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_21_Chapter19

    Duration: 07min
  • TheTower_22_Chapter20

    Duration: 03min
  • TheTower_23_Chapter21

    Duration: 07min
  • TheTower_24_Chapter22

    Duration: 03min
  • TheTower_25_Chapter23

    Duration: 09min
  • TheTower_26_Chapter24

    Duration: 04min
  • TheTower_27_Chapter25

    Duration: 09min
  • TheTower_28_Chapter26

    Duration: 03min
  • TheTower_29_Chapter27

    Duration: 08min
  • TheTower_30_Part3Chapter28

    Duration: 09min
  • TheTower_31_Chapter29

    Duration: 08min
  • TheTower_32_Chapter30

    Duration: 08min
  • TheTower_33_Chapter31

    Duration: 08min
  • TheTower_34_Chapter32

    Duration: 05min
  • TheTower_35_Chapter33

    Duration: 11min
  • TheTower_36_Chapter34

    Duration: 07min
  • TheTower_37_Chapter35

    Duration: 07min
  • TheTower_38_Chapter36

    Duration: 09min
  • TheTower_39_Chapter37

    Duration: 10min
  • TheTower_40_Chapter38

    Duration: 02min
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