The Grail

Area 51, Book 5

By: Robert Doherty, Bob Mayer

Narrated by: Martin Gollery

Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

The Grail is another knockout from New York Times best-selling author Bob Mayer writing as Robert Doherty.

The Holy Grail - is it the key to a miracle...or a terrifying truth? The Great Wall of China, the immense carvings on Easter Island, Egypt's pyramids, UFOs: What is the chilling connection? The answer, unearthed by an elite band of soldiers and scientists based at Area 51, is rewriting human history - to include the aliens who shaped it!

Now, in this heart-pounding novel, Area 51 personnel embark on a top-secret search for the Holy Grail, a glittering artifact with the power to save the world...or lead to its destruction.

Special Forces officer Mike Turcotte has paid his dues in battle and in blood. Now assigned to Area 51, he fights the toughest enemy of his career: the alien race who arrived on Earth millennia ago and have returned to claim the planet.

Mike has dodged bullets and faced weapons of mass destruction to give humanity another day of reprieve. But when his lover, scientist Lisa Duncan, falls into evil hands, Mike must decide which prize means the most to him - the woman he loves or the legendary Grail. It's a decision that could damn him...or damn us all.

©2012 Bob Mayer (P)2012 Bob Mayer

read by a non professional?

there were a lot of hangups where the narrator had to restart a sentence not what I would have expected. he often missed the flow of the sentence missed fullstops and so on I thought all those books here are narrated by professionals?

Nonexistent audio editing

This is the worst edited audiobook I have ever heard. When the narrator stumbled and made mistakes and then corrected them they were not edited out in the final - very disappointing And ruined the presentation of this book

Good story, narration leaves a lot to be desired

Fifth book in the series, good story, worth the time. The bad side. The narration was not nearly as good as the last 4 books. In all prior books, you know who is speaking by the way their voices are portrayed. In this one, it is the same voice, nothing special. The second problem I ran into is the production. The editing on this book was amateurish at best. Lots of repeating of words - ex. "They walked into the into the building." Will continue through the series, but this one should be reproduced.

Get the eBook or paperback

If you like the Area 51 series and have listened to any of the previous books, I would recommend skipping this audio and getting the eBook or printed copy. The performance of this read is far below other audible books that I’m surprised it is available as it is. At times character names are pronounced differently by the same story character that it sounds like a new character is being introduced and there are a number of misreads that stop abruptly and restart the sentence. For a time I thought there was a problem with my reader. If that weren’t enough to dissuade, the majority of the book is read in a very monotone way that it sounds like a poor church sermon. The story itself is in line with the previous books.

Bad narrator

The narrator was horrible. It took all my patience to listen to the book. Hoping they don’t use him again.

good story, absolutely horrible narration.

this is my second or third time going through the area 51 series, but the first time in an audiobook. the story is great, I still I'm Amazed by how many Legends myths and other stories that are woven into this alien world. However this narrator should not be allowed to even read a book to himself as bad as he was. I had to speed up the narration to get through it, the only reason I didn't simply return this book is because I wanted to get through this story knowing that this was the only one this narrator read. there are many times he pronounced the same word with different pronunciations, he started sentences over many times, his voices were inconsistent, and it would be very easy for this to put you to sleep. I will stay away from any book read by Martin gollery.

Bad narrator

Narrator on this book changed from previous in series. He has a good voice but bad at narrating and voices. There must not be any editing on this narrative because every time he clears his throat or mid reads and then rereads it is there. Not edited out.

Narrator takes a dive . . .

I've just finished this volume, and like the first four books in the series, Mayer's seeming intent to use practically every known paranormal event as fodder for his cannons has continued brilliantly. He even manages to invite Sir Richard Francis Burton into the mix, as though Mayer has perhaps just read _The Strange Affair of Spring-heeled Jack_ ! I normally don't review books like this one. It's light reading, very entertaining if you have a good grasp of the paranormal world, its cover-ups and conspiracies, as well as its numerous sources, symptoms, causes, and effects.

But I really need to warn other readers. If the performance quality of the narration is a major factor for you, prepare to be outraged and let down. It's not so for me; I just ignored it and enjoyed the story. The narrator from the first four books, who was just ok, is gone. He's replaced by a slightly illiterate and robotic text reader who, when he doesn't know how to pronounce a difficult word, just makes up an approximation, at the meaning of which the listener then has to guess. He stops mid-sentence, pauses, then starts over, finally, mercifully, reaching a period. It's so bad it detracts from the story, which is my definition of the worst in narrators. Proceed at your own peril!

Good story, very bad narration

As many have said, the narration is horrible. I would recommend sticking it out though if you have made it this far through the series... and the next books narrator is different, so crossing my fingers. Also, there are several spots were the narrator stumbles on words and repeats... it isn’t you or your device, just really bad editing on top of the bad narration.

The story however is good and continues the saga.

Bad narrator.

The narrator was so bad. The book was good but hard to stay interest as the reader was very monotone and boring. Also the common pronunciation of words was all incorrect.