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Fourteen-year-old Will Burrows lives with his parents and
younger sister Rebecca in London. He has little in common
with any of them, except for a passion for digging, which
he shares with his father, a museum curator and doctor of
archaeology. When
his father suddenly disappears after a row with his mother,
the police believe he has just gone away for a while to cool
down. But Will is unconvinced, and decides to investigate
with his best friend Chester. It's not long before the two
boys find themselves deep underground, where they unearth
a dark and terrifying secret...
Tunnels
is a story written by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams and
read by Jack Davenport (This Life, Coupling,
Pirates of the Caribbean).
The
story revolves around a young boy called Will Burrows who
loves digging - a hobby he's obviously picked up from his
father who is a professional archaeologist. And, when his
father vanishes, Will employs the help of his friend Chester
to look into his disappearance.
After dark, the two boys break into the museum where Dr Burrows
worked and find his journal. In it, he talks about a strange
group of pallid people; a bizarre glowing sphere; and a man
named Martineau who is reputed to have built a network of
underground tunnels, although there is now no evidence that
they ever existed. Sure that his father has gone to find the
tunnels, Will and Chester follow in his footsteps. Soon they
find themselves deep underground, where they unearth a dark
and terrifying secret - a secret which may cost them their
lives.
Davenport
does a splendid job of translating this adventure to CD. I'm
generally not a fan of talking books, but this tale is pretty
engrossing. As the market audience for this is undoubtedly
teenagers, Davenport enthuses just the right amount of feeling
into his reading, without making it look like he's trying
too hard.
This
is the perfect CD collection for your teenager to listen to
in the car or whilst going to sleep at night.
Pete
Boomer
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