This time-bending thriller will have you asking questions with every turn
4.5 out of 5 stars
In Landfall, we follow two Special Agents as they discover more then they thought they would when they come across a crashed space capsule. A capsule that was thought to have been destroyed when the space station blew up nearly 30 years ago. Follow Lauren Madison and Ellis Cole as they discover what really happened on that fateful day nearly 30 years ago and try and prevent WWIII at the same time.
Paul Heitsch does the narration for this and he has a great voice for a thriller novel. It’s pacing is great and he just has a way of becoming the characters. I’ve listened to books that he’s narrated before and I will continue to seek out his books because he does such a great job with them. Quality was perfect, listened very smooth with no hiccups at all.
The story, while confusing due to the time-changing aspect of it was a blast. I like the ideas that the authors writes about within, they are very “this could happen.” Which, to me, makes a story just that much more interesting.
The two main characters had really great chemistry, both seperate and together. I hope that McWilliams will write other stories with these two.
I always enjoy a 6 hour run-time audiobook because there’s enough time to develop characters, find out who the enemie(s) are, and conclude. Usually this “conclusion” is just a “end of part 1” type. Not with Landfall, which makes my heart flutter with excitement. McWilliams concluded the story (to some degree), and didn’t leave it hanging super open ended like some books are. Now, with that being said; he could easily continue the story and let us know what happens after the fact.
Overall, a unique journey across space and time, without feeling like we’ve been there before. McWilliams is definitely an author I will be looking out for from now on.
One of my only complaints was that the “mysterious virus” that is spoken of numerous times (to the point where no one shakes hands anymore) wasn’t really explained at all. I’m a bio-thriller fan. I would have really, really liked to see a little more on the virus.
This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of Audiobook Blast.
In Alberta, Canada, at the foot of Dead Horse Mountain, a space capsule is discovered—a capsule that shouldn’t exist. Thirty years earlier, Dr. Jan Lee, American entrepreneur and space tourist, purportedly destroyed this craft when he blew up the International Space Station in an act of unexplained sabotage. That event has since inspired conspiracy theories ranging from espionage to alien invasion.
Special Agents Lauren Madison and Ellis Cole have been assigned to investigate. But inside the capsule they find an even greater mystery: the remnants of a three-decade-old time-messaging experiment that could, within days, usher in a new era of manned space travel—or ignite an unimaginable disaster.
John McWilliams is an entrepreneur who has established business ventures working in the fields of microelectronics, software design, and high-energy physics. Mr. McWilliams lives in Orlando, Florida with his two sons.
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