• Destiny

  • By: Tom Lowe
  • Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
  • Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
  • 3.7 out of 5 stars (388 ratings)

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Destiny

By: Tom Lowe
Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
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Publisher's summary

When former CIA code breaker Paul Marcus receives the call, he thinks it's a hoax. He's asked to analyze a cache of papers found locked in an old trunk. They were the last manuscripts written by Isaac Newton. Using Newton's math and notes, Marcus begins to see a pattern leading to a prophecy so frightening, to reveal it will change world events.

At the time of his death, Newton was searching for ancient biblical codes that may open a locked window into future events. Newton helped explain gravity - but could he do the same for human destiny?

©2015 Tom Lowe (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

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Klunky, Obvious Dialog - waste of a credit!

I so wish I had not bought this. The dialog is horrible. I gave this a good try (listened to an hour and a half). Decided this is definitely not worth another 15 hours of my time.

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A Good, but not Great Thriller

With mystery, adventure, conspiracy, and the potential end of life on earth as we know it, this story has all the elements of an epic novel. It doesn't quite have the writing to carry it off. This is "The DaVinci Code" meets "Raiders of the Lost Ark" with a bit of "The Bible Code" thrown in for good measure. Paul Marcus is a former NSA code breaker who took time off to break the genetic code is asked to carry on the biblical scholarship of Isaac Newton. He does so, but we're never sure how. Equal letter spacing is briefly mentioned, but the primary method of determining ancient prophecies is to put Newton's writings into a computer and expect magic. Marcus gets help from some wise sources, but their wisdom is never explained. Were these advisors ordinary mortals or something more? One clue requires the full moon each November to be in the exact same position in the sky. (I hate to break this to the author, but this doesn't happen.) The book treats some biblical passages such as "Now I see through the glass darkly, but then face to face" and "They shall beat their spears into plowshares" as obscure texts that would only be familiar to biblical scholars. I'm no biblical scholar, but they are very familiar to me. The former passage is a partial metaphor for this book. We see key prophecies through a dark glass filter, but they are never fully explained.

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Horribly written book - Returning this one..

What disappointed you about Destiny?

It had a lot of potential but the writing style was that of a 12 year old student rushing a homework assignment to his teacher.

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The Newton Compact

If you could sum up Destiny in three words, what would they be?

Corruption + Absolute Power

What did you like best about this story?

The story was constantly on the move ... The author planned well and he always had control of the story not vice versa

Which scene was your favorite?

Fernier relating his story and gaining a desire for one more quest in his live

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

Oh, what a web we weave

Any additional comments?

Long story, but there is never a dull moment...the readers never rushed or got bored with the story, and that in its self was a real pleasure

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Fun adventure!

I'm not sure where the other commentors were coming from, but I really enjoyed Destiny, narrator and all. It's an exciting adventure, with all the elements for an entertaining listen. Hidden codes, murder, deception, conspiracies.

The narrator did a fine job too in my opinion! Listen to the sample, you can tell for yourself if you do. It moved at a good pace. Lovely escapism fiction!

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waste of money

don't waste your money or credits on this awful book. bad narration, clumsy dialogue, on and on.

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Mediocre at best

If you think the DaVinci Code was too well written, had characters that were too interesting and plot lines too exciting then this book is for you. The narrator was the equal of the writing.

I honestly didn't research this book well enough before buying it and didn't expect a Dan Brown derivative. Even so, I gave it an honest chance and finished it. Before buying, I skimmed GoodReads.com and saw several 4-star ratings so shame on me for not looking more closely.

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A waste of my time and money.

I thought this story would let me suspend reality and buy into the plot and characters-it didn't.

I got so bored after the first 20 chapters that I started sampling the first few seconds of the successive chapters, but very little was worth slowing down for.

If you have Bible verses + mathematics + Isaac Newton + famous peoples names- to come up with exact people and events in the future.

The reader were good though.



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Glad it's over

Just felt it was a waste of time. I'm almost dizzy from rolling my eyes so much.

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Under delivered

Starts off with an interesting plot, but drags on and on. Very repetitive story telling.

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