
The Unfamiliar Garden
The Comet Cycle Series, Book 2
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Will Collyer
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Mela Lee
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Benjamin Percy
About this listen
The night the sky fell, Jack and Nora Abernathy’s daughter vanished in the woods. And Mia’s disappearance broke her parents’ already fragile marriage. Unable to solve her own daughter’s case, Nora lost herself in her work as a homicide detective. Jack became a shell of a man; his promising career as a biologist crumbling alongside the meteor strikes that altered weather patterns and caused a massive drought.
It isn’t until five years later that the rains finally return to nourish Seattle. In this period of sudden growth, Jack uncovers evidence of a new parasitic fungus, while Nora investigates several brutal, ritualistic murders. Soon they will be drawn together by a horrifying connection between their discoveries—partnering to fight a deadly contagion as well as the government forces that know the truth about the fate of their daughter.
Award-winning author Benjamin Percy delivers both a gripping science fiction thriller and a dazzling examination of a planet—and a marriage—that have broken.
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- Stephanie Atkinson
- 12-26-23
Left me wanting more!
The performances were fantastic, I loved the male/female point of view read by each. The language was intelligent but not nerdy to the point that it was hard to understand.
As a Northwesterner, I love hearing city names or landmarks I know in a well-told story. I can’t wait to listen to the last book in the series!
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- eml24
- 01-24-22
Great book, but too short and hard to follow..
I liked this 2nd book, but it was hard to follow along at times. It was very informative, but sometimes it was information overload. I also think that the narration by Will Colyer could have been better distinguished from the character Jack. The narration by Mela Lee was awesome.
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- Designergirl
- 01-04-23
Excellent Sequel!
4.5⭐️ - Enjoyed this was even more than the first and hope that the characters from both converge in some way in the third entry to the Comet Cycle!
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