The Everything Box
- Author: Richard Kadrey
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Publisher: HarperCollins USA
- Duration: 11:59:01
Synopsis
Reminiscent of the edgy, offbeat humor of Chris Moore and Matt Ruff, the first entry in a whimsical, fast-paced supernatural series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim novels—a dark and humorous story involving a doomsday gizmo, a horde of baddies determined to possess its power, and a clever thief who must steal it back . . . again and again.
22000 B.C. A beautiful, ambitious angel stands on a mountaintop, surveying the world and its little inhabitants below. He smiles because soon, the last of humanity who survived the great flood will meet its end, too. And he should know. He’s going to play a big part in it. Our angel usually doesn’t get to do field work, and if he does well, he’s certain he’ll get a big promotion.
And now it’s time . . . .
The angel reaches into his pocket for the instrument of humanity’s doom. Must be in the other pocket. Then he frantically begins to pat himself down. Dejected, he realizes he has lost the object. Looking over the Earth at all that could have been, the majestic angel utters a single word.
“Crap.”
2015. A thief named Coop—a specialist in purloining magic objects—steals and delivers a small box to the mysterious client who engaged his services. Coop doesn’t know that his latest job could be the end of him—and the rest of the world. Suddenly he finds himself in the company of The Department of Peculiar Science, a fearsome enforcement agency that polices the odd and strange. The box isn’t just a supernatural heirloom with quaint powers, they tell him.
It’s a doomsday device. They think . . .
And suddenly, everyone is out to get it.
Chapters
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001 The Everything Box
Duration: 12s -
002 Chapter 01
Duration: 08min -
003 Chapter 02
Duration: 27min -
004 Chapter 03
Duration: 12min -
005 Chapter 04
Duration: 03min -
006 Chapter 05
Duration: 08min -
007 Chapter 06
Duration: 04min -
008 Chapter 07
Duration: 24min -
009 Chapter 08
Duration: 10min -
010 Chapter 09
Duration: 11min -
011 Chapter 10
Duration: 15min -
012 Chapter 11
Duration: 29min -
013 Chapter 12
Duration: 14min -
014 Chapter 13
Duration: 13min -
015 Chapter 14
Duration: 11min -
016 Chapter 15
Duration: 32min -
017 Chapter 16
Duration: 08min -
018 Chapter 17
Duration: 03min -
019 Chapter 18
Duration: 11min -
020 Chapter 19
Duration: 05min