Deep Fathom

By: James Rollins

Narrated by: John Meagher

Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's summary

Ex-Navy SEAL Jack Kirkland surfaces from an aborted underwater salvage mission to find the Earth burning. Solar flares have triggered a series of gargantuan natural disasters. Earthquakes and hellfire rock the globe. Air Force One has vanished from the skies with America’s president on board.

Now, with the US on the narrow brink of a nuclear apocalypse, Kirkland must pilot his oceangoing exploration ship, Deep Fathom, on a desperate mission miles below the ocean’s surface. There devastating secrets await him - and a power an ancient civilization could not contain has been cast out into modern day. And it will forever alter a world that’s already racing toward its own destruction.

©2001 Jim Czajkowski (P)2010 HarperCollins Publishers

Rollins Just Beginning to Hit His Stride ...

If you are looking for lyrical, beautiful writing, then you should skip James Rollins: He is no James Lee Burke or Cormac McCarthy. If you are looking for realistic believability, then you should skip James Rollins: He will 𝑎𝘭𝘸𝑎𝘺𝘴 stretch your suspension-of-disbelief capacity to its breaking point. There. Now, if you still have some curiosity about "Deep Fathom," read on ... because it just might justify your spending a credit.

This third Rollins thriller pushes credibility to the limit, same as its predecessors do. However, if you listen without judging, you will see that Rollins has done his research before commencing his wild conjecturing ... and Rollins has the intelligence to research thoroughly and conjecture (just barely) plausibly. I think that, when we close our minds to wild possibilities -- believing that we already know how the world works -- then we also close ourselves from understanding and joy. Just think about some of the completely unbelievable discoveries of quantum physics -- the "cloud" of probability, Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, quantum entanglement, the puzzling dual nature of light -- they all surpass our understanding -- toppling Newtonian physics to its foundations -- yet still stand up to mathematical rigor. Rollins investigates these ideas that go beyond our minds' boundaries, and uses them to craft near-fantasy thrillers. In so doing, he exhibits his true genius: imagination.

With "Deep Fathom," Rollins explores the mysterious realms of Dark Energy and Dark Matter, applying them to South Pacific legends of a lost continent and a "Bermuda Triangle" antipode. Far-fetched, eh? Maybe so; but, on the other hand ... his conjectures do explain the mysterious, real-life pattern of ship disappearances in the South Pacific ....

As for this audiobook's reader, John Meagher, I don't quite understand some other reviewers' strong antipathy for him. Yes, he has a slightly reedy, tenor voice -- not our ideal masculine baritone, and, perhaps, not the ideal voice for these thriller novels -- but, at least, Meagher doesn't speak nasally (which annoys 𝘮𝘦); and he has pretty good acting chops. Contrary to other reviewers' assertions, I find that he does a reasonably good job of distinguishing the characters' voices. I suggest listening to the sample that Audible provides, since people have such different voice-preferences. If you don't mind Meagher's voice, and don't mind a bit of wild imagination, then take a chance with this audiobook. It shows a now-famous author just beginning to hit his stride.

Great underwater adventure

This was a good book! Very suspenseful and mysterious! Easy to listen to and get lost in the adventure with a bit of romance!

Excellent!

Great story, as always, from Rollins. And thoroughly enjoyed John Meagher's performance. We will look for more of his work.

I just had to keep listening

Alright as a narrator John Meagher, at the time of this writing, has 7 audio books to his credit that I could find. Now Dick Hill 340 + audio books, Scott Brick 335 +, Stefan Rudnicki 230 +, we expect a great listening experience from them. Hopefully John Meagher will improve on the next read that he dose James Rollins. Now Deep Fathom kept me engrossed. I would have said it was a page turner, but it's an audiobook. So... I just had to keep listening. James... thank you for an engaging store.

Deep Fathom

Love James Rollins stories but REALLY dislike John Meagher as a narrator. For that reason it will only get 4 stars from me.....not the 5 stars the story deserves.

excellent story, best one in quite a while.

it did not take long to be engrossed into the storyline. I found myself cheering for the good guys, and wishing all kinds of evil on the bad guys. A true suspense thriller from beginning to end. I would recommend anybody to read the story.

Love James Rollins

I absolutely love James Rollins books. I thought I had read them all, until I realized I had missed this one. Once again, great mystery with just a little bit of REAL filtered in. I know everyone doesn't love the narrator but he is one of my favorites! I can't wait until his next one comes out!

Best Book Ever!

This book is by far my favorite of all the James Rollins books I've listened to. The book is suspenseful, riveting, and unpredictable from the beginning. I wanted to know what the outcome was going to be but I did not want the book to end. I hope there are more Deep Fathom adventures in the future.

Another great book!

great narration and really great story. I listen on the way to and from work and now I pray for traffic to hear more.

Very interesting read.

I enjoyed the book it's filled with excitement and intrigue as good a book by Rollins as any.
This one keeps you listening.