Blind Descent

De: Nevada Barr

Narrado por: Barbara Rosenblat

Award-winning author Nevada Barr fills the pages of Blind Descent with heart-stopping suspense, plots that twist around every corner, and spectacular wilderness settings.

When park ranger Anna Pigeon embarks on a thrilling subterranean rescue mission, she confronts personal demons and a multitude of life-threatening dangers, not all of them from the hostile terrain. A fellow ranger is injured in a suspicious accident while exploring the mostly unmapped Lechuguilla Cavern in New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns. During a fleeting moment of consciousness, the victim calls for Anna. Battling her paralyzing fear of small spaces, Anna descends into the lifeless underworld to uncover what really happened. As Anna wriggles through cramped tunnels and climbs rocky precipices, she discovers treachery and destruction lurking in the inky black just beyond her headlamp. Veteran narrator Barbara Rosenblat provides the perfect voice for the courageous, but very human, park ranger and her colleagues.

Listen to more Anna Pigeon mysteries.©1998 Nevada Barr (P)1998 Recorded Books

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Thoroughly satisfying, thanks to the writing and plotting talents of a master." (Publishers Weekly)
"Barr brings the intricate, fascinating, and deadly underground world of spelunking into close and intimate focus using Anna's divergent emotions of awe and near terror as she works her way through the total blackness. Readers are immersed in the setting, and Anna's claustrophobia, tangibly intense at times, keeps the tension of the plot tautly controlled." (School Library Journal)
"Barr's gripping prose never loses its hold: we feel Anna's fear acutely, and the tension of the rescue is palpable." (Booklist)

Blind Descent

Enjoy Nevada Barr's books but this one was not as engaging and slow at times.

Gripping!

The best Anna Pigeon I have read yet! I would recommend this for everyone who loves the wild places.

Bit too much crawling through claustrophobia inducing caves

Almost like being there, yet not at all pleasant to be in unstable underground caves. Well written and suspenseful.

Mouth Noises

I like the Anna Pigeon series but this is a slow one. The narrator is good but I can’t get past the mouth noises…I physically cringe. With technology can they not silence that? Ha!

Blind Descent

I just love Anna Pidgeon!! She sure can get herself into a mess for a friend. And this time, she does it underground. Although it was a little slow in places & full of spelunking jargon, I just couldn't turn it off! And as usual, the conclusion came out of left field. A good listen, especially with a narrator like Barbara Rosenblat!!

best yet!

loved the new environment and so the intrigue. excellent story. having been to this area, hearing a story written here was pretty cool.

great book

great narrator. really good story, exciting till the end. I will listen to it again.

Nevada Barr Good as usual

Would you consider the audio edition of Blind Descent to be better than the print version?

No, not really

Who was your favorite character and why?

Anne Pidgeon, as Nevada Barr always does a good job of develpment

What about Barbara Rosenblat’s performance did you like?

Good use of voices

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No

Any additional comments?

No

Riveting Story Line

If you could sum up Blind Descent in three words, what would they be?

Riveting, Interesting, Cliffhanger

What did you like best about this story?

Kept you thinking while trying to solve the mystery right along with Anna.

Which character – as performed by Barbara Rosenblat – was your favorite?

Molly

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Will keep you hanging in the dark

I wish I had found this years ago

I adore Anna’s perspective of the world: funny, realistically cynical, and educated without flaunting it. Unlike other mysteries, the character dialogue isn’t formulaic and that is so refreshing.