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Thunderhead Audiobook— narrated by Scott Brick
A lost city buried in Utah canyon country and a father who vanished chasing it pull archaeologist Nora Kelly into a expedition that starts as academic rivalry and ends as something closer to a siege, in this Preston and Child thriller.
Why the audiobook wins
Scott Brick narrates Thunderhead, and Preston and Child's Utah canyon country is the sort of landscape his register was built for: dry, specific, faintly ominous about geology. Nora Kelly is going after a lost city her father disappeared chasing, and Brick keeps the archaeology credible enough that the turn into something much worse does not feel like a genre switch.
Seventeen hours gives the expedition its proper shape. It starts as academic rivalry and funding politics, and ends as a siege in a slot canyon, and the slow slide between those two things is the pleasure of the book. Brick does not signal the change coming.
Seventeen hours in the canyons with a crew that is being watched. One Audible credit covers it.
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- Who narrates the Thunderhead audiobook?
- Scott Brick narrates the audiobook edition of Thunderhead.
- How long is the Thunderhead audiobook?
- The audiobook runs 17 hr 20 min.
- Is the Thunderhead audiobook worth listening to?
- We scored Thunderhead 4.6 out of 5. Scott Brick narrates Thunderhead, and Preston and Child's Utah canyon country is the sort of landscape his register was built for: dry, specific, faintly ominous about geology. Nora Kelly is going after a lost city her father disappeared chasing, and Brick keeps the archaeology…
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- Eligible new Audible members can use a free-trial credit to listen in the Audible app. Eligibility and current offer terms are set by Audible.Listen to Thunderhead free with an Audible trial
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- Is Thunderhead on Kindle Unlimited?
- No. Thunderhead was not included with Kindle Unlimited when we last checked on July 19, 2026.
