Under the Surface

De: Diana Urban

Narrado por: Rebecca Soler, Max Meyers

An epic survival-thriller about four teens who get lost in the Paris catacombs for days—a gripping and propulsive story of love, danger, betrayal, and hope… even when all seems lost.

"Tense and fast-moving, with a unique setting and compelling characters, Under the Surface is Diana Urban’s best yet."—Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying

Ruby is terrified to cave to her feelings for Sean and risk him crushing her heart.

Sean is pumped to spend a week with Ruby in Paris on their senior class trip, and he’ll wait however long until she’s ready to take things further.

But when Ruby’s best friend sneaks out the first night to meet a mysterious French boy, Ruby goes after her with two classmates, but caves to another temptation: attending mystery boy’s exclusive party in the Paris catacombs, the intricate web of tunnels beneath the city, home to six million long-dead Parisians. Only they never reach the party.

Underground, as something sinister chases them, they get lost in the endless maze of bones, uncovering dark secrets about the catacombs…..and each other. And if they can’t find a way out, they’ll die in the dark beneath the City of Light.

Aboveground, Sean races to find the girl he loves as a media frenzy over the four missing teens begins.

From award-winning author and rising YA star Diana Urban comes a twisty tale of four teens lost in the dark beneath the City of Light and the race to find them.

©2024 Diana Urban (P)2024 Listening Library

Reseñas de la Crítica

★ "Punchy dialogue, drum-tight pacing, and tense stakes permeate this nail-biting adventure, a delight from start to finish." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A nightmare we’ve all had: in a place we don’t know well, innocent spontaneity gone awry. Yet, a heart beats fierce throughout this book, from Diana Urban’s brilliantly rendered characters to the City of Light itself. It’s survival, yes, but more than merely physical: Under the Surface explores the survival of friendship, optimism, romance, and hope. All in the horrifying presence of the innumerable dead. Urban is magnificent." —Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Incidents Around the House

"Fast-paced and thrilling, Under the Surface has as many dangerous turns and secrets as the catacombs below Paris. Urban’s writing and use of alternating narrators keeps the tension high and the pages turning. At the heart of this dark and creepy (in the best way!) survival story is love, friendship, and hope." —Krystal Marquis, New York Times bestselling author of The Davenports

Brilliant story

This is a claustrophobic thrill ride all the way to the end! It has it all, love, trust, betrayal, redemption. To me the star of the show is the phenomenal dialog, and the narration is exceptional. I highly recommend!

Amazong but couldn't quite sink the landing

This book was gripping and thrilling until the ending which felt pretty rushed. Excellent audio recording.

SO FREAKING GOOD!!

This was SO FREAKING GOOD!! It was Suspenseful, Creepy and had lots of shocking reveals, twists and turns!!

Imagine getting lost in the creepy catacombs bellow Paris and trying to find your way out, while some dark presence is down there with you!! FREAKING CREEPY!!

The four teenage girls are from the US and are on a school trip, when they end up going with a young Parisian guy to go to a party in the off limits part of the catacombs. These four girls are not all close, with three of them having some drama to deal with. I got a little frustrated with them at times, but then remembered what was like to be a teenage girl.

Anyway, it was AWESOME!! Quite the WILD RIDE!! The details of the catacombs were AMAZING and so vivid that I felt like I was there. The pacing keeps you totally interested, it flows right along and never lags. If you enjoy Thrillers you will love this!!

The narration was EXCELLENT!!

Exciting thriller!

I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. It was fantastic with its use of references to real life things and dangers. Thank you for this exciting story!

Not my favorite

Good idea, poorly executed. I liked the premise of the story but I just couldn’t believe that the characters would make that many poor decisions or have zero common sense. It was hard to relate to their reasoning. The narration was great though.