The Descartes Evolution

Name: The Descartes Evolution
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: N.J. Croft
ISBN: 9798765040584

Author: N.J. Croft

Narrator: Tyler Darby

Unabridged: 8 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/23/2022

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

A woman with a rare genetic illness must uncover her connection to a terrorist group before their next attack in this exciting new bio-thriller from the author of Disease X.

Lucas Grafton has spent the last ten years hunting the Conclave, a secret organization who took everything from him, including his very identity. Now he has a lead—an imminent terrorist attack on London—code-named "Descartes." But he can't connect the dots until a seemingly innocent woman appears during his stakeout.

Jenna Young can't believe she was attacked and barely escaped with her life. Now she's on the run with a stranger . . . and racing against the clock. With only a note left by her father after his death, telling her to use the code-word "Descartes" to get the pills that slow the progression of her illness, Jenna has only days before her body will start to rapidly deteriorate.

Lucas and Jenna must piece together why she's wanted by a terrorist group she's never heard of. And why, despite her claims that she needs an unknown and presumably illegal drug to stay alive, she seems to be getting stronger by the day . . .

About N.J. Croft

After a number of years wandering the world in search of adventure, N. J. Croft finally settled on a farm in the mountains and now lives off-grid, growing almonds, drinking cold beer, taking in stray dogs, and writing stories where the stakes are huge and absolutely anything can happen.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kim on September 07, 2021

Riveting medical thriller… This gripping story begins with the main character, Jenna Young, dealing with the sudden loss of her father, a physician who has been treating Jenna’s rare genetic illness for her entire life. As she is running perilously short of her vital medication, she begins to realize......more

Goodreads review by Elouise on May 31, 2020

This action packed thriller starts out on the Ivory Coast of Africa in a little village that has been razed to the ground with no survivors. The reason for this destruction was a mystery, one that Lucas Grafton would like to get to the bottom of. He has been trying to get a good lead on the Conclave......more

Goodreads review by Diane on June 29, 2020

If you loved The DaVinci Code be prepared to be wowed again by The Descartes Evolution, which hides another secret several hundred years old. Jenna’s physician father had always told her she must take her medicine to prevent the genetic disease she carries in her body from progressing. When he is kil......more

Goodreads review by Darren on June 02, 2020

thrilling and exciting! These are just a couple of words that you were used to describe the first book of the series. in the first 15–20 chapters, it is a little slow. However, like many good things, a slow ride can eventually build into a fast pace time of thrills! when Jenna‘s father passes away,......more

Goodreads review by Steve on June 22, 2020

I really enjoyed this fascinating story with twists & turns around every corner. N. J. Croft has given us a true winner with "The Descartes Evolution". This book has it all from biological thriller to international intrigue & even has a little romance thrown in. Jenna Young is the lead character. Sh......more