Origin

A Thriller

By: J. A. Konrath

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

When linguist Andrew Dennison is yanked from his bed by the Secret Service and taken to a top secret facility in the desert, he has no idea he's been brought there to translate the words of an ancient demon.

He joins pretty but cold veterinarian Sun Jones, eccentric molecular biologist Dr. Frank Belgium, and a hodge-podge of religious, military, and science personnel to try and figure out if the creature is, indeed, Satan.

But things quickly go bad, and very soon Andy isn't just fighting for his life, but the lives of everyone on earth…

©2012 J.A. Konrath (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Hellboy's alternate reality

Where does Origin rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Been a fan of J.A. Konrath for a while and this is now one of my favorites.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Bub. There are only a few characters in the book and while Andy and Sun are good protagonists, I really enjoyed Bub. I didn't root for him but thoroughly enjoyed him.

What about Luke Daniels’s performance did you like?

I liked how he did different voices for each character but really enjoyed his Bub performance.

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

Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense didn't find Hellboy this time.

Any additional comments?

Use the credit. It's worth it.

Fantastic idea for a book! Technically lacking.

What did you like best about Origin? What did you like least?

The concept was great and the tie in with historic events entertaining.

Would you recommend Origin to your friends? Why or why not?

Sure. Just don't go into it thinking it's a blockbuster.

Do you think Origin needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

I don't think a follow up would be quite as interesting as the novel first idea.

Any additional comments?

People this intelligent would have done things somewhat differently in my opinion. If they're the best in their fields, more experimentation would have been conducted to ascertain the demon's weaknesses. It's not like they had decades to figure it out. Wait, they did.

the devil is in the details

Really enjoyed the book; interesting slant on how evil entered the world in a real way; interesting story of redemption from past mistakes; good narration as well

Great listen

It took me a minute to get with the story being read by the narrator because I had listened to him on another series and I kept losing the story. 30 minutes in I was totally in it. This was a nice bit of fiction fantasy.

A liitle predicable, but not bad,

Narrator did a great job, but the story has a few holes and is predicable. Not for everyone.