Ken Goddard’s First Evidence series centers on what may prove to be evidence of extraterrestrial contact. In this third book, crime scene investigator Colin Cellars wakes up in the maw of an fMRI machine at a remote military hospital, having no memory of who he is or how he got there - but he quickly becomes aware that he is being hunted.

His instinctive response is to run, and he must rely on his new, incredibly enhanced sense of music and tone to trigger fragments of memories that may help him discover who is friend, who is foe - and who is something else entirely.

Ken Goddard is the author of the New York Times best seller Balefire, as well as 10 other novels. He has served as a criminalist in California and as an instructor in crime-scene investigation and forensic techniques at law enforcement academies throughout the United States, as well as for Interpol. He is director of the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory.

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Listening Length	10 hours and 33 minutes
Author	Ken Goddard
Narrator	Kevin Kenerly
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Audible.com.au Release Date	09 October 2012
Publisher	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00NVWSANI

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Walter Scott

A less-than-stellar conclusion to this trilogy

Reviewed in Canada on 18 June 2019

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I had read First Evidence as a library book about 10+ years ago. Only recently did I discover that there were three books in the series, and Final Disposition was the final one. So I purchased all three, (first two as used paperbacks) through Amazon (with this one as an eBook).
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It was fun to get back with the characters. But the tone of the story, for at least the first 60% was focused on Colin Cellar’s semi-comedic lost memory. He was in character, but he bounced from scene-to-scene in an almost random order.
And then, there is a fairly clumsy red-herring thrown in when the reader is supposed to believe that the character, Lisa, was a shape-shifted Allesandra, whose overt seduction of Colin was just like the ones in the earlier books.
And it is always snowing, to the point where the weather takes on the role as one of the major characters in the story.
I do not regret the experience of re-reading the series, so as to get a better sense of how Final Disposition was supposed to be the closer. But this was just not Ken Goddard at his best.
(I did download the Henry Lightstone five-book series, and have started reading, with Prey. This speaks to the impact Goddard did have on me when I first came across his books in the local library.)

Old Fart

Final Disposition

Reviewed in Canada on 14 March 2013

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The book was a good conclusion to a three book series that was long overdue. I like a few other people I talked to ended reading this series by starting with the second book, then I read final disposition, then I read the first book and all,became clear. Read the books from one to three and things will make sense. For an advance species, these extra terrestrials sure get fooled by our heroes who simply will not die! Hurrah for for earthlings!

TDF

A good read for Goddard fans

Reviewed in the United States on 2 August 2015

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I was pleasantly surprised by Final Disposition, especially after seeing some of the other reviews. I have enjoyed Goddard’s books since Balefire. Having worked in law enforcement for over three decades, Goddard often strikes too close to home. There is literary license, but that is to be expected. While some have been critical of Final Disposition’s continuity, the true test of any story is whether it can stand alone. Final Disposition accomplishes that. I read the first two books in the series years ago. I had vague recollections, but little more. While I was tempted to re-read the first two books, I did not – based on the reviews.
As the book opens, the main character, Colin Cellars, finds himself in a strange setting that becomes even stranger as he recognizes his personal memories are gone, extracted from his brain. Since this is established within the first few paragraphs, I do not see that revelation as a spoiler. With little recall from the first two books, I knew as much about Cellars as the character knew about himself. That was the point; the reader is learning the back story along with Cellars, sharing his fear and frustration of the unknown.
There are a few typographically errors that should have been caught during proofreading, but that happens. Overall, it is a good story. It is not as good as Balefire, but no one hits a home run every time.

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JCHOOG

Solid read, but not for beginners

Reviewed in the United States on 30 July 2018

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I have read all of Goddard’s fiction and it ranges from excellent to good. That said, if you have never read Goddard don’t start here at the end of a trilogy. Read “Balefire,” or “The Alchemist” or “Cheater” and if you enjoy them, move on to the “Prey” series. The “First Evidence” series is a bit harder to get into than his earlier works and harder to follow. But I strongly disagree with the people who say this book isn’t as worthwhile of a read as the first two. In some ways it is easier to pick up and put down since it is a pretty fast-paced thriller and the groundwork was laid in the first two books.

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Mokee

Continuity Editor Needed

Reviewed in the United States on 15 June 2013

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I am sad to say that I was extremely disappointed in this book. Before beginning Final Disposition (book 3), I made sure to reread First Evidence (book 1) and Outer Perimeter (book 2), both books that I greatly enjoyed. So for me the continuity issues really stood out. This is not a spoiler, just one very large mistake. In book 2 there are numerous references to the fact that it begins TWO months after book 1 ended. And yet book 3 continually states that it begins 11 days after the first day in book 1. Summary: Book 1 = 6 days. Book 2 = starts 2 months AFTER the 6 days. Book 3 - starts 11 days after the first day of book 1. So unless they traveled back in time it gets confusing. (nope, there was no time travel, I checked).
As a previous reviewer noted it did not seem to flow like earlier Ken Goddard novels. The ending came too early and was rather abrupt. The bottom line is, if you've read the first two you might as well read the last book to have some sort of closure, but don't expect great things.

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