
The Promise
Riker's Apocalypse, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Adam Paul
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By:
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Shawn Chesser
About this listen
"Shawn Chesser is a master of the zombie genre." (Mark Tufo, best-selling author of the Zombie Fallout series)
"Through a combination of tight, well-structured plots and fully realized characters, Chesser has emerged as one of the top indie writers in the business." (Joe McKinney, two-time Bram Stoker Award winner and best-selling author of the Dead World series)
Army veteran Lee Riker is staying in an Atlanta shelter and supporting himself with the odd carpentry job when his sister, Tara, summons him home to Middletown, Indiana, for the reading of their mother’s will.
Hopeful that the unknown sum of money included in his portion of the inheritance will be sufficient to bring an end to his latest run of bad luck and trouble, Riker boards a Greyhound bus in Atlanta with his duffel bag, less than $200 to his name, and a secret he must protect at all costs.
Riker makes it to Middletown only to learn his sister has recently witnessed a gruesome death. Insisting she saw the victim rise from a pool of his own blood to attack the Samaritan rendering aid, Tara floats the idea that the man may have been a zombie.
While the siblings are comparing what Tara thinks she saw to the conflicting stories about the event being reported on the news, the emergency broadcast system is activated and they find themselves under order to report to one of three newly established quarantine centers.
With this unexpected turn of events looming over their heads, and as a result the reading of the will likely postponed indefinitely, Riker informs Tara of the promise he made to their mother on her deathbed months ago.
A promise whose details leave Tara nearly as confused as those of the grisly attack haunting her every thought.
A promise that Riker insists is worth ignoring the government edict in order to fulfill.
A promise that requires the Rikers to leave town even as shadowy forces seek to seal it off from the rest of the country - a tall order they soon learn will be easier said than done.
Edited by Monique Happy Editorial Services
107,000 words
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Can humanity Survive what it never saw coming? On October 15 at 2:15 a.ms Earth vanished. A scattered few woke alone in a world with no rules, other than survival at any cost. A journalist wanders the wretched reality of an empty New York, searching for his wife and son. A serial killer must hunt in a land where prey is now an endangered species. A mother shields her young daughter from danger through every terror-filled breath.
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Idk how it got such rave reviews!? horrible!!
- By Kate+4 on 05-26-18
By: Sean Platt, and others
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Day of Reckoning
- Surviving the Solar Storm, Book 1
- By: John Winchester
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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When a coronal mass ejection threatens to send the United States back to the Stone Age, Jim Graves must rush to prepare his family for the coming apocalypse. As the world around him plunges into anarchy, can he rise to the occasion? Jim's love for his family and will to survive are put to the ultimate test.
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The dumbest characters I’ve ever seen
- By Chris on 03-23-25
By: John Winchester
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Deadbreak
- Deadbreak, Book 1
- By: Jorge Sanchez
- Narrated by: James Fouhey
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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It's been three long years since Deadbreak. That's what everyone's calling it - the day the dead rose. Every day since then, Jeremiah Reid has had one goal: to make his way back to his daughter. With his four-legged companion, Joe, Jeremiah has to travel a lawless wasteland teeming with zombies, bandits, and worse, like people who put anchovies on pizza (you know who you are). It's a new world out there, and no one is safe. People are weary, cities are in ruin, supplies are scarce, and brains are on the menu.
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One of the better books
- By NKosbob on 03-04-20
By: Jorge Sanchez
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Emergence: Infection
- A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller
- By: JT Sawyer
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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A deadly virus originating in China grips the Eastern hemisphere. Chaos reigns as the infection spreads throughout the world with alarming speed. The world's experts rush to cure it, but are they too late? CIA agent Will Reisner and his team head to the South China Sea on a mission - find a lost ship loaded with bio-weapons. But as they search, a terrible virus plagues the local population, leaving them worm-ridden and insane. Worse, the sick refuse to be contained and spread the disease by infecting the healthy. Will joins epidemiologist Selene Munroe in her desperate attempt to keep the ...
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The storyline was well written with the perfect amount of detail.
- By HStevens on 03-08-25
By: JT Sawyer
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Extinction Event
- Edge of Ruin, Book 1
- By: Jonathan Yañez
- Narrated by: Rachel Leblang
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Side effects have occurred. They've created a miracle drug. With it, true beauty is achieved. Now, saying goodbye to depression, anxiety, and loneliness is a breeze. Of course, anything that sounds too good to be true usually is. Because something has gone horribly wrong. When events take a turn for the worst, this corporation calls on its best.
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Excellent story with top-notch narration
- By Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com on 08-04-22
By: Jonathan Yañez
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The End of the World
- Stories of the Apocalypse
- By: Martin H. Greenberg - editor
- Narrated by: Suehyla El Attar, Nicholas Tecosky
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Before The Road by Cormac McCarthy brought apocalyptic fiction into the mainstream, there was science fiction. No longer relegated to the fringes of literature, this explosive collection of the world’s best apocalyptic writers brings the inventors of alien invasions, devastating meteors, doomsday scenarios, and all-out nuclear war back to with a bang. The best writers of the early 1900s were the first to flood New York with tidal waves, destroy Illinois with alien invaders, paralyze Washington with meteors, and lay waste to the Midwest with nuclear fallout.
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The Apocalypse Without Zombies
- By Maliboo on 10-29-13
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Enter System
- Natural Laws Apocalypse Series, Book 1
- By: Tom Larcombe
- Narrated by: Derek Shoales
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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Marc's home from college on break, spending his time laughing about some of the crazy news stories he's found online, and gaming. When a message appears in his line of sight, blocking out absolutely everything else, he nearly freaks out. The message warns that the world has been in a variant Natural Laws beta test for millennia and that it's about to revert to the norms.
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Awkward. Painful. A choir.
- By Joseph on 02-10-22
By: Tom Larcombe
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The Growler Chronicles Box Set 1-3
- By: Joseph Sampson
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 18 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The Growler Chronicles: The First Three Books The first three phases to a zombie apocalypse: Run, Hide, Fight. Billy was there when it all began—when the first victim coughed over their lunch, setting off a chain reaction that would plunge the world into chaos. Amanda, an E.R. nurse, fought to save lives as the hospital became ground zero. Samantha, driven by a need for justice, was about to confront the cult responsible for the outbreak. Meanwhile, Professor Preston, head of the CDC, struggled to rally science against an unstoppable tide, only to find himself awaiting execution in a ...
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Poorly written liberal propaganda trash
- By Amazon Customer on 09-14-24
By: Joseph Sampson
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Toy Soldiers
- Books 1-6 Box Set
- By: Devon C. Ford
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 38 hrs and 19 mins
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Disorder and chaos ravage London when thousands are contaminated by the accidental discharge of an experimental bioweapon. The disease robs its hosts of rational thought, giving them a singular desire - find more living flesh to infect.
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Tell us yanks what you REALLY think of us! lol
- By Jim on 08-27-21
By: Devon C. Ford
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World Departed
- The Cascadia Series, Book 1
- By: Sarah Lyons Fleming
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne, Teri Schnaubelt, Christian Barillas, and others
- Length: 25 hrs and 24 mins
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Rose Winter has enough problems. With a marriage going down the tubes and a dreaded anniversary party on the horizon, the last thing she needs is the zombie apocalypse. She wanted to get drunk and sing karaoke, not murder her undead neighbors. It’s clear the party’s over, however, now Rose has more problems - a missing husband, an overbearing houseguest, and keeping her family alive.
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It was okay.
- By Open-Minded Reader on 09-19-20
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The Snow
- Whiteout, Book 1
- By: Flint Maxwell
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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After a tragic accident at work, all Grady Miller wanted was an escape. He finds it months later with two of his closest friends. Together, the three of them travel south to Prism Lake for the upcoming holiday, where they plan on spending the sunny weekend drinking, grilling, and relaxing. But when a series of monstrous blizzards cover the Eastern United States in feet of snow, knocking out communications and making the roads impossible to drive on, they realize their weekend of fun could turn into a lifetime of survival.
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I tried.
- By Merricat on 08-09-20
By: Flint Maxwell
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American Apocalypse Box Set
- Books 1-4
- By: AJ Newman
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce, Sara Morsey
- Length: 21 hrs and 26 mins
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Joe doesn't care about politics, or what happened. The grid is down, and every day is a struggle to survive. He just knows his world went to Hell when the EMPs ended life as he knew it. Joe scrambled to hide from all of the craziness, but kept his sanity, and improved his lot in life by reading some witty survival notes that his dead grandma had left him. She'd been a prepper all her life, and she had been close to Joe. Joe grows and learns, but can he survive? Listen to this complete series to find out how a regular guy survives in a post-apocalyptic world.
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Disregard bad reviews.
- By jeff on 04-19-22
By: AJ Newman
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Dead City
- By: Joe McKinney
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
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Texas? Toast. Battered by five cataclysmic hurricanes in three weeks, the Texas Gulf Coast and half of the Lone Star State is reeling from the worst devastation in history. Thousands are dead or dying - but the worst is only beginning. Amid the wreckage, something unimaginable is happening: a deadly virus has broken out, returning the dead to life - with an insatiable hunger for human flesh. The nightmare begins...
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Very shallow - feels like reading a video game
- By Scott D. Nelson on 10-16-11
By: Joe McKinney
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- CarlaW
- 08-11-18
Zombie story-Yes. More about the characters- Yes
If you are a beginner in the zombie story era or a seasoned zombie reader, this story is engaging with the characters. As it should be.
The narrator is slow to get the use to. But once he has established who the characters are, he becomes the characters and very entertaining. However, not sure how brother and sister can have such a variance in dialect. Still entertaining tho!
I just happened upon this author and very happy I did! The author doesn’t overdo on long descriptions. He gives enough so you can visualize but not so much it drags on as some authors are known to do. Shawn Chesser does well in starting this story slow and builds the storyline until you realize you’re a couple hours in and you have a relationship with the characters. So, you newbies to the zombie era, beware if give this a listen you’ll be a seasoned zombie listener as well. Oh, you’ll also continue with this series as well!
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- August
- 01-21-20
great kickstarter to the series...
great character development and framing for the series...how will you deal with the end of the world?
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-24-19
The Promise (to promote Ford Motor Company)
A refreshing take on the zombie genre. But the constant references to Ford trucks and cars becomes a bit much. Even the entire epilogue Ford dealer and truck promotion. did the Ford Motor Corporation sponsor the rider and this story?
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- chris
- 06-06-19
a unique zombie story
I was quite surprised with this novel. the characters are richly written and it doesn't turn into to your run of the mill zombie story.
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- Nedra S
- 07-09-19
Took a chance, it paid off
I hesitate to start new series by new authors. However, I was impressed with the book reviews for Shawn Chesser. ”The Promise” delivered in a big way. The story had my undivided attention from the very first chapter. I look forward to enjoying Shawn's other books.
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- Gena
- 07-30-18
Another AWESOME book...series!
EXCELLENT!! New take on the apocalypse IMO! Love the characters! Good job AGAIN Shawn! Great narration too!!
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- Donna B
- 07-10-18
once again, amazing work Shawn and Adam
LOVED IT! Shawn Chessers writing combined with Adam Paul's narrative, enthralling. I really enjoy both reading and then listening! Can't wait for the next RA story!!
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- John C.
- 06-27-19
Not an Apocalypse book
Barely a zombie / fight mentioned. Mostly tracking the personal travels of a trio on a special "memorial" trip, painfully over-detailing everything they encountered.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-05-19
Rock star book as always
As always another amazing book. This is the 2nd time listening to it and I'm still in love
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- RONIN
- 07-20-18
Shawn Chesser did it again. Hook on this new serie
Shawn Chesser did it again. Hook on this new series. A new Master of Zompac.
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