Barbara P. Grady
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The Other Place
- The Glass, Book 1
- De: Nathan Hystad
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
- Duración: 12 h y 52 m
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Drake, a retired police detective, receives a call in the dead of night from an alien-obsessed podcaster. He hastily departs for Montana the following morning. The phenomenon continues all over the globe. What are they? What do they mean? Britt is on assignment for a digital magazine when she encounters one of the Glass in a tragic boating accident, leaving her no choice but to follow the lead. Panic ensues as mysterious creatures are sighted.
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Underdeveloped characters, superficial plot
- De Lawly en 10-03-22
- The Other Place
- The Glass, Book 1
- De: Nathan Hystad
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
Entertaining, although a confusing
Revisado: 04-07-25
The writing is good, but the story line was confusing. I also read the second and third book because the story needed a conclusion. There are so many characters, and switch-ups of locations from chapter to chapter that I got befuddled.
The selection of narrator for this series that has so many different characters was not a good one. R.C. Bray had trouble creating the female voices. The female voices all sounded piercing, and every older woman had a distinct cackling sound.
I continued reading books 2 and 3 because I wanted to see how things ended. But I kind of wish I hadn't started this series because the books got successively more confusing.
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The Final Winter
- De: M.L. Banner
- Narrado por: David A. Conatser
- Duración: 18 h y 10 m
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A volcanic eruption on the other side of the globe is the beginning of the end of the world. Oblivious to the changes were Ron Ash and his small Texas town. Then a dam brakes and washes away nearly everything and everyone they knew, including Ron’s wife.
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awful female voice
- De juanita en 07-22-23
- The Final Winter
- De: M.L. Banner
- Narrado por: David A. Conatser
Refreshing that an EMP doesn't end the world
Revisado: 03-24-25
This was an engaging storyline that kept developing through the various books. A natural disaster results in the usual sets of villians and heros. Dialog is a bit trite. Narration was good generally, but the women's voices were not at all believable and really detracted from the narration.
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The Posh Prepper
- An Apocalyptic Survival Thriller
- De: Todd Knight
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 12 h y 55 m
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In 2035, in a hopelessly broken world, Nick Ritter is The Posh Prepper, a gifted crisis consultant who sells disaster-survival plans to rich and powerful clients. Haunted by corrupt clients and a tragic past, Nick lives a reclusive life in overcrowded Boston, counting the days until he can retire to his survival ranch in New Zealand. But when he gets an insider tip that a deadly virus is tearing through Boston, Nick has 24 hours to escape the city and flee to New Zealand. He has the perfect survival plan, but there’s just one problem…it doesn’t account for company.
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Woke BS
- De Southern Star en 11-26-23
- The Posh Prepper
- An Apocalyptic Survival Thriller
- De: Todd Knight
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot
A different perspective on the world apocolypse
Revisado: 03-24-25
I liked that this wasn't the normal "the world is ending and suddenly people are realizing the danger." Instead our perspective is from someone who is a super planner for all sorts of disaster, and is paid to prepare plans for the rich and famous. Of course, every battle plan falls apart the moment you meet the enemy, and there are many twists and turns. Narration was good.
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Hunter
- Wasteland, Book 1
- De: Devon C. Ford
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
- Duración: 12 h y 21 m
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Ranger Quinn thought that morning would be like so many others. A hangover, a day off before going back to work keeping the lower levels of Zion City safe from itself. But a crime so horrific, so brutal in its execution, turns those mundane expectations around. An investigation into the death of a senior leader in their underground utopia safe from the harsh radioactive wastelands beyond their walls forces Quinn beyond that safety and into the world outside.
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Beware - No Real Ending
- De Edward L Stubbers en 01-20-22
- Hunter
- Wasteland, Book 1
- De: Devon C. Ford
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
Extremely Entertaining
Revisado: 12-29-24
This is one of the most entertaining books I've listened to in years! The story line is a combination of science fiction and apocalyptic fiction woven together to describe a devastated U.S. population operating in a caste system of existence. The three main characters are very well developed, and the narrative flows quickly and is so well crafted that this alien civilization comes to life in vivid detail. The main characters each have hilarious inner monologues, and the dialog between them is very well written. Not at all phony like a lot of fiction. I have yet to read the 2nd and 3rd books in the Wasteland series, but I'm very much looking forward to it.
Now for the best part...R.C. Bray's narration is nothing short of amazing! He creates each character with exceptional skill, giving each of their "voices" different pitches, inflections, accents and volume. Bray's interpretation of the character, Quinn, is particularly entertaining. I laugh out loud at some of Quinn's speech and thought, and Bray gives so much life to the words that I am enthralled by how easy it is to see each of these characters come to life.
I'm just starting to read Book 2, "Traitor," and am heartily looking forward to it.
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Surviving the End: Six Book Boxset
- De: Grace Hamilton
- Narrado por: Chris Monteiro
- Duración: 51 h y 19 m
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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.
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Bad, complete garbage
- De Steven W en 05-28-24
- Surviving the End: Six Book Boxset
- De: Grace Hamilton
- Narrado por: Chris Monteiro
The writing was good
Revisado: 06-28-24
I suspect this was written foe a younger audience give the lack of strong language. It was refreshing. even if not realism.
I began to think the McDonald family had to be the luckiest stupid people on the earth. They generally made horrible decisions but mostly survived. And there were way too many natural disasters, one on top of another. But the characters mostly were well developed. and the writing was entertaining. Narration was very good all throughout.
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The Women
- A Novel
- De: Kristin Hannah
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
- Duración: 14 h y 57 m
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Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
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WOW. Just Wow
- De Joanne DeVuono en 02-08-24
- The Women
- A Novel
- De: Kristin Hannah
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
An amazing look at the forgotten women
Revisado: 05-01-24
I wasn't sure what to expect from this book but was incredibly impressed all through the book. The main character, Frankie, is roughly 10 years older than me, and so much of the experiences she described were very familiar to me. Numerous times it brought me to tears and I felt like calling out to Frankie with care and concern. The author, Kristin Hannah, did an incredible job of bringing this time and these people to life. I will read this book again and again. And the narration by Julia Whalen was spectacular! I strongly recommend this to anyone who lived through the era of the Vietnam War, or who wants an appreciation of how the world was during that turbulent era.
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The Fox Wife
- A Novel
- De: Yangsze Choo
- Narrado por: Yangsze Choo
- Duración: 14 h y 37 m
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In the last years of the dying Qing Empire, a courtesan is found frozen in a doorway. Her death is clouded by rumors of foxes, which are believed to lure people by transforming themselves into beautiful women and handsome men. Bao, a detective with an uncanny ability to sniff out the truth, is hired to uncover the dead woman’s identity. Since childhood, Bao has been intrigued by the fox gods, yet they’ve remained tantalizingly out of reach—until, perhaps, now.
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Brilliant storyteller!
- De BAE en 02-16-24
- The Fox Wife
- A Novel
- De: Yangsze Choo
- Narrado por: Yangsze Choo
A surprising journey
Revisado: 04-23-24
I wasn't sure what to expect from this book. The dissimilarity of Chinese culture to my own experience makes it fascinating, and was curious about the concept of supernatural foxes in Chinese culture, represented in "The Fox Wife." Without previous exposure to the mythology of foxes, it took a little time to ease into this foreign concept. But Yangsze Choo did a wonderful job of narrating her novel and bringing each character to life. I hung on every word as the story unfolded. Characters were well developed, despite being complex and quite alien to me. I enjoyed the way the characters were intertwined in fascinating ways. An excellent 'read.'
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Weathering the Storm: The Complete Series
- De: Kenny Soward, Mike Kraus
- Narrado por: Andrew Tell
- Duración: 34 h y 57 m
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Stuck in Boston at a technology conference with his wife and children at their cabin in Tennessee, Jake Walton becomes trapped as multiple category five hurricanes devastate the east coast. As the situation worsens and an unknown foe begins to target key infrastructure points across the country, he will risk everything to get back to his family.
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very cringy
- De Quincy en 11-18-23
- Weathering the Storm: The Complete Series
- De: Kenny Soward, Mike Kraus
- Narrado por: Andrew Tell
Refreshing apocalyptic fiction
Revisado: 04-23-24
I've been enjoying apocalyptic fiction for the past year, but was getting overwhelmed by the amount of EMP-based story lines. Weather the Storm is a survivalist tale but is based on aberrant weather behavior as opposed to the after effects of an electromagnetic pulse attack. Characters are realistic and well developed. The story lines that follow multiple characters come together in surprising ways. The narration is excellent. With so many different characters it was challenging to switch from one distinct "voice" to the next, but Andrew Tell did an exceptional job. I enjoyed this series, and will look for more books by Kenny Soward and Mike Kraus.
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The Summer House
- De: Lauren K. Denton
- Narrado por: Devon O'day
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
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Lily Bishop wakes up one morning to find a good-bye note and divorce papers from her husband on the kitchen counter. Having just moved to Alabama for his job only weeks before, Lily is devastated. New to town and knowing no one, Lily finds herself in desperate need of a job and a new place to live. When Lily hears that a hair stylist is needed at small retirement community, she decides to apply.
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A Gentle Story of Loss Regrets and Renewal
- De sharon en 06-08-20
- The Summer House
- De: Lauren K. Denton
- Narrado por: Devon O'day
Uplifting and fun to read
Revisado: 02-21-24
The characters i The Summer House are refreshingly real and optimistic. The tales of people in their senior years, their adulthood and even childhood all form eclectic friendships while growing through the changes and challenges of their lives. I thoroughly enjoyed this
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EMP Disaster
- The Complete Series
- De: Grace Hamilton
- Narrado por: Stacey Glemboski
- Duración: 25 h y 18 m
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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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I wanted to like it
- De angelica losoya en 01-23-23
- EMP Disaster
- The Complete Series
- De: Grace Hamilton
- Narrado por: Stacey Glemboski
Requires a Stretch of Imagination
Revisado: 02-16-24
As EMP fiction, this series fits in the norm. The characters are well formed although they aren't particularly intelligent or interesting (except for the character Rita.) They make some of the most ridiculous strategic decisions I can imagine, and they fail to make any long-term plans, and yet by a total quirk of luck they survive the apocalypse against human enemies far more dangerous and better prepared than this little group of survivors. Ms Hamilton's writing is good, although rather hokie at times. With a more realistic plot, this could be a better series.
The narrator, Stacey Glemboski, does a good job keeping the action going. The only problem I have is that practically every single character is portrayed with a very nasally, whiny voice. Either that, or they sound like they're 'not-too-bright' I feel like reaching into the book and slapping the backs of their heads and say, "Quit whining you sniveling idiots!"
The series is "okay." Something to pass the time with.
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