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Grace Hamilton
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When society collapses, one family will do whatever it takes to stay together
Shane McDonald is working at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant when a solar storm wipes out the grid. He's desperate to reach his family, but they're hundreds of miles away, and the world is falling apart around him. With a blind daughter to protect, finding his way back to his loved ones will be a dangerous journey, across treacherous terrain.
Jodi McDonald gathers her brother and son and heads for her prepper mother's house in rural Georgia. There, the family braces for the coming nightmare. Unprepared townspeople want to steal their supplies. A vicious gang wants revenge. All the McDonalds want is to be left alone, but peace won't come without a fight.
When drought and fire drive them from their refuge, the McDonalds must take to the road. Battered by grief and hardship, they must rely on each other to survive. But the greatest danger of all might come from within the family itself
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- Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
- Length: 25 hrs and 18 mins
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When an EMP catastrophe shuts down power worldwide, Melanie Pearson must embark on a grueling trek to reunite with her family. But before she can cross the savage wastelands, she’ll need to help her boss find his own son first. And Melanie quickly realizes she may have made a deal with the devil himself….
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- By angelica losoya on 01-23-23
By: Grace Hamilton
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Crumbling World
- Surviving the End, Book 1
- By: Grace Hamilton
- Narrated by: Chris Monteiro
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
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Even before becoming a husband and father, safety had been Shane McDonald’s priority for most of his 45 years. As a nuclear engineer, it’s his responsibility to keep the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant functioning at optimum levels to avoid what protesters fear most: a meltdown. But when a coronal mass ejection from the sun wipes out power across the globe, stopping a nuclear chain reaction is no longer his primary concern.
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- By Amber Ricard on 06-11-20
By: Grace Hamilton
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Last Light - The Complete Series
- By: Justin Bell, Mike Kraus
- Narrated by: Andrew Tell
- Length: 59 hrs and 19 mins
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When a new drilling method enables access to a deep source of renewable energy, all expectations are that Ultilitron will champion a new era in electricity production. When the lights go out and the killing starts, the country's emotions quickly turn from elation to fear.
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- By Mike on 03-20-23
By: Justin Bell, and others
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EMP Aftermath: A Post-Apocalyptic EMP, Books 1-3
- Boxset Filled with Fascinating Characters & Prepper Info
- By: Grace Hamilton
- Narrated by: Andrew Tell
- Length: 25 hrs
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Laurel was working in the ER, stabilizing a patient, when the unthinkable happened. An EMP hit. The power went out. And it never came back. In the devastating aftermath, she must turn South Minneha Hospital into a place of refuge, a beacon of hope for her fellow survivors. But a beacon attracts predators, too… Predators like Arlo Staaf, the brutal leader of a ruthless gang. Desperate to save his dying son, Arlo takes over the hospital and gives Laurel an impossible ultimatum: save his terminally ill boy, or watch everyone she cares for die.
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- By Lisa Kearns on 12-14-24
By: Grace Hamilton
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EMP Sabotage
- By: Grace Hamilton
- Narrated by: Anna Maste
- Length: 27 hrs and 38 mins
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A devastating terror attack has been unleashed. Geologist Ruth Garber and her granddaughter Stella are working on an offshore drilling rig when the power goes out. Stranded miles from shore with a raging storm on the horizon, they struggle to survive as the truth slowly sinks in. No one is coming to rescue them. All they have is each other—and their will to survive.
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- By James on 09-22-24
By: Grace Hamilton
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EMP Lodge Series: Six Book Complete Boxset
- By: Grace Hamilton
- Narrated by: Andrew Tell
- Length: 41 hrs and 19 mins
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For Megan Wolford, life as she knew it came to an end after the world was decimated by an EMP. Now, she does her best to survive and protect her daughter, Caitlin. But when the young girl falls ill with a mysterious virus, Meghan must leave the safety of their home and embark on a dangerous journey to forage for medical supplies.
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- By doug jackson on 03-11-22
By: Grace Hamilton
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EMP Disaster
- The Complete Series
- By: Grace Hamilton
- Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
- Length: 25 hrs and 18 mins
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When an EMP catastrophe shuts down power worldwide, Melanie Pearson must embark on a grueling trek to reunite with her family. But before she can cross the savage wastelands, she’ll need to help her boss find his own son first. And Melanie quickly realizes she may have made a deal with the devil himself….
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- By angelica losoya on 01-23-23
By: Grace Hamilton
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Crumbling World
- Surviving the End, Book 1
- By: Grace Hamilton
- Narrated by: Chris Monteiro
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
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Even before becoming a husband and father, safety had been Shane McDonald’s priority for most of his 45 years. As a nuclear engineer, it’s his responsibility to keep the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant functioning at optimum levels to avoid what protesters fear most: a meltdown. But when a coronal mass ejection from the sun wipes out power across the globe, stopping a nuclear chain reaction is no longer his primary concern.
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- By Amber Ricard on 06-11-20
By: Grace Hamilton
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Last Light - The Complete Series
- By: Justin Bell, Mike Kraus
- Narrated by: Andrew Tell
- Length: 59 hrs and 19 mins
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When a new drilling method enables access to a deep source of renewable energy, all expectations are that Ultilitron will champion a new era in electricity production. When the lights go out and the killing starts, the country's emotions quickly turn from elation to fear.
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- By Mike on 03-20-23
By: Justin Bell, and others
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The Last Survivors
- A Dystopian Society in a Post Apocalyptic World
- By: Bobby Adair, T.W. Piperbrook
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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Survival in Man’s Second Dark Age...Three hundred years after the fall of society, the last fragments of civilization are clinging to life, living in the ruins of the ancient cities in nearly-medieval conditions. Technology has been reduced to legend, monsters roam the forests, and fear reigns supreme. But that is just the beginning...The wind-borne spores are spreading, disfiguring men and twisting their minds, turning them into creatures that threaten to destroy the townships.
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Unique – enteraining – easy listening
- By As happy as a monkey with two bananas in his hands on 11-28-14
By: Bobby Adair, and others
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EMP: Return of the Wild West: The Complete Series
- By: Grace Hamilton
- Narrated by: Andrew Tell
- Length: 24 hrs and 52 mins
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Prepper survivalist author Grace Hamilton invites you to step into a post-apocalyptic, EMP-ravaged world filled with strong, resourceful characters, survivalist knowledge, and edge-of-your seat action.
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Family relationships make the story
- By Dawn L. on 11-27-21
By: Grace Hamilton
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The Complete Dark Days Series
- By: Ryan Schow
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 38 hrs and 55 mins
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With no power, no heat, and a total grid collapse, tough times keep getting tougher. But when America is struck with an EMP, this small group of survivors will be forced out of the frying pan and into the fire. Only there can they fight for their homes, their families, their community, and their right to be free from the restraints of an oppressive world force.
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A nerdy guys imaginary apocolypse
- By Charlotte on 11-27-23
By: Ryan Schow
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The Burning Tree Box Set: Books 1-5
- By: Christopher Artinian
- Narrated by: Kim Bretton
- Length: 44 hrs and 39 mins
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One day changed the world forever. Billions died. A small handful of survivors braved the apocalyptic wasteland to start again. This is their story.
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- By Rusty on 08-12-23
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Zero Hour: The Complete Box Set
- The Complete Zero Hour Series, Books 1-6
- By: Justin Bell, Mike Kraus
- Narrated by: Carl Norton
- Length: 40 hrs and 9 mins
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A devastating attack. A family separated. A desperate struggle to survive. Jackson Block is trapped far from his family and those he loves when a rogue state unleashes a devastating attack on the United States. To reunite with his loved ones he must fight through streets that have turned into a war zone as survivors and government agents alike threaten not only his existence, but that of the entire nation. Zero Hour is a near-future, what-if tale of the apocalypse told through a frighteningly realistic lens.
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No, Just No.
- By Betty Jo VanMeerhaeghe on 05-15-20
By: Justin Bell, and others
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Survive the Chaos
- Small Town EMP, Book 1
- By: Grace Hamilton
- Narrated by: Maxwell Zener
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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After Austin Merryman’s wife died, he and his 14-year-old daughter left home to travel the country in an old RV. But the comfort and renewal they sought soon descends into chaos - even before the EMP hits. When a message from an old college buddy leads Austin to a bridge in the middle of nowhere, he finds his friend - now an NSA agent - waiting to give him a USB drive. Before the contents can be explained, machine gun fire strafes the bridge, killing Austin’s friend and forcing Austin into the raging river.
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not the greatest
- By MattyWeb on 02-19-20
By: Grace Hamilton
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Endless Winter
- By: Riley Miller, Grace Hamilton
- Narrated by: Maxwell Zener
- Length: 28 hrs and 8 mins
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When an experiment to reverse climate change goes disastrously wrong, Jarred and his daughter Hope are forced to head south in search of warmth. This manmade eternal winter shows no signs of stopping, and with temperatures continuing to plummet, fears of a new Ice Age drive survivors into a panic. Jarred and Hope don’t have the wilderness skills needed to survive this disaster. But when their car spins out of control, they’re forced to fend for themselves in the ruthless and unforgiving forest surrounding them. And as they slowly discover they are not alone….
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Too much whining but still “ok”
- By Jenny on 05-03-23
By: Riley Miller, and others
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The Last Prepper Boxset
- By: Colton Lively, J.S. Donovan, William Stone
- Narrated by: Jess Trepanier, Gwendolyn Druyor, Cheryl May
- Length: 34 hrs and 55 mins
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When a catastrophic storm engulfs Deer Creek, chaos reigns. Beth, wrongfully imprisoned, must battle her way through a dark, post-EMP world alongside fellow inmate Emily. Amidst the lawlessness, they desperately fight to reunite with their families at Deer Creek Homestead. Together, they restore hope, build alliances, and bravely defend their community, proving that unity and resilience can triumph even in the face of unimaginable odds.
By: Colton Lively, and others
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The America Falls Omnibus, Books 1-11
- By: Scott Medbury
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 59 hrs and 35 mins
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In the middle of the holidays, a biological attack wreaks havoc on the U.S. The virus is quick. Deadly. Unstoppable. The country is left in tatters. For Isaac Race, it’s especially bitter. After the death of his parents and sister, he was just getting his life back on track - the weaponized virus changes all that. Battered by the fresh deaths of his foster parents, but hardened by the year he’s endured, he emerges from the temporary safety of his home to seek out other survivors during the worst winter in years.
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Nothing
- By ck on 10-29-24
By: Scott Medbury
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EMP Catastrophe: The Complete Series
- By: Grace Hamilton
- Narrated by: Matthew E. Berry
- Length: 24 hrs and 42 mins
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The Riley family is preparing to start a new life as owners of the River Rock Hotel in Galena, IL, when the lights go out and the world plunges into chaos. Matthew Riley wants to believe that people will come together to overcome the challenge, but as panic sets in after the massive EMP event, he has to face the harsh truth that the only people he can trust are his family. His ailing father, David, has the skills the Riley family needs to survive in the dark new world, but with no medication for his heart condition on hand, his health is failing.
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Snowflakes in the apocalypse
- By Charlotte on 05-27-22
By: Grace Hamilton
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Surviving the Fall
- Surviving the Fall Series, Book 1
- By: Mike Kraus
- Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
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When a devastating attack cripples and destroys every Internet-connected device in the country, Rick Waters is stranded 1,000 miles from his wife, Dianne, and their children. To get back home, he'll have to draw on every survival instinct he has, as he's pulled into a web of lies and conspiracy that threaten not just his survival but that of the entire world.
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Pricey for a book of this length
- By Glenda G. Salley on 02-01-21
By: Mike Kraus
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Prepper's Apocalypse Complete Box Set
- By: anthony newman
- Narrated by: Miles Meili
- Length: 18 hrs and 19 mins
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EMP blasts started the apocalypse during Tom and his family's return flight to San Francisco from Hawaii. Surviving the crash only caused them to confront the chaos of the apocalypse head-on. Their fellow survivors were helpless and lacked the skills to survive. Tom, his sister, and their grandma survive the perilous trip from San Francisco to their ranch in Southern Oregon using their prepper skills to keep them alive during the anarchy around them. They continue to lead a small band of friends through the chaos and anarchy that has shattered their world.
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I tried a second time…couldn’t do it
- By Adam on 08-11-22
By: anthony newman
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- R K
- 07-11-24
A Story of love, loss, and family
This book follows the lives of a family. It describes how they work to survive and try to thrive in their own way following a Coronal Mass Injection into the power grid. The six book series covers the different aspects of their work to survive.
Both the author and narrator bring the struggles to life. Understanding this series is not only heart wrenching but also makes one think about how the reader might react to this situation.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-19-24
Engaging!
Oh my I kept wondering what would happen next! It held my attention. Book 6 made me cry.
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- tburbr
- 05-18-24
4.5 Stars - Great Boxed set
This was a great boxed set. Grace Hamilton has provided us with characters and story lines that will capture your attention and keep you coming back for more. Chris Monteiro did a fantastic job of breathing life into this series and made it a fun listen.
I received a copy of this audio book and I am voluntarily leaving my honest review.
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- karen
- 05-30-24
Thank you for including the whole series
It was a very good series with lots of depth around the characters. I liked the ending.
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- Ruby S Wilson
- 06-22-24
Too much ridiculousness
I am a big fan of post apocalyptic fiction and especially EMP themed stories. I listened to the full six book collection but at many points it was very difficult to continue because of the stupidity and ridiculousness of the plot:/ Way to many dumb decisions by the main characters, one of which is a nuclear scientist and another someone in the CDC. They act like total fools over and over and over again and no intelligent person would make such foolish decisions even in the face of such adversity. I do not recommended it and quite frankly wish I had not wasted my time:/
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- Jamie Kelley
- 06-26-24
great story of survival and family standing together
this is an amazing series of books. It's a lot to take in but at no time did I get lost or get tired of the story. Very well written and preformed thank you for all the hard work you put into your writing
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- Jamie Bee
- 07-20-24
Keywords of Series: Family and Community
This is a colossal 51-hour, six-audiobook box set. I have read or listened to several survivalists/EMP series by this author, and I'd recently thought that her series were seeming too similar and what happens in each series was feeling a bit stale, even if dramatic or heart-wrenching. I'm glad to say this box set not only shook all that up but brought all the feels as we follow a beleaguered family after a coronal mass ejection.
That last bit is one thing I liked. This wasn't just a vague EMP (as my memories say the other books were), but a very specific type. The book follows the McDonald family over several years as they confront disaster after disaster—starting with the CME but also including a massive wildfire and back-to-back hurricanes—losing family members along the way but never their collective spirit. One thing that distinguishes this book from others written by this author is that the overarching theme that comes across is community. Yes, the first book of this series follows the path of other series by this author, with the family split apart in several different locations, each confronting their own difficulties with different villains galore, before they all are able to gather together at the end. So, at first, I thought this would be similar to other series by this author I had read. But the next books, instead of focusing on a villain or groups of villains one after the other—which is what the other series felt like—the rest of the series focused on communities, each facing the aftermath of the CME in their own ways.
I loved how some of these early books focused on the small community that eventually named itself Hickory Falls. This is where the matriarch of the McDonald family (Bev) lives, and Grandma has been a prepper! So she has years’ worth of food and water in her sub-basement. But few in her community are prepared for the CME, and they start to look at Bev and her brood, suspecting—though not knowing for sure—that she's a prepper well able to take care of herself and her family. This causes much consternation in the community over the course of several books, but I like how the community does pull together eventually, even though everyone is not happy with their new normal, and they help each other learn gardening and other survival skills to allow them to not just survive, but thrive. Grandma Bev and her granddaughter Violet are pivotal in helping the community, Bev with her prepper and gardening knowledge and Violet spearheading the formation of a community garden. Others are not faring so well outside the new Eden’s walls and want into this community. As you might imagine, some old-timers are against letting in newcomers, even if they are willing to work.
The first three books also have a broad story arc about a villainous, organized outlaw biker gang who are making their own rules in this new world. Bev's daughter, Jodi, when she is separated from most of her family in the first book, gets kidnapped by them and nearly sexually assaulted. She is able to escape, but she's given this biker gang a reason to hunt her and her family down.
That's one aspect I wasn't wild about in this box set. It has scenes of extreme graphical, up-close-and-personal horrific violence. We see this in nearly every book, if I am remembering correctly. A particular villain who turns up in book 4, causing problems until nearly the end, is particularly violently brutal when he decides to go rogue.
That particular villain starts a news story arc in Book 4; Book 3 wrapped up nicely by finally taking away the threat of the previous story arc’s outlaw biker gang. But right away in Book 4, we see a new disaster looming for the citizens of Hickory Falls and the surrounding area. The new villain is a firebug, and he sets in motion what turns into a raging wildfire that takes out much of the Macon, Georgia, area. He's both a psychopath and a sociopath, able to turn on his own version of charm when he wants to, though there's always something a bit odd about him. He's able to make it to Hickory Falls and decides that will be the new place where he watches the world burn around him. No one knows for a very long time that he set the original fire.
The end of book 4 is so sad, not as though other parts of this book haven't been sad, as the family and the rest of their community watch their small town, their Eden after the CME, go up in flames. After it, the McDonald family—and the rest of the surviving community—have nothing, after having flourished for several years. This thus begins a new journey for everyone in the McDonald family, except one beloved character—who had survived a near-fatal cancer near the start of the series—who gave his own life to save that of his 2-year-old niece. This massive fire within Hickory Falls also splits the family apart again, and they don't come back together until the end of book 5. Nearly immediately after they do so, they lose another beloved member of the McDonald family, one who had been separated from her spouse and child since the Hickory Falls fire. Her loss was devastating, one that brought tears to my eye, especially after having been so strong helping the splinter of the family she was with survive their trials.
Book 5 was also about community, but in a very different way. Part of the family was able to find refuge—with ample food, water, and medical care—in a religious community not far from them, but it turned out to be a misogynistic cult with a leader who was the de facto judge, jury, and executioner when he desired to be. We see the end of the second major villain in this series in this book, and he has a surprising connection to the villainous group of people who dominated the first three books.
The death at the end of book 5 sets up the final book, sending one member of the McDonald family into such deep grief that he actually has a mental break. The author did an excellent job depicting how this now unreliable narrator experienced his world. He saw people who weren't there, acted impulsively, and otherwise was a bit of a douchebag to his family, including his 2-year-old daughter. His impulsive moves imperil the family more than once. At times, I wish his parents or his grandmother would have stood up more to him so he couldn't wreak the havoc he did. Certainly, heading for the eastern US coast during hurricane season wasn't the brightest idea! Again, what the family goes through is harrowing, and as nature seems to vent its fury on the family, they lose two more members of the family.
At least at the very end, the remaining members of the family get to have a bit of a reprieve for an enjoyable few months. After weathering two hurricanes back to back, they decide to take an abandoned boat still in good condition and sail until they find a place they think they can live for a while. They happen on an abandoned resort island that has a bunch of things they really need, like plenty of canned food and stores full of new clothing (even if branded!). They're able to get the abandoned culinary gardens going again and also fish for their suppers. While they certainly miss and grieve for their now departed members, this time away from others provides healing for the members of the McDonald family. At the end, though, they decide they need to be around people; they just need to find the right community.
I hope I didn't give too much away, and you still feel as though you will have something to read after this long review!
A few things I like about this series, aside from what is mentioned above … I like how this author's series always feature people of all age ranges, social strata, and physical ability. In this book, we have an age range from 2-year-old Katie to great-grandmother Bev. Both figure into the plot in many places; these aren't just side characters. In fact, until her death, Bev was a true matriarch, the driving force of the family, determined to keep her family together and safe, providing as much as she could, even though her health faltered often. Others in the family had physical struggles before the series began, like the mostly blind teenage daughter Violet (Jodi and Shane’s girl) and her uncle Mike, still weakened after his recent surgery and chemotherapy.
Young Katie did not exist at the start of the book. When the McDonald family took in a group of orphaned teens, their teenage son hooked up with one of the teenage daughters … literally. We saw little of their romance—most happening off page—but it has a profound impact throughout the book, especially after the family escapes the cult in Book 5. Another teenage romance blossoms between Violet and a teen orphan the family has taken in. That's another thing I like about books by this author: they almost all have romances (or at least a romantic element or interest), and romance is not just for young people! The other great newfound love story in this book is between Grandma Bev and her sheriff boyfriend. They are so sweet together, so caring and kind! While Bev was married before, James was a longtime bachelor, but he appreciates a good woman when he sees her … and we’re told that he’d been “sweet” on her for years! Even the primary married couple, Jodi and Shane, parents to two teenagers and a 6-year-old when the series starts, have their moments when they shine and show what a mature relationship should be between two people who don't always agree. They always respect each other and listen when one does speak what's on his or her mind. They act like reasonable people towards each other and the rest of their group, no matter what else is going on within them and the world around them. It's the touches of humanity like what I've described above that make these books resonate even if they are more violent, harrowing, or horrific than you may want to read or listen to.
One character who represents a different social stratum enters the series early in Book 1 when Shane takes the newly orphaned young man under his fatherly protective wing. His mother made Shane bust him out of juvenile detention at gunpoint. While they certainly hit bumps along the road, Corbin soon becomes an unofficial member of the McDonald family, helping them defeat foes and falling for Violet, the McDonald teenage daughter. He’s actually a handy guy to have around, both for courageous defensive and offensive acts and the practical knowledge and skills he learned from his father that come in handy in the new post-CME world.
Because of all that happens to the characters we come to love and root for in this series, this is not an easy listen or read. At times, I had to just stop—reading or listening to more happy books—and wait for a few days to continue listening. But the author created such compelling, believable characters that I kept coming back to the series, even when I knew there would be some pretty horrible things I'd have to listen to! If you enjoy dystopian, survivalist fiction, this is one of the better ones I’ve listened to by this author … and, well, ever!
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- Karen
- 07-22-24
Loved the main characters
Too much sadness but it’s has to be in disasters that occurred throughout the six books of the series
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- Scott
- 08-29-24
Far better choices, but decent deal for 1 credit.
Have to grade on a curve when it's 51 hours for one credit. That's just a good deal if you listen to audiobooks constantly like me. Standard CME/EMP story. Has some unique conflict / disasters. Also has some that have been done 1,000 times (usually much better). But I listened through the whole thing, even the last two books that could have been condensed by 3/4 without any effort. I'd say give it a go if there's nothing narrated by Kevin Pierce or written by Franklin Horton left in your wish list. But there's probably 50 books / series in this genre I would recommend going through first.
Not much for those of us who geek out on the prepper aspects. Have listened to dozens on dozens of these, almost always come away learning something or pondering how something would play out (still searching for that book that will acknowledge the difference between a CME and an EMP weapon and that the affects on grid vs electronics/cars are very different). That's just not what this series is. It's more of a middle of the road family drama set in a post-apocalyptic world. Lots of repeating in the final books. Has you wishing characters you should be rooting for would just die already. Then it just skips ahead several months and ends incredibly abruptly. Huge opportunity lost to use some of that redundant filler of the last two books to describe those months and have the family finally come together and make things work.
Biggest gripe was the lack of a strong central character amongst plenty of candidates. Dad is the biggest, what's the best way to say it without getting censored, "pink hat" on the face of the planet. I wish I had the ability to search for the number of times "Shane shrugged" was written. No decisive action or taking charge for his family, no heroics to protect them, just kind of mopped along. Had a good setup with him being an engineer from a nuclear plant. Would have been awesome to have him engineer some solutions to post CME problems. Was wishing for the blind daughter to be killed off 1/2 through the first book. Think blind Sally Draper, just more insufferable and self-centered. Prepper grandma wasn't particularly wholesome, loving, witty or strong. Actually said to her children by her dead first husband that the Sheriff she was shacked up with for a few months was the "love of her life" as she endlessly droned on about him. There wasn't a single character, other than that Sheriff who I really liked or gave a flip about living or dying. Orphan kid they picked up from juvenile detention was alright, had a Eugene from TWD feel to him with his random factoids. Sad that the author couldn't come up with one member of a huge family with enough admirable traits to make a reader like them in 6 books and 51 hours. Will say it was very nice to not have a bullet proof-ex delta seal-mossad agent-assassin-green beret-chuck norris that so many books in this genre use as a crutch.
Performance was well above average. Don't think I would have made it through the whole thing with a lesser narrator.
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- Yogi
- 06-11-24
I liked the narrator
Storyline is mediocre at best. very predictable what's going to happen and at the same time unrealistic in the outcomes. I finally gave up about 3/4 of the way through the book, I just couldn't handle it anymore.
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