The Third Wave: Eidolon

By: John O'Brien

Narrated by: Mark Gagliardi

Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

In 2003, the largest recorded solar flare collided with Earth. The sensors measuring the solar storm were destroyed at an X28 rating, but it was determined later to be an X45 class flare. A satellite monitoring solar activity picks up something far surpassing that classification and on a collision course.

A solar storm, so strong that X classifications no longer apply, hits the CERN large hadron collider at the moment of particle collision, sending a quantum wave around the world. Souls are ripped from the over seven billion people that are in its path, many immediately succumbing. Those remaining either feel nothing or are tormented by endless agony. Only a few escape its path.

Sam and his teenage daughter Erin return to the surface to find a very different world from the one they left. Stranded, they must adapt quickly or become one of the creatures that now roam the earth.

In the Middle East, a small team of soldiers may be the only ones left in a harsh environment overrun by creatures. With very few options and far from any refuge, they set out on a quest for help. Will the reapers hunt them down before they make it to the coast?

Commander Lawrence resurfaces after a successful deep dive test of the Navy’s new toy, only to find a transformed world. The floating derelicts of his escort vessels don’t begin to show the horrors of what he’ll find ashore.

©2017 John O'Brien (P)2017 John O'Brien

Fantastic!

Loved it! Another fantastic tale leaves me looking for book2. John OBrien is a genius

Outstanding!

What a great story. Original thought...how about that? Zombies? Nope. Pandemic? Nope. EMP? Nope. Asteroid impact? Nope........

At first I was skeptical of the broken soul idea, but decided soon that the concept was so original and the threat to survivors so terrifying I couldn’t stop listening. Plus, it’s science fiction, after all.

Mr. Gagliardi is one of the best narrators I have heard, as well. What a great team!

Solid thriller from the beginning to almost to the end

The story was built up brilliantly. The speed, flow, just everything worked perfectly. The backstory was interesting and felt believable.

It's hard to pinpoint the exact moment when I felt disappointed without any spoilers. And I'm not sure is it even fault of the book or just me. Let's just say that we had a disagreement about the whole ending and how we arrived there.

For the most part the book is great survival horror like thriller with fast paced intense moments and few slower parts where you can give your heart a moment of rest before fearing for your and the main characters' lives again. I'm 35y man and I swear to you that after listening to this in the dark winter evening and then having to drive to an empty old cottage to fetch something from the carage just outside the city I needed a moment of silence to listen to my surroundings before I had the guts to open the car doors and step outside.

Then comes the disappointment few hours before the ensing. It feels like the writer got lazy or didn't have anyhing else to say... the book takes a long jump into the future and it's like "ok, we're here, oh, and they lived happily ever after, bye".

Different take on the dead

The storyline is interesting, a different take on the living dead. Listening more for the story than the narrator. The narrator did not have the ability to get the listener to get with the characters of the book.

If you do not mind that, the storyline is interesting enough to buy and listen to this interesting story.

Couldn't stop listening!!

What an incredible story!! It had me sucked in from the very fittest second. The reality of the story scared the crap out of me, but I loved every minute!!

Oh My Gosh!

This was the most amazing story. I am in love with Erin and her dad Sam. I cried, cheered, screamed at the character to run, and still never saw the end coming. I am awed by Mr. Obrien's ability to draw you in and set you in his world he's written. This for me is his best book. Thank you....

Great story

i loved the story and narration well worth the purchase get it now it's awesome.

pretty good

it was fun but it didn't really have a climax I don't think. I really enjoyed the concept and the narration but i was left feeling unsatisfied

Creepy Goodness...

This book scared the crud outta me! First I have to say, I normally don't like books with a big Military presence but John O'Brien some how makes it interesting and understandable enough that I really got into it. There's an event that changes the world we know, taking its place are creatures that take a while to wrap your head around but once you do.....
I'll be honest these things scare me a whole lot more than almost any zombie.

GREAT STORY

great concept would have never have thought of it.....absolutely loved it and the narration was on point....