UNDERLAND A Deep Time Journey

Listeners will feel claustrophobic as they wend their way through this audiobook, but not because of narrator Matthew Waterson. On the contrary, Waterson's even pacing and soft British accent make for an ideal guide. It's the subject matter that takes us to dark, cramped spaces. In this follow-up to his previous titles on mountains and remote places, Robert Macfarlane explores our relationship with the landscape beneath the surface of our planet. In a voice attuned to the author's lyricism and wit, Waterson leads us to man-made and natural subterranean sites where humans have ventured "to shelter what is precious, to yield what is valuable, and to dispose of what is harmful." D.B. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2019]