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Title details for The Tower by Simon Toyne - Available

The Tower

A Novel

#3 in series

by Simon Toyne
Simon Vance
Audiobook
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In The Tower, the thrilling conclusion to Simon Toyne's bestselling Sanctus trilogy, an ominous countdown has begun that some believe could be the first sign of an imminent global catastrophe.

Toyne's latest thriller opens at the NASA Control Center in Maryland where the center's director has gone missing and all that can be found is a bizarre message on his computer screen. FBI Agent J. J. Shepherd believes some of this might be related to an explosion at the Citadel, a secretive monastery in Ruin, Turkey; the viral outbreak that followed there; and the chilling disappearance of a woman named Liv Adamsen.

As strange events and natural disasters occur around the world, Liv searches for the final secrets of the prophecy, while inside the walls of the Ruin, her lover, Gabriel Mann, infected by the virus, battles to survive. Is this the end of days?

In the tradition of Dan Brown's The DaVinci Code and Steve Berry's The Columbus Affair, The Tower will keep you riveted until the very last twist.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Sancti Trilogy

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    June 11, 2013

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780062263247
      • File size: 366556 KB
      • Duration: 12:43:39

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 22, 2013
      Federal agents probe a computer attack on the Hubble telescope, ostensibly the work of a religious cult, in this anxiety-inducing final addition to a trilogy by Toyne (Sanctus, The Key). The salty FBI veteran Franklin teams with recruit Shepherd, a Cambridge-educated cosmologist, to stay ahead of an enigmatic countdown, track missing scientists, and contend with a creepy duo of assassins guided by "the Archangel". Meanwhile, global civilization halts as everyone rushes home, submitting to a strange emotionâ"like that feeling you get when you're running late," in Shepherd's chilling phrase. It's all linked to the outbreak, eight months earlier, of a lethal affliction known as "the blight." Originating from the Citadel, a religious cloister in a fictional Turkish city,, the disease separates journalist Liv Adamsen from her love Gabriel Mann. As they seek to reunite, a religious prophecy may lead everyone to the end of days. Toyne's descriptive skill makes for a story that is cinematically vivid. With many characters separated by time and space, the plot takes a while to cohere, but the relentless pace makes the action addicting.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Simon Vance narrates this complicated thriller with quiet authority, holding myriad plot threads together. The destruction of the Hubble and Webb telescopes may be tied to a pandemic breaking out in a monastery in Turkey. The FBI, several journalists, and a fanatical religious group are all involved. Vance's narration is often filled with drama, as befits an apocalyptic story. Vance's American accents, particularly the Southern ones, prove a bit slippery at times, as when a British pronunciation comes out of an American. But his talent and skill are never in doubt, especially when he's careful not to give away a plot point too soon by revealing a villain via his voice on a phone call. G.D. (c) AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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