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Under the Dome
- Narrated by: Raul Esparza
- Length: 34 hrs and 24 mins
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Publisher's Summary
In Stephen King's mesmerizing new masterpiece - his biggest, most riveting novel since The Stand - a Maine town and its inhabitants are isolated from the world by an invisible, impenetrable dome.
Celebrated storyteller Stephen King returns to his roots in this tour de force, featuring more than 100 characters - some heroic, some diabolical - and a supernatural element as baffling and chilling as any he's ever conjured.
On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mills, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as "the Dome" comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when - or if - it will go away.
Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens - town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician's assistant at the hospital, a selectwoman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing - even murder - to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry.
But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn't just short. It's running out.
With some of the most spectacularly sinister characters King has ever imagined and a driving plot, Under the Dome is Stephen King at his epic best. This book will thrill every listener who's ever loved a novel by King.
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- DJMarksman
- 11-02-2019
First timer or Virgin listener
I'm 57 and read books since I was 4, love the smell and touch of books, oh, and I was a printer for a long part of my life. So that is why it took me soooo long to pull the trigger and subscribe to Audible, quite frankly it felt false. I'm a huge podcast listener but somehow felt I was letting the team down listening to a audio book. I spent my teenage years immersed in early Stephen King but went off in the early 90s, I picked this one because of some reviews and because I had a longing of being a young guy again lol. Really good read great narration and actually got me into King again.If you like King this is well worth a listen.
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- Chin Scratcher
- 24-11-2016
Great story. Solid narrator. Give it a go.
This is a brilliant story. It contains much of King's dark view of human nature- that isn't a criticism. Rather I suspect he is stunningly close to the truth. The narrator annoyed me at first but either he improved or I warmed to him. Either way I was absorbed after a bit and it held me to the end.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-05-2018
Riveted the entire time!
Probably King's best work with a massive ensemble of characters, Under the Dome is lengthy but doesn't feel it, I remained riveted the whole time. Raul Esparza is a wonderful narrator who manages unique voices for the characters, really bringing them to life. Don't bother with the crappy television series, treat yourself to this instead!
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- Sande Baulch
- 12-06-2017
Long live the King
This book is a culmination of all the elements touched upon and perfected in King's previous epics (Talisman, Stand, It, Dark Tower). He has again crafted a town of people for us to fall in love with before brutally cutting them down before our very eyes.
Do yourself a favour and don't touch the show with a 19-foot barge pole.
BJR is King's greatest villain and his comeuppance is sweet, well deserved and not nearly slow enough.
My only gripe is that, having come straight from Steve Webber narrating IT (the greatest recording of all time), Raul sounds bored in comparison.
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- Kellie
- 12-11-2017
Outstanding narration
Raul Esparza did an outstanding job bringing King's characters to life.
I could have sworn there were at least 10 actors in that recording studio.
King's descriptive prose is even better when read .. makes you listen to the intent of every word. He's still a genius!
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- pamela
- 25-05-2015
Must read
Love the book but who don't love under the dome. Let's see who don't like it
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- Anonymous User
- 22-02-2018
brilliant
loved it
deep and suspenseful I wish there were more books this great. it had me holding on to the end he of the chair the whole tike
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- Chris Rice
- 21-02-2021
WOAH!
I have never listened to a book so gripping, so full of detail, character and cliff-hangers. King does it again. Also, Raul Escarza, the narrator, gave this book incredible life. The whopping 30-something hours really flies by and I honestly don't know what to do with my life now that I've finished it.
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- Ike
- 16-08-2023
Another brilliant story
I'm amazed how the characters are put into an impossible scenario and then how they travel through the story. I listened to this story every moment I had free, to learn how things turned out. Another brilliant book.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-01-2024
One of King’s better novels, and decent narration
I’ll start by saying that I enjoyed the story as a whole, I just think that it was too long and the ending was rushed. There’s a lot of random storylines that didn’t really go anywhere. I know that constantly keeps you guessing what’s going to happen next, which is good, but still a bit annoying. There were some memorable characters like Big Jim and Junior, but a lot of them are a bit boring.
I feel like the narrator did a great job nailing Big Jim’s personality, and also narrating people’s thoughts. But his narration of most of the other characters dialogues was a bit annoying. A lot of the characters he made them straight up sound like chain smokers for no reason (Sammy bushey for example) and other characters make them sound kind of British for no reason. But still not bad
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