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Halcyon: A novel Audiobook, by Elliot Ackerman Play Audiobook Sample

Halcyon: A novel Audiobook

Halcyon: A novel Audiobook, by Elliot Ackerman Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Steven Jay Cohen Publisher: Random House Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: May 2023 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780593664667

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

15

Longest Chapter Length:

72:52 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

10 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

35:05 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

10

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Publisher Description

A chilling novel set in an alternate version of America’s recent past—about two self-made men confronting a world that seems to be moving on without them Virginia, 2004. Gore is entering his second term as president. Our narrator, Martin Neumann, recently divorced, is living at Halcyon, the estate of renowned lawyer and World War II hero Robert Ableson. When news breaks that scientists funded by the Gore administration have discovered a cure for death, it calls into question everything Martin thought he understood about life, not least his work as a historian. Who is Ableson, really, and why did he draw Martin into his orbit? Is this new science a miraculous good or an insidious evil? Stretching from pivotal elections to intimate family secrets, from the Battle of Saipan to the toppling of Confederate monuments, Halcyon is a profound and probing novel that grapples with what history means, who is affected by it, and how the complexities of our shared future rest on the dual foundations of remembering and forgetting.

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About Elliot Ackerman

Elliot Ackerman is the author of several novels, including Dark at the Crossing and Green on Blue. He is both a former White House Fellow and United States Marine and served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan where he received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart. His essays and fiction have appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, the New Republic, and the New York Times Magazine, among others.

About Steven Jay Cohen

Steven Jay Cohen has been telling stories his whole life, and has worked professionally as a storyteller since 1991. A classically trained actor, he has worked both on stage and behind the microphone for most of his career. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Steven now resides in scenic western Massachusetts.