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Revenge of the Mountain Man
- Mountain Man Series, Book 4
- By: William W. Johnstone
- Narrated by: J. Rodney Turner
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 223
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 201
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Story5 out of 5 stars 201
They struck in a pack, in the dead of night. They had crept in like thieves, like the cowards they were...but it wasn't robbery they had in mind. It was something much darker. Smoke Jensen was buying cattle 100 miles away from his Colorado ranch when he got the news. Drawing two horses from the remuda, he saddled up, rode off...and didn't stop until he reached his wife's side. She had been shot three times, and lay close to death. Smoke Jensen knew the outlaws had come to kill him. He wouldn't give them a second chance. He was going after them. And he wasn't taking any prisoners.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By Carol on 03-30-20
- Revenge of the Mountain Man
- Mountain Man Series, Book 4
- By: William W. Johnstone
- Narrated by: J. Rodney Turner
Justice at Dead River!
Reviewed: 08-11-23
After Bury, Idaho, and Fontana, Colorado, Smoke tried to hang up his guns to be a rancher and farmer. Two years later, the night Raiders changed all that. Smoke was a hundred miles away herding cattle when he heard the news. He raced back home. His wife, Sally was alive but had been shot three times. Sally had heard their names; Daggit, LaPiere, and Moore, gunslicks for Rex Davidson. Sally was also pregnant. When she recovered sufficiently, she boarded a train for the East, for an operation to remove bullet fragments and for the birth of the baby. Disguised as a fancy pants artist, Smoke went looking for his targets, finding them in an outlaw town called Dead River. The outlaws had had their way for years. Torturing, robbing, raping, and looting. Now the tables would be turned. But it’s not over.
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Trail of the Mountain Man
- Mountain Man Series, Book 3
- By: William W. Johnstone
- Narrated by: J. Rodney Turner
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 270
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 246
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Story5 out of 5 stars 244
When gold is discovered near the little town of No-Name, Colorado, the citizens are overjoyed at their good fortune...until trouble gallops down Maine Street on a horse straight out of Hell. For gold's closest companions are greed and murder, and every two-bit gunslick from the Atlantic to the Rockies is beating a path to the gold strike - which is practically on the doorstep of Smoke Jensen. They're looking to get rich quick...and never mind how it's done. But this legendary mountain man never learned how to back away from a good fight - and this one promises to be a whopper.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great western outstanding narration
- By Sharon Pike on 04-29-20
- Trail of the Mountain Man
- Mountain Man Series, Book 3
- By: William W. Johnstone
- Narrated by: J. Rodney Turner
The Death of Fontana!
Reviewed: 08-10-23
The man known as Matt and his wife Sally are on the Sugarloaf in Colorado. Tilden Franklin of the Circle TF wanted the Sugarloaf and Matt’s wife for his own. Word spread that Charlie Star had been observed in the area. Charlie hated Tilden. Seventeen years ago Tilden had killed Charlie’s woman. As Tilden became more and more aggressive, Matt, or Smoke Jensen, gathered the small ranchers together to support each other. When Smoke met Charlie Star, Charlie sent out dozens of telegraphs to many mountain men that he and Smoke knew to come help. Preacher had raised Smoke, so Smoke was one of them. The last mountain man. 20-25 old mountain men came to the party, legends of the Wild West. The rape of a young girl and the murder of her young brother started a war.
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The Last Mountain Man
- By: William W. Johnstone
- Narrated by: Jack Garrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 552
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 483
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 477
Matt Jensen, reared by legendary mountain hero Smoke, is the last of a proud breed. He will soon learn that dispensing justice with a gun is the only true way to execute righteous revenge in the Old West.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Wrong Book! Not the first Smoke Jensen book
- By Ed Shropshire on 07-01-20
- The Last Mountain Man
- By: William W. Johnstone
- Narrated by: Jack Garrett
The Upbringing of Matt Jensen!
Reviewed: 08-09-23
This is a dual story of Matt Cavanaugh, a young boy orphaned at nine years old, and the generosity of Smoke Jensen who found and took him in. Matt was constricted to an orphanage for three years until finally escaping. Smoke found him in the middle of winter under an overhang, taking him to his cabin and nursing him to health. Matt told Smoke of his Father, mother, and sister killed by bandits. He managed to escape into the rocks with his father’s rifle killing two of the raiders. After a year with Smoke, Matt decided to head out looking for the men that killed his family. The town was called Gehennah, a robber’s roost with no law. A very good story. I like William W. Johnstone the more I hear from him. His narrator, J. Rodney Turner is excellent. Some of the best westerns I’ve listened to.
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Return of the Mountain Man
- Mountain Man Series, Book 2
- By: William W. Johnstone
- Narrated by: J. Rodney Turner
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 313
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 279
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Story5 out of 5 stars 276
Smoke Jensen is a young man raised on loss and bitterness, nurtured by a mountain man named Preacher. Now, Smoke Jensen, with a new black horse and an old grudge, slips over the unmarked border into the turbulent Idaho Territory. Ahead is a town called Bury, built on stolen gold, and run by a band of ruthless men who had a hand in the murder of Smoke's brother in the Civil War. Smoke's father died in pursuit of those killers, but urged his son not to waste his life on vengeance....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good listening.
- By tiffany shafer on 04-04-20
- Return of the Mountain Man
- Mountain Man Series, Book 2
- By: William W. Johnstone
- Narrated by: J. Rodney Turner
Buck West on the Revenge Trail!
Reviewed: 08-09-23
Smoke now called himself Buck West and was looking to settle scores. After the shootout at the Silver Camp near Uncompahgrehe, was a wanted man. His wife Nicole, baby son Arthur, and supposedly his mentor Preacher had been killed in a Range War between Potter, Stratton, and Richards. Smoke, or Buck, rode towards Bury, Idaho. He had put up his Appaloosa Silver in a small canyon and rode a black stallion named Drifter. The word had traveled and many old mountain men had heard that Smoke was on the revenge trail. A dozen or so famous mountain men headed to Bury to help Smoke if he needed it. Bury was going to burn, and Potter, Stratton, and Richards were going to hell.
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Montana Territory
- By: Charles G. West
- Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 76
Raised among the Blackfoot, John Hawk is a valuable asset to the US Army. As a military scout at Fort Ellis, he is able to cross the line between two worlds - and help keep the peace. But when he disobeys a direct order from his commander, Hawk is immediately dismissed from his post. That was the army’s first mistake. The second was losing track of a small mule train en route to Helena.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Too Nicey and Unrealistic
- By Danny Slaba on 10-25-24
- Montana Territory
- By: Charles G. West
- Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
Western Justice!
Reviewed: 08-07-23
John Hawk, a military scout out of Fort Ellis. Came upon a massacre on a bluff of a bunch of Quakers who were heading toward a new home, money in their saddlebags to build a church; 28 men, women, and children left for the buzzards, and six survivors leaped to the river to escape. It came to Hawk to find these killers and bring them to justice, one way or another. This is a very good series. I love the characters and the narrator.
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Spartans at the Gates
- Book II of the Warrior Trilogy
- By: Noble Smith
- Narrated by: Elijah Alexander
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 98
The Peloponnesian War has begun. An army of merciless Spartan invaders have arrived at the gates of Plataea, bent on obliterating the city and its inhabitants. Plataea's oldest allies, the Athenians, are spread too thin in their own campaigns to send help. Cut off and alone, the Plataeans dig in behind their high walls for the coming siege, while the ruthless Spartans gather outside. But on a rugged mountain road, a young Plataean warrior named Nikias rides to Athens on an urgent quest....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Trilogy? Where's book three?
- By Daved Baker on 06-16-18
- Spartans at the Gates
- Book II of the Warrior Trilogy
- By: Noble Smith
- Narrated by: Elijah Alexander
The War Between Athens and Sparta!
Reviewed: 08-02-23
“The God of Battle is our Liege Lord.” A Spartan saying. Nickies was being chased by Magarian Dog Raiders. He and Colax were on the road to Athens to speak to Pericles about releasing Platea from their alliance and buying warriors to help protect Platea from the Spartans. Two weeks after the Theban defeat, the Spartans arrived in the Oxlands, too late to help their Theban allies. They took up residence in the old Persian fort, demanding that Platea break their alliance with Athens and join them or they would siege Platea. Menasarkus, now Arkon of Platea, needed warriors after the battle with the Thebans. He offered Cusar citizenship if he would stay and help them. Making his way to Athens, Nickies, as usual, gets himself in trouble, captured, and interrogated by Cleon. He managed to escape with the help of his cousin, Phoenix. They traveled by ship back to Platea. Meanwhile, Colax had found his father Osiris, and convinced him to go to Platea. “The Persian Gods were strange to us, but that did not make them any less formidable.” Papyrus fragment from the lost history of the Peloponnesian War by the Exiled Scribe. The ship Nickies sailed on was attacked by the Corinthians. He swam to shore but was again captured in Tenagra where Urimicus got his revenge. Eventually, Nickies was traded for the Spartan General that Menasarkus had been keeping. In the Persian fort, the Spartans had built a battering ram to attack Platea. Piece by piece the slaves brought wood and metal from Sparta. That night, Skifian mounted archers attacked the Persian fort with their poisoned arrows, 2,000 Platean hoplites in reserve. Sparta would not forgive. As Nickies recovered, Cursar said his goodbyes and left for the sea.
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Sons of Zeus
- By: Noble Smith
- Narrated by: Elijah Alexander
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 237
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 216
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 214
In 431 BC, ancient Greece experienced its own "Pearl Harbor" - a treacherous sneak attack that would mark the start of the bloody war between the democracy of Athens and the tyranny of Sparta. Caught between these superpowers, the independent city-state of Plataea became the arena where their battle for control of all of Greece would begin.
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3 out of 5 stars
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YA story with adult content and unskilled narrator
- By Edison A. Blake on 09-07-14
- Sons of Zeus
- By: Noble Smith
- Narrated by: Elijah Alexander
The War Between Athens and Sparta!
Reviewed: 07-25-23
The Pankration Championship. “The fight between The Bull and The Centaur. The flies attacked, believed to come from the Underworld.” A papyrus from the Exiled Scribe 431 B.C.… Yound Nickies lived for the Pankration. He wanted to get into the Hippodrome. Damos The Centaur versus The Bull of Platea. Nickies loved the Bull, he was his grandfather, Menasarkus. Menasarkus killed Damos for killing his son Aristo in an earlier war. Ten years later, Nickies trained with his grandfather, Menasarkus which means “the flesh that endures”. The Greek city of Platea was rich from its defeat of the Persian King Xerxes. Platea fielded a mighty army. Urimidus, magistrate of Platea wrote to Artaxerxes, son of Xerxes, becoming a Persian spy and traitor. Nickkies was soon to become a man in the Haircutting Ceremony and a citizen of Platea, gaining a set of armor and a shield. We’ll learn of his girlfriend Calisto. We follow Nickies through his teenage years to adulthood; his friends, training, encounters, his enemies, his courage, and his passion. There is much political intrigue, subterfuge, treachery, honor, and death. The invasion of Platea was about to begin. Four hundred Thebians, Platea's age-old enemies, entered the fortress city unchallenged. What of Spartan General Draco The Skull’s plans for a treaty with Platea, which required Platea to break their alliance with Athens? What of the traitor Artaxerxes had bought? I like Greek history, so the political interplay between Athens, Sparta, and the regional cities was quite interesting to me, as well as the armor, weapons, battles, and tactics. The narrator, Elijahah Alexander is very good and his skill with voices is excellent.
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After It Happened
- Publisher's Pack 3
- By: Devon C. Ford
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4,953
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,624
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4,610
This publisher's pack contains Sanctuary (book 5) and Rebellion (book 6) of the After It Happened series. Set in the UK in the immediate aftermath of a mysterious illness that swept the country and left millions dead, the series follows the trials facing a reluctant hero, Dan, and the group he forms around him. They must battle the elements, find sufficient supplies and equipment to survive, and protect themselves against the most destructive force on the planet: other people.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great end
- By Jordan on 01-31-18
- After It Happened
- Publisher's Pack 3
- By: Devon C. Ford
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Building a Utopian Cooperative Society!
Reviewed: 07-17-23
Book 5: Sanctuary. Here we have a three-part story leading to the ultimate conclusion. There’s Dan and his volunteers, along with his pregnant wife, making their way to Africa to find the cause and/or antidote for the virus. Then there’s the dictator Major Richards who attacked the prison compound, taking everyone back to his base for recruitment or work duty. Lexi, Paul, Chris, Melissa, and Simon are looking to cross the Channel and somehow attempt to find Dan in Europe and/or Africa. As in most novels like this, we bounce between the stories. The multiple encounters with bad guys and a few good guys will continue. A radio signal in French was picked up. Translating it, it beckoned survivors to safety at Fort South Port on the French coast called Sanctuary. More roadblocks, more attackers, and more killing losing one of their vehicles and supplies. Lexi, Paul, Chris, and Melissa traveled with no maps and a vehicle nearly out of fuel. They encountered Simon, the man Dan had helped at Cherbough, and he decided to join them. They decided to try the underground Channel Tunnel versus crossing in a boat, saving days. On the road again, they were ambushed. At Major Richards's base, Steve was alive but in serious pain. A large South African male nurse named Yohn (John) was assigned to care for him. These two would eventually cooncock a plan to escape. The base consisted of 600 people, including 100 soldiers. Dan and company had arrived at Fort South Port on the coast of France, called Sanctuary. The remaining French survivors under the leadership of Leo, who had captured Dan earlier but escaped killing five, swore to chase Dan to the edge of the sea. Leo transmitted the false rally call once again for survivors to come to Sanctuary at Fort South Port as he and his men packed up to go claim it.
Book 6: Rebellion.
Sanctuary was indeed an ancient fortress built on the coast of France. It had huge walls, guard towers, lookout posts along the high cliffs, and a protected bay. It had never been conquered although attacked many times throughout the centuries. It also had two farms a mile or so away outside the wall. In these modern times though, it was defenseless. It possessed no guns, old vehicles, and horse-drawn carts. Steve waited for Yohn to begin their plan to take over the base. Steve’s mission was to deal with Richards. It was discovered later that the pet twins had killed one of their guards. It was presumed that the twins had a plan to take over the base. Steve was alarmed that this would ruin their plans. Lexi and company moved on after the unsuccessful ambush, traveling south thru France. They came upon some buildings and a military vehicle that they recognized; Dan’s vehicle. Driving up, they were captured by Leo and his men, interrogated, and tortured. After weeks, they put Lexi and Paul in their Land Rover and released her. She drove to Sanctuary. Meanwhile, at Sanctuary, Dan met a large man named Pietro who knew of an abandoned military base in the mountains. Organizing a supply run, they went to the base, cleared the buildings, and discovered a miraculous cache of weapons; automatic and heavy rifles, ammunition, 50 cal. machine guns, grenade launchers, a military vehicle, and a crate of AT4s. Returning to Sanctuary, the weapons were stored in the old stone powder magazine. Later, guns were distributed and mounted to the gate guard house, the seaward wall over the bay, and the two sniper towers. Leo and his men were already in the area, watching Sanctuary and the town from the high cliffs. They watched as Lexi drove up to the gate. Leo’s other two hostages; Chris and Simon were sent on foot towards the gate. Chris wearing a suicide vest. There was much more to Leo’s plan. Leo’s attack failed due to earlier planning by Mitch but he still had men within the fort. He would not give up. Steve’s and the twins’ coup took place at the same time. The coup did not last long. You’ll have to read for yourself how everything turned out. It’s a great series and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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After It Happened
- Publisher's Pack 2
- By: Devon C. Ford
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3,226
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,952
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,946
This publisher's pack contains Society (book three) and Hope (book four) of the After It Happened series.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can’t wait for next installment!
- By josh on 11-24-17
- After It Happened
- Publisher's Pack 2
- By: Devon C. Ford
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Building a Utopian Cooperative Society!
Reviewed: 07-13-23
The tale continues as Dan and the surviving community finds more survivors, repel invaders, and make few friends to trade with. Supplies are always a priority, making scrounging runs a necessity. So many people are added to the settlement that I can’t keep track anymore. Steve and Emma make their way to an abandoned Virology Research Center where Emma digs through the files to determine the cause of the virus. Returning they are captured by a military-looking force led by a dictator named Captain Richards. Richards will play a large role in this and the following books. The virus continues to rear its ugly head by causing pregnant women to bear stillborn babies. Marie tells Dan that she is pregnant. This revelation causes a split in the community as Dan, influenced by Emma’s research, decides to travel to Africa to find a possible antidote to the virus where it originated. Dan and seventeen more, including Ash pack up, leaving the rest behind, as they did not want to go. The plan is to convoy to Cherbourg Harbor, secure a boat, cross the Channel, follow the French coastline, convoy to Germany, convoy to and cross the Mediterranean to Africa. No problem, right? Back at the prison compound Captain, now Major Richards overruns the settlement, taking everything and everyone back to his base. Lexi, Paul, and two others manage to escape out the back to the trees. They ambush two perimeter guards, taking their vehicle. Their plan, cross the Channell and find Dan.
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After It Happened
- Publisher's Pack, Books 1 & 2
- By: Devon C. Ford
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,691
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,293
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,287
This omnibus edition contains Survival (book 1) and Humanity (book 2) of the After It Happened series.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I really wanted to like these series
- By Midwestbonsai on 03-17-18
- After It Happened
- Publisher's Pack, Books 1 & 2
- By: Devon C. Ford
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Building a Utopian Cooperative Society!
Reviewed: 07-12-23
Dan hadn’t seen a living person in hours. He broke into a police station looking for weapons and supplies. Returning home, he buried his family. Neil, an ex-military gent found him there and they quickly became friends. Dan noticed someone watching them from afar. Liah, a young 12-year-old girl was scared but eventually joined them after almost blowing Dan’s head off with a shotgun. This tale follows along as most other apocalypse/survival novels go. More people were found, a settlement began, find and stock supplies, and efforts to improve defenses started. Once this initial homestead was too small and undefendable, a new location would have to be found. In this case, it was an abandoned prison with additional houses in the immediate area and a farm that supported the prison. With more people and families, supplies, guns, ammunition, and livestock found, the adjacent farms were populated. The prison and surrounding farms became a somewhat thriving community. Dan became the head of security and an all-around leader. They began to look for additional survivors as a priority, especially those with skills. They continued to scrounge for supplies, equipment, guns, and ammunition. Power was a premium; fuel, solar, and hydro near streams. An underground armory was underway. It was a constant fear that raiders would discover them. Improvements to the prison and farms were always a priority. We’ll follow Dan and the rest of the survivors of the settlement as the tale continues.
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