The Dreaming Tree, Matthew Mather
The Dreaming Tree, Matthew Mather
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The Dreaming Tree

Author: Matthew Mather

Narrator: Robin Eller, Tom Taylorson

Unabridged: 11 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/09/2019

Synopsis

A serial killer is loose on the streets of New York,chased by a detective whose mutated eyessee things only she can …Shutter Island meets Jacob’s Ladder in the new near-future crime thriller from million-copy bestseller Matthew Mather, with books translated in over twenty languages worldwide.“Relentless pacing, well-developed main characters, and plethora of bombshell plot twists.”—Publishers WeeklyAfter a near-fatal car crash, Royce wakes up to find he’s one of the first patients to undergo a radical new procedure: a full-body transplant. Convalescing and suffering from waking nightmares, he answers the door at his Long Island home and meets Delta Devlin, a New York detective. She sees things nobody else can, visions created by a mutation to her eyes.Royce becomes Devlin’s prime suspect in a string of grisly murders. Desperate for answers, he tracks down the grieving widow of the man whose body he now inhabits. Out of time, and perhaps his mind, he tumbles through a hallucinogenic underworld of black-market body parts and billionaires where nothing can stand in the way of living forever—not even death itself.

About Matthew Mather

Matthew Mather’s (1969–2022) books have sold millions of copies, been translated and published in over twenty-five countries, and optioned for multiple movie and television contracts. After starting his career at the McGill Center for Intelligent Machines, he worked in ventures ranging from nanotechnology to cybersecurity before becoming a full-time author of high-concept speculative thrillers.

About Robin Eller

Robin Eller is an accomplished actress, dance educator, and voice artist who has appeared on stage and television and in films and commercials. The narrator of several audiobooks, she speaks fluent Italian and has performed with prominent musicians, including James Brown, with whom she traveled the world as a dancer.

About Tom Taylorson

Tom Taylorson is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and Chicago-based actor with over a decade of stage experience. In that time he also built a voice-over career and now primarily works as a voice actor. Tom is an adjunct faculty member at Columbia College Chicago, teaching voice-over for interactive media.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lucinda on August 23, 2021

Interesting sci-fi/thriller with enough twists to keep you guessing......more

Goodreads review by Anna on September 15, 2019

I have never read a book by Matthew Mather that I haven't liked. Fiction based on true and current situations... he runs with the football and spins, dodges, breaks tackles and spikes it in the endzone!!!......more

Goodreads review by Maria on March 09, 2023

1.5 stars, but rounded up because of cool ideas This book felt like it was housing two different books competing with each other. This leads to neither of them reaching their full potential. I really do think, that instead of cramming two storylines together and forcing them to co-exist and involve ea......more

Goodreads review by Linda on February 06, 2021

When Royce wakes in the hospital, he learns that he was involved in a near-death car accident. He also learns that he has become a guinea pig of sorts. He's one of the first people to undergo a radical new procedure ... a full body transplant. The only thing left of Royce is his head which has been......more

Goodreads review by Monique on November 04, 2019

Fans of Michael Crichton's, and Stephen King's, this is a book for you! If you read the blurb and it piques your interest, don't hesitate: THE DREAMING TREE is a fantastic thriller! Royce Vandeweghe gets a full-body transplant, and all hell breaks loose! The book is very intriguing right from the st......more

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“Filled with thrills and rooted in science.” ArsTechnica.com

“The Dreaming Tree is the story of what happens when one man crosses the threshold of the impossible into the possible, and lays aside his morals and ethics. While this novel may be considered an entertaining fiction, it’s a frightening glimpse into a future that may already have arrived.” New York Journal of Books

“A highly appealing blend of mystery, thriller, and speculative science fiction…[The] relentless pacing, well-developed main characters, and plethora of bombshell plot twists toward the end make this a fun…tale. The science angle adds satisfying depth.” Publishers Weekly

“[A] twisted take on Frankenstein’s monster.” Kirkus Reviews

“The Dreaming Tree is a taut thriller injected with mesmerizing hard science. A walking lie detector makes an incredible detective—Delta Devlin is a franchise character worth losing your head over.” Scott Sigler, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“A nightmare odyssey…a twin-barreled blast of creepy, high-tech, gothic grue.” Paul Di Filippo, author of Ribofunk, Cosmocopia, and others

“Another mind-bending story by the master of technothrillers! If Cyberstorm was brilliant, then The Dreaming Tree is genius!” Nicholas Sansbury Smith, New York Times bestselling author of the Hell Divers series

Awards

  • Ars Technica Pick
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