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Mount Dragon

By: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Narrated by: David Colacci
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Guy Carson is a brilliant scientist at GeneDyne, one of the world's foremost biochemical companies. When he is transferred to Mount Dragon, GeneDyne's high-security genetic engineering lab, his good fortune seems too good to be true.

Carson soon finds that it is. He learns that GeneDyne geneticists are tinkering with a common virus with an eye on the enormous profit to be had from a cure for the flu. Their cure involves permanently altering DNA in humans, and Carson's job is to stabilize the virus. But Carson starts to wonder if this is justifiable, even for the most noble medical cause. Altering genes is a risky job, and the possibility of creating another killer virus is very real. What's more, Mount Dragon harbors another secret that puts the world at horrifying risk.

©2008 Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (P)2008 B00FO6WK0S Genre Fiction Science Fiction Suspense Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense Scary
Engaging Plot • Scientific Accuracy • Distinctive Character Voices • Unpredictable Twists • Detailed Research
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Start this book in different spots and you may wonder what this book is about. You might think it is a western, or a story about mad scientists, or the evils of genetic engineering, or about cyber-space. It is about all these things and I thought the authors did an excellent job of putting it all together. I liked most of it and I believe there is something in here for everyone. I also enjoyed that they kept you guessing on who the bad guys where. There is intelligent conversation and there is suspense and action.

Should appeal to many types

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Where does Mount Dragon rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It's a favorite in print and audio. If you are a fan of the Preston/Child team and read this years ago, I can highly recommend the audiobook. Good escape listening. And one of the Pendergast characters is in the story-- Mime.

Classic Preston/Child Adventure

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I liked the first half of this novel, but the second half was one big long boring chase scene. I was also a tad bored with the author's soapboxing re: genetic engineering. It would've been more interesting if the characters had succeeded in genetically revising humanity's germ cells rather than just debating the ethics of such.

It started off with a bang and ended up being standard potboiler fare.

Liked the first half

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I enjoyed everything about this book- from the actual story to the narrator. I really enjoy SciFi virus-type stories and this was right up my alley. I don't think it was too technical or not technical enough. If you want a good listen- these authors generally don't let you down.

Great Book

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This the first time that I had to actually
wade thru the first part of the book I was so disappointed in the authors whom I had never read a bad book before But the second half saved the day It was up to their excellent selves and I enjoyed it immensly

very bad to very good

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Would you consider the audio edition of Mount Dragon to be better than the print version?

No, both the same

What did you like best about this story?

Good thriller, moves along quite well

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Yes, quite a lively narration

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

None really, just a good listen

Any additional comments?

The audio was not the best, not from the readers point, but the actual audio levels were very up and down, some parts were too soft and then others were too loud, it needed to be balanced better. This was a technical issue not a narration issue, but I wold have expected better audio production than this.

Good story, average audio.

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i staggered a bit with this one, at first too much science raving, but then it developed into an interesting story with a few surprises. worth a read but probably only once for me

desert ,bugs and nerds

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I’ve never read a book by Preston and Child that didn’t rate 5 stars and with the added bonus if David Colacci (one of my very favorites) it easily went beyond the 5 stars. I did, however, noticed 1 error and it really surprised me. The flu pandemic of 1918 was called the Spanish Flu. I’m not aware of any reference to swine but it might be. I didn’t have time to look it up. I live the tidbits of history I get from novels so just wanted to mention this in case anyone cares. It in no way detracted from this excellent novel.

Another Great One!

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the story was fine, but the volume jumped all over thr place. for some characters voices, the narrator barely whispered, while at other times the sound was much too loud. I had to constantly adjust the volume.

volume problems

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Appropo for today’s news of a lethal virus for a subject of a book, but this is slow in its storytelling and there isn’t a strong character to love or hate like in the Pendergast seres. Some interesting procedural facts kept my attention but weren’t enough for me to do a nonstop listen. The authors are capable of writing cliffhangers with memorable characters. This book falls short.

2-3 stars and have a cold glass of water handy

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