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Surviving The Evacuation #22
Surviving the Evacuation, Book 22: Letters from Yesterday
Nova Scotia has been abandoned. New York has fallen. The war to control the Americas has begun.
Bill Wright’s final evacuation is underway. A route to the bastions in the Pacific Northwest has been mapped out. Supply dumps have been created, and the first batch of evacuees have already departed. For those still waiting to leave, there’s little to do and less to eat, so it was inevitable that some might turn to theft and murder. With spies discovered in their midst, and another attack by the Atlantic pirates imminent, it will take all of Bill’s cunning to prevent this evacuation from becoming a rout.
After the outbreak, most people either hid in their homes or fled towards safety. Maggs and Etienne opted to go to work. For over thirty years, they’d helped keep the electricity flowing in northern Quebec. As long as the power remained on, there was a chance the stay-at-home order could be obeyed and the outbreak stopped. The nuclear exchange ended that hope. In the chaos that followed, they were separated, but even as she fled, Maggs left a letter for husband, saying where she’d gone.
Childhood is already a distant memory for Jay. Between helping run the orphanage and the attached chicken farm, he barely has time to sleep, let alone dream. When he does get a few hours free, he spends them scavenging among the ruins. On one such expedition, he and Heppy find a year-old letter left by Maggs for her missing husband. Though the chance of finding either of the missing couple is slim, both Jay and Heppy have buried too many not to feel compelled to search for them. Everyone deserves a chance to join the evacuation and to survive.
Bill Wright’s final evacuation is underway. A route to the bastions in the Pacific Northwest has been mapped out. Supply dumps have been created, and the first batch of evacuees have already departed. For those still waiting to leave, there’s little to do and less to eat, so it was inevitable that some might turn to theft and murder. With spies discovered in their midst, and another attack by the Atlantic pirates imminent, it will take all of Bill’s cunning to prevent this evacuation from becoming a rout.
After the outbreak, most people either hid in their homes or fled towards safety. Maggs and Etienne opted to go to work. For over thirty years, they’d helped keep the electricity flowing in northern Quebec. As long as the power remained on, there was a chance the stay-at-home order could be obeyed and the outbreak stopped. The nuclear exchange ended that hope. In the chaos that followed, they were separated, but even as she fled, Maggs left a letter for husband, saying where she’d gone.
Childhood is already a distant memory for Jay. Between helping run the orphanage and the attached chicken farm, he barely has time to sleep, let alone dream. When he does get a few hours free, he spends them scavenging among the ruins. On one such expedition, he and Heppy find a year-old letter left by Maggs for her missing husband. Though the chance of finding either of the missing couple is slim, both Jay and Heppy have buried too many not to feel compelled to search for them. Everyone deserves a chance to join the evacuation and to survive.
291 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 31, 2024
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Frank Tayell
57 books493 followersAuthor of post-apocalyptic and near-future science fiction, with a focus on democracies struggling against dystopia.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
February 1, 2025
Excellent continuation of the series. It’s good to know what happened to the Guinn’s as well. Jay takes a leading role in the story while Kim takes a backseat. Things are looking spicy for the next instalment.
January 18, 2025
Another good read
Loved this book I thought that by book 22 it would get a bit repetitive but I have really enjoyed all 22 books and I'm looking forward to 23 and possibly more
Loved this book I thought that by book 22 it would get a bit repetitive but I have really enjoyed all 22 books and I'm looking forward to 23 and possibly more
March 16, 2025
In my mad burst of rereading and reading what I'd been hoarding of this series, this was the book I couldn't put down. Loved it and am ready for the next book.
May 11, 2025
another great continuation of the story
Great storytelling as always, I can’t wait for the next one! Love the characters, especially the ongoing love letter storyline.
Great storytelling as always, I can’t wait for the next one! Love the characters, especially the ongoing love letter storyline.
August 1, 2025
still enjoyable but it's a long way from the start of the books, and I'm not sure how many more books there can be...
November 8, 2024
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Fleeing from the pirates the refugees move west, rather earlier than they'd intended. The narrative interest is driven by Jay following a series of letters written by a married couple who have become separated...
This lengthy series maintains the interest - and there's more to come!
Fleeing from the pirates the refugees move west, rather earlier than they'd intended. The narrative interest is driven by Jay following a series of letters written by a married couple who have become separated...
This lengthy series maintains the interest - and there's more to come!
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews