The Sphinx

Area 51, Book 4

By: Bob Mayer

Narrated by: Eric G. Dove

Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

Dr. Lisa Duncan and Special Forces officer Mike Turcotte know better than anyone that no secret is safe for long - especially one that offers untold power. Case in point: No sooner does Turcotte’s elite Area 51 team uncover a dormant alien ship in Earth's orbit than a group of alien-human hybrids seizes it and uses its technology to commandeer a satellite array bristling with nuclear missiles. Now they’re demanding that humankind hand over the key to an ancient stash of alien technology…or watch an entire continent be reduced to atomic rubble.

Doom seems certain, as the required key is believed lost to the ages - until an unwitting anthropologist discovers the first of many clues to its hiding place. As Duncan and Turcotte race to reach the key - and the powerful treasure it can unlock - ahead of their alien foes, the quest leads them deep into a deadly maze within the Great Sphinx of Giza. The prize? Nothing less than the legendary Ark of the Covenant.

©2000 Bob Mayer (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Never let Eric G. Dove near a book again

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

While the concept and story are really quite good, this book was incredibly difficult to listen to as the Narrator completely butchered the natural cadence of human speech. Spitting words and sentences as if reading for a slam poetry competition, Dove seems to have no concept of the purpose of punctuation to denote pauses, breaks, and the flow of language.

Would you be willing to try another one of Eric G. Dove’s performances?

Absolutely not

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Yes

Great book .....

Loved it ABSOLUTELY. It was a great book.Recomend it. Absolutely loved it. Need more books

love the books

yes it was a little fast but good. the one correction is that they said Edgar Cayce Name wrong they said Case & not Cayce. it is pronanced like Kay-See. i hope you can correct this.

it's ok to change the narrator, but ...

How did the narrator detract from the book?

the narrator pronounced characters differently that the previous 3 books. totally distracting. "tur-cut" vs "tur-caught". "naabenger" vs "nae-benger", etc...

Any additional comments?

normal fun "area 51" book. if you liked the others, this is about the same. not as good as books 1 & 2, though...

Very good but I have one qualm...

I found this book series by accident but being the slight sci-fi nerd that I am I was slightly hooked after listening to the first book. This is the fourth book in the series and I will say they are a lot of fun to listen to. the biggest issue I have with this particular book is not so much the story itself but the fact that they changed the reader of the book. the first three books were performed excellently and while this one was red fairly well, changing the person that reads the book made it very hard for me to stick with this one. also this particular reader or performer seemed Limited in his ability to perform multiple characters much less language and Regional accents. I slowly got accustomed towards the last quarter of the book but changing out the performers this for a long in the series is like changing all of the actors in a movie, it may be the same character but the actor is what gives them their personality.

disappointed

performance was disappointing. key characters name pronounced completely different than the 1st 3 books. speed was to fast to allow time to visualize the description. Don't waste your money on this audio.

Great story

Loved the story line however changing narrator's in the middle of the series made it a little more difficult to follow. I will finish out the series.

Heating Up

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

the story is getting better and better

Who was your favorite character and why?

the main character with this book

Which scene was your favorite?

Delving into the pyramid, I was there

Regret starting listening to this audio series!

Sorry I wasted my credits listening to this audio series. I will not purchase or listen to any other books by Bob Mayer in the future. I do not purchase or listen to Syfy stories to be bombarded by left-wing propaganda, if I wanted that for entertainment I would simply turn on CNN or CNBC. In this book Mayer actually compared Donald Trump to Joseph Stalin who was a Communist Dictator who was responsible for the death of over 30 million of his own people. Everyone has the right to their opinion but that doesn't mean we have to pay to hear it!

Terrible Narrator

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Narration is terrible. I will have to buy a copy of the book to finish the story.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The narrator is terrible. I am going to have to buy a copy of the book or change to another series.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator made my ears bleed. Just terrible

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Sphinx?

The narrator is terrible. white noise would have been better.

Any additional comments?

never let the narrator near a book again