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In Douglas Preston's Impact, Wyman Ford is tapped for a secret expedition to Cambodia... to locate the source of strangely beautiful gemstones that do not appear to be of this world. A brilliant meteor lights up the Maine coast... and two young women borrow a boat and set out for a distant island to find the impact crater. A scientist at the National Propulsion Facility discovers an inexplicable source of gamma rays in the outer Solar System. He is found decapitated, the data missing. High resolution NASA images reveal an unnatural feature hidden in the depths of a crater on Mars... and it appears to have been activated. Sixty hours and counting. Read more
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Top Amazon Reviews
Format: Kindle
I'm a newcomer to Douglas Preston, but I'm very impressed with his work so far. Starting with "Tyrannosaurus Canyon", the first novel in the Wyman Ford series, his books are fascinating, scientifically oriented, extremely thought provoking, and even truly frightening as he deftly tackles subjects one may not give a lot of attention, but sure do after reading his books. "Impact" is a very engaging and spooky novel, as the story starts with a seemingly meteoroid object reported off the coast of Maine, and a much larger new crater in very dangerous Cambodian jungle territory, where a horrific discovering of gems laced with Americum-241, meaning highly radioactive are being trafficked for possible terrorist dirty bomb construction, and killing those forced to mine the stones and those who unknowingly wear the stones and die from radiation poisoning. But that is just the bare bones beginning of a truly gripping altogether plausible story that encompasses a hitherto unimagined threat of global destruction Ford and the world have scant days to neutralize. Preston weaves a tale with accurate science, and unlike Michael Crighton, who turned me off to his books because he couldn't keep his political opinions to himself, and even wrote a disgusting novel attacking global warming, keeps his politics out of the story. His picture is a world encompassing one, and Wyman Ford is a very good character who has to risk life and limb to find out precisely what is going on. I recommend new readers to Preston, especially the Ford Series, to start with the first, "Tyrannosaurus Canyon" and work up from there. A reader can access a great website, fantasticfiction.com and access books and authors galore, where one can find the chronological listings for tons of books, fiction or non-fiction. The stories stand on their own, but the series is well worth the effort to start from the beginning. I look forward to what is a huge volume of books by Preston and sometimes co-author Lincoln Child. Rather than your usual cliched murder mystery where little is gained as far as insights or learning a little something along the way, Preston gives you plenty of food for thought, and that makes the books even more appealing.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2018 by Scott Hedegard
Format: Mass Market Paperback
This was a first read for me of a strictly authored book by Douglas Preston. He has a unique writing style that yields a most interesting tale in this work of fiction. He takes what appears to be a secret mission to find a diamond mine in Cambodia and ties it back to a meteor strike in Maine. Once the plot is laid out the entire adventure turns to a national security in which the boys in Washington have a hard time deciding the best course of action. Instead the book goes on to a unique solution that involves two young women who figure out what is happening and they devise their own plan to stop the destruction of the earth. The ending is a little too open ended and the reader is left hanging, but I guess there may be a sequel coming in the near future. All in all its a great story and a good read. I suggest you get a copy and enjoy the reading.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2014 by A. B. Perchorowicz
Format: Hardcover
I've purchased and read every one of Child and Preston's collaborative books except one, "Fever Dreams", as well as both of their solo efforts, and I've not been dissapointed. "Fever Dreams", which I borrowed and did not come close to finishing, was hugely dissapointing, with mundane, even boring subject matter, not in the league with any of their past efforts. I expect great blood-curdling suspense and unnatural criminal acts, odd, eerie characters, great supernatural, horror and sci-fi with archaeological and paleontological overtones from L&C. "Fever Dreams" is a big waste of time, and I NEVER though I would ever say that about their collaborative novels. P&C, if you see this, give us more of Pendergast going against unexplainable forces, underneath great cities, in WW2 German bunkers in Berlin, in the buried ruins of Rome, with great relish as before! However, we are here to review "Impact" by Doug Preston, and folks, this IS the classic Summer or late-night read! You will feel like you've been seated and locked in a roller coaster seat, and you won't want to get off until the finish! This is a rip-roaring, exciting blend of science fiction and action that will keep you up very late! "Impact" will keep you wanting more until the end of the book, and then some. Doug Preston and Lincoln Child are getting better and better at their solo ventures. But boys, keep writing together and give us more Special Agent Pendergast!
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Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2010 by Stephen D. Weiss
Format: Kindle
I loved this book. Douglas Preston has long been a favorite author of mine. His imagination combined with plausible scenarios make for great reading.
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2025 by Toni Salyers