Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
The Fossil
- Secrets of Mars, Book 1
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
99p for the first 3 months
The Fossil
Buy Now for £25.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
Summary
In 2018, Canadian archaeologist Ron Jackson makes a mind-boggling discovery in Antarctica - right before disappearing without a trace, leaving behind only his controversial theory that humans have lived on Earth far, far longer than we think they have.
Decades later, in 2042, when Jackson's wife dies under mysterious circumstances, an unlikely pair of investigators, Agatha Devenworth and Pano Hofer, begin investigating whether her death might be connected to Jackson's disappearance. What exactly was it he found before he vanished? Why is the Human Foundation, a hyper-powerful business empire built on an endless series of game-changing inventions it has been rolling out, one after another, for over 20 years, trying to hide the truth from the two investigators?
And what could it possibly have to do with the first manned mission to Mars, which ended in disaster leaving countless conspiracy theories in its wake?
Critic reviews
"An intriguing, character-driven mystery/thriller with 'science-fictional awe and' outer-space trappings." (Kirkus Reviews)
"Joshua T. Calvert has a gift for making nail-biting science fiction that you can't put down. Get ready for some sleepless nights!" (M.A. Rothman, USA Today best-selling author)
More from the same
What listeners say about The Fossil
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- C H.
- 03-07-23
Great start to a great adventure.
A, well narrated story. Simple to follow and full of good characters. Can't wait to listen to the next installment.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story2 out of 5 stars
- AnnabelleB
- 20-02-23
Good but . . . .
Really enjoyed the idea, the story was well written and the narrator was great. I didn’t find it too slow BUT I really think that when you purchase an audible book, you should be told when it is only half a book. It is such a tendency these days to call something ‘book 1’ and when you’ve finished , it’s not finished! Am refusing, on principal, to buy book 2.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- John
- 06-07-22
wow. just wow!
I was sceptical getting this as it has few reviews and some said it was slow. But I love Jonathan Davis narration from the Olan Thorenson Anyar books so I decided to give it a go. And boy am I glad I did!!!! yes the narrative was excellent, but I expected that... but the story too! it was in no way slow. it gripped me to the end, a real edged of seat job. well thought-out and cunningly comes together for a nice tie up at the end. I'm literally going to get book 2 now, can't wait.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Story1 out of 5 stars
- Mrs.
- 24-10-21
Never has a book taken so long to do so little
I finished this book out of sheer bloody-mindedness. The story is so slow it’s virtually pedestrian. The low, quiet style of the narrator is unengaging and failed to inject any excitement into the already tectonic pace of the story, which takes about 20 hours to get from wanting to go to Mars to going to Mars, with incredibly little of interest going on in between.
Avoid.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful