Ancestor

A Novel

De: Scott Sigler

Narrado por: Scott Sigler

“The ancestors are out there…you have to believe me.”

From acclaimed author Scott Sigler—New York Times bestselling creator of Infected and Contagious—comes a tale of genetic experimentation’s worst nightmare come true. Every five minutes, a transplant candidate dies while waiting for a heart, a liver, a kidney. Imagine a technology that could provide those life-saving transplant organs for a nominal fee...and imagine what a company would do to get a monopoly on that technology.

On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, PJ Colding leads a group of geneticists who have discovered this holy grail of medicine. By reverse-engineering the genomes of thousands of mammals, Colding's team has dialed back the evolutionary clock to re-create humankind’s common ancestor. The method? Illegal. The result? A computer-engineered living creature, an animal whose organs can be implanted in any person, and with no chance of transplant rejection. There's just one problem: these ancestors are not the docile herd animals that Colding's team envisioned. Instead, Colding’s work has given birth to something big, something evil. With these killer creatures on the prowl, Colding and the woman he loves must fight to survive — even as government agents close in to shut the project down, and the deep-pocketed company backing this research proves to have its own cold-blooded agenda.

As the creators become the prey in the ultimate battle for survival, Scott Sigler takes listeners on the ultimate thrill-ride—and offers a chilling cautionary account of what can happen when hubris, greed, and madness drive scientific experimentation past the brink of reason.

©2010 Scott Sigler (P)2010 Random House

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Sigler writes as if he is channeling a collaboration between Stephen King and Michael Crichton, as edited by H.G. Wells...He is gifted with the ability of explaining complex topics in an interesting, understandable and even entertaining manner, creates memorable characters who are likable and otherwise, and keeps the pace of the narrative moving so quickly that the pages should be soaked in flame retardant. This is one of those rare books that makes me wish that I could be stricken with selective amnesia, so that I could read it anew again."--Bookreporter.com

“A tremendously entertaining horror novel…the premise is thought-provoking, Sigler populates the novel with a lively cast of characters (unlike many thrillers, the heroes are as interesting as the villains), and the action is virtually nonstop—and, at times, quite graphic. If you combined Michael Crichton’s scientific exploration with Matthew Reilly’s lightning-fast pace and colorful characters, you might get something that feels like this book, which, incidentally, would make a great movie.”--Booklist

Pure entertainment!

What made the experience of listening to Ancestor the most enjoyable?

Fast pace and characters.

What did you like best about this story?

Love, love, love Clayton!

Have you listened to any of Scott Sigler’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes, I love all his books. No favorites.

Any additional comments?

Scott Sigler is awesome for getting away from reality. Scott you are th only one who can read your books. I love your voices.

Liked it a lot.

Great as usual by SS. I also enjoy his reading style but I know some folks don't like it.

Want bad but not refined writing or reading

I liked the premise of the story. And wasn't a bad book. But I have listened to hundreds of books so this gets low rating. The writing felt like a young college boy wrote it or a new writer in general. The reader didn't have a bad voice but doesn't make you feel the story like a really good reader can. Much like the writing the reader came across like a novice just reading any ole book outloud to himself.

No spoilers

Characters very one dimensional but it was fun story—predictable but entertaining. Unfortunately the narration came pretty close to ruining it. This is author-narrated as usual for SS, but it was super cheesy & the silly voices made everyone into even more of a caricature than their description. Just pony up and hire a professional narrator next time. PLEASE!

Marginal author bad narrator

This author does a marginal job writing. But he is the worst narrator I have ever heard.

Love this book

Fast paced lots of action and love the science behind the story. My only complaints was I kept think about the perry dosy and the other characters from The infected books and pooki from nocturnal.

A Delicious Nightmare

As always, Scott Sigler delivers with his all too possible horror, amazing characters, and killer narration. 5 stars all the way!!!

Mr. SIgler, please let somone else narrate!

Great story. Enjoyed it almost as much as Infected and Contageous (which I read in paperback). Unfortunately, Mr. Siglar narrates this himself, and I personally couldn't take his characters seriously because of the way he gave them funny accents and over-the-top delivery of their dialogue.

If you read this Mr. Sigler, please let somone else narrate your next novel, and I'll gladly buy it!

Science Gone Wrong In The Backwoods

Awesomely entertaining if you're into weird science w/ a liberal splashing of horror... Outstanding pace w/ some truly memorable characters, dog included;). The production is on the poor side while the actual narration is spot on...

Great book

I love this kind of story. The characters were all well-written and quite interesting, and the story itself was quite interesting with plenty of action and a good dose of science. I agree that it would make a great movie - I'd love to see what the ancestors actually look like!