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Title: Static

Subtitle: An EMP Thriller

Author: James Hunt

Narrator: Tia Rider

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-04-16

Publisher: DBS Publishing LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

What controls us? Is it Fear? Anger? Hope? Every day these emotions influence our decisions, some more than others. Wren Burton, one of the top architects in Chicago, has never let anything stand in the way of providing a better life for her family, but those choices haven't been without sacrifice. And when the power shuts down across the city, which submerges the masses into chaos and cuts her family in half, tough decisions are only the beginning.

Members Reviews:

ok PEOPLE? WAIT FOR THE BUNDLE to come out or your gonna be ticked.

ok. i liked the story well enough, note the word "STORY" hee. when i read a book? i read a book. i REALLY do not like when i expect a BOOK and get a brief story. thanks but no. it doesn't matter to me at this point how "good" the story was, what matters is that it was unfinished in my ever so humble opinion.

it should be BLAZINGLY pointed out right under the title of the STORY that it is part of a serial type bs thing.

yeah the STORY was pretty decent if a bit long winded descriptive like, still readable, but the whole "serial" thing? that just pisses me off. it's like (NO OFFENSE TO THE AUTHOR HERE) trying to get more $ out of folks by breaking an ACTUAL BOOK into parts an selling them separately even if the 1st is offered for free or very little. i do like this author and have many of his BOOKS and or Bundles. but for this? thanks but no. i'll wait till the bloody damn thing is done and go buy the bundle, most likely on a HUGE discount at some point IF i even want to bother with it again.

this type of serialization thing? yeah that's gonna end up costing all parties, because people will get sick of it eventually. they'll go buy WHOLE books and not bother with this type of thing.

Waiting To Read the Next Installment.

This fast paced story has a compelling premise and I am very interested in reading more to find out what happens in the story. The story is well written and very action oriented. I am left with many questions I need to have answered. Unfortunately, I had a problem with the characters in the story and how I didnât find them to be very believable or even likable. This is why my star rating isnât higher. As a reader, I can deal with many little things that may happen in a story that come across as either a person being lucky or as just part of the story. However, with this story supposed to be âworst case scenarioâ possible, I found that the characters being able to survive many major injuries and still be as active as they were to cross my credibility line. I will continue to read this story because I am interested and hope that there will be a shift in the characters personalities.

Additional Note: I received this product for free or at a reduced price in exchange for my honest review.

loved the book

loved the book, was very fast paced and kept me on the edge of my seat. Why the low ratings? 80 pages is not a book, it's a long preview. Then it abruptly stopped. For a fee, you could finish reading the book. To me, that's misleading. Yes I loved the start of the book and would have continued, but I felt duped. They should have made that clear when I got the book. So, now to finish, I have to buy it.

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Title: Lightning: Fighting the Living Dead

Subtitle: Undead Rain, Book 3

Author: Shaun Harbinger

Narrator: Brian Grey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-17-16

Publisher: Shaun Harbinger

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In a desperate bid to save Lucy, Alex goes in search of the secret government facility on Apocalypse Island. If the scientists there created the virus, then surely they have a cure. Alex will go to any lengths to get it, even if it means risking his life in a building full of monsters.

Even if it means facing patient zero.

Members Reviews:

Don't worry if you don't like English Zombie Books

The third installment leaves no doubt that it's all American. The story line is a bit ridicules but still entertaining.

Dr. A

Good but real short

What did you love best about Lightning: Fighting the Living Dead?

I am loving this story about the 2 types of dead and the isolation that the characters are always dealing with in this book. It really pits them again all odds and I like that in my zombie books.

The Undead Rain series is a winner!

What made the experience of listening to Lightning: Fighting the Living Dead the most enjoyable?

Great writing. Believable characters. Each book just keeps getting better.

What other book might you compare Lightning: Fighting the Living Dead to and why?

Return Man

What about Brian Greys performance did you like?

An excellent performer who has a great, nuanced voice.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, over several days.

Any additional comments?

This was a very interesting take on the genre and I particular enjoyed how the author evolved the protagonist. I am looking forward to the audio realization of his fourth novel and am glad to hear he's working on a fifth.

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Title: Reboots

Author: Mercedes Lackey, Cody Martin

Narrator: Stephen Hoye

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-27-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Space travel is tough. No air, cosmic radiation, absolute lack of other life-sustaining essentials.

What better way to deal with space travel than to man ships with creatures that regenerate, or don't need air, or are immune to various maladies?

In a future world where zombies, vampires and werewolves co-exist with "normal" humans on Earth, these ships are staffed by a motley crew of various types of undead, or near-dead, creatures.

Of course, no one really knows what happens when zombies and vampires are squeezed together in the close confines of a spaceship.

Don't you love surprises?

Mercedes Lackey is a New York Times best-selling author with over 80 books in print. She is well known for creating complex multi-cultural worlds, inhabited by human and non-human characters. Her acclaimed and best-selling series of books related to the Valdemar saga takes place in the intricately woven world of Velgarth. To date, there are 27 novels and six anthologies set in this world, and many of these books have become New York Times best sellers.

Members Reviews:

Light and fun!

Any additional comments?

It's pretty much what you think it is - monsters in space. The worldbuilding is top notch, the characters are, dare I say, relatable and likeable, it's fun and it's funny. A perfect "lite" read. Stephen Hoye does a great job, particularly with the leading, ennui-soaked zombie - not the easiest character to enliven! Good writing and excellent reading.

Different. But Good

This is definitely different from my favorite author Mercedes Lackey! But I think she could write about paint drying or grass growing and make a best seller from it! That's not to say this book is anything as dull as paint drying. Absolutely opposite! It's really an awesome spin from your regular zombie, vampire and all those other creatures from our nightmares! Throw in some space travel and you got the just of it! It's awesome! I was actually pulling for the zombies! How insane is that? That is just Mercedes Lackey doing her magic!

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Title: Ecocide

Author: Jason LaVelle

Narrator: Melanie Ewbank

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-07-16

Publisher: Jason LaVelle

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The zombie epidemic has begun, and the world is reeling from this onslaught of mindless, merciless killers. In a desperate attempt to rid the world of a horrific new disease, humankind poisons its own ecosystem, and dooms not only the zombies it fights, but also the very people it is trying to save.

At 16 years old, Kala is the sole survivor in her family after the first wave of zombie infections tore through her hometown in southern Florida, only to then be gunned down by an FBI sharpshooter while trying to escape the diseased city with her friends. When she finally wakes up, she finds herself in a dangerous new America. Her only hope is to travel north with her newfound companions, where they hope to find food, shelter, and protection. Their path will not be easy, because zombies are not the only killers roaming the streets. Hope balances on the blade of a knife, and survival is the only option left.

Members Reviews:

Great second book!

Having loved book 1, I was really looking forward to listening to this one and couldn't wait to start it. Book 1 was all about the spiders and the virus, book 2 is about the ramifications of this and the aftermath of the Zombie outbreak.

As if Zombies and deadly spiders and virus carrying mosquitoes weren't enough, what's left of the human race have to try to survive the killing of bees and the poisoning of the soil so that now, crops won't grow and flowers etc won't be pollinated! All the while evading the man eating Zombies!!

Meanwhile, Kala finally meets up with new people and together, they have to try to get outside the quarantined area before it's too late. How can she and her companions escape when the place is heavily fortified and protected by the army!

Once again, the author has created an action packed, nail biting and addicting read. The plot is fast paced and gripping, the characters are all we developed and written and it's easy to become invested in their story. I can not wait to see what else the author will come up with for these characters.

Melanie Ewbank did a great job with the narration. She was easy to listen to and held my attention throughout.

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coming full circle?

Sixteen year old Kala is determined that she and her new friends will survive this new zombie epidemic brought on by mosquitos. But it is not only the Zombies the new world must recover from because in trying to wipeout the disease carrying mosquitos the people have started a major chain reaction of killing off the food supply. The circle of life has been destroyed, but can it be fixed? Humm, Zika maybe?

This book although sci-fi makes you think about the Zika and what really should be done and how far we should go to eradicate such diseases. The author is very insightful and has a action packed, suspenseful great book. Narrator, Melanie Ewbank does a great job on all of the characters, and I just love narrators like her that take the time to make the story. They read each character as if they are that person at that time and it makes you the listener feel as though you are there in the middle and it is happening right then and it is awesome. Thank you for that experience, I hope to come across more of your works in the future.

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Title: Journey to the Black City

Author: Keith R. Mueller

Narrator: Michael Snider

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-04-16

Publisher: Waldorf Publishing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

On an Earth that is very much like our own, the civilizations of ancient man have been crushed; the giant glaciers that cover the northern part of the globe continue, even now, moving ever south, grinding the remains of the sky-touching cities of men beneath them. This Ice Age created warfare between two mighty nations, and in the midst of this mechanized slaughter, a virulent influenza plague ultimately killed most of the human population of the Earth within just one year.

Now, almost 2,000 years later, some of the survivors of that plague have again gathered together in a few vast city-states. In the wild lands between these megalopolises, the individuals who'd chosen not to return to the sprawl of the city-states roam as the Free Tribes in the company of sabretooth cats, mammoths, and dire wolves. In this world there is only a tentative peace; there are those in the Black City of the West for whom only one thing matters: the power to dominate and subjugate; the power to kidnap and enslave children and women into a sexual bondage purporting to save their souls, but in reality to supply wealth to a priesthood whose hearts are as black as the zeppelins they fly.

Into this steam-power world, two young people must journey. It will be a journey from innocence that will carry them from their tribe into the black heart of the basalt city. It will be a journey that will change them forever and bring them closer together than they'd thought possible.

Members Reviews:

A fun read if you like Steampunk/Dystopian fantasy.

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in return for an honest review. Closer to 3.5 stars. On a far-future earth, the population of the world has been divided into various free tribes and city-states in and around the area of what would now be considered the Pacific Northwest and California. Those who inhabit these areas are the survivors of a great cataclysm which occurred two thousand years earlier when huge glaciers began encroaching and grinding on the northern continents. This encroachment sent those in its path searching for habitable regions where they could survive and not be subject to freezing temperatures and starvation. Another result of this glacial advancement southward was a catastrophic war which broke out between the great nation across the western sea called The Unified Tribes of the Black Cross and that of North America called The Unified Tribes of the White Star. The warriors of the nation from across the sea brought with them more than warfare however, and a violent strain of influenza quickly broke out, eradicating almost the entire population of the world. Two thousand years later, the few who survived that hideous time have repopulated the west coast of America, living in vast city-states, megalopolises, and the surrounding wilderness. Not only do the free tribes have to contend with other aggressive warrior clans, but they are also living in the midst of such deadly predators as sabertooth cats, mammoths, and dire wolves. It is almost as if a new ice age has imposed itself over the world again. Located in the southern part of what once was the nation state of California, is the one remaining semblance of civilization called the Black City. At one time the great city of Los Angeles, The Black City has now been thrown back into gaslight technology where zeppelins are the preferred mode of mass-transportation and steam power rules.

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Title: Even Zombie Killers Get the Blues

Subtitle: Zombie Killer Blues, Book 1

Author: John Holmes

Narrator: F. C. McAllister

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 06-21-16

Publisher: John F. Holmes

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 24 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Are you a huge fan of The Walking Dead? World War Z? Do your passions run to the end of the world? This book is for you!

Are you a veteran who watches Hollywood movies that depict the military inaccurately and want to throw your combat boot through the TV? This book is for you!

Sometime in the near future, a few years after the Zombie Apocalypse has devastated the world, a small group of soldiers (sort of) is covering the United States Army's advance back into Upstate New York and the Hudson River Valley.

The team is what this book is about. How men and women work together to overcome obstacles, deal with loss, and form an efficient fighting unit.

Members Reviews:

Loved the action

Any additional comments?

I wasn't sure what to expect. This book had a really good blend of action, humor, heartbreak. I hope more is to come from this group of zombie killers. I recieved this audiobook from Audiobook Boom for my unbiased review.

Entertaining.

The army are slowly trying to take back the US after the Zombie outbreak. Scouting parties made up of soldiers, ex soldiers and civilians are sent on recon to different places. Their job is to relay information back to command. In this we follow one such recon team, and get a glimpse on what it could be like to take back America from Zombies!

This was a lot of fun!! When a Zombie novel can make you laugh, you know it's going to be good ;) I absolutely loved the comradeship between the characters and the witty banter. Only thing was, I wish we got a little more in depth with the characters. I wanted to know more about them and their stories.

The plot and story development is where this shines. In most ever other Zombie story, we see that the infrastructure is always gone, but in this one, we see that they have managed to patch up a lot of that infrastructure and have it working. It was a nice change. I also liked that the scout teams have safe houses where they can weather the storm! It was well written, well thought out and an easy and fun story to read.

The narrator, did a decent job with the narration. He had a few different tones and voices and used them well. I wanted a little more performance from him though, and thought he could have put a little more soul into it. But I still enjoyed his reading of it and look forward to more.

I was voluntarily provided this free copy by the author, narrator, or publisher. This in no way affected nor influenced my thoughts.

Post apocalypse and zombies, never gets old

Scouting parties for post apocalyptic government army help find survivors and clear the area of zombies and hostile forces for reclamation. Safety in the zone exists. But out here in the o mans land filled with zombies, survivalists, cannibals, and mad max crazies safety is only with your team. But can you trust your team? Can you trust the army? Or are you tilt on your own? Find out if you dare. I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

yep, now waiting for book 2 to come out .

I really enjoyed this book. I enjoyed the freestyle and the sarcasm and the fun team rivalry.

I like that this was a different kind of zombie slaying book. It was more about the characters instead of running from zombies. It was not a gruesome or over thought zombie story like a lot of zombie books are.

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Title: Storm: Survival in the Land of the Dead

Subtitle: Undead Rain, Book 2

Author: Shaun Harbinger

Narrator: Brian Grey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-13-16

Publisher: Shaun Harbinger

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Alex Harley wasn't cut out to be a survivor in a zombie apocalypse. And now he may have made a fatal mistake.

Going ashore to find news of his brother and parents, Alex is attacked by feral survivors. When he gets back to the harbor, he finds his boat, and Lucy, gone.

Stranded on the mainland, alone and vulnerable, he seeks shelter from the shambling zombies and the roaming army patrols. He meets a group of survivors who seem to be on a mission. They have found a way to get a message to the survivors in the camps. Alex joins them, intent on getting a message to Lucy, if she is still alive.

But like every mission, this one could be deadly. It means the group must move inland and stay alive long enough to achieve their objective.

With power-hungry soldiers and flesh-craving zombies everywhere, that isn't going to be easy.

Members Reviews:

another great sequel

I love the fact that the characters seem pretty believable. This is one of the better zombie books that I had the pleasure reading. can't wait for the next sequel.

Great book

Another great book from Shaun Harbinger.

My only reservation again is the narrator. But it is a personal thing. The book is great.

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Title: Free Fall

Subtitle: Space Truckin', Book 1

Author: Jason Davis

Narrator: John Pirhalla

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr

Language: English

Release date: 06-07-16

Publisher: FoF Publishing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Will was once a truck driver. When he was on Earth, his days were spent alone, traveling the highways for months until he went home to see his wife and family. Then space trucking became the new thing, and they didn't want pilots. They wanted men like him, the ones who were used to the isolation.

Now he is a new breed of driver. He is a space trucker, and his job is simple enough. Haul the load and drop the load. Just now, he is in space, and his destination: Mars.

Members Reviews:

Great Concept for Space Travel

What made the experience of listening to Free Fall the most enjoyable?

The idea of a trucker turned cheap astronaut is a great concept. The main character is not your typical tough-talkin', space gunslinger out saving the universe. This guy is real with all the foibles of your "every day Joe". I really look forward to where the story goes next. The narrator is excellent. He does a wide range of voices and totally makes the story come alive.

What other book might you compare Free Fall to and why?

I would compare it in some ways to The Martian due to the extreme sense of alienation in space with difficult communication and the use of intelligence to solve problems.

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Title: Left Alive 3

Subtitle: A Zombie Apocalypse Novel

Author: Jeremy Laszlo

Narrator: Michael Guthrie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-27-16

Publisher: Jeremy Laszlo

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

With the loss of Lindsay, Charles clings to his humanity by a thread of little more than desperation. With vengeance in his heart, he takes the fight to the zealots.

Fleeing Atlanta, he is haunted by his past and the memories of those he has loved. Injured and close to death, he seeks out the only remaining things dear to him - his daughters.

Members Reviews:

Lindsey will be missed.

As much as Lindsey added to the story in book two, I was quite disappointed to see her go. She will be missed. Well have to see if Laszlo can make up for her loss in book three. Charles is incensed with the loss of Lindsey. He didnt love her, but she was his partner and travel mate. Her death will not go unpunished. Charles vows to make the zealots pay for their crime. His main mission is still Florida and his daughters, but first things first. Will Charles see his daughters again? Stay tuned zombie lovers!

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Title: The End

Author: Matt Shaw

Narrator: Julian Seager

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-09-16

Publisher: Matt Shaw Publications

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The world has been ravaged and left to rot, tainted with heavy radiation. The people on the ground - those still alive at least - aren't sure what happened and no longer care. The truth wouldn't fix anything for them. It wouldn't help them survive each day; their first priority. But why?

There's nothing left to live for.

Everything is gone.

This is the end.

Members Reviews:

Heartbreaking Apoca-Fic

This is a solid and dark post-apocalyptic tale.

The author never gives us too much detail about precisely what happened - there are hints of some sort of horrible occurrence, but it seems to be localized to one part of the world. The military simply knocks on the door and carts people away to a ship. They are being transported to a camp in America.

Luke is separated from his wife and child and is determined to find them - no matter what he has to do.

Now, I'll warn you that this isn't one of those fun post-apoc tales full of marauders and packs of cannibals. Nor, honestly, is there much adventure. This is a far more introspective tale, full of personal horrors and despair. For such a small book, it's surprisingly heavy with emotion and impossible situations.

What kept it from being five stars for me was the ending. I thought it was too pat and too perfect. For a while, I thought the author would take the hard road and give us an ending that, while perhaps unpopular, would be braver and more unsettling. While I understood why he chose not to go in that direction, I think that, given the realism of the rest of the book, the ending was unrealistic.

A solid, and sad, read.

For two brothers, life just got complicated.

While attending the funeral of his brother David's wife they are invaded by government soldiers are loading everyone on buses, forcefully evacuating everyone to the United States, during which many families were separated, lost, or left behind.

Definitely not the usual gorefest of a typical Matt Shaw book, yet with his usual flair and sense of style, you are treated to a softer (though not marshmallow soft) side. Reminiscent of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster where everyone was piled on buses, leaving all their belongings behind, Matt Shaw cranks it up to the complete evacuation of England.

His characters are well developed, the storyline well thought out, no typos nor errors with sentence structure, the events move along at a pace which keeps the reader interested in what occurs next.

Definitely an enjoyable read, would recommend to a select few of my friends and family.

Amazing writing

This was my first time reading anything by Shaw and I was genuinely blown away by how good it is. With the proliferation of zombie fiction in our culture, it's kind of refreshing to see an apocalyptic story like this one, not containing any kind of particularly paranormal angle to it.

What I especially like about this is how focused the narrative is. Could Shaw have taken another fifty pages to set up the story, offering an explanation for what has caused the catastrophic event upon which this book is built? I suppose.