So Cold the River - Michael Koryta Audiobook

Written by Michael Koryta
Read by Robert Petkoff
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Release date: July 1, 2010
Duration: 13:33:59

It started with a beautiful woman and a challenge.

As a gift for her husband, Alyssa Bradford approaches Eric Shaw to make a documentary about her father-in-law, Campbell Bradford, a 95-year-old billionaire whose past is wrapped in mystery. Eric grabs the job even though there are few clues to the man’s past — just the name of his hometown and an antique water bottle he’s kept his entire life.

In Bradford’s hometown, Eric discovers an extraordinary history — a glorious domed hotel where movie stars, presidents, athletes, and mobsters once mingled, and hot springs whose miraculous mineral water cured everything from insomnia to malaria. Neglected for years, the resort has been restored to its former grandeur just in time for Eric’s stay.

Just hours after his arrival, Eric experiences a frighteningly vivid vision. As the days pass, the frequency and intensity of his hallucinations increase and draw Eric deeper into the town’s dark history. He discovers that something besides the hotel has been restored — a long-forgotten evil that will stop at nothing to regain its lost glory. Brilliantly imagined and terrifyingly real,

So Cold the River is a tale of irresistible suspense with a racing, unstoppable current.

“Koryta novels, as well as his writing style, are original and different with each book. You never know what kind of fiction you are going to get. This novel is centered on a documentary being made regarding a small town’s history, which includes a mysterious little bottle of water that is believed to do amazing things. The storyline is original and well written.”

“Michael Koryta is aiming for Stephen King country but lands nearby with this baroquely plotted melodrama… The writing is often clumsy, but this production is a huge success. Robert Petkoff hits all the right notes of bewilderment, menace, and tension as the plot thickens. He delivers an especially effective voice transformation, as his demon ancestor inhabits one character. But most effective are the marvelous sound effects–of rising winds, a hallucinatory railroad train, sloshing waters, and a ghost violin from the dark past. The page has to be a pale comparison to this wonderful audio storytelling. B.G. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile

Listeners from Indiana will recognize some or similar locales. Koryta went to school and lived in Indiana.