The Belial Stone

The Belial Series, Book 1

By: R.D. Brady

Narrated by: Amelia Hugh

An ancient monolith uncovered in Montana is the key to uncovering the greatest secret in humanity's history....

Professor Delaney McPhearson's life is turned upside down when her best friend, archaeologist Drew Masters, is found dead. Before she can deal with the heartbreaking loss, she is viciously attacked in her home by a man with inhuman fighting abilities.

Former Navy SEAL and head of security for a global think tank, Jake Rogan drops everything when he hears his foster brother, Tom Jeffries, has gone missing. There seem to be no clues, no information about his whereabouts. He has just vanished. But Jake won't rest until he finds him.

Laney and Jake join forces when they learn that the fates of their loved ones are intertwined. And somehow all the danger that dogs their steps, revolves around an eccentric archaeologist's controversial work on Gobekli Tepe, and the search for an ancient source of power.

Their personal quest soon becomes a race to protect humanity's very existence. How, though, can they defeat a foe who has been planning his moves for millennia? To save mankind, Laney and Jake know they must succeed.

But to succeed, they must live long enough to fight.

©2014 Lisa Kim (P)2024 Lisa Kim

Narration awful

Please- no more use of virtual narration. Story- it could use much less childish romance and more emphasis on science fiction.

Ok but.....

Action scenes are good. Overall story arc is good. And I like most of the characters. My problem is with the female lead, Laney. She is too whiny and makes too many stupid mistakes for me. But that is just a personal preference....I don't like the damsel in distress arc. I find myself fast forwarding through large chunks of the story to skip the "poor pitiful me" sections. I will most likely not make it through this entire series. Other than that, I like the story.

Thought Provoking Read

While I only gave this 4 stars from the stand point of being strictly a story. I would give it way over 5 stars for the thought provoking nature of this book. It really makes you want to dig further into the information, that was surprisingly true, used to create this story. I would highly recommend it for anyone interested in past religion, the book of Enoch, and religious archaeology.

please. writers please.

Just, No. We can't let this level of writing cloud and obscure access to the library of worthwhile reads. Makes me want to quit audible.

Too violent & predictable

By chapter 8, I had enough of gunshots to the head, caged victims, torture. Not the intrigue & archeology I had hoped for. Stereotyped characters.
Did not get any further. Wasted audiobook price.