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Title: Quarantine

Author: Greg Egan

Narrator: Adam Epstein

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 61 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In 2034, the stars went out. An unknown agency surrounded the solar system with an impenetrable barrier, concealing the universe from humanitys gaze.

In 2067, Nick Stavrianos is hired to investigate the disappearance of a mentally disabled woman, Laura Andrews, from the institution where she was being cared for. Aided by a skull full of neural modifications, he follows her trail to the Republic of New Hong Kong, where an organization known as the Ensemble has uncovered Lauras extraordinary secret: An ability that could transform the world.

Editorial Reviews:

Adam Epstein brings a conversational, offhand delivery to a neurologically-enhanced gumshoe named Nick Stavrianos in Quarantine.

Greg Egans science-fiction novel is set in the year 2067 in a world where the solar system has been enclosed by an unbreakable barrier put in place by an unknown extraterrestrial force. Andrews is hired to find a brain-damaged woman named Laura Andrews, who has disappeared from her institution. Following her to Hong Kong, Stavrianos case leads him closer to the mysterious force thats "quarantined" the solar system.

Epstein performs Stavrianos narration in a world-weary tone, his voice modulating in his nuanced renditions of the storys many characters.

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