Subterranean

By: James Rollins

Narrated by: John Meagher

“James Rollins knows adventure.”

—Chicago Sun Times

Subterranean is the novel that launched the spectacular career of James Rollins, author of the mach-speed, New York Times bestselling blockbusters Map of Bones, Black Order, The Judas Strain, The Doomsday Key, and so many others. Rollins fans—and aficionados of his contemporaries, Clive Cussler and Dan Brown—can return to the beginning with this breathtaking tale of exploration and dark secrets hidden beneath the Antarctic ice, and see why the Providence Journal-Bulletin has named Rollins, “The modern master of the action thriller.”

©1999 Jim Czajkowski; (P)2009 HarperCollins Publishers

Recording is a bit off

I loved the strange animals, and the fast paced story. It was easy to picture everything happening. But there are a few blips that I think has to do with the recording.

Classic Rollins.

Rollins either swings and misses or knocks them out of the park. This definitely wasn't a swing and a miss!

Subterranean was a great book!

My husband is a big fan of James Rollins. This was my first of his books. We traveled by vehicle this Thanksgiving, and it was a 9 hour road trip each direction. This audio book was so good! It keep us on the edge of our seats, and made the traveling go by so fast! I definitely recommend this book, and I can't wait to read more of his books.

Interesting Ideas

What aspect of John Meagher’s performance would you have changed?

John Meagher is a good reader, characters and genders are good - however as noted by others his Australian accent is jarring. its like he learned it from watching the Crocodile Hunter and 1960's episodes of Skippy (Crikey, wot's thet Skip? Blimey! must be a big bugger to be making all thet recket... etc), with a bit of random South African thrown in. That being said, its no worse than Australians attempting American accents, which are usually dreadful. Don't know how you get around this, but at times it was a difficult listen. Its not like I wasn't warned by other reviewers.

Any additional comments?

I've read a few James Rollins books and enjoyed them, I will give another book a go at some point.

One of My All Time Favorites

Great book and narrator. You won't be sorry with this one. I loved it in print and audio.