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The Calm Act #1
End Game
Time ran out on climate change.
Super-storms. Government surveillance and breakdown.
Tech whisperer Dee Baker seeks safety.
Because the climate science was almost right. It was already too late. Weather disasters spin out of control. Food prices skyrocket. Refugees spill everywhere, including Americans fleeing the dust bowl, floods, and hurricanes.
Congress has a plan, the Calm Act. Its public face is martial law. The secret measures are worse.
Dee's job provides her classified access to the truth. They promise her an ark berth, secure in a sealed biosphere. But she doesn't trust them to deliver. She's also dating Adam, a fun ark-itect, and Zack, who plans to organize the community and take a stand outside the arks.
In this apocalyptic adventure, set in the Northeast, ordinary people face a mounting climate crisis, and a government that seems to have betrayed them.
Dee needs a plan. Because the storms won't wait.
If you enjoy vivid characters, compelling world-building, and page-turning action, you'll love this first book of Ginger Booth's day-after-tomorrow Calm Act series.
Super-storms. Government surveillance and breakdown.
Tech whisperer Dee Baker seeks safety.
Because the climate science was almost right. It was already too late. Weather disasters spin out of control. Food prices skyrocket. Refugees spill everywhere, including Americans fleeing the dust bowl, floods, and hurricanes.
Congress has a plan, the Calm Act. Its public face is martial law. The secret measures are worse.
Dee's job provides her classified access to the truth. They promise her an ark berth, secure in a sealed biosphere. But she doesn't trust them to deliver. She's also dating Adam, a fun ark-itect, and Zack, who plans to organize the community and take a stand outside the arks.
In this apocalyptic adventure, set in the Northeast, ordinary people face a mounting climate crisis, and a government that seems to have betrayed them.
Dee needs a plan. Because the storms won't wait.
If you enjoy vivid characters, compelling world-building, and page-turning action, you'll love this first book of Ginger Booth's day-after-tomorrow Calm Act series.
314 pages, Paperback
First published September 26, 2015
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Ginger Booth
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After 14 years on walkabout to New York, Colorado, Texas and Tokyo, I swam home to spawn in shoreline Connecticut. A recovering computer programmer, I’ve worked in the seismic industry, semiconductor electronics, academic research in biology and environmental science, and online teaching simulators.
I live alone, and enjoy swimming, walking, and crafts. I grow vegetables indoors, until my crops spill outside and down the driveway. I read voraciously, curious about everything, especially how things work.
After 14 years on walkabout to New York, Colorado, Texas and Tokyo, I swam home to spawn in shoreline Connecticut. A recovering computer programmer, I’ve worked in the seismic industry, semiconductor electronics, academic research in biology and environmental science, and online teaching simulators.
I live alone, and enjoy swimming, walking, and crafts. I grow vegetables indoors, until my crops spill outside and down the driveway. I read voraciously, curious about everything, especially how things work.
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March 19, 2018
This is a quick, fun read. The protagonist is a quirky character with a lot of spunk, and the story has a fast pace that keeps you interested. As a scientist, I was a bit bothered by some of the technical details, but I'm sure that would be less of an issue for others. The main issue I had with this book was the ending. It felt like the author got to the end of the number of pages she intended to write, but still had two or three major plot elements to work in, so she just added them to the last chapter. It was a sudden ending that took away much of your emotional attachment to the characters, and didn't leave me with any desire to continue to reading the series.
November 21, 2015
This story takes place in the US. Earthquakes are happening all over. The weather is crazy- when it should be winter it's spring. Air quality is diminishing, and people are hungry everywhere.
The so called government is lying to everyone. They predict being able to sustain only a certain amount of human lives by being creative in how they reduce the population.
This was a nice easy read. What I liked was how there was not a lot of angst in this book. The story surrounds an intelligent girl who has to make a choice between two men living two completely different lives. She is helpful because she has access to information over the airwaves that the majority of humans do not. There are some sad moments in here, but nothing that will have you in tears.
If you need a relaxing book that tells an interesting story,or you need a small break from what you normally read, then this is a good choice if you like an end of days type of tale. It's a decent story to read leisurely and I don't mean that in a boring kind of way.
The so called government is lying to everyone. They predict being able to sustain only a certain amount of human lives by being creative in how they reduce the population.
This was a nice easy read. What I liked was how there was not a lot of angst in this book. The story surrounds an intelligent girl who has to make a choice between two men living two completely different lives. She is helpful because she has access to information over the airwaves that the majority of humans do not. There are some sad moments in here, but nothing that will have you in tears.
If you need a relaxing book that tells an interesting story,or you need a small break from what you normally read, then this is a good choice if you like an end of days type of tale. It's a decent story to read leisurely and I don't mean that in a boring kind of way.
January 29, 2018
The world as we know it is ending. Earthquakes and extreme weather are becoming more and more frequent. Countries are closing their borders, food shortage is becoming a big problem and the only way for people to survive is to get a place on the Arks the government are building. Dee was told she will get a place on her companies ark, but it's apparent that that isn't going to happen. How is she going to survive?
This book was extremely frustrating to read. On one hand, I enjoyed the idea behind it and the author does a great job with the world building and making the whole thing feel like something that could happen. But on the other hand, there's Dee. While I did like her for the most part, I just found some of the stuff she did a bit stupid. Plus there is a very unnecessary love triangle.
I liked that Dee was intelligent, willing to bend the rules to help others and an all round likable girl, I just found the idea of her love life silly and the way she acted was something that brought her character down. I mean, what was the need to have her in a relationship with 2 men and those two men seemingly ok with it. I want to say a lot about this but I will spoil something!!! I generally loathe love triangles, though there are a few I can abide because the girl handles it well, but this one just made me want to stop reading. Plus something happens and Dee ends up with someone different way too easy and too soon and that really annoyed me. She started off such a strong character but ended up weak in my eyes.
In all, this is an ok read, (once you get past the love triangle that is). It shows a bleak future that is plausible in this day and age. The plot is slow and doesn't really get going at all, but being book 1 I was kind of expecting it. This is more setting the scene for the next book. I really hope Dee gets her stuff together in the future books and becomes the strong character I hoped she was.
Laura Bannister read this well. She had a few tones and voices for the different characters, though I wanted more emotion from her. I think if she put more into her performance, it would have been perfect!!
I was given this free audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. This in no way affected nor influenced my thoughts.
This book was extremely frustrating to read. On one hand, I enjoyed the idea behind it and the author does a great job with the world building and making the whole thing feel like something that could happen. But on the other hand, there's Dee. While I did like her for the most part, I just found some of the stuff she did a bit stupid. Plus there is a very unnecessary love triangle.
I liked that Dee was intelligent, willing to bend the rules to help others and an all round likable girl, I just found the idea of her love life silly and the way she acted was something that brought her character down. I mean, what was the need to have her in a relationship with 2 men and those two men seemingly ok with it. I want to say a lot about this but I will spoil something!!! I generally loathe love triangles, though there are a few I can abide because the girl handles it well, but this one just made me want to stop reading. Plus something happens and Dee ends up with someone different way too easy and too soon and that really annoyed me. She started off such a strong character but ended up weak in my eyes.
In all, this is an ok read, (once you get past the love triangle that is). It shows a bleak future that is plausible in this day and age. The plot is slow and doesn't really get going at all, but being book 1 I was kind of expecting it. This is more setting the scene for the next book. I really hope Dee gets her stuff together in the future books and becomes the strong character I hoped she was.
Laura Bannister read this well. She had a few tones and voices for the different characters, though I wanted more emotion from her. I think if she put more into her performance, it would have been perfect!!
I was given this free audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. This in no way affected nor influenced my thoughts.
January 22, 2018
Meh.. I'll pass on the rest of the series
I really wanted to like this book and in the beginning I did, but by the end I was so disappointed in the main character and how she dealt with her grief that I don't even want to finish the series. The last quarter of the book was so depressing it made me wish I hadn't wasted my time. The way she treated her love life and the men in it was just plain ridiculous. I wish the author would have done a better job in consideration of the fact that Dee had just suffered a loss and it was strange for her to just move on the way she did with #3..I mean really we couldn't wait until book 2 for her to move on again?
I really wanted to like this book and in the beginning I did, but by the end I was so disappointed in the main character and how she dealt with her grief that I don't even want to finish the series. The last quarter of the book was so depressing it made me wish I hadn't wasted my time. The way she treated her love life and the men in it was just plain ridiculous. I wish the author would have done a better job in consideration of the fact that Dee had just suffered a loss and it was strange for her to just move on the way she did with #3..I mean really we couldn't wait until book 2 for her to move on again?
September 9, 2016
In a world gone crazy, how do you find the strength to carry on?
Dee Baker, this novel’s intrepid heroine, demonstrates how you do it with tenacity, with teamwork, and with a willingness to bend the usual rules of American Society. And she does it with enough good humor, sarcasm, and a lust for life, that the reader is carried along on her quest. I read this novel quickly and spent lots of time with the book in my hands when I should have been doing something else. It got me!
[Potential spoiler alert.] The world has failed to come to grips with global warming and with climate change, and it is now too late to do anything about preventing the crisis. There are global water and food shortages and massive migrations of people seeking a place and a way to survive. Equally bad, weather patterns are violent and unpredictable and capable of dramatically reducing population levels.
Internationally, each nation finds that they must commit draconian acts to ensure their own survival. Russia nukes the Middle East, the European Union reverts to banishing all Moslems who won’t convert (something they last did in the Middle Ages), and the United States blockades their coasts and secures their borders, both internationally and within the country. Freedom of movement and most of our guaranteed freedoms have been effectively abrogated. Canada is doing what it can and may even absorb some new provinces from the northern tier of US states as a way to “help out.”
The US government and their Homeland Security Apparatus are building “arks,” protected areas where some level of the population can survive the killing weather, the shortages, and life inhibiting atmosphere. The rest of the population--the government won’t say--but they may be expendable.
Enter Dee Baker, master gardener and crackerjack web designer for a large media company. She’s in a position to know that real news and factual information are being rationed and that the survival of the population depends on a free flow of it. She inadvertently became part of the resistance and a key cog in the sustenance of her small local community along the southern shore of Connecticut.
This is Ms. Booth’s first novel and it is a promising start. The dystopian future she envisions is “near turn” and feels plausible. It is a dark and horrible future—it is the end of the species after all--but our heroine and the rest of the cast are strong and engaged and we breeze along with them with faith and with hope for their (and our) future. I think this is an important subject and I hope the book is widely read.
Dee Baker, this novel’s intrepid heroine, demonstrates how you do it with tenacity, with teamwork, and with a willingness to bend the usual rules of American Society. And she does it with enough good humor, sarcasm, and a lust for life, that the reader is carried along on her quest. I read this novel quickly and spent lots of time with the book in my hands when I should have been doing something else. It got me!
[Potential spoiler alert.] The world has failed to come to grips with global warming and with climate change, and it is now too late to do anything about preventing the crisis. There are global water and food shortages and massive migrations of people seeking a place and a way to survive. Equally bad, weather patterns are violent and unpredictable and capable of dramatically reducing population levels.
Internationally, each nation finds that they must commit draconian acts to ensure their own survival. Russia nukes the Middle East, the European Union reverts to banishing all Moslems who won’t convert (something they last did in the Middle Ages), and the United States blockades their coasts and secures their borders, both internationally and within the country. Freedom of movement and most of our guaranteed freedoms have been effectively abrogated. Canada is doing what it can and may even absorb some new provinces from the northern tier of US states as a way to “help out.”
The US government and their Homeland Security Apparatus are building “arks,” protected areas where some level of the population can survive the killing weather, the shortages, and life inhibiting atmosphere. The rest of the population--the government won’t say--but they may be expendable.
Enter Dee Baker, master gardener and crackerjack web designer for a large media company. She’s in a position to know that real news and factual information are being rationed and that the survival of the population depends on a free flow of it. She inadvertently became part of the resistance and a key cog in the sustenance of her small local community along the southern shore of Connecticut.
This is Ms. Booth’s first novel and it is a promising start. The dystopian future she envisions is “near turn” and feels plausible. It is a dark and horrible future—it is the end of the species after all--but our heroine and the rest of the cast are strong and engaged and we breeze along with them with faith and with hope for their (and our) future. I think this is an important subject and I hope the book is widely read.
January 4, 2017
End game (Calm Act Book 1)
Refreshing apocalyptic book that is more what my idea of what it would be like. Although EMP's and other things are possible, they are highly unlikely, where natural disasters and extreme weather happen all the time. I commend the author with a bravo! Well thought out and realistic!
Refreshing apocalyptic book that is more what my idea of what it would be like. Although EMP's and other things are possible, they are highly unlikely, where natural disasters and extreme weather happen all the time. I commend the author with a bravo! Well thought out and realistic!
August 28, 2017
I'm totally captivated by the series. It seems a depressing topic, but the creative way that she has her characters dealing with the direst of situations with the total chaos of complete civilization collapse is somehow hopeful. There's a good bit of the joy of nature, of raising one's own food, and of connecting deeply with people while working with them that answers something in me .
January 12, 2017
Gem in a world of Kindle Unlimited books
Enjoyed the main character was female and not a complete ditz. She works to improve not just her life in TEOTWAWKI but the lives of those in her neighborhood.
Enjoyed the main character was female and not a complete ditz. She works to improve not just her life in TEOTWAWKI but the lives of those in her neighborhood.
October 10, 2020
I found this book by searching for environmental fiction. I often read post-apocalyptic fiction. What I was really looking for was how people deal with a societal breakdown. The last two standouts for me in that genre were Dies the Fire and Lucifer's Hammer. But too many others were too grim. So my new search.
I really liked End Game for its characters, their interactions and strong female characters. The solid grounding in today's climate change environment and scientific speculation of the future of climate change gave this story a strong foundation.
I also appreciated that the female heroine was relatable. The story itself was involving and broad enough to be gripping. This is the first book in a series. I'll be going on to see what happens next. I appreciate that the end was not a cliffhanger.
I really liked End Game for its characters, their interactions and strong female characters. The solid grounding in today's climate change environment and scientific speculation of the future of climate change gave this story a strong foundation.
I also appreciated that the female heroine was relatable. The story itself was involving and broad enough to be gripping. This is the first book in a series. I'll be going on to see what happens next. I appreciate that the end was not a cliffhanger.
December 8, 2020
If you were a fan of the movie 2012 you are going to LOVE this book! It never STOPS! Dee isn't a kick-ass, take no prisoners kind of heroine, she's more find the silver lining in the situation after she thought outside the box and was wearing steampunk while doing it. The planet got tired of us and is fighting back, you can lay down and die or laugh and own the day.
January 26, 2020
This is one of those books that I am truly struggling to review. I read a lot of books in the apocalyptic genre and maybe that is why I am having a hard time with this one. Most of the books that I have read in this genre are full of action and conflict. This book didn't have much action and the only conflict was in the love triangle. Maybe that explains my lack of enthusiasm.
The world seems to be on the verge of an apocalypse due to climate change and its inherent problems. Dee Baker works for a Tech Company involved in reporting the weather and news. This gives her access to the "truth" instead of just the filtered news that most of the country hears. However, the book never really delves into this aspect enough to really tell you what is going on. I felt like this book was a buildup to bigger things and maybe if the series continues, readers might fin out what is really happening.
Many things were hinted at, such as people committing government sanctioned suicide by using oxycodone, but I never really figured out what was so horrific that would cause mass suicides. Also, I never really figured out why the borders were being closed and something like martial law was being used. I just never really saw the apocalyptic part that clearly.
Then, you have the main character, Dee Baker, being more like a teenager in her romantic entanglements with several men. This part of the book became very annoying to me and made me really dislike Dee. The one character that I really cared about was killed off abruptly and quickly forgotten by his supposed girlfriend. UGH!
A couple of characters were thrown into the mix but I never really figured out what their purpose was in the story. Toward the end of the book, a young nameless girl was introduced, then disappeared a few weeks later. Nobody wondered about her at all? Really?
It seemed like the worst part of this situation to these characters was having to eat cabbage and potatoes cooked in a variety of ways, not the government enforced stuff. The book was well-written, but it just wasn't my personal cup of tea. The narrator did a good job, but I have to admit that I sped up the book a lot in order to finish it. I just got bored with it somewhere along the way.
I was given the chance to listen to the audiobook version of this book by the author and chose to review it.
The world seems to be on the verge of an apocalypse due to climate change and its inherent problems. Dee Baker works for a Tech Company involved in reporting the weather and news. This gives her access to the "truth" instead of just the filtered news that most of the country hears. However, the book never really delves into this aspect enough to really tell you what is going on. I felt like this book was a buildup to bigger things and maybe if the series continues, readers might fin out what is really happening.
Many things were hinted at, such as people committing government sanctioned suicide by using oxycodone, but I never really figured out what was so horrific that would cause mass suicides. Also, I never really figured out why the borders were being closed and something like martial law was being used. I just never really saw the apocalyptic part that clearly.
Then, you have the main character, Dee Baker, being more like a teenager in her romantic entanglements with several men. This part of the book became very annoying to me and made me really dislike Dee. The one character that I really cared about was killed off abruptly and quickly forgotten by his supposed girlfriend. UGH!
A couple of characters were thrown into the mix but I never really figured out what their purpose was in the story. Toward the end of the book, a young nameless girl was introduced, then disappeared a few weeks later. Nobody wondered about her at all? Really?
It seemed like the worst part of this situation to these characters was having to eat cabbage and potatoes cooked in a variety of ways, not the government enforced stuff. The book was well-written, but it just wasn't my personal cup of tea. The narrator did a good job, but I have to admit that I sped up the book a lot in order to finish it. I just got bored with it somewhere along the way.
I was given the chance to listen to the audiobook version of this book by the author and chose to review it.
May 3, 2020
I love this series, both quartets so far. Strong female characters, relatively realistic, not too gung-ho military or preachy. Good mix of laughter and tears, with some decent intervals of action. I really appreciate that these books tackle some of the important topics of our world (racism, misogyny, gender differences, immigration, poverty, etc.) without using the book as a bludgeon or a pulpit. I can't wait to see what else comes out!
September 29, 2019
Apocalyptic Fiction
What would you do if climate change changed your world? Would you be able change yourself? Are you flexible enough? These are questions Dee Baker faces. What are her strengths? Loved this book, can't wait to read the next one!
What would you do if climate change changed your world? Would you be able change yourself? Are you flexible enough? These are questions Dee Baker faces. What are her strengths? Loved this book, can't wait to read the next one!
November 21, 2017
Couldn't Get Into It!
Was just too slow moving for me, but to feel like I'm being fair with the author I gave 3 stars.
Was just too slow moving for me, but to feel like I'm being fair with the author I gave 3 stars.
January 16, 2018
Spoiler alert!
Why kill off her boyfriend? I won't read anything by this author anymore. How depressing this book is. That's not the way your supposed to feel when you read a book.
Why kill off her boyfriend? I won't read anything by this author anymore. How depressing this book is. That's not the way your supposed to feel when you read a book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 23, 2017
It's funny, I was at first sure the author was a woman; then I was unsure for more than half the book until I saw a picture a moment ago. I should have known because of the way she handled the main character, especially the love interest.
I think the book is an interesting study. This is one possible future of the USA, which for various reasons has, for some time, seemed quite possible.
Apparently in this future, the break down of the country is caused by problems with food production and water shortage. The basis is of course, climate change, and some fairly horrific natural disasters are described.
I found that the initial causes of the upheaval were a little vague, however the narrative motors on regardless and is quite absorbing. Having established the causes, the book dives into a likely social upheaval. The government now controls all news, whether about 'crowd control', weather or natural disaster.
The main character is primarily involved in side-stepping these controls. She already has a job handling computerized systems that kept the government informed; but she hates how important weather and social news is withheld from the population. She sets out to correct this.
She is also involved in setting up a viable community. It involves a squad of armed people to protect the area, cooperation with other nearby communities, and ways of growing food and teaching others to do so.
So the book is a reasonable scenario of a dystopian future. It is as much an interesting and exciting narrative, as a relatively scientific examination of possible outcomes.
For those that want to avoid goblins, werewolves, witches, zombies, pointy-nosed rocket ships, interstellar ignorance, 'heroes' jumping off tall buildings and avoiding twenty-bad-guys-with-machine-guns-and-killing-them-all, and avoid those with extreme mental abilities, this book might be for you.
I think the book is an interesting study. This is one possible future of the USA, which for various reasons has, for some time, seemed quite possible.
Apparently in this future, the break down of the country is caused by problems with food production and water shortage. The basis is of course, climate change, and some fairly horrific natural disasters are described.
I found that the initial causes of the upheaval were a little vague, however the narrative motors on regardless and is quite absorbing. Having established the causes, the book dives into a likely social upheaval. The government now controls all news, whether about 'crowd control', weather or natural disaster.
The main character is primarily involved in side-stepping these controls. She already has a job handling computerized systems that kept the government informed; but she hates how important weather and social news is withheld from the population. She sets out to correct this.
She is also involved in setting up a viable community. It involves a squad of armed people to protect the area, cooperation with other nearby communities, and ways of growing food and teaching others to do so.
So the book is a reasonable scenario of a dystopian future. It is as much an interesting and exciting narrative, as a relatively scientific examination of possible outcomes.
For those that want to avoid goblins, werewolves, witches, zombies, pointy-nosed rocket ships, interstellar ignorance, 'heroes' jumping off tall buildings and avoiding twenty-bad-guys-with-machine-guns-and-killing-them-all, and avoid those with extreme mental abilities, this book might be for you.
January 27, 2018
End Game - Calm Act BK 1
The storyline is awesome, although given its perspective, at times, can bide somewhat confusing. I am hoping as I continue the series some of the confusion will be revealed.
Some of my most prevalent suggestions would be, MAPS, it is hard to picture some of these borders and communities, even the other countries the book discussed. Visual aids would greatly enhance the readers experience with the authors vision. Especially given the satellite feeds Dee had access too. Next would be, a current year in story, it gives plenty of past dates, some not so far from present times, but what is the date of this story? With all of the climate changes and political situations, figuring out a timeline in things would help with visualization.
Reading a book is so much more fulfilling if readers can immerse themselves completely in a storyline, sometimes that requires a little more detail, as in this case, to picture a world in one's minds eye, that someone else has created. So 4 instead of 5 stars, for those reasons alone.
Editing issues are minimal and in most cases do not cause confusion on the readers part.
The storyline is awesome, although given its perspective, at times, can bide somewhat confusing. I am hoping as I continue the series some of the confusion will be revealed.
Some of my most prevalent suggestions would be, MAPS, it is hard to picture some of these borders and communities, even the other countries the book discussed. Visual aids would greatly enhance the readers experience with the authors vision. Especially given the satellite feeds Dee had access too. Next would be, a current year in story, it gives plenty of past dates, some not so far from present times, but what is the date of this story? With all of the climate changes and political situations, figuring out a timeline in things would help with visualization.
Reading a book is so much more fulfilling if readers can immerse themselves completely in a storyline, sometimes that requires a little more detail, as in this case, to picture a world in one's minds eye, that someone else has created. So 4 instead of 5 stars, for those reasons alone.
Editing issues are minimal and in most cases do not cause confusion on the readers part.
August 7, 2024
Very believable story about what might happen if nobody does anything about climate change. Every summer is the hottest summer on record, there are record-breaking storms and hurricanes all the time, the news just stops reporting them after a while. They don't report the deaths. Everything in the news and Internet is censored. Rich people and corporations build arks to hide in, but of course not everyone can get a place on an ark. One of the best job prospects for a regular person is as a guard for the outside of an ark. Doctors hand out lethal doses of oxycodone like candy for anyone who doesn't want to live in this world anymore.
The story was so realistic I had trouble continuing it sometimes. However, one part that was not realistic was the love triangle. It literally starts in the first chapter and almost made me not read this book, so I deducted a star. With Dee's steampunk clothes and lack of personality it really seemed like an author-wish-fulfillment-thing. Fortunately whenever there is sex it is not described in any amount of detail. Dee does get more personality later in the series, though the romances do not stop.
The story was so realistic I had trouble continuing it sometimes. However, one part that was not realistic was the love triangle. It literally starts in the first chapter and almost made me not read this book, so I deducted a star. With Dee's steampunk clothes and lack of personality it really seemed like an author-wish-fulfillment-thing. Fortunately whenever there is sex it is not described in any amount of detail. Dee does get more personality later in the series, though the romances do not stop.
December 27, 2019
I have read all the Calm Act Feral America books so I was familiar with Dee Baker's name, but this book really lets you get to know Dee Baker, the person. She is a normal person, conflicted between trying to survive and feeling guilty about the people she cannot help; about who to choose - Adam or Zach. She is trying to do her bit to help fellow survivors with truthful media, while staying under the radar of Homeland Security. I love that she is so tech savvy on one hand but also loves nature and gardening and getting her hands dirty.
In End Game you can see the rapid deterioration of the weather, the breaking down of society, borders closing down and Arks filling up. I really enjoyed this book, it tied up a lot of loose ends for me that I was wondering about from the Feral America series. Dee is a happy, vivacious, strong woman who has to make a lot of tough decisions. I highly recommend this book
In End Game you can see the rapid deterioration of the weather, the breaking down of society, borders closing down and Arks filling up. I really enjoyed this book, it tied up a lot of loose ends for me that I was wondering about from the Feral America series. Dee is a happy, vivacious, strong woman who has to make a lot of tough decisions. I highly recommend this book
September 23, 2017
This book was a little slower than I like. The good part is, all of the conditions and assumptions are probably closer to the truth than we think. We are currently on the environmental time clock. By 2050, we will reap what we have sowed, unless we change things very quickly. When you really think about it, the government would react in the same fashion as portrayed here. It can be very unsettling and mind-bending to produce a novel with this type of story. Very well written and I hope more people will read it and decide to help us hold on to our Mother Earth.
March 5, 2018
Beauty In Chaos
This is an absolute GEM of a TEOTWAWKI novel. I rate it high with my favorites like Alas Babylon and Warday. The characters are people, imperfect, unpredictable people and the author writes to make you very much care for them. The global effects of the climate change are a heck of a lot scarier than zombies and it’s to the author’s credit that she presents it not in a heavy handed way. Highest Possible Sparkyverse Recommendation! My sincere thanks to the author.
Read courtesy of Kindle Unlimited. Going to buy it right now.
This is an absolute GEM of a TEOTWAWKI novel. I rate it high with my favorites like Alas Babylon and Warday. The characters are people, imperfect, unpredictable people and the author writes to make you very much care for them. The global effects of the climate change are a heck of a lot scarier than zombies and it’s to the author’s credit that she presents it not in a heavy handed way. Highest Possible Sparkyverse Recommendation! My sincere thanks to the author.
Read courtesy of Kindle Unlimited. Going to buy it right now.
October 6, 2020
Good potential
This book deals with an apocalypse a bit differently, with crazy weather and how the Earth can no longer sustain it's population. The US has declared The Calm Act, which basically is taking away all civil liberties. The main character is Dee, who starts off as a pretty strong character but her love life was a bit strange....
Since this was the author's first book, so I am hoping for more character development and for their interactions with each other stronger and for it to make more sense
This book deals with an apocalypse a bit differently, with crazy weather and how the Earth can no longer sustain it's population. The US has declared The Calm Act, which basically is taking away all civil liberties. The main character is Dee, who starts off as a pretty strong character but her love life was a bit strange....
Since this was the author's first book, so I am hoping for more character development and for their interactions with each other stronger and for it to make more sense
March 10, 2024
I will not have good enough phrases to describe how great this book was. Unexpected and totally original storyline, fantastic FMC and supporting cast of characters, twists, turns and just a helluva ride. If I had to stop to eat, it was annoying - I was that invested in this book.
The writing is excellent and the imaginative turn on an apocalyptic world was just so fresh and interesting. Sprinkle liberally with conspiracy theories I have never heard of, and it just made for the best reading I've had in a while.
The writing is excellent and the imaginative turn on an apocalyptic world was just so fresh and interesting. Sprinkle liberally with conspiracy theories I have never heard of, and it just made for the best reading I've had in a while.
June 26, 2017
This book goes on my top 10 list!
This was kind of a different take on the post apocalyptic theme. I felt the author did a good job of providing the dark and dismal side of people but also showed there is always something to be thankful for. The characters were diverse and the story kept me interested..I finished in one day. I'd much rather read a good book than clean the house!!
This was kind of a different take on the post apocalyptic theme. I felt the author did a good job of providing the dark and dismal side of people but also showed there is always something to be thankful for. The characters were diverse and the story kept me interested..I finished in one day. I'd much rather read a good book than clean the house!!
November 13, 2017
It is no secret that I like apocalyptic books and this is no exception. This one was a bit different than most but still very enjoyable. The book is very believable in that I could see something like that actually happening. Companies & the government misleading employees and citizens all in an attempt to keep the people from rising against them while they complete their plan. I will definitely be keeping an eye on this author's future works.
August 28, 2018
Storytelling at its best
Ginger Booth you "tell" a great story! I read the whole book in one sitting and plan to read the next one right after this review. Well written. The Characters are real, the circumstances are believable and done in a way I haven't read before and I've been on an apocalyptic binge for over two years. I have to thank Amazon for putting you on my recommended list. Excellent read.
Ginger Booth you "tell" a great story! I read the whole book in one sitting and plan to read the next one right after this review. Well written. The Characters are real, the circumstances are believable and done in a way I haven't read before and I've been on an apocalyptic binge for over two years. I have to thank Amazon for putting you on my recommended list. Excellent read.
September 28, 2018
Above Average
This was a very interesting story about the end of civilization as we know it. It wasn’t all of a sudden; instead it was slow and planned well in advance. There were several factors involved and seemed very realistic.
Ginger Booth did a good job of setting the atmosphere and creating unique characters. But, while this was a good story, I am not sure I will continue with the series. The end seemed very rushed and didn’t compel me to keep reading the series.
This was a very interesting story about the end of civilization as we know it. It wasn’t all of a sudden; instead it was slow and planned well in advance. There were several factors involved and seemed very realistic.
Ginger Booth did a good job of setting the atmosphere and creating unique characters. But, while this was a good story, I am not sure I will continue with the series. The end seemed very rushed and didn’t compel me to keep reading the series.
October 3, 2018
Different take on the apocalyptic genre
Good story and excellent writing, however the narrator was not the best choice. She made the story flat and almost uninteresting. (Goes to show how far a good writing and story line can hold up under a monotone reading.
The characters were well developed, thoughtfully played, and ultimately woven beautifully within the story line.
I look forward to reading the second book. Hopefully with a new narrator. 😀
Good story and excellent writing, however the narrator was not the best choice. She made the story flat and almost uninteresting. (Goes to show how far a good writing and story line can hold up under a monotone reading.
The characters were well developed, thoughtfully played, and ultimately woven beautifully within the story line.
I look forward to reading the second book. Hopefully with a new narrator. 😀
June 21, 2022
Great book!
I loved reading this series starter. This is a very well written story, I liked that there is enough information given on various subjects without becoming boring. I look forward to continuing on with the remaining books.
I especially like the characters, all of them. I was sad to see Zack leave us, but that is the nature of the beast.
Thank you Ginger for creating this world and giving it to us to ponder.
I loved reading this series starter. This is a very well written story, I liked that there is enough information given on various subjects without becoming boring. I look forward to continuing on with the remaining books.
I especially like the characters, all of them. I was sad to see Zack leave us, but that is the nature of the beast.
Thank you Ginger for creating this world and giving it to us to ponder.
April 11, 2024
I absolutely hated the writing style.
Its the end of the world. Crazy storms and everyone is dying of Ebola. But we still have utilities, internet, and cars with gas. Who works at the utility companies? And stuff would just randomly happens out of the blue, never to be talked about again. “We found a little girl, fed her, dewormed her, cleaned her up, then she was gone”. Why??
I won’t be reading the rest of the series.
Its the end of the world. Crazy storms and everyone is dying of Ebola. But we still have utilities, internet, and cars with gas. Who works at the utility companies? And stuff would just randomly happens out of the blue, never to be talked about again. “We found a little girl, fed her, dewormed her, cleaned her up, then she was gone”. Why??
I won’t be reading the rest of the series.
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