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Imagine being alone in the world, one of only a handful to survive a global pandemic. Not only do you struggle to find food, water, and shelter but you also deal with the sadness and losing everyone you know and everything you have.

Fourteen-year-old Greg Dixon is living that nightmare. Attending boarding school outside of Boston, he is separated from his family when a pandemic strikes. His classmates and teachers are dead, rotting in a dormitory-turned-morgue steps from his room. The nights are getting colder, and his food has run out. The last message from his father is to get away from the city and to meet at his grandparents' town in remote New Hampshire. Knowing the impending New England winter could be the final nail in his coffin, Greg packs what little food he can find and sets off on his 100-mile walk north with the unwavering belief that his family is alive and will join him.

As the fast-moving and deadly disease strips away family and friends, Greg's father, John, is trapped in South Carolina. Roadblocks, a panic-stricken population, and winter make it impossible for him to get to his son. John and his three brothers appear to be immune, but they are scattered across a locked-down United States, forced to wait for the end of humanity before travelling to the mountains of New Hampshire.

Spring arrives, and the Dixons make their way north to find young Greg. They meet others along the way, slowly forming the last tribe of humanity from the few people still alive in the Northeast.

©2016 Brad Manuel (P)2016 Podium Audio
Action & Adventure Fantasy Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Dystopian Survival Winter Zombie Utopian

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  • Nominated: 2017 Audie Award for Best Male Narrator
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Narrator was great as always. Book left me wanting a second one! Hope we see one in the future.

Great book..

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I really enjoy listening to the end of the world apocalyptic books and this is one of the best! I hope their is a sequel

Great end of the world listen

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not much drama but a fascinating exploration of the mechanics of rebuilding a life after a global catastrophe, both practically and socially.

highly thought provoking

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Great characters, easy listening. Kept me interested all the way through - can we have another please?

Unassumingly brilliant

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On balance I did enjoy this story. For myriad reasons, and with caveats, I am a fan of post apocalyptic fiction. A world basically empty of humans appeals to me (I don't think this is really giving anything away as it's the situation pretty much from the outset).

However I also found that it grated as well. Barring a couple of less pleasant characters - most individuals in the story are a little too nice to be completely believable. And the couple that aren't feel somewhat placed there for the purpose. In addition to that, there is very little in the way of adversity - things going wrong. Yes - there are plenty of considerations - things that would present a challenge if this happened in reality - but very little (nothing really) actually goes wrong, day to day.

In summary - I enjoyed that there were no zombies (or their ilk) - but I wish there'd been more of a sense of challenge or threat at times. Lots to like - quite a lot which, in my opinion, could have been improved on.

Good, but could have been better

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