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Tyrannosaur Canyon

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by Douglas Preston
Scott Sowers
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A stunning archaeological thriller from Douglas Preston, the New York Times bestselling co-author of Brimstone and Relic.

A moon rock missing for thirty years...
Five buckets of blood-soaked sand found in a New Mexico canyon...
A scientist with ambition enough to kill...
A monk who will redeem the world...
A dark agency with a deadly mission...
The greatest scientific discovery of all time...
What fire bolt from the galactic dark shattered the Earth eons ago, and now hides in that remote cleft in the southwest U.S. known as Tyrannosaur Canyon?

Tyrannosaur Canyon is a fascinating novel from the acclaimed bestselling author, hailed by Publisher's Weekly as "better than Crichton."

  • Creators

  • Series

    Wyman Ford

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    March 19, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781593978068
      • File size: 185538 KB
      • Duration: 06:26:32

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 18, 2005
      At the start of this improbable thriller from bestseller Preston (The Codex
      ), innocent bystander Tom Broadbent is riding his horse through a New Mexico canyon when he comes upon prospector Stem Weathers, who's just been shot. Before Weather dies, he gives Tom a notebook filled with mysterious numbers, asking him to pass it on to his daughter. Taking this assignment to heart, Tom puts himself and his wife at ever greater, more pointless risk as he tries to deliver the notebook. Soon the Broadbents find themselves the target of the prospector's assassin—a jailbird hired by an evil British paleontologist seeking the perfectly preserved remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex—as well as a rogue government operative who's trying, with a commandeered army squad, to kill almost everyone in the book. Lively yet ridiculous, the narrative loses all plausibility as it becomes clear that the characters do what they do solely in order to keep the plot churning to its conclusion. The recent real-life discovery of a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil containing soft tissue makes this particularly timely. Agent, Eric Simonoff at Janklow & Nesbit
      . $200,000 marketing campaign
      .

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Scott Sowers's superb use of accents and inflections allows this archaeological thriller, a sort of Mexican JURASSIC PARK, to flow smoothly and blend a diverse collection of details: the Chicxulub impact, the 1972 Apollo moon landing, an evil British paleontologist, an ex-CIA cryptologist now a Benedictine monk, a crusty prospector, a horse vet, and computers that run on Stutterlogic. Sowers's narration of a dry and ironic pathologist talking to a local policeman as if she were talking to an idiot is masterful. The descriptions of T. rex, which begin each new section, are compelling and awe-inspiring. K.A.T. (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      Veterinarian Tom Broadbent is riding horseback through the New Mexico canyons near his home when he comes across a bullet-ridden prospector. With his final breaths the prospector gives Broadbent a notebook and tells him to take it to his daughter, who will know how to find the treasure. Scott Sowers, who read Preston's previous solo work, THE CODEX, trades in his native Virginian accent for a slight Southwestern drawl, adding to the atmosphere of the story. He puts intensity into the characters, especially the single-minded hit man, the obsessed museum curator, and the singular monk, who is full of surprises. Even with such extreme characters, and plot elements that include a complete T-Rex fossil, a lunar rock specimen, and a clandestine "black ops" unit, Sowers reads the story with a gripping yet believable sincerity. Included at the end of this abridgment is an interview with the author. S.E.S. (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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