David Koepp

For readers of Andy Weir and Noah Hawley comes an astonishing debut by the screenwriter of Jurassic Park: a wild and terrifying adventure about three strangers who must work together to contain a highly contagious, deadly organism.When Pentagon bioterror operative Roberto Diaz was sent to investigate a suspected biochemical attack, he found something far worse: a highly mutative organism capable of extinction-level destruction. He contained it and buried it in cold storage deep beneath a little-used military repository.Now, after decades of festering in a forgotten sub-basement, the specimen has found its way out and is on a lethal feeding frenzy. Only Diaz knows how to stop it.He races across the country to help two unwitting security guards—one an ex-con, the other a single mother. Over one harrowing night, the unlikely trio must figure out how to quarantine this horror again. All they have is luck, fearlessness, and a mordant sense of humor. Will that be enough to save all of humanity?

From the author of Cold Storage comes a riveting, eerily plausible thriller, told with the menace and flair of Under the Dome or Project Hail Mary, in which a worldwide cataclysm plays out in the lives of one complicated Midwestern family.In Aurora, Illinois, Aubrey Wheeler is just trying to get by after her semi-criminal ex-husband split, leaving behind his unruly teenage son.Then the lights go out--not just in Aurora but across the globe. A solar storm has knocked out power almost everywhere. Suddenly, all problems are local, very local, and Aubrey must assume the mantle of fierce protector of her suburban neighborhood.Across the country lives Aubrey's estranged brother, Thom. A fantastically wealthy, neurotically over-prepared Silicon Valley CEO, he plans to ride out the crisis in a gilded desert bunker he built for maximum comfort and security.But the complicated history between the siblings is far from over, and what feels like the end of the world is just the beginning of several long-overdue reckonings--which not everyone will survive . . .Aurora is suspenseful storytelling--both large scale and small--at its finest.

This wasn’t the plan. Judge Herman Calvert, eighty-eight, never thought he’d outlive his beloved wife, Marie.Yet now he finds himself alone, a grieving widower, desperate for escape from the home they built together, where every turn brings a painful reminder of his late wife.So the judge retreats to his lake cabin in rural Wisconsin, a place where an old man can find peace and solitude. A place where nature can take its course.But something new has moved in.The judge’s property is crawling with Persicaria perfoliata, an invasive vine that has no earthly business in Wisconsin lake country. And this plant has teeth. Its barbs and tendrils have snaked deep into the ground, choking the life out of everything they touch, including the old oak tree he and Marie planted on their honeymoon.If the judge doesn’t do something, fast, the vine will take everything he has left. And it won’t stop there. He believes it’s after him.Yard Work is a new original story by acclaimed screenwriter, director, and novelist David Koepp. Koepp has written or co-written the screenplays for more than thirty films, including Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, Spider-man, Panic Room, War of the Worlds, Ghost Town, and Angels and Demons. His latest film, the Universal Pictures/Blumhouse thriller You Should Have Left starring Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried, is streaming now. His debut novel, Cold Storage, which The New York Times hailed as "pure, unadulterated entertainment" was published by Ecco in 2019 and is out in paperback this month.Length: 1 hours 24 minutes.

From the screenwriter of Jurassic Park and War of the Worlds comes the wild and terrifying adventure you've been waiting for—see how it all begins with this FREE EBOOK SAMPLER of David Koepp's Cold Storage . . .Praise for Cold Storage:"You may well be grinning and gagging in equal measure reading this." —SFX Magazine"Cold Storage is The Andromeda Strain on crack: chilling end-of-the-world terror infected with wicked humour." —Linwood BarclayWhen Pentagon bioterror operative Roberto Diaz was sent to investigate a suspected biochemical attack, he found something far worse: a highly mutative organism capable of extinction-level destruction . . .Don't make a sound. Don't get too close. DON'T LET IT OUT.

"Strange piece me and DePalma came up with that I was going to direct. Too strange, turns out." - David Koepp

Este no era el plan. El juez Herman Calvert, a sus 88 años, jamás pensó que iba a sobrevivir a Marie, su amada esposa. Sin embargo, ahora se encuentra solo, un viudo en duelo, desesperado por escapar de la casa que ambos construyeron, en donde cada esquina es un doloroso recordatorio de su difunta esposa. Por ello, el juez se refugia en su casa del lago en el Wisconsin rural, un lugar donde el viejo podrá encontrar paz y soledad. Un lugar donde la naturaleza puede seguir su curso. Sin embargo, algo nuevo también ha llegado. La propiedad del juez está plagada de Persicaria perfoliata, una especie de enredadera invasora que no tiene nada qué hacer en la zona de lagunas de Wisconsin. Y esta planta tiene dientes. Sus espinas y zarcillos han penetrado profundo en la tierra, asfixiando la vida de todo lo que tocan, incluyendo el viejo roble que Marie y él plantaron en su luna de miel. Si el juez no hace algo rápido, la enredadera va a acabar con todo lo que le queda. Y no se va a detener ahí, pues él está convencido de que también va tras él. La enredadera - Un cuento sobre la mortalidad es una nueva historia original del aclamado guionista, director y novelista, David Koepp. Koepp ha escrito o coescrito los guiones de más de treinta películas, incluyendo Parque Jurásico, Misión Imposible, Spider-Man, La Habitación del Pánico, La Guerra de los Mundos, ¡Me ha caído el Muerto! y Ángeles y Demonios . Su más reciente película de suspenso, producida por Universal Pictures/Blumhouse, You Should Have Left , protagonizada por Kevin Bacon y Amanda Seyfried ya se encuentra disponible para streaming. Su novela debut, Bajo Cero , a la que el New York Times describió como “entretenimiento puro”, fue publicada en 2019 y ya está disponible en versión de bolsillo Please This audiobook is in Latin American Spanish.

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