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After the EMP Saga #3
Darkness Rises: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller
A week after the unthinkable, would you still have hope? With their house destroyed, the Sloane family sets off for the promise of safety in a cabin in Northern California. When a distress call comes through on the radio, young Madison is a detour to the nearby college is the only choice.
What would you do to keep your family safe? Walter hates to risk his family’s life for the sake of a stranger. But his wife and co-pilot need antibiotics and a college health center may be their best bet. Finding the strength to survive what happens next will be the hardest thing he’s ever done.
The end of the world brings out the best and worst in all of us. With the power grid destroyed and the government unable to help, the Sloanes are alone in a world losing hope. Will they survive a rescue mission or will the detour be the last stop on their journey? The EMP is only the beginning. Darkness Rises is book three in After the EMP , a post-apocalyptic thriller series following the Sloane family and their friends as they attempt to survive after a geomagnetic storm destroys the nation’s power grid.
262 pages, Paperback
Published June 20, 2017
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Harley Tate
47 books159 followersWhen the world as we know it falls apart, how far will you go to survive?
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Harley Tate writes edge-of-your-seat post-apocalyptic fiction exploring what happens when ordinary people are faced with impossible choices.
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The end of life as we know it brings out the best and worst in all of us. The apocalypse is only the beginning.
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June 23, 2018
Darkness Rises is the third story in what is an essentially a trilogy of novellas of how Madison, her parents, and her friends cope with the sudden loss of electric power in California. They have left their home outside of Sacramento and are heading to the home of Brianna's parents, long-time doomsday preppers. The end of book two has the group seriously considering a stop at a college campus to help a woman and her friends who claimed to be trapped in a radio station.
“One of us might die. We could lose all that we have.” Madison knew the danger. But she couldn’t leave someone to die. Not when she was pleading for help. “I know what we’re risking, but we have to try. If we don’t, what kind of people are we?”
That's a bit eye-rolling, don't you think? But I don't know; I'm a long ways from twenty. Still, you'd think the parents would have more sense. While I enjoyed this installment, it didn't impress as much as the first two books in the trilogy. It gets bogged down in the viewpoint of Walter, who becomes less self-reliant Army guy and more family man who is faced with role conflict. It could be, of course, that Tate just envisions this as Walter's character, except he's an airline pilot and is used to leaving his wife and college-age daughter to take care of themselves on a weekly basis. This desire to protect and shelter seems more than a bit inconsistent.
Meanwhile, his daughter Madison is continuing to struggle with the ethical problems of a likely apocalypse: who do you help and why in a time of extremely limited resources? She's been over this material in book one and two, so it feels a little more tiresome to be repeating it in three. But on the other side of things, it's probably a lesson that will take a while to sink in. In one of the more useless and stupid moments of the book, both Madison and Tracy appear to be keeping the fact that they each killed someone from Walter.
That said, I did appreciate that Tate doesn't just hand survival to characters. Sometimes, despite best intentions--or best actions--bad luck or direct attacks just happen. I think many stories like to go with a formula, and if the characters do all the 'right' things, survival is guaranteed, but not here.
Every now and then there's a line that sounds more authorial than character-specific, particularly in relation to the government riding to the rescue and private gun ownership. At first it annoyed me, but it wasn't frequent enough to be a serious detractor:
"Every drug dealer and petty criminal in this town has a gun, but none of the good people do."
A potentially intriguing point, except that we've already learned from books one and two that some of the 'good people' with guns were equally dangerous for Madison and the family. It highlights one of the major weaknesses of Tate's style so far, that the writing is very straightforward and misses nuances. The benefit is that the story goes quickly. The downside, of course, is that it's not always enough to carry the subtleties of thought and ethics that I think Tate is going for. But occasionally it's redeemed through insightful observations:
"She knew hard work, but it was in the confines of plenty and abundance. There was never a time she went to bed hungry or risked her life to listen to the radio."
It is an interesting point, and one survival tales rarely dive into: the main characters are almost always people from privileged backgrounds, and might therefore be less likely to deal with the real challenge of an apocalypse--the end of comfort and ease. Perhaps that's shown here with the discomfort the group has with breaking and entering, and the false assurances they give themselves that the owner will not make it back. Does it matter? I was a bit impatient that this was even a discussion after all they had been through.
As a simple Aesop's Survival Tales, it's definitely an adequate read. I feel like Tate is walking the reader through various mental and physical preparations. As a complex philosophical discussion, I think the 'After the EMP' trilogy occasionally misses the mark. Still, a solid wrap-up to a diverting group of novellas. I admit that I am very curious to see what Tate does with the next trilogy in this world--that of a Navy SEAL and a young woman from a very challenged upbringing.
“One of us might die. We could lose all that we have.” Madison knew the danger. But she couldn’t leave someone to die. Not when she was pleading for help. “I know what we’re risking, but we have to try. If we don’t, what kind of people are we?”
That's a bit eye-rolling, don't you think? But I don't know; I'm a long ways from twenty. Still, you'd think the parents would have more sense. While I enjoyed this installment, it didn't impress as much as the first two books in the trilogy. It gets bogged down in the viewpoint of Walter, who becomes less self-reliant Army guy and more family man who is faced with role conflict. It could be, of course, that Tate just envisions this as Walter's character, except he's an airline pilot and is used to leaving his wife and college-age daughter to take care of themselves on a weekly basis. This desire to protect and shelter seems more than a bit inconsistent.
Meanwhile, his daughter Madison is continuing to struggle with the ethical problems of a likely apocalypse: who do you help and why in a time of extremely limited resources? She's been over this material in book one and two, so it feels a little more tiresome to be repeating it in three. But on the other side of things, it's probably a lesson that will take a while to sink in. In one of the more useless and stupid moments of the book, both Madison and Tracy appear to be keeping the fact that they each killed someone from Walter.
That said, I did appreciate that Tate doesn't just hand survival to characters. Sometimes, despite best intentions--or best actions--bad luck or direct attacks just happen. I think many stories like to go with a formula, and if the characters do all the 'right' things, survival is guaranteed, but not here.
Every now and then there's a line that sounds more authorial than character-specific, particularly in relation to the government riding to the rescue and private gun ownership. At first it annoyed me, but it wasn't frequent enough to be a serious detractor:
"Every drug dealer and petty criminal in this town has a gun, but none of the good people do."
A potentially intriguing point, except that we've already learned from books one and two that some of the 'good people' with guns were equally dangerous for Madison and the family. It highlights one of the major weaknesses of Tate's style so far, that the writing is very straightforward and misses nuances. The benefit is that the story goes quickly. The downside, of course, is that it's not always enough to carry the subtleties of thought and ethics that I think Tate is going for. But occasionally it's redeemed through insightful observations:
"She knew hard work, but it was in the confines of plenty and abundance. There was never a time she went to bed hungry or risked her life to listen to the radio."
It is an interesting point, and one survival tales rarely dive into: the main characters are almost always people from privileged backgrounds, and might therefore be less likely to deal with the real challenge of an apocalypse--the end of comfort and ease. Perhaps that's shown here with the discomfort the group has with breaking and entering, and the false assurances they give themselves that the owner will not make it back. Does it matter? I was a bit impatient that this was even a discussion after all they had been through.
As a simple Aesop's Survival Tales, it's definitely an adequate read. I feel like Tate is walking the reader through various mental and physical preparations. As a complex philosophical discussion, I think the 'After the EMP' trilogy occasionally misses the mark. Still, a solid wrap-up to a diverting group of novellas. I admit that I am very curious to see what Tate does with the next trilogy in this world--that of a Navy SEAL and a young woman from a very challenged upbringing.
April 26, 2018
I love this series 💜 This book reminded me of all the things we take for granted, like food, water, a shower, and a safe place to live. I can't wait to see what the next book holds.
September 23, 2020
I kept reading mainly because I wanted to see where the story was going to go. Despite being intermittently annoyed with the characters and their often inconsistent behaviors. Despite the author's fondness for telling things instead of showing. Despite the awkward internal monologues. It's clear, at least to me, that Tate put a lot of thought into the story arc, and seemed to have had fun writing it. The author's body of knowledge is just as clear and I appreciate the effort that went into weaving that into the story, rather than info-dumping, even if the exposition flirted with that from time to time. If nothing else, Tate, along with a great many other post-apocalyptic authors, clearly expresses a stance on whether humans are basically good or basically evil, and how that comes out when the restrictions of society are lifted.
May 15, 2018
Another great read in this (After the EMP series) I can't wait for book 4 to come out so I get to know how things go with the Sloan family, and friends. Once again I had a hard time putting the reader down.
Re-read May 15th 2018. Just as good reading it for the 2nd time.
Re-read May 15th 2018. Just as good reading it for the 2nd time.
September 11, 2017
I absolutely loved this book, and in fact I have loved all the books in this series so far. It's fast paced, well written, has interesting and believable characters that I can warm to, and is one of the more realistic post apocalyptic stories I've read so far. Highly recommended reading.
February 21, 2018
Still enjoying this series, I wonder if I could make some of the choices that were made by the characters in this novel. It's hard to say what you would do in dire circumstances
July 20, 2017
Over?
I just finished reading book three and have to say I am sad. I want more...what happens to the rest of the world, do the kids fall in love, etc.
I just finished reading book three and have to say I am sad. I want more...what happens to the rest of the world, do the kids fall in love, etc.
June 29, 2017
Enjoyed the book. I like the way the author ended it; no cliffhanger! Looking forward to the next one.
December 28, 2017
A Family Thriller of an EMP Disaster!
The third in the series is the best so far. The story gets better with each book. Will the group make it to Brianna's parent's cabin? Will they all survive? Action Packed and emotionally charged. I am on to the fourth in the series.
The third in the series is the best so far. The story gets better with each book. Will the group make it to Brianna's parent's cabin? Will they all survive? Action Packed and emotionally charged. I am on to the fourth in the series.
February 27, 2018
Book 3
Didn't like this one as much h as the others. Too much of "I failed you" mentality. If only. If only. I should have. Could have. But the storyline falls into place.
Didn't like this one as much h as the others. Too much of "I failed you" mentality. If only. If only. I should have. Could have. But the storyline falls into place.
June 29, 2017
Gave New Insights Into My Own Fears
As I worked my way through this series and finished this particular book, I found my opinions had evolved as the characters matured and grew.
Early on, I was put off by the failure of the main protagonist--Madison, the college-aged daughter--to "flip the switch." Other preppers understand what I mean: flipping the switch (FTS) is the ability to recognize and quickly adapt to drastically changed circumstances in your surrounding environment, society, safety or priorities.
Some folks can FTS quickly and easily; others take more time or find it more wrenching. Others simply can't FTS at all...or, at least, not quickly enough to survive the sudden onslaught of new/higher threats. Others not only FTS, they completely abandon all of the values and constraints of the previously-dominant culture, turning into mauraders, looters, murderers, even monsters.
This series contains examples of each of these types of people, faced with the immense moral and cultural changes forced upon them by an EMP. Some flip the switch, some can't cope, many panic, some embrace evil.
At first i simply abhorred Madison's naivety and over-optimism as unrealistic. Then it frustrated me--after all, how dumb could one chick be in the Apocalypse? Then I was frustrated by the degree to which the other characters allowed the naïve, inexperienced college chick to use emotional blackmail to get them into a long series of dangerous, even lethal situations.
BUT SOMETHING KEPT NAGGING AT MY SUBCONSCIOUS! After some soul-searching and thought, I realized that the author (Harley Tate) actually had nailed characters extremely well, albeit in abbreviated form due to limitations in the Kindle platform.
Indeed, I know people like Madison. Truthfully, my wife is a true analogue of Madison, being extremely optimistic and always thinking the absolute best of people. That has served her well in life, as it has led her to serve others in true humility and love.
And truthfully, what bugged me about the Madison character was the internal, subconscious fear that my beloved wife would be that woman who couldn't FTS quickly in an emergency. She could well be the one who simply can't conceive of others being able to abandon cultural values and strictures in an instant. She definitely would be the woman wanting to help everyone in need who showed up at our door.
None if this is criticism of my wife--she is the most wonderful person I know. I am honored to be her husband, and we've enjoyed over three decades together, and getting pretty close to a fourth. It is becoming difficult now even to remember a time when we weren't in love and married.
Ultimately, I realized my problems with the Madison character actually were just my own fears that my wife would be unable to FTS quickly enough during an extreme emergency.
What makes this book worth five stars is that the story and characters helped me gain new insights into myself, my wife and our entire family. Hopefully, these new insights will allow us to better prepare for future emergencies and the ensuing challenges we may face.
Read this series...and learn from it. Well worth the price of admission. Some parts will be difficult to wade through...but do forge abead.
As I worked my way through this series and finished this particular book, I found my opinions had evolved as the characters matured and grew.
Early on, I was put off by the failure of the main protagonist--Madison, the college-aged daughter--to "flip the switch." Other preppers understand what I mean: flipping the switch (FTS) is the ability to recognize and quickly adapt to drastically changed circumstances in your surrounding environment, society, safety or priorities.
Some folks can FTS quickly and easily; others take more time or find it more wrenching. Others simply can't FTS at all...or, at least, not quickly enough to survive the sudden onslaught of new/higher threats. Others not only FTS, they completely abandon all of the values and constraints of the previously-dominant culture, turning into mauraders, looters, murderers, even monsters.
This series contains examples of each of these types of people, faced with the immense moral and cultural changes forced upon them by an EMP. Some flip the switch, some can't cope, many panic, some embrace evil.
At first i simply abhorred Madison's naivety and over-optimism as unrealistic. Then it frustrated me--after all, how dumb could one chick be in the Apocalypse? Then I was frustrated by the degree to which the other characters allowed the naïve, inexperienced college chick to use emotional blackmail to get them into a long series of dangerous, even lethal situations.
BUT SOMETHING KEPT NAGGING AT MY SUBCONSCIOUS! After some soul-searching and thought, I realized that the author (Harley Tate) actually had nailed characters extremely well, albeit in abbreviated form due to limitations in the Kindle platform.
Indeed, I know people like Madison. Truthfully, my wife is a true analogue of Madison, being extremely optimistic and always thinking the absolute best of people. That has served her well in life, as it has led her to serve others in true humility and love.
And truthfully, what bugged me about the Madison character was the internal, subconscious fear that my beloved wife would be that woman who couldn't FTS quickly in an emergency. She could well be the one who simply can't conceive of others being able to abandon cultural values and strictures in an instant. She definitely would be the woman wanting to help everyone in need who showed up at our door.
None if this is criticism of my wife--she is the most wonderful person I know. I am honored to be her husband, and we've enjoyed over three decades together, and getting pretty close to a fourth. It is becoming difficult now even to remember a time when we weren't in love and married.
Ultimately, I realized my problems with the Madison character actually were just my own fears that my wife would be unable to FTS quickly enough during an extreme emergency.
What makes this book worth five stars is that the story and characters helped me gain new insights into myself, my wife and our entire family. Hopefully, these new insights will allow us to better prepare for future emergencies and the ensuing challenges we may face.
Read this series...and learn from it. Well worth the price of admission. Some parts will be difficult to wade through...but do forge abead.
June 6, 2018
I've read six After the EMP series. They all have problems and don't rise to my being able to recommend any of them. They were interesting enough for me to read. Especially since they only cost me a buck or two each. The author definitely has an ax to grind. (To be fair many of these after disaster stories do.) Several of his particular axes rubbed me the wrong way. Many times he will have characters be convinced not to do something, but if his particular main character decides to do it, it suddenly becomes the thing to do. There is a lot of, surviving is the point of all of morality. His characters are very uneven. Many times they do things because that would give the story more conflict rather than this is how it would work in the real world. His impatience for any alternate theories for how to live one's life bothered me a great deal. Still, I read six of them and am reading the seventh. Take that for what it's worth.
July 29, 2025
I really need to finish a book then jump on here and write up my review, but that kind of flies out the window when I'm hooked into a series and hate having to put it down.
This one wasn't as action packed as the previous 2 but the bonds are stronger and they've become a close knit little family so when they lose vital members of their group it destroys them as a whole.
Death toll #2 in this book all up #3
One week without power and things in the cities are out of control and escalating day by day, barricades have been set in place, no one can enter the city or leave it's dire for the good people trying to survive in a world that is destroying them. gangs, warfare, no laws, no one is saving them. They are all left to their own devices and the future for them is bleak.
Having to leave their home outside of Sacramento area they are now making their way to Brianna's parents compound, her long-time doomsday preppers.
This one wasn't as action packed as the previous 2 but the bonds are stronger and they've become a close knit little family so when they lose vital members of their group it destroys them as a whole.
Death toll #2 in this book all up #3
One week without power and things in the cities are out of control and escalating day by day, barricades have been set in place, no one can enter the city or leave it's dire for the good people trying to survive in a world that is destroying them. gangs, warfare, no laws, no one is saving them. They are all left to their own devices and the future for them is bleak.
Having to leave their home outside of Sacramento area they are now making their way to Brianna's parents compound, her long-time doomsday preppers.
November 25, 2021
Another great, Tate, tale, Book #3 . There is so much realism between Harley Tate's, Post Apocalyptic Survival stories, and our society today, it's very scary,,,, and so are Mr.Tates , stories!
Yessir, I actually gave this great story 10 stars and here they are ********** again cause this story is as superb as book #1 and # 2 in this series and I have high hopes and expectations the rest of the stories in this whole series will keep you and me on the edge of our seats! Fact is, this is Mr. Tate's second 10 GOLD Stars rating. I will leave you all with this; you will find real facts about EMP's and their effects on what we take for granted here on planet earth.. You may get smarter while you reàd and become entwined in the characters and the suspense, and all ??
Yessir, I actually gave this great story 10 stars and here they are ********** again cause this story is as superb as book #1 and # 2 in this series and I have high hopes and expectations the rest of the stories in this whole series will keep you and me on the edge of our seats! Fact is, this is Mr. Tate's second 10 GOLD Stars rating. I will leave you all with this; you will find real facts about EMP's and their effects on what we take for granted here on planet earth.. You may get smarter while you reàd and become entwined in the characters and the suspense, and all ??
June 17, 2025
Man this series was stupid because sure the dad a big air plane pilot was able to land his plane safely after the EMPs 🤦♀️ pretty sure all airplanes would have fallen out of the sky! Then his co pilot gets hurt twice once was a fun shot wound. Yet they still end up finding his family like a needle in a haystack.
Then even when they know something is a trap they still do it, the first time could of been worse but the second time when they went to get small livestock from a university and they knew it was a trap 2 of their people died. Then they get their revenge and to the girls parents compound in the mountains with cars full of plants and livestock for farming. Because ya all this could happen in 2.5 weeks 🤦♀️
Then even when they know something is a trap they still do it, the first time could of been worse but the second time when they went to get small livestock from a university and they knew it was a trap 2 of their people died. Then they get their revenge and to the girls parents compound in the mountains with cars full of plants and livestock for farming. Because ya all this could happen in 2.5 weeks 🤦♀️
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December 9, 2017
This is the 3rd book in Tate’s EMP series. There certain moral dilemmas that are faced in this book that I personally struggled with. Spoiler: The attack on the student pharmacy & subsequent actions inside... Why attack it without asking those inside for help? Why not try to barter with them? Food & water for medicine?
Other than this I enjoyed this installment & like the characters. For the most part, I find the story plausible. I don’t have to suspend belief to step into this.
The next 3 books follow different characters in the same world. I hope the author comes back to the Sloanes in the future.
Other than this I enjoyed this installment & like the characters. For the most part, I find the story plausible. I don’t have to suspend belief to step into this.
The next 3 books follow different characters in the same world. I hope the author comes back to the Sloanes in the future.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 22, 2021
This book, I really got annoyed. The main character's sense of wanting to help everyone out almost got her entire group killed. I understand wanting to help when you can, but in situations like this, you have to watch out for yourself, and your family. If you are not in a good situation yourself, should you drop everything to go to a stranger's aid?
I felt like the last few chapters of this book were rushed, and I just did not get a sense of completion. Again, the normalcy bias kept creeping in to some of the characters, and it was just frustrating to see it, in the face of everything they had encountered over the past week or two.
I felt like the last few chapters of this book were rushed, and I just did not get a sense of completion. Again, the normalcy bias kept creeping in to some of the characters, and it was just frustrating to see it, in the face of everything they had encountered over the past week or two.
July 20, 2017
I'm more on the fence with this one. Madison is finely starting to get a clue but this whole group gets mired down in "let's check this out". There is a lot of turmoil about how their innocent lives have changed especially from Madison's parents. I assume it is an effort to illustrate the changes that we would all have to go through in adjusting to a new way of life, but it was throughout the book and tended to bog down the story. The event of getting where they are going was very, very brief at the end.
February 12, 2024
Book 3
Hard to say how I feel about this one, as a whole, I like Harley Tates, writing style, I think her writing flows well and good dialogue.
But the bad guys felt a bit like caricatures, almost cartoony.
And in the tense scenes there was not much cooperation. It was like everybody just went off doing their own thing.
That part didn’t flow. And try as I might I couldn’t let Madison I found her extremely annoying.
All that said actually like the trilogy it sounds like I didn’t, but I did I enjoyed this trilogy .
Hard to say how I feel about this one, as a whole, I like Harley Tates, writing style, I think her writing flows well and good dialogue.
But the bad guys felt a bit like caricatures, almost cartoony.
And in the tense scenes there was not much cooperation. It was like everybody just went off doing their own thing.
That part didn’t flow. And try as I might I couldn’t let Madison I found her extremely annoying.
All that said actually like the trilogy it sounds like I didn’t, but I did I enjoyed this trilogy .
July 21, 2018
I thought book 3 was a satisfying conclusion to this trilogy. All three books are very fast paced, and are gripping, tense reads. Great cast of very well developed main characters, that will draw you in.
Makes you think a lot about how skilled you would be at surviving without electricity. The Amish would probably have it the easiest, because they are self-sufficient already. We should all at least invest in the Foxfire books, and learn how to grow and preserve food.
Makes you think a lot about how skilled you would be at surviving without electricity. The Amish would probably have it the easiest, because they are self-sufficient already. We should all at least invest in the Foxfire books, and learn how to grow and preserve food.
August 16, 2018
I want to like these series, but the quality and depth of writing it equivalent to a Nancy Drew series. There is continuous redundancy and rehash of the same thoughts of the characters. We know a father (Walter) will do anything for his wife and daughter). Why does the author continually repeat this over and over and over?
The first three books should have been reduced to two books. I have read each of the first three books in a single sitting.
The first three books should have been reduced to two books. I have read each of the first three books in a single sitting.
January 20, 2019
A HT. SYFY. Novel (A TEMP - 3)/The Loss of Two Men
HT. has. penned the 3rd Novel in the EM P series. One of the women insist that they go to the college and rescue the girl trapped there. When they arrive they are assaulted by hidden men, but manage to stop then. There next stop is more dangerous and they lose two members of their group. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS
HT. has. penned the 3rd Novel in the EM P series. One of the women insist that they go to the college and rescue the girl trapped there. When they arrive they are assaulted by hidden men, but manage to stop then. There next stop is more dangerous and they lose two members of their group. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS
August 5, 2020
So far this third book in the After the EMP has been my favorite. As I learn more about the main characters the more I feel that I know them and don’t want any to die. They do get antibiotics and IV fluid and other things from the Chico University pharmacy and then find a house to try and recuperate in. But there is still more action to go. Now I really think reading this series is going to be worth it.
July 24, 2017
Well told tale
Would you be a survivor or a victim? Plenty of critical turning points are presented. How would you react in split seconds? How would you plan for a future off the grid forever? Realistic characters in do or die circumstances make the reader think about their own capability.
Would you be a survivor or a victim? Plenty of critical turning points are presented. How would you react in split seconds? How would you plan for a future off the grid forever? Realistic characters in do or die circumstances make the reader think about their own capability.
January 2, 2020
Lives up to its potential
Wasn’t sure whether this next book could be as good as the first few but it does and then some! Excellent writing, few errors if any. Journeying down the road with Madison, Brianna and the rest of the family is a fun ride, but also sad. There is plenty of excitement and even terror to keep you on the edge of your seat! Can’t wait to read the next book.
Wasn’t sure whether this next book could be as good as the first few but it does and then some! Excellent writing, few errors if any. Journeying down the road with Madison, Brianna and the rest of the family is a fun ride, but also sad. There is plenty of excitement and even terror to keep you on the edge of your seat! Can’t wait to read the next book.
December 22, 2017
Good Book
I enjoyed this 3 rd book in this series.There were so many thing happening that it was suspenseful and you were never sure what we happen next.Looking forward to the next book.
I enjoyed this 3 rd book in this series.There were so many thing happening that it was suspenseful and you were never sure what we happen next.Looking forward to the next book.
February 12, 2018
I am loving this series. This one pretty fast-paced . it is well written and you will like the characters they are so believable, The characters grow up so much more with each book. We are on this journey with them right by their sides. I can’t wait to start book 4.
February 14, 2019
Couldn't finish it. It's a story of stupid people doing stupid things. Just couldn't read one more "oh I'm a 19 year old girl so I'm going to do the dumbest thing possible by running off by myself to kill a bunch of people when I gave neither the experience or the skills to do so."
November 28, 2020
The adventure continues with lots of self doubt
The adventure brings lots of murder, suffering and heart ache for each member of our little band of survivors. Each with their own problems but also strengths for the challenges that they will face in this new devolving landscape .
The adventure brings lots of murder, suffering and heart ache for each member of our little band of survivors. Each with their own problems but also strengths for the challenges that they will face in this new devolving landscape .
November 21, 2022
not recommended
full of characters making stupid mistakes, lots of whining and endless discussions of what’s right in the apocalypse. Ended up skipping through the book to see how it ends. Just not my cup of tea.
full of characters making stupid mistakes, lots of whining and endless discussions of what’s right in the apocalypse. Ended up skipping through the book to see how it ends. Just not my cup of tea.
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