What was Amelia Earhart carrying on her final flight? The adventure begins two thousand feet beneath the surface of the Earth.
Philip Mercer, a preeminent geologist with a taste for international intrigue and danger, rides an elevator two thousand feet into the earth at the Leister Deep Mine in Minnesota. Mercer is there to visit his old friend and mentor, Abraham Jacobs, who is leading a research team to the deepest section of the mine for a groundbreaking study on climate change. But as Mercer approaches, he is stunned to hear automatic gunfire in the massive underground chambers. By the time he finds his way to them, Abe Jacobs and the entire research team have been brutally attacked—and Mercer is left seeking not only answers but revenge.
Mercer immediately retraces Jacobs’s tracks, searching for clues to the secret project on which the distinguished scientist was working. Staying one step ahead of a highly trained team of assassins, Mercer follows a trail that leads from a harrowing close call in the Midwest to a nail-biting showdown in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan to a remote island in the middle of the Pacific. At stake is an extraordinary scientific discovery that could irrevocably alter the planet, centered on a cache of rare crystals called lightning stones—rumored to have been aboard Amelia Earhart’s plane when it vanished on July 2, 1937.
With his trademark combination of intellectual swagger, riveting action, and cutting-edge science, internationally bestselling author Jack Du Brul has crafted a superbly entertaining novel that will thrill his fans.
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"The Lightning Stones is a rip-roaring, globe-trotting, seat-of-your-pants adventure novel extraordinaire. Even better, it is whip smart and as topical as it is exciting. Jack Du Brul has outdone himself and given us an absolutely first rate novel and a gripping good read!"
— CHRISTOPHER REICH, New York Times bestselling author of Invasion of Privacy
THRILLER WRITERS ARE RAVING ABOUT THE LIGHTNING STONES
Fresh, original, and incredibly ingenious, The Lightning Stone is one of the best thrillers I have read in years. This is wall-to-wall excitement! Nobody writes like Du Brul.
— BRAD THOR, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Code of ConductI don’t know how he does it, but Jack Du Brul just gets better with every book. In The Lightning Stones, his hero Philip Mercer—as good with a gun as he is with a geological survey map—really comes into his own. This is the most un-put-downable thriller I’ve read in ages.
— LINCOLN CHILD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Forgotten RoomWow! The Lightning Stones is a labyrinth of science, history, action, and adventure, featuring the wary geologist/spy Philip Mercer. A perfect blend of menace with normality. Without question, Jack Du Brul is one of the thriller genre’s acknowledged masters.
— STEVE BERRY, #1 internationally bestselling author of The Patriot Threat“I don’t know how he does it, but Jack Du Brul just gets better with every book. In The Lightning Stones, his hero Philip Mercer—as good with a gun as he is with a geological survey map—really comes into his own.”
— Lincoln Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author“The Lightning Stones is a labyrinth of science, history, action, and adventure, featuring the wary geologist/spy Philip Mercer. A perfect blend of menace with normality. Without question, Jack Du Brul is one of the thriller genre’s acknowledged masters.”
— Steve Berry, #1 internationally bestselling author of The Patriot Threat“The Lightning Stones is a rip-roaring, globe-trotting, seat-of-your-pants adventure novel extraordinaire. Even better, it is whip smart and as topical as it is exciting. Jack Du Brul has outdone himself and given us an absolutely first rate novel.”
— Christopher Reich, New York Times bestselling authorBe the first to write a review about this audiobook!
Jack Du Brul is a graduate of the Westminster School and George Washington University. Trying to add as much adventure to his life as he does to his novels, he has climbed Masada at noon, swum in the Arctic Ocean off Point Barrow, explored war-torn Eritrea, camped in Greenland, and been gnawed on by piranhas in the Amazon River. He collects zeppelin memorabilia, and when not writing or traveling he can be found in a favorite chair with a book and a brandy. He lives in Burlington,Vermont.
Scott Brick, an acclaimed voice artist, screenwriter, and actor, has performed on film, television, and radio. He attended UCLA and spent ten years in a traveling Shakespeare company. Passionate about the spoken word, he has narrated a wide variety of audiobooks. winning won more than fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards and several of the prestigious Audie Awards. He was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine and the Voice of Choice for 2016 by Booklist magazine.