The Swarm

A Novel

De: Frank Schatzing

Narrado por: George Weightman

Duración: 37 h y 36 m

Resumen del Editor

Now a CW Original Series

The Der Spiegel number #1 blockbuster bestseller about an intelligent life force that takes over the oceans and exacts revenge on mankind!

Whales begin sinking ships. Toxic eyeless crabs poison Long Island’s water supply. Around the world, countries are beginning to feel the effects of the ocean’s revenge. In this riveting novel, full of twists, turns, and cliffhangers, a team of scientists discovers a strange, intelligent life force called the Yrr that takes form in marine animals in order to wreak havoc on man for his abuses. The Day After Tomorrow meets The Abyss in his gripping, scientifically realist, utterly imaginative thriller. With the compellingly creepy and vivid skill of this author to evoke story, character, and place, Frank Schatzing’s book are certain to find a home with fans of Michael Crichton.

©2004 Frank Schatzing (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers

Fascinating ideas

Fascinating ideas, interesting characters, good science. My nit- the narrator can’t pronounce nuclear, which was a word used frequently enough to irritate.

Poorly Paced

For a book about intelligent sea life declaring war on humanity, there are far too little passages that focus on the potentially intriguing international economic and religious impacts of this and more time spent on romances between side characters. Some secondary antagonists are so stereotypical I could predict their lines as they were being narrated.

Wordy

Felt words were added for sake of words. First part of book really captured me the ending was meh

Potboiler having familiar plot.

Narration is reasonably clear, but is also a bit labored and uninspirational.

This long winded story plods from one predictable episode of marine animals attacking humans to the next.“. In my view, much ado of an almost boring equivalent of a class B second feature.

My recommendation: skip this one.

Epic

An epic journey, beautifully written and performed.
A thoughtful prose of our place in the world.

Thrilling

Loved every minute of this and couldn't get enough. Once you start its hard to put down. Great narration albeit a bit spotty at times and can feel a tad bit preachy in some spots. Loved all of the details and descriptions and very well researched.

Overall I would highly recommend this book to anyone

the reader

excellent job by the reader. his voice further increased the drama of the novel. I enjoyed the tv series but the book was so much better.

Good but for some things

I enjoyed the way the story developed however there were a few things that distracted from the telling. Religion and US superiority felt heavy handed though that may actually be accurate to reality. As for the narrator, there were a few words that were pronounced in ways that were annoying. The first was "nuculer" which was said way too much as it stood our because of this. The 2nd is saying SETI spelled out. That is like someone spelling out SCUBA and not saying it as a word. There were others but these were the most frustrating for me.

Great hard sci-fi / near term sci-fi book

Really good story and on point with the science. Would definitely recommend for anyone that likes a thriller as well.

A great ocean adventure story!

Action, intrigue, betrayal! Science, mystery, disaster! Like all good stories with many characters, Schatzing introduces them to us a few at a time. We get to know them a bit and then meet others. Various events and plot lines converge for the big excitement of discovery. This is a fun read!!!