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Erebus
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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Summary
Erebus A science fiction, apocalyptic thrill-ride like no other
***WINNER of the 2018 audiobookreviewer.com Thriller of the Year!***
After lying in wait for millions of years, deep within the Earth beneath Mount Erebus on the frozen continent of Antarctica, an unforeseen threat emerges, leaving a scientific research team to face the horrors that await them at the bottom of the world, alone.
Steven Bird is also the author of The New Homefront Series, as well as the Society Lost Series. His work can also be found in several Kindle Worlds novellas, including The Edge of Civility and Jet: Dangerous Prey.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-09-21
"I know Guns and science"
Gave up about halfway. It's not neccesarily a "bad book" per se, but the dialogue between character is filled with "as you know, fellow scientist/gun-nut/outdoorsman..." and hamfisted explanations of event and themes that for sure needed explaining, but there must have been a better way than what is being presenter here.
Decent enough narration without any real charm or effort, just a man with a pleasant sounding voice reading aloud what it says on the pages.
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- MG
- 04-06-20
Antartic Horror
*Received for Free*
This is my first time with anything by Steven C. Bird, and genuinely I've been impressed by it. Take a team of scientists, stick them in a remote cut off location, and unleash horror upon them (in this case, a deadly rage virus). Take elements from 28 Days later, The Thing and 30 Days of Night, and stick them in a blender.
Main reasons to read this book:
Good, Descriptive world building - Antarctica is vividly described, and you can feel the isolation
Likeable characters - some don't stick around long enough to get to know
Well paced, and well written story - Slick, and never feels like it has been padded out
The Virus doesn't just "exist" - There are justifiable reasons for it existing (even if its unlikely). I've read this during quarantine, so Virus' obviously seems very plausible at the moment.
Erebus sometimes feels like a Dennis E Taylor book (Boboverse, Outland) and that's never a bad thing.
The ending does feel a little rushed, and its disappointing you are not able to get more of a connection to the characters (there's a cast of 20? So understandable).
Kevin Pierce does a fine job at narrating, and also has a similar cadence and speaking style as Ray Porter (thus increasing the Dennis E Taylor comparisons)
Overall, an excellent read. Will be trying other Steven C. Bird works in future
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- D. Woodhouse
- 20-05-21
An icy horror
I enjoy apocalyptic fiction and I'm a big fan of all things polar so this book grabbed me from the very beginning. Bird has certainly done his research of humanity's presence in Antarctica and his description of McMurdo Station is spot on (if you feel inclined be sure to take a look at the Google Street View of base through Google Maps). The plot is fairly straightforward and the characters are pretty generic for this kind of tale.
Pierce's narration is adequate but some of the character voices are too similar at times making differentiating them troublesome at times. That said, all are audible and the sound is noise free.
Overall this is a worthwhile listen in my opinion.
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- Linda
- 29-05-20
Much enjoyed
This was the first book from this author that I'd heard. I would like to listen to more, I listened to the book in one evening and I just like books about survival against all odds. It was never dull and could have become a series.
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