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Brought to you by Penguin.
FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WORLD WAR Z
As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier's eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined . . . until now.
But the journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town's bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing - and too earth-shattering in its implications - to be forgotten.
In these pages, Max Brooks brings Kate's extraordinary account to light for the first time, faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive investigations into the massacre and the beasts behind it, once thought legendary but now known to be terrifyingly real.
Kate's is a tale of unexpected strength and resilience, of humanity's defiance in the face of a terrible predator's gaze, and inevitably, of savagery and death.
Yet it is also far more than that.
Because if what Kate Holland saw in those days is real, then we must accept the impossible. We must accept that the creature known as Bigfoot walks among us - and that it is a beast of terrible strength and ferocity.
Part survival narrative, part bloody horror tale, part scientific journey into the boundaries between truth and fiction, this is a Bigfoot story as only Max Brooks could chronicle it - and like none you've ever read before.
The cast:
Judy Greer as Kate Holland
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Kimberly Guerrero as Josephine Schell
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Mira Furlan as Mostar
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Critic reviews
'Devolution is one of the greatest horror novels I've ever read. The characters soar, the ideas sing, and it's all going to scare the living daylights out of you.' Blake Crouch, author of Dark Matter and Recursion
'Devolution is spell binding. It is a horror story about how anyone, especially those who think they are above it, can slowly devolve into primal, instinctual behaviour. I was gripped from the first page to the last!' Les Stroud, creator of Survivorman
'Brooks packs his plot with action, information, and atmosphere, and captures both the foibles and the heroism of his characters. This slow-burning page-turner will appeal to Brooks' devoted fans and speculative fiction readers who enjoy tales of monsters.' Publishers Weekly
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In den Bergen, am Fuße eines Vulkans, liegt Greenloop, eine exklusive Gemeinschaft von Aussteigern. Ein Idyll in der Wildnis, in dem Katherine und Dan auf eine neue Heimat unter Gleichgesinnten hoffen - und auf einen Neuanfang für ihre Ehe. Doch dann bricht der Vulkan aus, und Greenloop ist von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten. Tag für Tag wird die Lage in der Siedlung angespannter - und nachts hören sie die Schreie.
By: Max Brooks
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World War Z
- Operation Zombie
- By: Max Brooks
- Narrated by: David Nathan, Michael Pan
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In seiner erschütternden Berichterstattung beschreibt der renommierte Zombie-Experte Max Brooks die größte Katastrophe der Menschheit seit den beiden Weltkriegen: den Krieg der Zombies gegen die Menschheit. Ergebnis ist dieses umfassende Standardwerk. In zahlreichen Berichten, Tonbandmitschnitten von Überlebenden und Interviews mit Experten geht er den Ursachen auf den Grund, lässt Augenzeugen zu Wort kommen und gibt wertvolle Tipps zur Prävention und Verteidigung.
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Not as advertised as a German Audiobook
- By Austerberry on 09-24-15
By: Max Brooks
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Devolution
- A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
- By: Max Brooks
- Narrated by: Judy Greer, Max Brooks, Jeff Daniels, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined...until now. The journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town’s bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing - and too earth-shattering in its implications - to be forgotten. In this audiobook, Max Brooks brings Kate’s extraordinary account to light for the first time, faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive investigations into the massacre and the legendary beasts behind it.
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Disappointing. Not good.
- By Mr Dangerous on 06-16-20
By: Max Brooks
-
Tiger Chair
- A Short Story
- By: Max Brooks
- Narrated by: Greg Chun
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
China thought it would be a quick war, an easy war. But now, years later, as the insurgency on the streets of Los Angeles escalates but the propaganda never changes, a Chinese officer can’t keep silent any longer. Torn between loyalty to his country and loyalty to his troops, he writes a brutally honest—and possibly suicidal—letter home to unmask the truth. Brooks combines his signature meticulous research with unforgettable characters in this landmark work of speculative fiction.
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a stunning indictment if the forever wars
- By ashwednesday556 on 06-11-24
By: Max Brooks
-
The Forge of God
- By: Greg Bear
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 16 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
On September 28th, a geologist working in Death Valley finds a mysterious new cinder cone in very well-mapped area. On October 1, the government of Australia announces the discovery of an enormous granite mountain. Like the cinder cone, it wasn't there six months ago.
Something is happening to planet Earth, and the truth is too terrifying to contemplate
-
-
Great Story, Wonderful Listening, But the Editor?
- By George Knight on 07-14-13
By: Greg Bear
-
Cryptonomicon
- By: Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 42 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse - mathematical genius and young Captain in the US Navy - is assigned to detachment 2702. It is an outfit so secret that only a handful of people know it exists, and some of those people have names like Churchill and Roosevelt. The mission of Watrehouse and Detachment 2702 - commanded by Marine Raider Bobby Shaftoe - is to keep the Nazis ignorant of the fact that Allied Intelligence has cracked the enemy's fabled Enigma code. In the present, Waterhouse's crypto-hacker grandson, Randy, is attempting to create a "data haven" in Southeast Asia....
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Two thirds through and quit
- By Joshua on 06-20-16
By: Neal Stephenson
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- Anonymous User
- 04-10-23
AMAZING
I loved this.
It was intimate, horrifying, well researched, well thought out...Max Brooks needs to more stuff...
A brilliant experience. The narrators were on point.
I only have good things to say!
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- Kimi Kyllönen
- 05-11-23
Weak presentation of an interesting premise
The initial premise of a journalist investigating what happened to the small community during a modern day American calamity (featuring big foot) was interesting. One would expect an abundance of different sources and stories, a mystery being uncovered piece by piece with speculations about who did what. Alas, the narration quickly falls to what can only be described as a C-rated found-footage horror film in text form.
90% of the book is just one singular source, the journal of the main character whose not the journalist. The accuracy, lengthiness, and overall focus on describing the external world in sequential order and in an emotionally affective style, instead of relying on short reporting and deeper introspection. It's clear the author got lazy with the premise and just wrote a regular horror story with a first person narrator, instead of staying consistent in emulating the investigative medium throughout.
Performances by the visiting actors were good and natural, and Judy "You're not my supervisor!" Greer as the main character is also ok. Unfortunately there's so much bad material she has to work with that it ends up spoiling her voice too.
I would imagine that this story would've worked great as a fictional true-crime style podcast multimedia experience. Unfortunately missed opportunity.
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