Yesterday's Gone: Season Three

Yesterday's Gone #Episodes 13-18

by Sean Platt, David W. Wright

This Season Three compilation includes Episodes 13-18 in their entirety.

The wait is over! Yesterday's Gone: Season Three begins right here.

Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Fiction, Post Apocalyptic, Dystopia, Apocalyptic, Fantasy

425 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 29, 2012

About the author

Sean loves writing books, even more than reading them. He is co-founder of Collective Inkwell and Realm & Sands imprints, writes for children under the name Guy Incognito, and has more than his share of nose.

Together with co-authors David Wright and Johnny B. Truant, Sean has written the series Yesterdays Gone, WhiteSpace, ForNevermore, Available Darkness, Dark Crossings, Unicorn Western, The Beam, Namaste, Robot Proletariat, Cursed, Greens, Space Shuttle, and Everyone Gets Divorced. He also co-wrote the how-to indie book, Write. Publish. Repeat.

With Collective Inkwell
Yesterday's Gone: Post Apocalyptic - LOST by way of The Stand
WhiteSpace: Paranoid thriller on fictitious Hamilton Island
ForNevermore: YA horror that reads nothing like YA Horror
Available Darkness: A new breed of vampire thriller
Dark Crossings: Short stories, killer endings

With 47North
Z 2134: The Walking Dead meets The Hunger Games
Monstrous: Beauty and the Beast meets The Punisher

With Realm & Sands
Unicorn Western: The best story to ever come from a stupid idea
The Beam: Smart sci-fi to make you wonder exactly who we are
Namaste: A revenge thriller like nothing you've ever read
Robot Proletariat: The revolution starts here
Cursed: The old werewolf legend turned upside down
Greens: Retail noir comedy
Space Shuttle: Over the top comedy with all your favorite sci-fi characters
Everyone Gets Divorced: Like "Always Sunny" and "How I Met Your Mother" had a baby on your Kindle

Sean lives in Austin, TX with his wife, daughter, and son.
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Reviews

[Louie the Mustache Matos · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yesterday’s Gone is a serialized story broken down into Seasons and Episodes, the way television shows are organized. Season 3 serves to resolve the pending story with all the characters that have survived from the previous two seasons. It’s very Walking Dead except there are no zombies, per se. I still have many questions, but I have to say this book has fatigued me to the point where I seriously considered NOT finishing for the first time in my life, but after putting it down for a while, I had to pick it back up. I feel very conflicted. The story doesn’t interest me all that much anymore, but I have the rest of the seasons gifted to me. I am too OCD for my own good. I think Season 4 may take all year. Hopefully not. If you have read the first two seasons, I think season 3 is a good place to stop. All 6 seasons are sold as a boxed set on Amazon for 99 cents. It’s an OK read.

[Grammar*Kitten · Rating 3 out of 5]

lthink by this point in a series, the ratings ac quite high because you've read and enjoyed the earlier seasons and have been compelled to read on. unfortunately, for me, Yesterday's Gone has reached the point where it is no longer leaving me eager to find out what happens next. I'm still undecided whether to ever bother with the upcoming fourth season.

I found more errors in this season then in all of the others put together. The story fell a little flat and the characters didn't interest me as much as the ought to or have done previously. Without waiting to give too much away, I was disappointed with the direction that the authors took the story in. The proposed 'hooks' that are supposed to make me want to read on didn't interest or intrigue me, and while I hadn't predicted them, they were just a little too tidily wrapped up.

Quite simply, l think they killed off a lot of the wrong characterS, and the series is now a little dull as a consequence.

[Stacey · Rating 5 out of 5]

*sigh*

You know like when you watch a series back to back, then it's all over and you sit there wondering what you're going to do with your life? I'm a bit like that now.

These are a fantastic set of books, if you're into post apocalyptic fiction, or Stephen King, or programmes like Lost then give this a try, actually even if you're not I'd say to download the first series and see how you go.


I've loved these series, loved the characters; even the ones I originally hated! I totally flip flopped on one chap, despite every moral fibre telling me I shouldn't like them, how did you do that?! What kind of beer battered bu.... ;)

I did find some bits a little confusing, when two characters of the same name are speaking, mainly because I kept losing track over which one was speaking to who so you do have to try not to speed read.

I'm hoping season 4 will start to really explore the background of the vials and why/how they were developed, I want to know about The Light and The Dark.

[Anette · Rating 1 out of 5]

The female characters are so pathetic and stupid that I started loathing this series.

[Charlton · Rating 4 out of 5]

If this were a TV show it would begin with "for Mature Audiences Only".

That being said I enjoyed this book,parts of it take place on this earth and other parts jump to an alternate earth with same characters.That can be a little confusing at first but once you get to know the characters it's easier to distinguish between the two.

Now what the book is about is aliens that take over the human body kind of like Invasion of The Body Snatchers except that after a while they break out of the human skin.The book refers to this as The Darkness,or something evil.

This is always pretty graphic and the monsters that come out are not pretty.

But the character development alone is what keeps me in this series.

[Jon · Rating 2 out of 5]

After the first two seasons, which were great fun and I just couldn't put down season three is a real disappointment. I can't really put my finger on why though! I had to force myself to read it, found myself skipping bits, especially some of the psychopaths dialog, and until the last third had no interest in whatsoever. I just didn't care if the characters lived or died and felt the resolution at the end was poor. I thought the first two seasons were Battlestar like - gripping, gritty and characters being driven by events, whereas the third season was contrived, too much flitting back and forth between before and after the event and almost like some TV series decided to drag the story out by adding another series or two and in doing so lose the best parts of the first two seasons.

I'm sure many will love this as much as the first two and will go on and read the subsequent series and good luck to you - each to their own, but I'm afraid I'm done.
What gripped me wasn't the writing, which I didn't feel was that good throughout, but the ideas, fast pace and great cliff hangars, many books don't have that zap that YG did in S1&2. I felt that the authors left this behind a bit in S3 almost in an attempt to become more mainstream.

[Soo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mini-Review:

(Note to Self: This is the end of the line for Yesterday's Gone. If I continue, it'll probably be more frustrating than fun.)

4 Stars for Narration by Narrating Cast
2.5 Stars for Plot Progression
3 Stars for Ending

For a story made for an audio audience, this one was hard to take in by ear. I ended up listening to the first and last chunk of S3 several times to make sure I knew what was going on. The spastic changes in time and place did not help keeping track of the various events happening at the same time.

The story was far fetched from the get go but that was stretched beyond sustainability this time around. While the core concepts are cool, the execution was chunky. I did admire the way the multitude of strings were pulled together at the end but it wasn't good enough to offset the whiplash trauma to get there.

Most people have issues following changes in time due to flashbacks or time travel. Well, even I had issues with parallel dimensions, time travel, switching between dimensions & time and several versions of the core characters running amok. I've read other stories that have a lot of complicated layers. This was more like a dust ball with crap stuck in & on it than yarn that's neatly rolled up.

Core concepts are great but the actual storytelling was off the mark by a lot.

[Bar Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

Feels like the end of a trilogy.

[Jill Bonham · Rating 4 out of 5]

started this May of 2013 after reading the first two seasons. It is a dark series, but entertaining but I guess I got a little tired of it. So, in 2014, I was reading Doctor Sleep, which is a little dark and it started to remind me of how I wanted to find out what happened in Yesterday's Gone. Thank goodness there is a summary at the beginning of each season so I could refresh memory. Then I just started over from the top of season three and I loved it! Boricio, whom I didn't like at all in the first 2 seasons became somehow more likable. Although it sometimes was confusing (which character is this from which world) it was also intriguing trying to figure it all out. Lots of questions were answered. I liked how we saw the differences and likenesses of the same people from the two different worlds. And which Boricio is the "better" one????? Fun stuff to think about! I'll probably take a little break before going on to season 4, but I just signed up for the "Goner' s " email list so I can keep an eye out for season 5. Definitely a series I plan to read to the end!

[Grw · Rating 3 out of 5]

The third season is an interesting one as clearly the story arc was coming to a close, which it did in a way that was rather satisfying, however there did seem to be quite a bit of padding in order to get there which is a shame.

Now I admit I was disappointed with the way the story started to go in season two, that lead to the doubling up in characters, who then went on to met each other, leading to some confusion, and endless double takes from characters and readers (well me) alike.

And then there's the constant flapping back and forth in time, some of which had to do with explain the conclusion, but did spoil the flow in a lot of ways.

All that said, the explanations for the initial event when it did come were very good and did indeed, wrap up the three seasons very nicely. It's just not, I feel, enough to make me want to go onto Season Four or the soon to be released season five.

[Liz Cee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Four and a half stars. I am loving this series. I found that when I wasn't reading it, I was still thinking about it. The action really ramped up in this season. Boricio Wolfe is one of the most interesting characters I've come across in fiction in some time. I had to take off a half star because I found the last 20% of the book didn't keep my interest. I will be continuing along with this, though. It is still an exciting story with a unique way of telling it.

[Desiree · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a bad job wrapping lots of little ends up; still compelling storytelling. Marred by some really bad copy editing ("Cassidy" mentioned in bold heading in the "last season recap" when there is no such character and the character they mean, Callie, is mentioned in the next sentence; and that was just the first page...) which of course distracted me and seems to be an increasing problem through the "seasons."

[Jennifer Boschetti · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love this series. I love how it's written like a TV series. This season 3 was my least favorite so far though. I got very confused during this season beacuse of the doubling of some characters and the jumping through time. I'm not as excited to start the 4th season, but I will read it nonetheless. I absolutely love Boricio.

[Carrie Rogers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reminds me a lot of Lost where I don't know whats going on. Was really hoping this would reach a conclusion. Guess not. Also, I'm mad about how things ended with Charlie and Callie.

[Carl Timms · Rating 3 out of 5]

An ending of sorts as the story that has run through all the seasons come to a bloody and chaotic ending. I’ll give it to Wright and Platt, they sure know how to tie up loose ends, with all key plot strands (except maybe the origin of the vials) tied up neatly.

Given the multidimensional aspect to the story, the same characters from different realities and all the craziness the world is seeing, it’s a near miracle they keep this thing coherent. But they do more than that, they give it genuine stakes and an epic feel. I wasn’t quite expecting this from what began as a seemingly standard post-apocalyptic nightmare.

Along the way sone characters are granted new life whilst others are brutally dispensed with, something I’ve always admired this series for. Clearly they were watching Game of Thrones like everyone else when this was written! Some characters get sidelined a little too much and I feel that weakens the overall arc as you are forced into the heads of a handful of my least favourite characters whilst characters like Ed and particularly Mary get very short-changed.

There’s three main issues I do have that need addressing though. The first is after all the build up for Black Mountain, they only spend a short time there and immediately head back to the island. There’s a great deal of plot contrivance needed to get them all there and the timing of these arrivals definitely had a hint of the kind of hand waving best left to TV and not the written form. It felt rushed at best, sloppy at worst, defo not as tight as the first two seasons.

Secondly, as much as I did actually like the alternate take on Borocio (see next paragraph for thoughts on the main one) I did feel that grief for a loved one was a pretty thin excuse for destroying the world. Especially when he drove like a douchebag.

My biggest gripe however is the continued ‘hero’s journey’ of Boricio Wolfe. Let’s not forget this man is a vile, necrophiliac rapist murderer. Genuine scum. Yet the writers seem to believe he’s Han Solo, an anti hero with a quip who can be ‘fixed’. He’s so central to the plot, so overpowered (and boy are we told what a BADASS he is. Over and over and over and….). I feel he’s clearly influenced by what Robert Kirkman was doing with Negan at the time in the Walking Dead but the problem is: these guys are not Kirkman. They cannot write this guy to be what they want him to be and after the awful, disgusting build up to who he was, I simply don’t give a fuck about him. His endless spew of jizz analogies, insults, cock jokes and nicknames is just so tedious that I switch off whenever he’s on the page. Yet he’s central to the entire plot. I eye-rolled in the final chapter with him and his happy ending as the simple fact is if he was truly fixed, he’d head down to the nearest station, hand himself in and spend the remainder of his life in jail paying the price for the many souls he’s ripped away. But no. He’s a hero now and deserves a sweet normal life. Oh Boricio you cad you. Bullshit.

Rant over. I just hope in season 4 he gets just once properly punched in his stupid face…

He wasn’t enough to ruin it for me though as these series run along at a lightning pace and built to a conclusion worthy of the series so far. My big question now is whether they should have stopped at 3. It felt like an end. Where will they take this now without the mad car piles, tornados, mutant hordes etc. At least I feel I can take a bit of a break as the characters are all in a good place.

This series has certainly had its share of incredibly memorable imagery and a few characters I genuinely liked. If I think about it to hard, it’s probably incoherent but I definitely feel it’s a great read for fans of mad sci-fi horror post-apocalyptic multidimensional action drama. Say that ten times.

[Jason Siegfried · Rating 5 out of 5]

What more can I say? Amazing again!

Season 3 pretty much answers all of our questions about what happened on October 15th. Who is responsible, What happened, Where it occurred, Why they did it, and how they did it. With all of that being covered by the end of the book, it seems like the series will basically be told as two trilogies. The first three seasons dealt with the happenings of October 15th and the aftermath, with a little backstory leading up to it. I believe the next trilogy will deal with the Darkness making its way to our world and how they will handle an outbreak at the onset. This season is neck and neck with season one for my favorite so far. I loved how the story came to an "ending" that was plausible to the story, with no "Huh?" moments where an ending is just thrown together by an author who didn't know how to end the story. It seems to me like you just cannot miss on a book by Sean Platt/David Wright/Johnny Truant or any combination of the three. Keep them coming, guys!

[Mark Woods · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just when you thought you knew what was going on, along comes Season 3 and throws you a whole new set of curveballs in the shape of parallel words.
Whilst previous seasons closely resembled the likes of the TV show, Lost, this season starts to feel more like the German show, Dark, and at times is every bit as confusing to the point where you may well find yourself, like me, flipping back a few chapters on order to remind yourself who’s who and what they were doing the last time you saw them.
That’s the only thing about this series - there are A LOT of existing characters already, and when you start adding doubles there are moments where it becomes a little hard to keep up.
Plus, there’s a lot going on in this book as events all come closer to a climatic end… or do they?
It’s difficult to say with three seasons still left to go.
If there’s one thing I will say about this series, it’s that I can’t put it down.
With Season 4, I’ll be heading into unfamiliar territory as I’ve not previously read that season before, so it will remain to be seen whether I still remain as hooked as I am now.
But if you’ve already read up until now, this third season WILL NOT disappoint!

[Ryan Starbloak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great series... they really go all when writing Boricio, definitely a Sawyer from Lost inspiration there. This season, the inciting incident which precipitated the entire series is revealed. A lot of set-up has gone into it to get to that point. It remained extremely enjoyable and addictive throughout, as the previous installments did for me. But I did feel the explanation for why the "event" took place was somewhat vague and basic. Thus I expected more from the reveals and the climax this season though (with three more seasons left, I'm going to be hopeful that my feeling is a result of leaving me wanting more). Anyway, series isn't over yet so perhaps there is some clarification ahead.

When I finished season two, I was astonished at how these two ended things and had no idea how they would proceed, but they did an incredible follow-up. This series is so great and well worth the ride.

[izawoodsman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well I am glad that the third season ended the storyline. They have written another trilogy, bit I think I am satisfied with where I am and will not go on to read more. It's not that the story is bad, it's just not that original and has been done better for my tastes. If you like post apocalyptic fiction, and aren't looking for the next great thing, then it's not a waste of time. I find that goung forward my personal time is better spent with other stories. Time to let someone else have a go with being in line with my tastes. There are too many new authors to waste more here in this world. I might check out some of their short fiction though and see how that sits.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am pretty satisfied with the ending of Season 3 and am feeling that the series could've ended here. A lot of stuff was wrapped up, many of the main characters died, but there is still a tiny cliff hanger. If I hadn't already purchased season 4, I don't think I would have continued on with the series.


I definitely didn't see it coming with the darkness and the histories of the other Luca and Boricio, and I'm a bit sad about what Luca does to boricio. The latter is one of my favorite characters and most expressive and now I'm worried he won't be a crazy mofo in the books to come.

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was thoroughly engrossed in the first 2 seasons. Not because the writing was that good but because it was so twisted and out there that I just had to know what the heck was going on. Then I got to season 3. And it just lost my interest. I, who usually zoom through books because I'm a fast reader, took forever to finish this one. I'm really not interested in reading further. So this is it for me. I'm done with this series, unless I just get incredibly bored and decide to come back to it. But it's really not likely.

[Danielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is too much to write about each episode. I actually didn't read the episodes, but listened on an audio book. I was so amazed at the story. At first I wasn't sure how i'd feel because of who Boritzio is as a character in this book, but he is definitely someone you come to love, and when you do, the book starts all over again with a new story, same and new characters. I only wish there was more.

[Nightwings81 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This series is starting to border on "too grim, didn't finish". I really WANT to finish and I really like the series and characters, but when so many of your favorite characters are tortured and killed off, it makes you leery of continuing.

I guess it's a testament to the writing that I have come to care for the characters, which makes what happens to them that much more heartbreaking, and you can't expect a post-apocalyptic world not to have any casualties.

[Christine Bishop · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series just keeps getting better!!

Yesterday’s Gone is one hell of a story. There are several main characters and the time line jumps but this book is so worth the read. Sean Platt and David Wright have definitely delivered an amazing story with great characters. I can’t wait to start reading season 4.

[Michael Whetzel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Things got a little nuts at the end and kind of hard to follow. it really feels like they were writing super fast or something. But then they decided to extend the series for another 3 seasons. I am going to take a break as the next season really changes the feel of the story and such (flashbacks to LOST tv show anyone?). We shall see. But def worth reading.

[Dominic Bellavance · Rating 3 out of 5]

J'ai trouvé ça bien qu'ils aient fermé la plupart des boucles ouvertes (contrairement à Lost, mettons), mais l'histoire commençait à devenir un peu répétitive. Tirer sur des "bleakers" pendant 3 tomes, à un moment donné, on a fait le tour.

[Karry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Meh

The story was pretty good, but with such a large battle at the end it felt a good place to close. I'll continue the series with the hope that the authors will find a new angle to justify its continuation.

[Edwina Hill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Twisted crazy!

This season is awesome! With the plot twist and craziness that happens, I'm not surprised that my attention was kept and I couldn't put it down. I look forward to the next season. As a matter-of-fact, I'm gonna start it now!

[George · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe I was just getting tired but lost interest by the end of Season Three. May or may not pick up the rest of the series one day. Already forgotten a lot of it.

[Penny · Rating 1 out of 5]

HIRE. AN. EDITOR.