Enduring Armageddon
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Enduring Armageddon
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Narrated by:
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James Amherst
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By:
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Brian Parker
About this listen
The world as we know it is destroyed when a regional conflict spins out of control, pulling other nations into the war. Most major population centers are vaporized in the ensuing chaos, throwing millions of tons of dirt and ash into the atmosphere to block out the sun and create a nuclear winter.
A new age of lawlessness begins. The void created by the destruction of our central government is filled by local warlords who struggle against each other to provide resources for their people. These clashes threaten to destroy the last vestiges of humanity as the basic needs of food, water, and shelter take precedence over everything else.
From the ruins of the irradiated wastes emerge the bloodthirsty scavengers and a dangerous new breed of creature known as the Changed, who are intent on the annihilation of the human race.
A small group of survivors from Illinois attempts to escape further south away from the deepening cold and increasing anarchy. Along the way, they discover that the true monsters are not the mutants of the wastes; instead the enemy that they must fear the most is their fellow man.
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Written in the first person from Chuck's perspective, the story is, at times, grim and violent as well as being suspenseful, gritty and action packed. It has a feeling of reality greater than many such stories and even the 'heroes' are flawed. Narration, by James Amherst, is good: he becomes the main protagonist in his reading and delivers a clear and engrossing performance with separate character voicings and understanding of the text.
My thanks to the rights holder of Enduring Armageddon, who, at my request via Audiobook Boom, freely gifted me with a complimentary copy. It is post apocalyptic horror, with the nuclear clouds concealing the sun, fall out contamination and desperate people, often badly deformed in both body and mind, trying to survive in any way they can, with some using the situation to enhance their own positions at the expense of others. Not for the faint hearted, but an excellent audio. There is the potential for a subsequent story: should one be written, I will most certainly want to read it.
Either our salvation or our deaths.
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It's however written by Brian Parker, the man behind The Easytown Novels: Books 1-3 (a series that turned out to be bloody excellent).
Take the Mountain Man books by Keith C. Blackmore, strip out a lot of the misery and mash it together with the feel the Fallout series of games. There is peril and it's visceral in nature in places, but this it's somehow more uplifting in others.
It's not perfect, but it's a solid 3.5 outing. It doesn't outstay its welcome, but instead perhaps tries to cram too much into one novel (it could have easily been split over 2). Don't expect a firm ending (there never is with this sort of book), but the story concludes satisfactory. Overall, this book is very much recommended.
Audio on this one is provided by James Amherst, who only seems to have a few audible releases to his name. It's honestly a shame, as the guy does a great job here.
A good outing
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