The 34th Degree
Thomas Greanias, read by Robert Fass. Tantor Audio, unabridged, 11 CDs, 14 hrs., $44.99 ISBN 978-1-4526-0367-4%E2%80%A8
Narrator Robert Fass gives a service- able performance in this audio version of Greanias's thriller. Sam Deker, the time- traveling hero from The Promised War, is once again swept back in time. This time, thanks to the Pentagon's latest technological breakthrough, he is sent back to 1943 and finds himself in German-occupied Greece before the Allied invasion. Now Deker must discover the fate of an ancient biblical manuscript, the Maranatha, the pages of which may hold the key to the destiny of the world. Fass does a competent job with this convoluted tale of WWII skullduggery, and indeed is at his best narrating the author's descriptive passages. However, he falters in his por- trayals of the multinational (British, Greek, German) cast of characters. It would have better served the audiobook if Fass had forgone any attempt at accents and simply provided a straightforward, no-frills reading. An Atria hardcover. (July)
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Reviewed on: 10/31/2011
Release date: 07/01/2011
Genre: Audio
Paperback - 576 pages - 9781501107573
Other - 256 pages - 9781451612400
Hardcover - 470 pages - 9781451612394
Mass Market Paperbound - 543 pages - 9781451612417