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  • Yard Work

  • Written by: David Koepp
  • Narrated by: Kevin Bacon
  • Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (26 ratings)

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Yard Work

Written by: David Koepp
Narrated by: Kevin Bacon
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This wasn’t the plan. Judge Herman Calvert, 88, never thought he’d outlive his beloved wife, Marie.

Yet now he finds himself alone, a grieving widower, desperate for escape from the home they built together, where every turn brings a painful reminder of his late wife.

So the judge retreats to his lake cabin in rural Wisconsin, a place where an old man can find peace and solitude. A place where nature can take its course.

But something new has moved in.

The judge’s property is crawling with Persicaria perfoliata, an invasive vine that has no earthly business in Wisconsin lake country. And this plant has teeth. Its barbs and tendrils have snaked deep into the ground, choking the life out of everything they touch, including the old oak tree he and Marie planted on their honeymoon.

If the judge doesn’t do something fast, the vine will take everything he has left. And it won’t stop there. He believes it’s after him.

Yard Work is a new original story by acclaimed screenwriter, director, and novelist David Koepp. Koepp has written or cowritten the screenplays for more than 30 films, including Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man, Panic Room, War of the Worlds, Ghost Town, and Angels and Demons. His latest film, the Universal Pictures/Blumhouse thriller You Should Have Left, starring Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried, is streaming now. His debut novel, Cold Storage, which The New York Times hailed as “pure, unadulterated entertainment”, was published by Ecco in 2019 and is out in paperback this month.

©2020 David Koepp (P)2020 Audible Originals, LLC.
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Fantastic horror story!

Fantastic story from a talented screenwriter and director. It was creepy, funny and emotional. It was  also very reminiscent of Scott Smith's The Ruins, a fantastic novel. 
Kevin Bacon did a tremendous job narrating.
I own the author's debut novel, Cold Storage which I really look forward to reading now!

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I was hooked a few paragraphs in. The character's voice is one of the clearest I've read in a long time. I'll definitely be looking up the author's other work.

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