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Cold Storage

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Cold Storage

Written by: David Koepp
Narrated by: Rupert Friend
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"On every level, Cold Storage is pure, unadulterated entertainment." (Douglas Preston, The New York Times)

For listeners of Andy Weir and Noah Hawley comes an astonishing debut by the screenwriter of Jurassic Park: a wild and terrifying adventure about three strangers who must work together to contain a highly contagious, deadly organism

When Pentagon bioterror operative Roberto Diaz was sent to investigate a suspected biochemical attack, he found something far worse: a highly mutative organism capable of extinction-level destruction. He contained it and buried it in cold storage deep beneath a little-used military repository.

Now, after decades of festering in a forgotten sub-basement, the specimen has found its way out and is on a lethal feeding frenzy. Only Diaz knows how to stop it.

He races across the country to help two unwitting security guards - one an ex-con, the other a single mother. Over one harrowing night, the unlikely trio must figure out how to quarantine this horror again. All they have is luck, fearlessness, and a mordant sense of humor.

Will that be enough to save all of humanity?

©2019 David Koepp (P)2019 HarperAudio
Adventure Horror Science Fiction Suspense Scary Fiction Exciting Witty
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This was an extremely fun audiobook! If I had read it as a paperback or e-book I don't think I would have given it 4 stars. However, the audiobook is narrated - perfectly - by Rupert Friend. The British actor (you may know him as Peter Quinn from Homeland) gave life to all these American characters, and boy was he good.

We have Roberto Diaz, ex-military, who has had experience with an alien unicellular fungus that took over a town in Australia in the '80s. There's Naomi, a young single mother who is putting her way through medical school. And Teacake, a sweet ex-con who did his time in prison for a non-violent crime and is actually a decent guy. Teacake and Naomi work as security guards at a storage facility. The facility was built over a decommissioned military facility that stored what remained of the alien fungus. It's now 2019 and this fungus has decided it wants to try to over the world again.

And that's my only problem with the book. The fungus "decides" and "feels" and "thinks" and has agency. Um, no. Fungi do not.

Aside from a sentient fungus, the story was a fast-paced, fun ride with a diverse cast of unique personalities and voices. Friend gives life all the characters and I loved how he did it. Teacake was my favourite and his lines made me laugh out loud several times. What a guy.

It's so good, I'm thinking of trying "Aurora" also written by David Koepp and narrated by Rupert Friend. Recommended for fans of sci-fi/ horror.

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