” –Lee Child). Now his conflicted ex-cop/ex-con hero Travis Chase is back in the breathtaking follow-up Ghost Country. Both Michael Crichton and Dean Koontz fans, X-Files aficionados and devotees of FOX TV’s Fringe, will be blown away by Lee’s Ghost Country–a nightmarish tale of a nefarious plot unleashed at the highest levels of government that will bring about the end of everything in a matter of a few short months.

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Ghost Country Audiobook Narrator

Jeff Gurner is the narrator of Ghost Country audiobook that was written by Patrick Lee

Patrick Lee lives in Michigan. He is the author of The Breach, Ghost Country, and Deep Sky.

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Narrator Jeff Gurner
Length 8 hours 30 minutes
Author Patrick Lee
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date December 28, 2010
ISBN 9780062061645

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The publisher of the Ghost Country is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, Science Fiction, Time Travel

Additional info

The publisher of the Ghost Country is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062061645.

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This book is only available in the United States.

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Mike (the Paladin)

October 30, 2014

Well....I'd written a lot on this review. And then it vanished.sigh.Lets start over. As I said in the review that vanished, I like this book. This one picks up some time after the end of the last book. As we open... as you might expect, another catastrophic event is in the offing, the Breach and the things from it(of course) touch on it.The book (or the idea behind it) is, while not totally original (what is) very original in the way it's used and presented. Among the things in the novel(s) the way time and paradox are handled is sort of central.Many books (well and movies and TV program etc.,etc.,etc.) have approached the problem of paradox, changes...as Doctor Who would say, crossing your own time line. Here we are dealing with a well thought out and nicely constructed plot.The book is basically what I call brain candy. Yet it's excellent brain candy. The books are long on adventure have a good balance of action and character building. There is little fluff in the novel. Most of what we read reflects directly on the plot. I like this one...I like these. The next is already sent for. I don't know if I'll end up putting them on my favorites shelf...but they're close. I'm sure some will find only another action thriller here and at bottom that's what these books are. That said, they are excellent action thrillers.Recommended, enjoy.

Gregory

February 11, 2011

I really thought that there was no way that Lee could follow up his first book with anything remotely as interesting or well-written, and yet there's another five orange stars plastered next to his name. Again, this is another nod to action sci-fi shows like Fringe and X-Files, but Lee writes with such perfect pacing, and in such a breezy, fluid, and enthralling way that he pulled me in better than any television show, or even any other sci-fi book, ever managed. The characters are great (though the rocket-pace of the story probably doesn't give them as much time as they deserve), the foundation of the story clever (despite some impossible action-cliche moments, and some very questionable real-world science), and the action scenes painted better than any novel I've ever read. It's simply a fantastic read for anyone wanting the literary equivalent of a summer blockbuster action movie. While I'm not going to say these books are the best I've ever read, I will say that they are probably among the most fun books I've ever read, and as a series I'd count these two among my top favorites of all time. I can't recommend them enough.

Theresa

August 01, 2011

Even though I named my blog "Fantasy & SciFi Lovin'" I love thrillers as well. Combine the two, and it's like the perfect peanut-butter/chocolate combination. So "The Breach," the first book in Patrick Lee's new series, was a real treat for me. I couldn't wait to get my hands on "Ghost Country" and, just like the first book, it didn't take me long to tear my way through Lee's latest offering. The Good: There's a lot to like about "Ghost Country." Patrick Lee is a writer that knows how to write in a way the evokes powerful visuals. The name "Ghost Country" is a very apt description but it only partly conveys the eerie image of a long abandoned New York, and Lee does a great job of showing us what that would look like. Lee also knows how to write action sequences that have a kind of cinematic feel with lots of explosions and gun battles. It's the sort of take-no-prisoners writing that is made for big-screen adaptations and I can easily see this book as a movie. Lee also handles his 'big-reveal' moments in a way that not only surprise you, but they also hit you with a sense of awe; and sometimes horror. But the real star of "Ghost Country"-- and the series as a whole-- is the advanced technology. It's reminiscent of the dimension-jumping that goes on in the television show "Fringe" without feeling derivative of anything else. It has it's own unique mythology and feel that drives the story. It's not overly complicated but complex enough to keep the reader constantly engaged. Not Sure: As much as I liked "Ghost Country," it didn't quite have the same payoff for me that "The Breach" did. Though I must admit I had almost unreasonably high expectations after being wowed by the ending of "The Breach." I felt like the first book left off with a pretty good sucker punch and I was really looking forward to seeing the story pick up where it left off. But-- and it's hard not to get too detailed here without offering too many spoilers-- Lee side-steps the conundrums of the last book by using the sleight-of-hand a writer can get away with by using the super-advanced technology featured in the series. The questions I had about The Breach were left dangling on the periphery and I admit to wanting more than I got. "Ghost Country" also deals a lot in "what ifs" and there are vivid images of what the worst-case scenario would look like. There was a sharp contrast between the 'normal' world and the world of 'what if?' and I wanted to see what the journey looked like in the middle. The way Lee writes the story makes perfect sense, but I craved more detail. Though I should mention that the story did follow through at the end with the promise of getting back to the story-line that drove the first book and perhaps get back into the heart of the story I was looking for. Bottom Line: "Ghost Country" is a worthy successor to "The Breach." It has all the elements from the first including high-energy action and mind-bending technology. And while I might have wanted more detail and back-story, I will definitely be picking up the next book in the series.

Alex

July 22, 2013

GHOST COUNTRY (Pub. 2011) by Patrick Lee is the second book in a 3-book series, and I liked this one even more than the first one, which was great. I could not stop reading! Inexplicable advanced technology has passed into our world through a super-secrete anomaly known as The Breach. In Book #1 of the series, we saw Travis Davis and Paige Campbell fighting for control of a gadget known as Whisper. Book #2 has our hero and heroine fighting against the clock and wrong-headed politicians to save the world from destruction. The device that this story is centered around is known simply as a cylinder, but it's capabilities are far from simple. It allows people to travel back and forth between present day and the future, but this is not your usual 'time traveler's tale'...no sir, this is an edge of your seat, thriller coaster that you'll be happy to ride all the way to the last page. What I like best about Book #2 is the electric pace combined with seeing glimpses of the apocalyptic future. The mystery of what has caused the end of the world as we know it, and what can be done in present day to prevent it happening. Watching the good guys trying to outwit the bad guys, with both having possession of one of the two time-travel cylinders. Great stuff. 5-stars all the way on this one. The author's writing style is very smooth, seamless, with just enough description, inner thoughts and emotions to pull us into the characters without dragging down the pace at all. Also a little lighter on the 'techno facts' than the first book, but still enough to make the sci-geeks get sucked in. This book is definitely a 'different' read from the usual thrillers, and if you like sci-fi/techno thrillers snap this series up, you'll be glad you did.Patrick Lee has hit all the right notes with GHOST COUNTRY, and I can't wait to start on the third book. :)

Katy

April 20, 2013

Please Note: I read and reviewed this book Feb. 2011 from a copy I received from the Amazon Vine program.My Synopsis: This book is the sequel to The Breach. After the events in that book, Travis Chase has left Tangent in order to try to prevent future events that were predicted in The Breach. However, when events collude to cause Bethany Stewart - a member of Tangent - to call Chase back to help, he comes. She shows him a new Entity that recently came through the Breach - this one punches a hole in time to a specific point in the future. The future shown is horrific - there are no people left; the wilderness is overrunning the cities. And then there are the bones ... lots of bones. What happened to cause this future? How can they prevent it?My Recommendation: With its nonstop action, this book is perfect for adrenalin junkies. Like The Breach, Ghost Country combines the best of thriller and science fiction into a unique style that is sure to please a wide variety of readers. This is a "don't miss"! I highly recommend it.

TheBookSmugglers

January 18, 2012

Originally reviewed on The Book SmugglersIt has been two years since ex-cop and ex-con Travis Chase has stumbled across the shadow government agency known as Tangent, purportedly by accident in the wilds of Alaska. Two years since he has discovered the mysterious entity known as “the Breach”, a result of the VLIC particle collider that has opened a portal to a different reality. Two years since he has walked away from the woman he loves and a job at which he is perfectly matched – all because he has learned that his future involvement with Tangent could lead to his own corruption and the death of thousands. Instead of continuing his work with the agency at Paige’s side, Travis has gone off the grid after he learns that the Artificial Intelligence Breach entity called “The Whisper” is, in fact, the product of his own creation and that a future iteration of Paige is resolved on killing him. Spurning money, erasing his old identity and severing all ties with anything and anyone from his past, Travis is content with his new life working for minimum wage – if he has no means, he cannot hurt anyone. Or so he thinks.All seems well until a young woman arrives at his apartment – claiming to be from Tangent, on Paige’s orders. It turns out, Paige has been targeted for what she’s discovered, and the only person she can trust is the one man no longer aligned with the agency or with any political ties. A new entity has emerged from The Breach – and the future it shows is a post-apocalyptic wasteland. A ghost town. In order to stop the end of the world, Paige and Travis must reunite against a foe far more formidable than anything they’ve faced before.Dearest readers, I was limited when I had to do my review of The Breach for our Smugglivus Feats of Strength. I couldn’t accurately convey my shock and love for the book – against ALL odds. A hybrid, sci-fi heavy version of The X-Files, Fringe, and a touch of John McClaine-ish badass cop down on his luck meets savvy, wicked smart dame that can kick ass both physically and mentally, I freaking adored this cinematic, action-high read (with a killer kick that ties the entire story together, I might add). In Ghost Country, Travis and Paige are back with a vengeance, facing higher stakes than they ever could have imagined. While The Breach was more of a traditional thriller, Ghost Country is more of a slowly-unfolding mystery – we learn what has happened to the future world and how this apocalypse has come to be, but it’s a horror that unfolds tantalizingly and gradually.If there’s anyone worthy of being called Michael Crichton-esque in style and scope, it’s Patrick Lee. Ghost Country is heavy on the action (and if you’re an action junkie like me, it’s always a good thing to discover a new author that is good at both visual detail but not at the expense of the story), but the characters have surprising humanity and sympathy. Even though Travis is a tad bit too good to be true – devoted to Paige, willing to live his life on the sidelines for the good of mankind and all that noble nonsense – he’s also got a badass, gunslinger streak that keeps him from being too much of a goody two shoes. At the same time, Paige is beautiful and brilliant, and completely capable of taking care of herself. The coolest thing about these two characters is that even though they’ve split (and Paige never knows why Travis has left Tangent, other than it must be something terrible and unspeakable), they know that they can always count on the other. My only complaint with the dynamic of their relationship is how often Travis plays the hero to Paige’s damsel in distress – the scales are tipped in his favor, and I hope that in the third book there’s more of a balance.I don’t want to say too much about the cause of the apocalypse, or how the mystery unfolds for fear of spoilers. Suffice to say, I think things unfold seamlessly, and Patrick Lee has created another winning thriller-ish mystery with a hard scifi twist. While the twist behind Ghost Country isn’t nearly as WTFPOLARBEAR! as that of The Breach (by the way, it’s the new yardstick that I will forever measure all SF thrillers against because it is THAT awesome), it’s still fantastically executed. I loved this book and cannot wait to catch up with Deep Sky very, very soon.If you are a fan of Fringe, The X-Files, or any type of hard-boiled, gruff hero with a heart of gold crossed with a shadowy government conspiracy, it doesn’t get any better. Seriously. Try The Breach and Ghost Country. I dare you.

Marta

November 19, 2020

Prva polovica knjige je malo sporija, ali je zanimljiva prica do kraja.

Billy

September 19, 2022

Another book I don't remember much of, but enough of it to remember it was as good as the other two books, so shabing shabong, 5 stars.

Terri Lynn

June 14, 2019

Time travel. Sort of. Good thriller. Some language and violence. No sex. I can see this series being made into a series of movies. Travis Chase being portrayed by Chris Evans or Chris Hemsworth. You get my drift ☺

Syd

December 01, 2016

** spoiler alert ** For a debut author, the Travis Chase series is pretty damn good. I thought that this book, the second novel in the series, was even better than the first book The Breach. It starts with an immediate bang, a motocade attack to be specifc, and the action does not let up the entire story. In all sincerity, I didn't think there was a boring 5 minutes during the entire listen. While I really like the story line that Patrick Lee has constructed in these books, that being alien technology is being studied and used by a modern day shadow government agency called Tangent, I particularly enjoy the way Lee writes. His action scenes are intense, and painted with a second by second narration that includes not only the physical actions, but the thought proccesses of the characters involved as well. It is definitely an interesting way to read a story, a play by play scene that unfolds so slowy, its impossible to miss any thing that happens. Another thing that Lee does a really good job with, is explaining to the reader, without making it seem like he is "explaining to the reader". He develops really intelligent characters, so when they are speaking, the reader can understand the technology, and motivations involved, without it sounding like a lecture. While there are quite a few antagonists in Ghost Country, the main one, Finn, I can say I hated more than I was supposed to. Just own your evilness! Don't try to pass it off like: this is for the greater good and you despise the journey necessary in order to acheive your plans of mass murder! His values and morals were so whack, I cringed everytime he spoke. But to balance that out, I love his protagonists and heroes. Paige Campbell is a rock star, and I adore her character. Travis Chase is a hero with a murky past, but his exterior gruffness hides from plain sight his more golden aspects to his personality. On a closing note, any novel that covers the immensely difficult concept of time travel, is awesome in my opinion. In Ghost Country, it is so cleverly done that it sucked me in so completely, I found myself taking longer drives to listen to larger chunks at a time. It is hard to explain without listening to it, so do it! (Props to the narrator Jeff Gurner as well, he does a great job.)Bottom line on Ghost Country: Is it believable? Maybe not. Is it entertaing? Hell yes.

Rose

April 04, 2011

I normally don't normally give these kind of "beach reads" 5-stars, but this little series by Patrick Lee is really good fun. It's got a little bit of everything thrown in, intrigue, politics, sci-fi, time-travel, romance, action/adventure and characters you tend to care about. I think the first book, The Breach, went at such a fast pace, it was difficult getting to care about your characters. I found that I liked them more in this one, even though, as it is with such books as these, there is very little character development or depth really but they are fun enough and likeable enough for you to root for them in their quests.In this book, Travis and Paige learn of another entity that comes through the breach. This time 2 cylinders that when opened shows you earth 80 years from now. You can actually go through the opening to the other side. What they find is horrifying! Our world is empty and all are gone, even everyone's cars!!! What happend to all the people? Everything in the city has been overtaken but trees and wildlife. All is perfectly silent and dark, except for animals roaming freely. What they find is that this event whatever it may be happens in 4 months, their time. If you are looking for the perfect beach read, I would highly recommend this series. I am looking forward to the 3rd installment.

Dixie

October 31, 2014

It's better than the first one, I think. Everything doesn't come around in an elegant spiral, so the sense of mystery is greater. And the threats are greater, as well. In the first book, the villain is mostly toying with them (for plot reasons, but it still makes for dull reading). In this one, the villains are hardcore, ready to kill, and the fate of the world is at stake.The story is about the discovery of a device that can show the future. Only one future, the exact future that was extant when the device was first turned on. No changes will show up in the device's future. Pretty slick way to commit robbery, hmm? Take something from the future, then change the future so that it doesn't happen and you have a guilt-free goodie. Of course, the device isn't used for anything that piddly. Instead, it shows a future where the entire world ended. Our heroes have to figure out how and why this happened and also put a stop to it.An exciting, satisfying read. I liked it much-much.

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