TY - SOUND AU - Pineiro,R.J. AU - Newbern,George TI - The fall: a novel SN - 9781427275271 PY - 2016///] CY - New York, NY PB - Macmillan Audio KW - Contractors KW - Fiction KW - Space and time KW - Military art and science KW - United States KW - Officials and employees KW - Science fiction KW - gsafd KW - Suspense fiction KW - Audiobooks KW - lcgft N1 - Title from container; Compact discs; Read by George Newbern N2 - Jack Taylor has always been an adrenaline junkie. As a federal contractor, he does dangerous jobs for the government that fall out of the realm of the SEALS and the marines. And this next job is right up his alley. Jack has been assigned to test an orbital jump, and if it works, the United States government will have a new strategy against enemy countries. Despite Jack's soaring career, his personal life is in shambles. He and his wife, Angela, are both workaholics and are on the verge of getting a divorce. But the night before his jump, Jack and Angela begin to rekindle their romance, and their relationship holds promise for repair. Then comes the day of Jack's big jump. He doesn't burn up like some predicted--instead he hits the speed of sound and disappears. Jack wakes up in an alternate universe ER -