Vostok

By: Steve Alten

Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan

East Antarctica: the coldest, most desolate location on earth. Two-and-a-half miles below the ice cap is Vostok, a 6,000 square mile liquid lake, over 1,000 feet deep, left untouched for more than 15 million years. Now, marine biologist Zachary Wallace and two other scientists aboard a submersible tethered to a laser will journey 13,000 feet beneath the ice into this unexplored realm to discover Mesozoic life-forms long believed extinct - and an object of immense power responsible for the evolution of modern man.

In this sequel to The Loch and prequel to Meg: Nightstalkers, New York Times best-selling author Steve Alten offers listeners a crossover novel that features characters from two of his most popular series.

©2016 Steve Alten (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Better than I expected - I knew what to expect.

Ok, this one is far removed from The Loc and what Steve is known for. If you are here from The Meg series, this is not needed to move to Nightstalkers, you will understand Nightstalkers without this one. If you know what this book is about, it holds its own well. If you are expecting this to be a typical follow up to a book, in this case The Loc, you might be disappointed. This book should have been a spinoff of The Loc. It has little aside from Zachary to do with the Loc (well Tru and Angus are there also). As a stand alone book it is much more interesting than others give it credit. It is not a monster book: it is about aliens, space and science theory, but even me as just a technician, I enjoyed it and it was not hard to understand. Only a few times did I get lost (some of the String Theory offshoots had me pause and scratch my head), but it did not negate my interest in this story. I was surprised I liked this one. I would like another like this, just not advertised as a sequel to a monster book.

Please continue

I love this series along with the Meg series. I hope this one gets to continue!

be prepared to be disappointed with the ending

it was a great lesson the story started out great had lots of twists and turns but once I got to the end it felt like it was rushed and he was just trying to hit a deadline. I wish they had covered more stuff and and wrapped up some of the story it felt incomplete and frankly kind of empty but the performance was amazing that shouldn't stop you from at least giving it a listen.

Very well written and read

This story is a great followup to the first book, "The Lock". The story itself as well as the person that reads it aloud work to make a wonderful world where you get lost and can't wait to know what happens next.

Do yourself a tremendous favor and listen into this story. It's well worth the time.

(If you're a curious type, read into the scientific studies within the story. They lead into fascinating intellectual discoveries.)

All over the place

This book started out as a monster story, much like The Loch, but then it veered way off course. Is it a planetary science fiction book? A story about undiscovered monsters? A cautionary tale about climate change? A referendum on big oil? A story about the deep state? A book about reincarnation and the human soul? The answer is yes, to the point that I'm hard pressed to describe what I just listened to. But the narrator was good, which made it more enjoyable.

I do enjoy this author's books, but this one was just too much for me.