{"id":1569,"date":"2017-03-04T09:42:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T09:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1569"},"modified":"2017-03-04T09:42:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T09:42:55","slug":"carolyn-seymour-narrates-jack-gersons-the-fetch-for-big-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2017\/03\/04\/carolyn-seymour-narrates-jack-gersons-the-fetch-for-big-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolyn Seymour narrates Jack Gerson’s ‘The Fetch’ for Big Finish"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Carolyn Seymour (Abby Grant, Survivors<\/em>) narrates a new audio-book version of Jack Gerson’s thriller The Fetch<\/em> being released by Big Finish later this month (March 2017). Gerson was the creator of The Omega Factor<\/em> series (and tie-in novel), and Big Finish will release the second series of audio adventures in The Omega Factor<\/em> range<\/a> (starring Louise Jameson and John Dorney) in April.<\/p>\n

Big Finish are also releasing an audio-book version<\/a> of Gerson’s The Evil Thereof<\/em>, read by Barnaby Edwards.<\/p>\n

Producer David Richardson explains<\/a> : “When we started work on The Omega Factor<\/em>, Natasha Gerson very kindly sent me a couple of her father’s novels as an example of the kind of stories he liked to tell. And I thought, ‘Why has no one ever done audiobooks of these? And so we have, with two brilliant readers – Carolyn and Barney, who do a magnificent job of leading us through these dark, unsettling mysteries…”<\/p>\n

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Synopsis<\/h3>\n

It’s the 1980s and Alistair Matheson is forging a quietly ambitious path in Government. All is going to plan until a brief encounter with a man who looks exactly like him throws Alistair’s ordered world into chaos. As this doppelg\u00e4nger crosses his path time and again a series of events are set in motion with increasingly disturbing consequences. Is this double a spy? A conman? Or could he be something infinitely more sinister?<\/p>\n

Written By<\/strong>: Jack Gerson
\nDirected By<\/strong>: Helen Goldwyn<\/p>\n

Cast<\/h3>\n

Read by Carolyn Seymour<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Fetch<\/em> is available for pre-order<\/a> on the Big Finish site, and I’ll be reviewing the release for Starburst<\/em> magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Both The Fetch<\/a> and The Evil Thereof<\/a> can be bought on download for \u00a39.99 each, or collected together in a bundle<\/a> for \u00a316. If you’re using the free Big Finish Download\/Playback App<\/a> for Android or Apple devices you will be able to listen wherever you are. (Please note these will be large files, and users should be wary of bandwidth usage).<\/p>\n

UPDATE, 1 APRIL 2017<\/strong><\/span>: My review of Jack Gerson’s The Fetch<\/em> has now been published in the online edition of Starburst<\/em> magazine<\/a>. Of Seymour’s performance, the review suggests that:<\/p>\n

Seymour\u2019s reading of Gerson’s prose is simply superb. A performance of complete conviction (that never flags at any point throughout the eight and a half hour running time), Seymour voices the book\u2019s range of characters with impressive confidence. She is just at home with the clipped tones of the officious bureaucrats and politicians as she is with the voices of the oddball, the outsider and the outright disturbing characters that populate the fringes of Matheson\u2019s fast-unravelling world. Seymour invests Matheson with a soft Scottish burr that quietly slides in and out of his speech (just as it would for an aspiring expatriate, eager to advance his position within the Westminster ‘bubble’). Under Helen Goldwyn\u2019s pacey direction, Seymour voices the drama\u2019s chilling and distasteful moments with such restrained finesse that she could clearly bring just the gravitas required to narrate ghost and horror stories.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n