Trust No One

A Thriller

De: James Rollins

Narrado por: Simon Vance

James Rollins’s shocking thriller is now an Earphones Award Winner! Acclaimed narrator Simon Vance gives voice to a wide cast of characters and pulls the listener into this desperate chase to unlock one of the world’s greatest mysteries.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling master of international intrigue comes a shocking new stand-alone thriller that thrusts a group of university students, falsely accused of murder, into a treacherous hunt across Europe, all to unlock the secrets buried within a centuries-old book that could change humankind forever.

Knowledge can be magic—until it falls into the wrong hands.

The ritualistic murder of a British professor at the University of Exeter points to a startling cast of suspects: his own students. All are enrolled in a postgraduate program covering the history of witchcraft, folklore, and spiritualism.

All evidence points to Sharyn Karr—an American student. Prior to the professor’s death, he had thrust a centuries-old book upon her. It appears to be the handwritten and encrypted diary of an eighteenth-century mystic and occultist, the Comte de Saint-Germain. The professor begged her to keep the text safe, ending with a warning: Trust no one.

Such a responsibility forces her into cooperation with Duncan Maxwell, a fellow postgrad and the sixteenth in line to the British Crown. Already, Duncan has proven himself a savant with encryptions. Unfortunately, the pair clash at every level, but they both need one another. Especially when they discover the book’s opening words: Herein lies the secret to my immortality. Come find me, if you dare.

As dark forces close upon the pair, she and her friends are forced to flee, pursued by law enforcement and hunted by a powerful cabal. In an explosive chase across Europe—from the Tower of London to Parisian chateaus to a fortress in the Italian Alps—Sharyn must learn the true secret hidden in Saint-Germain’s text. It will send her and the others across history and deep into the heart of one of the world’s greatest mysteries, a secret buried at the roots of Western Civilization, a discovery that could topple empires and change humanity forever.

For what lies at the end of Saint-Germain’s diary is as shocking as its opening words.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Disappointing for Rollins

I love Rollins Books (I own them all) but this one felt rushed and like he wasnt sure what to fill it with. The beginning was traditional Rollins and then it just went down from there. Fast paced is good but not when it rushes the story to the point of feeling half written. It could have been an exciting book.
The Narrator, I think the narrator was a poor choice. the accents and the sound just wasn't right for what was being depicted.

I had a major problem understanding the narrator.

Overall, I enjoy Rollins books, but the narration was made listening to the book difficult.

Intriguing

The tale was spun in such a way that it captures interest from the first paragraph to the last.

The book

I love it all and will probably no definitely tell my son to read it

Not bad, but not Sigma

The story lacked the excitement and energy I've come to expect from Rollins. Still better than 99% of what's out there in the genre (if you appreciate the true science/history elements), but not at his usual standard. I actually spent most of the book thinking it was a newer author using his name the way Cussler and Patterson put their names on things. Still worth a listen if you're a fan.