The Darwin Variant

By: Kenneth Johnson

Narrated by: Emily Adams, Eric Pierpoint, Erin Chambers, Francesca Ling, Gary Graham, Jeff Marcus, Jenny Gago, Susan Appling, Kenneth Johnson

Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

Kenneth Johnson plunges listeners into a day-after-tomorrow thriller about an imminent global catastrophe and explores how ordinary people respond to extraordinary circumstances.

When the icy shards of a rogue comet fall to Earth, they bring an unknown virus that accelerates evolution to extremes. Suddenly, infected plants grow stronger, choking out those uninfected. Animals turn aggressive and deadly. The eyes of loved ones go cold, and infected neighbors begin exhibiting signs of brutal domination.

In a small Georgia town, 14-year-old Katie McLane sees her neighbors changing, one by one.

Dr. Susan Perry, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, uncovers the frightening scope of the menace. The infected aren’t just evolving. They’re conspiring to alter the very nature of what it means to be human.

Katie and Susan become fugitives because of what they know, encountering bitter betrayals and lethal dangers, but also loves ignited and inspiring camaraderie, as they fight to prevent a viral conspiracy from creating a terrifying brave new world.

Narrated by Emily Adams, Eric Pierpoint, Erin Chambers, Francesca Ling, Gary Graham, Jeff Marcus, Jenny Gago, Susan Appling, Katharine Jay, Terri Treas, David Henne, Mat Hayes, Stephen Mendel, John Duffy, and Kenneth Johnson

©2018 Kenneth Johnson (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. “The force that through the green fuse drives the flower” by Dylan Thomas ©1939 by New Directions Publishing Corp. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. and by: David Higham Associates, Ltd., London. Excerpts from Animal Farm by George Orwell ©1946, 1974 by Sonia Brownell Orwell. By permission of A M Heath & Co Ltd. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company. All rights reserved. "Imagine" by John Lennon ©1971 (Renewed) LENONO MUSIC. All Rights Admin. by DOWNTOWN DMP SONGS/DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC. All Rights Reserved Used by Permission. Reprinted by Permission of Hal Leonard, LLC.

Great Story - very engaging but.....

I am more than half way finished listening to this wonderful story. I am eager to see how the story ends but I am tempted to switch to the print book in Kindle to keep from losing my cool.

It has truly been a struggle not to scream sometimes over the horrifically sappy and awful "southern" accents. I am southern and have friends and family from Georgia and Tennessee and none of us sound like these characters unless we are "putting on the southern" accent for entertainment. Please find actual southern people to read these parts.

Thank being said - it is a wonderful story!

super cool story

wasn't sure how it would be but I was not disappointed the story was really well done and I loved how invested I was in all the characters not just the main 1s but all characters u could really feel for 1 why or another

Very thoughtful writing

I really did love listening to this. I’ve never listened to this any of this authors stuff before this but I can now say I’m a fan. This story really kept me listening and kept me from working lol. It really has everything in this book from sci-fi to romance and thriller with some comedy attached. Kenneth Johnson did a fabulous job with this book. I mean he knows how to write in a way that lets you really get into the characters and inside their heads even. There are some pages that will make your heart melt and other pages will have you so angry at the characters and the actors did such a great job with telling this story. Good author plus good actors equals a great audible and this is one of those for me. Can’t wait to listen to his newest book

The Darwin Variant

Inspiring. Hopeful. Enlightened. In these days of uncertainty and confusion this is indeed a huge flicker of light for all. This and “Man of Legends” are surely a recommendation for the world and a hope for the future.

Amazing Performance

I enjoyed the story and the great performance by the narrators. I would absolutely recommend!

A really enjoyable story

I really loved this book. This is second book by Kenneth Johnson and it was an as enjoyable as the first one. The most fun part of it was that its very much possible, the science is almost there so its not very far fetched. I am looking forward to his next novel for sure.

Top Shelf Fiction

I disliked nothing in this book. It is unfortunate that this book is fiction. Though the possibility proposed at the end of the book is possible.
I would recommend this as a required reading in middle schools.
Loved this book, it really made me take a look at myself.
Read it.

Darwin Variant

Loved the story The readers kept me interested. Wouldn't it be nice if we could all have a upgrade

brilliant

a brilliant book with a fresh narrative that keeps you gripped in the story which is itself amazingly interesting and full of scientific based facts

It's been awhile since I read such a good book highly recommend

A Science fiction story with some tenderness

Was a great story from beginning to end alot of science,sociology, and if course something from space.