The Tower

  • Author: Simon Toyne
  • Narrator: Simon Vance
  • Publisher: HarperCollins USA
  • Duration: 12:42:56
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Synopsis

After the rise comes the fall

When a cyber-attack at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland disables the Hubble telescope and the Nobel Prize–winning scientist in charge disappears, the only clues left behind are a cryptic countdown clock and a chilling message displayed on the missing man's computer: Mankind Must Look No Further.

Newly appointed FBI agent Joe Shepherd, a former academic star with degrees in astrophysics and computer science, is uniquely qualified to handle the investigation, but he is also hiding some secrets of his own. He discovers a note in the missing scientist's handwriting that reads "end of days" and further evidence linking the cyber-attack to a series of strange events from eight months earlier—an explosion at the Citadel, an ancient monastery in Turkey; the deadly viral outbreak that occurred in its wake; and the disappearance of an American journalist named Liv Adamsen and ex–special forces operative Gabriel Mann.

Liv has been trapped in the Syrian Desert, a prisoner of the prophecy that drove her there and now whispers of terrible things to come. Gabriel, infected and tormented by the deadly virus he carried out of the Citadel, is desperate to return before it spreads.

Shepherd's investigation takes him on a journey to the secrets at the very edge of the universe and also deep into his own past as the countdown clock continues and extraordinary events begin to manifest around the globe—animals migrating out of season, extreme weather battering the planet, people deserting the cities as they answer a growing urge to return to their original homes. In this exhilarating conclusion to the internationally bestselling Ruin trilogy, one woman's destiny weaves the past and present together in a way that will change the future for us all. But what is the "end of days" and what does it really mean for humankind—will it be revelation or devastation?

Chapters

  • TheTower_110_Chapter108

    Duration: 03min
  • TheTower_111_Chapter109

    Duration: 07min
  • TheTower_112_Chapter110

    Duration: 05min
  • TheTower_113_Chapter111

    Duration: 01min
  • TheTower_114_Chapter112

    Duration: 05min
  • TheTower_115_Chapter113

    Duration: 03min
  • TheTower_116_Chapter114

    Duration: 04min
  • TheTower_117_Chapter115

    Duration: 03min
  • TheTower_118_Epilogue

    Duration: 03min
  • TheTower_119_Credits

    Duration: 30s
  • TheTower_11_Chapter9

    Duration: 07min
  • TheTower_12_Chapter10

    Duration: 07min
  • TheTower_13_Chapter11

    Duration: 14min
  • TheTower_14_Chapter12

    Duration: 07min
  • TheTower_15_Chapter13

    Duration: 13min
  • TheTower_16_Chapter14

    Duration: 09min
  • TheTower_17_Part2Chapter15

    Duration: 07min
  • TheTower_18_Chapter16

    Duration: 02min
  • TheTower_19_Chapter17

    Duration: 02min
  • TheTower_20_Chapter18

    Duration: 06min
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