Tyrannosaur Canyon

By: Douglas Preston

Narrated by: Scott Sowers

Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

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?

©2005 Splendide Mendax, Inc. (P)2005 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC

Critic reviews

"Better than Crichton." (Publishers Weekly)
"Preston keeps the adventure high, springing plenty of nifty surprises along the way." (People)
"Give him lots of credit...for thrills. He can write gripping escape scenes and bloody confrontations with the best of them." (Booklist)

Douglas Preston never fails to entertain

Would you listen to Tyrannosaur Canyon again? Why?

Sure, the book was totally enjoyable. I'd listen again the second time for the more scientific information, after listening to the interview with Mr. Preston at the end.

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

Neither. It was pure entertainment. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

a bit disappointed

Even though I generally love Preston's books, he is a very talented author. This book, in my opinion, fell short & was a bit disappointing to me in that it was pretty boring & just last me in many places in the book. Not to mention the Smithsonian is formally an agency of the USG via an Act of Congress in 1889. Therefore, by its nature, its authority is always trumped by that of the US Military, NSA, CIA, DIA, & the rest of the intelligence alphabet soup. They, in large part, control the output of the science institutions, hence the last part of this story could never happen. IF this were ever truth with alien viruses or alien lifeforms, the USG would simply squash the research before publishing & slap "classified" on it. Then swear the scientists to non-disclosure agreements.

A pleasure to listen to

The quality of the writing is not in the same league as that of The Pieces of the Puzzle by Robert Stanek, but I was able to suspend my disbelief and hang in there for the ride. As far as the narrator being horrible, listen to the sample and decide for yourself. I felt the narrator was good and helped bring the story and the characters to life.

Only reason I give this book 3 stars instead of 4 (which it probably deserves) is because as a scientist, I often find books written with science as a story element to be oversimplified or simply wrong. This book is no exception, but again I was able to suspend my disbelief and enjoy the story.

Action packed adventure

A well researched and entertaining read. Some scenes and situations are a bit impossible, but suspend the disbelief and go with it. I didn't find the narrator to be at all a problem, but then I can't stand Scott Brick and others seem to find him enchanting. Go figure.

Great way to spend 12 hours

Loved the book. Found the narration to be entertaining and thouroughly enjoyed the story. Suspend disbelief, sit back and enjoy.

Up a canyon without a paddle, but with a story!

OK here's the deal. This is classic Douglas Preston/Scott Brick work, with relatively well developed characters, an interesting plot that is clearly well researched by the author, and some crackling good action scenes.

Now if you don't like the Preston/Brick combination, this is unlikely to be a book you will find compelling. I am a fan, and genuinely enjoyed it. I didn't give the story as high a rating as some, only because it is a really long stretch, but aside from that, this book comes recommended.

Bravo! Great book!

The unexpected twists and turns, the fast pace, and the interesting facts created the perfect combination of a great book. I even warmed up to the reader after a while. It is a 10 out of 10!

Narrator is annoying

I love the story. But the narrator was so nasal sounding he often drew me out of the story because I was annoyed.

You won't be able to stop listening to this book.

What made the experience of listening to Tyrannosaur Canyon the most enjoyable?

The fact that you can actually can picture most of the places mentioned. It took me about a week to finish it; I was hooked

What other book might you compare Tyrannosaur Canyon to and why?

I'm not sure; I read the codex and eve thought there were a few characters from that story it was very different. Worth every second

What does Scott Sowers bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He was excellent describing every character and the moods of them. Very realistic.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

The virus

Another good story from Douglas Preston

This book kept my interest and kept me guessing the whole way through. Great performance from Scott Sowers.