Deep Sea One

Order of the Black Sun Series, Book 2

By: Preston Child

Narrated by: Dan Lawson

After barely escaping the perilous expedition to the Antarctic to locate a WW2 Nazi Ice Station Dave Purdue once more elicits the help of historian Dr. Nina Gould and award winning investigative journalist Sam Cleave. When the maintenance submersible from Purdue’s oil drill, Deep Sea One, goes missing off the coast of Scotland in the North Sea, he discovers the wreck of a sunken WWII German submarine beneath.

Inside, Purdue, Sam and Nina find an ancient book containing various ciphers and clues implicating the location of one of Hitler’s most sought after relics, the legendary Spear of Destiny. With Purdue’s new and mysterious bodyguard, Calisto, they hire a guide and set out to the breath taking beauty and danger of the mighty Tibetan Himalayas to seek out a shrine mentioned in the antique book. They manage to obtain an important clue before having to escape the wrath of the mountain shrine’s guardians.

When unexplained freak storms start to plague the offshore oil platform, some of the crew fear that something ancient and powerful is at work. The discovery of an antique Roman chest reveals what Nina, Sam and Purdue may have been looking for, but is it the real thing or is it a decoy? While examining the artifact, Nina realizes that there is much more to the legendary sovereignty of the Spear and the real reasons why Hitler coveted it.

But with the British Secret Service infiltrating Purdue’s consorts and the notorious Order of the Black Sun making their appearance, there is another kind of storm brewing on the horizon. A menacing and primordial tempest from obscurity is creeping over the North Sea to engulf Deep Sea One.

Deep Sea One leads the listener on a roller-coaster ride in search of a legend. Packed with breathtaking suspense and nerve-shredding action, Deep Sea One is a thrilling listen for all fans of action, suspense, and intrigue.

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Terrible narration!

What did you love best about Deep Sea One?

The characters were interesting

What did you like best about this story?

The historical ties

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Dan Lawson?

Scott Brick. His narrations are impeccable, and he's fantastic at this sort of adventure novel.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, not at all.

Any additional comments?

First of all, his way of speaking is very unnatural. The narrator says a hard A instead of a soft A throughout the entire book-all characters. Do you know anyone who speaks that way? I don't. Secondly, he mispronounced multiple words, which is so annoying. It derails the story. I find it hard to get back to listening to the story with that distraction and I have to skip back to hear what I missed while I was mentally complaining about yet another mispronunciation.

Deep Sea Onr

Steve, Sam and Nina are back in this second book by P.W.Child. This time it to the Northern Atlantic oil rig by Alakaskan coast line. Storms are getting worst, more spies, more spiritual artifics.

Started out good, but finished in a rush

Started out good with characters, plots and subplots fully developed. But after a few chapters in the plots were cut short, as if this was an abridged version. By the end I definitely felt cheated out of a lot of details and plot twists. As usual, this narrator was only mediocre, with frequent mispronounciations.

Narrative is very very robotic.

Narrator detracts from the whole story. Struggled to keep listening. Story is good but I don't think I can listen to another one with the same Narrator.

A Fun Ride

A storyline that keeps the listener entertained, with no long drawn out insignificant filler. There are a few good twists and turns, enough to keep me going to the end without asking for a refund. The voice actor slipped a few times crossing characters accents, but overall good.

Good plot

Overall this was good, the plot was interesting. Full of history.
The narration lacked for me. Given audio for my voluntary review and my honest opinion

Amazing how the narrator can kill a story

Would you try another book from Preston Child and/or Dan Lawson?
From Preston Child, no since this dude is just trying to fake people out that they're Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Dan Lawson, no.

Would you recommend Deep Sea One to your friends? Why or why not?
If it had a different narrator.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Dan Lawson?
No. His narration irritated the heck out of me. Every "A" in a sentence was a long A. No one speaks like that! EVERY ONE WAS A LONG A! Not to mention the mispronunciation of many "big" words. I'd love to enjoy the story. His differentiation of characters is good, but the rest just kills any rhythm the narration should have. I'm really not picky, but this one was a jab to the brain every time.

Narrator is a moron

Story is good but the narrator is an idiot. Along with mispronunciations of any work of more than 3 syllables he refers to MI 6 as M SIXTEEN!

However it’s better that the narrator for the rest of the series.

Not for me

What did you like best about Deep Sea One? What did you like least?

This is the second in a series, so I listened to it. This book seemed to be all over the place. Not nearly as interesting as the first and the first was only so so.

Would you be willing to try another book from Preston Child? Why or why not?

Not right now. This book really disappointed me.

Which character – as performed by Dan Lawson – was your favorite?

See, there ya go. I can't even remember her name.

Do you think Deep Sea One needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

No. Although there is one.

Any additional comments?

I read this on the hope that after the first book was a little intriguing, the second would be better. It was not. I won't be reading any more of this series just now and will be suspicious of the author for awhile. The narrator was very good though.

Passable story, lousy narration

I ordered the 3 books in this series with high hopes as I have enjoyed many other works by the author. I was extremely disappointed when it suffered from poor narration. Spoken words should flow freely, as in conversation-not stiltedly. Mispronunciations of common words are quite frequent-hearth spoken as heerth, for example. Good accents but so choppy it's as if a robot is reading. Will never purchase anything else if read by Dan Lawson!