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The Darwin Strain audiobook

  • By: Bill Schutt
  • Narrator: David Colacci
  • Category: Fiction, Historical, Thrillers
  • Length: 14 hours 5 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: August 06, 2019
  • Language: English
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The Darwin Strain Audiobook Summary

The authors of Hell’s Gate and The Himalayan Codex deliver their third high-octane thriller–a riveting blend of science, history, and suspense featuring zoologist and adventurer Captain R. J. MacCready.

“Looks like Schutt and Finch are filling the void left by the passing of Michael Crichton.”–James Cameron, director/writer/explorer

Though the fighting has stopped and Hitler is vanquished, a dangerous new war between America and the Soviet Union has begun. Invaluable in defeating the Nazis, accidental crypto-zoologist R. J. MacCready and Yanni Thorne, an indigenous Brazilian and expert in animal behavior, are working for the Pentagon once again. Sent to a mysterious Greek island in a remote corner of the Mediterranean, they are investigating rumors about a volcanic spring with “miraculous” healing properties that the locals say is guarded by sea monsters from ancient legends.

The islanders believe that, like Fatima, the spring is a gift from God. To the Greek Orthodox Church, it is a sign of a deadly evil foretold in apocalyptic texts. Alongside French and Chinese researchers–men who share their strange, blood-stained past–Mac and Yanni discover that the volcanic spring’s undersea plumes release an exotic microbe that can transform life with astonishing speed.

To find the source of the Volcanic spring, Mac and Yanni must find a way to neutralize “the Dragons of Revelation”–a fearsome aquatic species also known as “Kraken,” which are preventing the scientists from exploring deep beneath the sea’s surface. Mutating at an astonishing pace, the Kraken have evolved into a chillingly high alien intelligence. As the race to possess the “miracle” microbe heats up, tensions between geopolitics, religion, and ordinary scientists confronted with the unknown escalate into chaos. Mac and Yanni know all too well that one wrong choice can easily set in motion a biological chain reaction that will reach across the decades to enhance–or destroy–everything that lives.

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The Darwin Strain Audiobook Narrator

David Colacci is the narrator of The Darwin Strain audiobook that was written by Bill Schutt

Bill Schutt is a vertebrate zoologist and author. He is a research associate in residence at the American Museum of Natural History and a professor of biology at LIU-Post. Bill’s first book, Dark Banquet: Blood and the Curious Lives of Blood-Feeding Creatures, was critically acclaimed by E. O. Wilson and the New York Times. His next nonfiction work will explore the natural history of cannibalism. Bill lives with his wife and son in Long Island.

About the Author(s) of The Darwin Strain

Bill Schutt is the author of The Darwin Strain

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Narrator David Colacci
Length 14 hours 5 minutes
Author Bill Schutt
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date August 06, 2019
ISBN 9780062898159

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The publisher of the The Darwin Strain is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, Historical, Thrillers

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The publisher of the The Darwin Strain is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062898159.

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Goodreads Reviews

Ronald

July 25, 2019

Put well-known characters like General MacArthur, Jacque Cousteau, and Ian Fleming into a geological environment of volcanos and hot water sea vents with strange extremophile growth that has already been well documented in several scientific documentaries and you have the freedom to write a story that keeps your reader’s attention from the first sentence. As these characters are already known, the author had little need for character development other than setting the story’s date and contextual political factors. Being free of much of the character building and scene-setting, (hot water spewing sea vents need not be described as they can easily be visualized from documentary coverage), the author was able to write an engrossing story about giant cephalopods habiting the waters of the Greek Isle of Santorini. They were self-aware and had been at a sentient level similar to man since the beginning of human existence. Using human sentient standards, the cephalopods do not measure up. From the cephalopod’s measurements, humans do not measure up to cephalopod standards. Both races are alien to each other so little mutual empathy exists. Bill Schutt’s story is about conflict when both these races compete for the same resource, i.e. control of an underwater hot water vent with healing properties. In order to make the story even more interesting, Schutt elected to include a cold war conflict between the US and the Russians. Both countries wanted the healing vents that the cephalopods had controlled and protected for thousands of years.Most of the events in the book were taken from fictionalized historical events from the late ’40s and early ’50s. Old and ancient events are mentioned throughout the book. For lovers of history and geology, there is a well-written appendix at the end of the book that references and gives some background for all authentic events in the book. I enjoyed reading this appendix as much as I enjoyed reading the fictionalized story.The Darwin Strain is a must-read for history buffs and thriller book lovers.

Jennifer

August 14, 2019

When I began reading this book, an ARC copy, I thought I had mistakenly been given a non-fiction title. The first several pages goes into details about sonar technology in 1948 being used off the coast of Greece. Then in the first chapter Jacques Cousteau shows up on an assignment to evaluate the same area off the coast of Greece after recent volcanic activity.That's when fiction started to weave into historical events that occurred in 1948. That's when I became very interested in what was happening as it was a seamless blending of fact, fiction and fantasy. Fantasy is the only way I can describe how Schutt and Finch use a cephalopod to create a new aquatic species that is rivals the intelligence of man. I was reminded of a 1950s horror movie, but at the same time I could see this happening. We just don't know what is in the depths of the oceans as we've barely scratched the surface of exploring them.As this is not my usual genre of book to read, I did not know that this is actually the final book in a trilogy featuring characters R. J. MacCready and Yanni Thorne. But after looking into the two previous books, I can see that they all build on each other. So I would suggest that you begin with "Hell's Gate" before reading "The Darwin Strain" or "The Himalayan Codex". But even being late to the party, I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It is well written and keeps you focused because at one point you're not sure what is fact and what is fiction. Thank you to Netgalley for the chance to read "The Darwin Strain" as an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Jennifer

August 14, 2019

When I began reading this book, an ARC copy, I thought I had mistakenly been given a non-fiction title. The first several pages goes into details about sonar technology in 1948 being used off the coast of Greece. Then in the first chapter Jacques Cousteau shows up on an assignment to evaluate the same area off the coast of Greece after recent volcanic activity.That's when fiction started to weave into historical events that occurred in 1948. That's when I became very interested in what was happening as it was a seamless blending of fact, fiction and fantasy. Fantasy is the only way I can describe how Schutt and Finch use a cephalopod to create a new aquatic species that is rivals the intelligence of man. I was reminded of a 1950s horror movie, but at the same time I could see this happening. We just don't know what is in the depths of the oceans as we've barely scratched the surface of exploring them.As this is not my usual genre of book to read, I did not know that this is actually the final book in a trilogy featuring characters R. J. MacCready and Yanni Thorne. But after looking into the two previous books, I can see that they all build on each other. So I would suggest that you begin with "Hell's Gate" before reading "The Darwin Strain" or "The Himalayan Codex". But even being late to the party, I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It is well written and keeps you focused because at one point you're not sure what is fact and what is fiction. Thank you to Netgalley for the chance to read "The Darwin Strain" as an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Craig

September 07, 2019

When a creature and it's ancestors has lived for millions of years should it be revered or feared? Surely something species that has lived so long can tell us much about the world that was, the world that is and the world that is to be. But when the species, now known as Kraken, intersects with another species now known as homo sapiens, who too thinks that he knows so much about the world intersects with the Kraken we are taken the world discussed in The Darwin Strain. Into this mix is an exotic microbe that's properties cannot be explained.Schutt tries to include too many millions of years in this book to give us what we truly want to see. Not the violence of two species interacting, but the potential for understanding.

Bill

November 23, 2019

The 3rd McCready novel. Accidental cryptozoologist R.J. MacCready and animal behaviorist Yanni Thorne are drawn into a conflict on the Greek Island Santorini in 1948. Caught between the Orthodox Church, the Russians and fearsome aquatic species known as Kraken they must find a way to neutralize a mysterious microbe that pushes evolution forward in leaps and bounds in both humans and animals before is spreads globally. Interesting mix of science and speculative fiction featuring many historical figures of the time.

Shirley

January 15, 2020

Not my typical type of reading but I found myself engrossed in this story. I can see this book being made into a movie.

Simcha

January 22, 2020

Fantastic adventure! Great characters. Brings the science to life. Couldn't put it down.

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