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Behind the Gates 1

Collapse of America, Book 1

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Behind the Gates 1

By: Bobby Akart
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America was on the brink of collapse.
The fabric of society was torn apart.
The economy was in shambles.
Ordinary Americans experienced death by a thousand cuts, and it was coming soon to your neighborhood.


International bestselling author, Bobby Akart, one of America's favorite storytellers, delivers up-all-night thrillers to nearly two million listeners in 245 countries and territories worldwide.

“Akart is one of those very rare authors who makes things so visceral, so real, that you experience what he writes.”

In a once-thriving neighborhood, prosperity and harmony were the norm. Families walked the tree-lined streets, children played in the parks, and a sense of community bound residents together. However, over time, this changed. Political beliefs divided them. Economic collapse struck the nation bringing with it an inevitable and devastating societal collapse.

“You are there. Feeling what they feel. Anger, joy, love, mourning. You feel it all. Not everyone can write a book like this. It takes a special writer to make you feel a book.”

Behind the gates separating the community from the rest of greater Los Angeles, neighbors faced off against one another as resources became scarce. Beyond the gates, ruthless gangs and looters swept across LA like a plague of locusts. Killing and looting replaced the rule of law.

Some held out hope in the government to restore order. Others banded together to prepare for the inevitable. When terror and mayhem came knocking at their doors. Despair and fear cast long shadows over the once-vibrant community. Could the neighbors set aside their differences to ward off the coming storm?

"Akart's fiction becomes reality far too often. Behind the Gates is a cautionary tale of what's to come in our nation."

With seventy novels published worldwide, Bobby Akart delivers intense, up-all-night thrillers that have you whispering "just one more chapter".

©2024 Bobby Akart Inc. (P)2024 Bobby Akart Inc.
Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction

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The story is entertaining as well as informative for these current days

Seems like it ends all too soon ! And need to move to the next book in the series!

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American Collapse

Book 1 - This is a well written book. It sets up our group of protagonists as America society starts to collapse. The characters are well written and have interesting backgrounds. The antagonists are also developed and everything is in place going into the 2nd book.

For this genre of books I recommend this as a read.

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Truth

I love this author's books.I always look for them where I'm searching for a new book.And now I will go on and read the number two book in the series

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Very Realistic

A realistic and relevant story to our times. Narrator did well. I immediately downloaded the second book in the series.

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Best first book yet.

I have listened to just about every book bobby a kart has put out. I can tell right now. This is gonna be a great series.

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TODAY

Is it really just a story you can read or listen to or to see life today as it is happening in 2024! You better read/listen to Behind the Gates!

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Hard to listen too

It was hard to listen too. We usually love his books but this one was difficult. It was so slow and dry.

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Slow start, and a little too short of a book, but Akart’s series are always good once you get in.

As with most of Bobby Akart’s book series’, this is a SLOOOWWW start. There are a lot of characters, and it’s not the most exciting book. BUT…. I’ve read several of Akart’s books and mostly they all start slow and become incredible as a series. I would love to just buy all his series’ as a box set so I can burn through the slow beginnings, but it’s worth the wait in a series he’s still releasing.

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Not his best work, but still worth it

Characters were not as well developed as his past books, and I don’t think as likable. Wealthy starlets and the shallow Malibu social elite with unlimited funds are not particularly relatable to me. Story line of the collapse is bit muddled and vague. Still worth the time.

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Always Left Wanting More

I’ll admit, I’ve been a fan of Bobby Akart since his very first series. Since, I’ve devoured everything he has written, interacted with his social media posts and even made personal connections with him and his wife…though only through brief electronic communications. This book by far is the closest to reality that I have read of his thus far. I am left wanting to dive deeper into the series, though with trepidation. This hits so close to home and is so on point with current events it leaves me with no doubt that not of but when will we face the truth unfolding in front of us. It is not delivered with your typical over the top ignorance you find after spending too much time and valuable money on other books in this genre. Instead you know what you’ve been given is a roadmap. Do you follow it or do you chalk it up to fantasy. That’s up to you. But for me in my house, we trust Bobby’s insights implicitly and take heed when he, through the magic he wields through the written word by delivering stories that align with everyday happenings, the message he delivers…be prepared!

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