Product Description

Later, my conscience would play the inevitable game of “What if . . .” What if I had stopped by Jobe’s home on Friday morning instead of Sunday night? What if I hadn’t interrupted the two people who were alternately interrogating and beating him? Would he have lived? Or would he have died? And what would have happened then?

It started when Doc Ford got the call from his old friend Frieda Matthews - her reclusive biologist brother Jobe wasn’t answering the phone. Could Doc check on him? Ford can’t think of a reason not to, but soon he will think of a hundred. Not only will it be one of the worst scenes he has ever encountered, but the consequences of that visit will draw him into the heart of a nightmare. A catastrophe is coming to Florida, and just maybe there is something Ford can do about it - but he doesn’t know how or where or when . . . or even if he is already too late.

Filled with the remarkable prose and rich atmosphere that have won White so many fans, and featuring some of the best suspense characters in fiction, Dead of Night is White’s biggest thriller yet - “like strapping yourself onto the exposed bow of a South Florida airboat” (The Miami Herald).

Product Details

• Published on: 2005-03-17
• Released on: 2005-03-17
• Formats: Abridged, Audiobook, CD
• Original language: English
• Binding: Audio CD

From Publishers Weekly
Bioterrorist attacks on DisneyWorld, gun-toting Russians and flesh-eating worms aren't enough to stop spy-cum-biologist Marion "Doc" Ford in his 12th adventure. When Ford reluctantly agrees to check in on a friend's brother, Jobe Applebee, a reclusive hydrobiologist, the simple favor escalates to horrific proportions. Ford stumbles onto a brutal interrogation scene, scares off Applebee's attackers, returns to find Applebee has hung himself and later learns that Applebee was "host to a feeding, breathing, sub-community of parasites." White barrels on full throttle: pretty soon Ford's uncovered a madman's plot to unleash ravenous guinea worms into local waterways and piranhas into Texas lakes, which will send property values plummeting—and thus make them ready for a quick snapup once the threats have been taken care of. With the help of his sidekick Tomlinson and a slew of other returning characters, Ford must hunt down the bad guys and find the miracle cure before a statewide infestation begins. Meanwhile, he's fending off Stokes's security—the sexually deviant Russian Dasha, the slow-witted Alexis—and assuring his pregnant girlfriend he'll be home in time for Christmas. White's latest is deliciously addictive and nail-bitingly suspenseful. (Mar.)
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From AudioFile
The raspy voice of Dick Hill is the perfect match for this tense adventure. Marine biologist Marian Ford battles greedy land developers who are employing an eco-terrorist agenda for their own gain. Audie Award winner Hill portrays multiple characters with just the right mix of central Florida accent and world-weary tone. The story's twists and turns both entertain and, at one juncture, amaze, with a death scene that incorporates Ford's epiphany. Randy Wayne White, the author of TAMPA BURN, makes the science fascinating and makes us care about the characters involved in it. All told, DEAD OF NIGHT is more unsettling than the usual thriller. R.O. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

From Booklist
Ecoterrorism takes a new and incredibly grotesque shape in White's latest Doc Ford thriller. Ford, the mild-mannered marine biologist and reluctant operative for an under-the-radar offshoot of the CIA, agrees to check up on a friend's biologist brother and stumbles into a scene of unimagined horror--the biologist has been eaten from within by a ravenous species of parasite. Soon the errand has morphed into a deep-cover assignment to track down the rogue scientist whose macabre plan to infiltrate Florida's intercoastal waterway with parasites and rare poisonous snakes is on the verge of being realized. White effectively plays the horrific but shockingly realistic thriller plot against the ongoing interpersonal drama in Ford's life: his shaky relationship with his pregnant girlfriend and his equally complex friendship with the mercurial ex--hippie Tomlinson, now struggling with success as an Internet spiritual adviser. Thankfully, the Doc Ford series has grown from genre favorite to crossover success without losing its amiable, Margaritaville spirit. That's no easy trick when rare parasites are invading your body from the most private of entry points. Bill Ott
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