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The Passengers

A near-future thriller with a killer twist

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The Passengers

By: John Marrs
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton, Roy McMillan, Clare Corbett, Tom Bateman, Patience Tomlinson, Shaheen Khan
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Eight self-drive cars set on a collision course. Who lives, who dies? You decide.


When someone hacks into the systems of eight self-driving cars, their passengers are set on a fatal collision course.

The passengers are: a TV star, a pregnant young woman, a disabled war hero, an abused wife fleeing her husband, an undocumented immigrant, a husband and wife - and parents of two - who are travelling in separate vehicles and a suicidal man. Now the public have to judge who should survive but are the passengers all that they first seem?

'Provocative, terrifying and compulsive. Another savagely clever near future thriller' — Cara Hunter, bestselling author of Close to Home.

The Black Mirror-esque thriller from the author of the million-copy international bestseller THE ONE.

'A 1970s disaster movie by way of Black Mirror, with a dash of Michael Crichton ... a sleek, exhilarating ride' - Financial Times

'With some real jaw dropping moments, it was an edge of your seat read that even surpassed The One' - Claire Allan, bestselling author Her Name Was Rose

'Full of twists, vividly drawn characters you'll love or love to loathe, and pacy action...it's a hell of a ride' - SFX

'Marrs is brilliant at twists and for the addicts of adrenaline-fuelled twisty rides, this book really delivers the goods' - Peter James, UK No. 1 bestselling author

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I did not make it to the end of this book and am returning as though the story was good with plenty of twists and I liked the way it encompassed the earlier "The One" which I really enjoyed.
But for anyone who likes to listen in the evening as a way to unwind I found the many and varied music stings which started off a lot the chapters really jarred especially as many of them sounded like ring tones and just as I was about to really relax ARGHHHHH another sound effect jolted me back to full alert.
So I am not sure if it was because it rattled my nerves as the last thing I want to hear when I am trying to wind down is a cacophony of ring tone like music stings, or if it just seemed to be very drawn out, far too implausible or it was just a bit dark for me but I just lost interest. I really liked "When you disappeared", Her Last Move" and "The One" and I would try another John Marrs book but for whatever reason it became plodding for me plus irritating sfx.
I did think the rest of the production was excellent and loved the narration by Kristin Atherton, Roy McMillan, Tom Bateman, Patience Tomlinson and Shaheen Khan but not so much the other female narrator who I always find a bit irritatingly too goody two shoesy.
Bottom line, if you like really relaxing and drifting off listening to an audio book - this is not an audio book I would recommend.

Intriguing but did rather go on and ruined by sfx

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This is one of the best books I’ve read for a long time. Fascinating storyline which touches on some important issues regarding the future ethics of tech and AI. Loved it

Excellent Read

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Great. More please looking forward to the next book . Have now listened to all of them

Passrngers

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I love JM's books, and this is now one of my favourites for sure! And the audio was amazing, great narrators

amazing

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I've really enjoyed this, I will certainly be listening to some more from this author.

I enjoyed the originality of the story, the plot and twists as well as the character.

excellent plot and teists

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