The Ark, Boyd Morrison
The Ark, Boyd Morrison
6 Rating(s)
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The Ark

Author: Boyd Morrison

Narrator: Boyd Gaines

Unabridged: 14 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/11/2010


Synopsis

In nationally bestselling author Boyd Morrison’s debut, the unraveling of one of the greatest archeological mysteries from the bible—Noah’s Ark—could threaten civilization itself in this blockbuster hailed by James Rollins as “a stunning thriller.”

When brilliant archaeologist Dilara Kenner is contacted by Sam Watson, an old family friend who says that he has crucial information about her missing father, Dilara abandons her Peruvian dig and rushes to Los Angeles to meet him. But at the airport, Sam speaks instead of Noah’s Ark—the artifact her father had long been searching for—and the possible death of billions. Before Sam can explain, he collapses. With his dying breath, he urges Dilara to find Tyler Locke—a man she’s never heard of.

Two days later Dilara manages to track down former combat engineer Tyler Locke on an oil rig off Newfoundland. Her helicopter transport goes down well short of the oil rig’s landing pad and Dilara and those aboard nearly drown. No sooner is Dilara safely on the rig than she convinces Tyler the crash was no accident. Tyler agrees to help her uncover the secret behind Noah’s Ark and, more important, her father's disappearance. As the picture begins to come into focus, they realize they have just seven days to find the Ark before its secret is used to wipe out civilization once again.

With a chilling premise and a blistering pace, Boyd Morrison combines all the best elements of a blockbuster thriller with an intelligent and fascinating exploration of one of the Old Testament’s great mysteries.

About Boyd Morrison

Boyd Morrison has a Ph.D. in industrial engineering and has worked for NASA, Microsoft’s Xbox Games Group, and Thomson-RCA. In 2003, he fulfilled a lifelong dream and became a Jeopardy! champion. He is also a professional actor who has appeared in commercials, stage plays, and films. He lives with his wife in Seattle.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Marvin on July 19, 2012

Here's a quiz. What book has the following opening scene? In the first chapter, a professorial gentleman is shot and left for dead. Breathing his last few breaths, he frantically leaves a cryptic message that will unlock a biblical mystery which he hopes will get back to his loving daughter. If you ar......more

Goodreads review by Bill on April 05, 2025

A decent contemporary thriller. Could have actually focused more on Noah’s Ark.......more

Goodreads review by Skip on January 25, 2016

3.75 stars, because I thought the book should have ended earlier. Boyd Morrison writes a quality thriller though, closest to Steve Berry, but I liked Morrison's briefer afterword, which was more thoughtful than Berry's fact filled versions. After the death of her explorer father and good friend Sam,......more

Goodreads review by Eric on September 06, 2010

I have a (very) minor fascination with Biblical mysteries, so when I saw this book on the new releases shelf in my local library, I snatched it up. I suppose it's a typical adventure novel, filled with impossible coincidences, implausible survivals, and non-stop action that bordered on the ridiculou......more

Goodreads review by J.F. on April 16, 2011

Full video review: [URL not allowed]-ark-by-... The book opens with archaeologist Dilara Kenner meeting a friend of her father’s at the airport. He begins to tell her about her father’s discovery of Noah’s Ark and then dies suddenly, murdered by poison before he can tell her everything. S......more