Midnight in Chernobyl
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Narrated by:
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Jacques Roy
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Written by:
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Adam Higginbotham
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One of AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2019!
The definitive, dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research.
April 25, 1986 in Chernobyl was a turning point in world history. The disaster not only changed the world’s perception of nuclear power and the science that spawned it, but also our understanding of the planet’s delicate ecology. With the images of the abandoned homes and playgrounds beyond the barbed wire of the 30-kilometer Exclusion Zone, the rusting graveyards of contaminated trucks and helicopters, the farmland lashed with black rain, the event fixed for all time the notion of radiation as an invisible killer.
Chernobyl was also a key event in the destruction of the Soviet Union, and, with it, the United States’ victory in the Cold War. For Moscow, it was a political and financial catastrophe as much as an environmental and scientific one. With a total cost of 18 billion rubles - at the time equivalent to $18 billion - Chernobyl bankrupted an already teetering economy and revealed to its population a state built upon a pillar of lies.
The full story of the events that started that night in the control room of reactor number four of the V.I. Lenin Nuclear Power Plant has never been told - until now. Through two decades of reporting, new archival information, and firsthand interviews with witnesses, journalist Adam Higginbotham tells the full dramatic story, including Alexander Akimov and Anatoli Dyatlov, who represented the best and worst of Soviet life; denizens of a vanished world of secret policemen, internal passports, food lines, and heroic self-sacrifice for the motherland.
Midnight in Chernobyl, award-worthy nonfiction that reads like sci-fi, shows not only the final epic struggle of a dying empire, but also the story of individual heroism and desperate, ingenious technical improvisation joining forces against a new kind of enemy.
©2019 Adam Higginbotham (P)2019 Simon & SchusterWhat listeners say about Midnight in Chernobyl
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- C. Ian Keay
- 2020-08-19
10/10 def recommend
Interesting look behind the iron curtain. Narration was enjoyable. You understand why the socialist experiment failed!
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- hellbentforleather
- 2021-02-01
The right level of detail!
An excellent companion read for those whose interest in Chernobyl was perked by the HBO series and are looking for more detail.
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- Charles
- 2022-10-22
You need to hear this!
Hooked right away. Great story, great narration. A must read for everyone , could not get enough.
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- MRamrekha
- 2024-08-06
One of my favourite books of all time.
This book is amazing. It is very detailed and well narrated. The author explains a lot of the scientific terms very well for its readers to comprehend.
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- Brennan
- 2019-07-11
loved it!
I really enjoyed listening to Midnight in Chernobyl and finished it in about three days. The complete account of the event from first-hand witnesses and various parties involved was eye-opening and had me sucked into the story from start to finish. if you're interested in learning about the events leading up to, during, and after the Chernobyl disaster, I would highly recommend this book.
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- Marine
- 2020-12-31
Excellent account of the disaster
I really enjoyed it and actually went back to it several times. Jacques Roy's performance is excellent. The technical information needed to understand the issues at stake is given in an easily understandable format. If you watched the series Chernobyl, I would recommend this book as it provides a lot of background information as to how this event turned into a catastrophe of such magnitude.
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- Dmitry
- 2019-05-15
Hair raising
The narration is perfect! I felt I was there.
The research done for this story is astounding. Truly a great chronicle of science, history, and the human condition.
I highly recommend this book
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- Reddog
- 2022-10-23
Midnight in Chernobyl
Deeply chilling. A story that needs to be told. Well written, well read and pleasant to listen to. Deeply informative to the average citizen of all countries.
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- erika
- 2024-07-26
amazing read
I didn't know much about Chernobyl before this book besides the basic facts. I learned a lot of interesting facts. The narrator is really good and I enjoyed the reading. The one downside is you definitely n eed to pay attention to because of all the names to follow
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- Darren Hill
- 2019-05-17
You probably think you know about Chernobyl...
An absolutely riveting and tragic tale of sacrifice, disdain, crippling bureaucracy, fear and arrogance. Superb.
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