Paradox: A Novel

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· Cash & Colcord Book 2 · Macmillan Audio · Narrated by Stephanie Németh-Parker
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The new powerhouse team of Douglas Preston & Aletheia Preston are joining together to "enter the world" of the New York Times bestselling Extinction. This program is read by award-winning narrator Stephanie Németh-Parker.

One of the holiest relics in Christendom, inexplicably defaced...

A paranoid old prospector, ritualistically murdered...

A controversial exobiologist, tortured and dismembered...

When a reclusive man is found dead under grisly circumstances in the Colorado wilderness, CBI Agent Frankie Cash and Eagle County Sheriff Jim Colcord, whom we met in the New York Times bestseller, Extinction, team up again on their most enigmatic and dangerous case yet. Their investigation uncovers a trail of bizarre killings, baffling money transfers, and a fanatical secret society.

And all the while, the resurrected Neanderthals, who vanished into the Colorado mountains, seem to be biding their time for something...spectacular.

“A book to be savored as the plot twists and turns.”
—John Grisham, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“As thought-provoking as it is thrilling . . . Doug and Aletheia Preston have deservedly entered the realm of thriller superstardom.”
—David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author

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The new powerhouse team of Douglas Preston & Aletheia Preston are joining together to "enter the world" of the New York Times bestselling Extinction. This program is read by award-winning narrator Stephanie Németh-Parker. One of the holiest relics in Christendom, inexplicably defaced... A paran...

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5 reviews
Carvanz
April 21, 2026
This started out in one direction, veered to another and pretty soon I was so caught up I didn’t want to stop listening. I never would have guessed where this story was going to take me! I loved every mind blowing, intriguing revelation. With every twist I found myself more invested, anxious to see how it would all come together. I loved every moment of this audiobook. Nemeth-Parker did an amazing job of bringing these characters to life and giving the story all the emotion I could ask for.
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Tiffany Schwartz
April 26, 2026
I enjoyed this one a bit more then the first one, maybe because I wasn't expecting Pendergast to show up so often. The Neanderthals are still living in the wilderness of Colorado, but when a neighbor is found deceased in a weird manner and some oddities start popping up around the death Cash and Colcord find themselves in the middle. When they start to investigate they keep getting blocked and at one point I actually gasped
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About the author

DOUGLAS PRESTON has published forty books of both nonfiction and fiction, of which thirty-one have been New York Times bestsellers, a half-dozen reaching the #1 position. He is the co-author, with Lincoln Child, of the Pendergast series of thrillers. He also writes nonfiction pieces for the New Yorker. He worked as an editor at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University. He is president emeritus of the Authors Guild and serves on the Advisory Board of the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe.

ALETHEIA PRESTON is a reformed lawyer originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico. After working as a prosecutor in San Francisco, she moved into private practice as a trial attorney before embarking on a journey as a writer. She is a lover of thriller and science fiction novels and has been an avid reader and writer in both genres since she was a little girl.

An admitted adrenaline junkie, Aletheia spends much of her free time outdoors finding ways to risk her life, from skiing and mountaineering to paragliding and winter camping. She is also a PADI certified deepwater and wreck scuba diver. Fluent in Italian and Spanish, she spent much of her childhood in Florence, Italy. She and her cat Mochi live in Bozeman, Montana.

DOUGLAS PRESTON has published forty books of both nonfiction and fiction, of which thirty-one have been New York Times bestsellers, a half-dozen reaching the #1 position. He is the co-author, with Lincoln Child, of the Pendergast series of thrillers. He also writes nonfiction pieces for the New Y...

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