FINAL THEORY

Alpert displays a knack for combining science and literature in his latest novel, a rousing adventure in which protagonist David Swift races against the clock to uncover Einstein's unified field theory, which he believes the physicist actually did discover and then hid for fear that it would lead to even more destructive power than the atomic bomb. With an abundance of international figures added to the mix, the story is a high-energy thriller that demands a gifted narrator. Sadly, Adam Grupper reads with a little too much energy, overplaying nearly every role with absurd accents and a desperate tone. The result is a plot that seems farfetched and a production that fails to satisfy. L.B. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2008]