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Daniel X: Genesis

By: James Patterson, Aaron Tracy
Narrated by: Michael Cimino, Abigail Breslin, Jimmi Simpson, Mercedes Ruehl, full cast
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Daniel’s 16th birthday is starting out like any other day: He’s late for school, his homework’s due, his crush doesn’t know he’s alive, and his afterschool gig is a joke. There’s just one more thing: He needs to save the human race from annihilation.

James Patterson’s thrilling adventure series gets an exclusive, audio-only origin story in Daniel X: Genesis, brought to life by an all-star cast. We meet Daniel, an ordinary teen just trying to navigate his way through high school. That all changes when he discovers he has super powers and can conjure up anything, at any time, just by imagining it. Suddenly he’s meeting powerful entities who tell him he is not, in fact, a typical teenage human but an alien...and his parents died not in a car wreck but in an epic battle with an intergalactic villain.

Can Daniel find the courage to take up the fight? Can he use his powers to save the Earth? And can he finally get to shred onstage in front of thousands of screaming fans? So much to do, so little time.

Starring Michael Cimino (Love, Victor), Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine), Mercedes Ruehl (The Fisher King), Jimmi Simpson (Westworld), and a full cast.

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James Patterson
Aaron Tracy
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Meet the Creators

James Patterson is the world’s bestselling author and most trusted storyteller. He has created many enduring fictional characters and series, including Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Michael Bennett, Maximum Ride, Middle School, and I Funny. Among his notable literary collaborations are The President Is Missing, with President Bill Clinton, and the Max Einstein series, produced in partnership with the Albert Einstein Estate. Patterson’s writing career is characterized by a single mission: to prove that there is no such thing as a person who "doesn’t like to read", only people who haven’t found the right book. He’s given over three million books to schoolkids and the military, donated more than seventy million dollars to support education, and endowed over five thousand college scholarships for teachers. For his prodigious imagination and championship of literacy in America, Patterson was awarded the 2019 National Humanities Medal. The National Book Foundation presented him with the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community, and he is also the recipient of an Edgar Award and nine Emmy Awards. He lives in Florida with his family.

Meet the Creators

Aaron Tracy is a writer and producer, whose credits include Law & Order: SVU, among others. He’s the creator and executive producer of Sequestered, a serialized thriller that ran on Sony’s Crackle Network, as well as The Tap, for USA Network, which Aaron produced alongside one of his heroes, Rob Reiner. Aaron was recently commissioned by Lifetime to write and executive produce a four-hour limited series set in 1960s Hollywood, as well as by Anonymous Content to adapt the Tennessee Williams biography, Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh. In audio, Aaron is the creator of several upcoming scripted dramas, with producing partners including Shonda Rhimes, Kelly Ripa, Steve Nash, and James Patterson. Aaron is on faculty at Yale University, where he teaches in the English Department, and hosts the podcast To Live & Dialogue in LA featuring conversations with fellow screenwriters.

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I really love these audio dramas. And not expecting such a great start to what I see is based on a series of books I can only hope we get this way too. I loved the Alien trilogy, Impact Winter (need a sequel there) and now this. Used to be such a huge fan of Star Wars novels because it had the sound effects and a few extra voices. Brandon Sanderson has some great readers too that really get you into the story but none of it compares to how these do it. The only thing I could want would be longer. And to get free for being a subscriber makes it that much better. Audible MAKE MORE!

Another GREAT so already waiting for one for book2

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Was a lot better than I expected but then again I didn’t know what to expect going into it. Funny, well told and helped pass the work day. Would recommend giving it a listen.

Pretty dope

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I thought this was a very well produced and fun to listen to program. The writer did a great job formatting the story, even or maybe especially so much action. I was able to visualize everything that happened, even when in places that there was little to no verbal description of what was going.

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my son and I shared the experience of the first few Daniel X books when they came out. as I was listening to this series not only, was it nostalgia, but the performance and storyline played like a movie in my head as I was listening. excellent performance I hope to here more.

just like a movie in my head

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I love stories that are acted out with music and sound effects. Well done.

Very well done!!

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