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Nuclear Survival Saga #6
Ride it Out
After the unthinkable, how far would you go to find your family?
Midge and Danny survived a plane crash and a nuclear explosion, but they can’t rest until Midge finds her mother. With nothing to go on except a description of her car and the route she traveled, it’s a dangerous mission that might be their last.
As panic sets in, every decision is life or death.
Heading closer and closer to the blast site, Midge and Danny’s deadliest obstacles become other survivors. When a chance reunion with old friends turns into a dangerous ambush, Midge draws on her new-found survival skills to escape. Not everyone is so lucky.
Hard choices will be made and lives lost.
With the Canadian border growing more and more crowded, their chances of crossing are slim. If they don’t head that way soon, the promised safe haven will be off-limits. Can Midge and Danny survive long enough to make it? Or will Midge’s quest to find her mother be their undoing?
The attack is only the beginning.
Ride it Out is book three in Nuclear Survival: Northern Exposure, a post-apocalyptic thriller series following ordinary people struggling to survive after a nuclear attack on the Unites States plunges the nation into chaos.
Midge and Danny survived a plane crash and a nuclear explosion, but they can’t rest until Midge finds her mother. With nothing to go on except a description of her car and the route she traveled, it’s a dangerous mission that might be their last.
As panic sets in, every decision is life or death.
Heading closer and closer to the blast site, Midge and Danny’s deadliest obstacles become other survivors. When a chance reunion with old friends turns into a dangerous ambush, Midge draws on her new-found survival skills to escape. Not everyone is so lucky.
Hard choices will be made and lives lost.
With the Canadian border growing more and more crowded, their chances of crossing are slim. If they don’t head that way soon, the promised safe haven will be off-limits. Can Midge and Danny survive long enough to make it? Or will Midge’s quest to find her mother be their undoing?
The attack is only the beginning.
Ride it Out is book three in Nuclear Survival: Northern Exposure, a post-apocalyptic thriller series following ordinary people struggling to survive after a nuclear attack on the Unites States plunges the nation into chaos.
- GenresPost Apocalyptic
240 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 15, 2019
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Harley Tate
47 books160 followersWhen the world as we know it falls apart, how far will you go to survive?
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.
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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May 18, 2019
Loved this book, I think I read it in 4 hours. Thank you Harley for another great book. Can’t wait for the next one💕
April 6, 2025
"Take The Hit", "Duck For Cover" and "Ride It Out" are the three serial adventures of two very young and rather immature post nuclear survival citizens within a now rather defunct United States. There are problems with this adventure, mostly beginning with the fact that the set up is just not believable from the very first moment it begins.
"Take The Hit" begins the sage: Book One. In a super busy avionics environment, namely Chicago O'Hare airport and its environs, we're supposed to believe only one or two youngsters and a couple of others survive a nose-diving plane? How? Once they glide to the ground, through the deployed emergency exit slide, where should they go? How should they get to safety? Well, after escaping from the downed aircraft, and managing to bust into a secured garage space, they steal a golf cart-type service vehicle and flee the scene. Of course, who wouldn't see that as a bit problematic? That pretty much sums up book one. We don't know that things are going to go well, but we assume there's more to come. Midge, a girl, not a bug, meets Danny, a college kid; they are seat-mates in the doomed aircraft, who manage to stay close enough to each other to become attached and bonded on their missions of survival. It gets complicated from there. In and out of risky situations, the two meet an assortment of characters, help where they can and move on where they must. I will say, they keep moving. They know the grid is down, help might not be on the way and they have to keep it together for safety, if nothing else. Blah, blah, blah. And it ends.
In book two, "Duck For Cover", the same group of determined kids continue the journey. Things are not going well. Nevertheless, they manage and find themselves zipping in and out of stalled traffic, abandoned or scavenged residences and businesses, being accosted and mugged by gang members, trigger-happy store owners and other assorted characters impacted by the sudden loss of the "grid" also known as the internet, and any and all sources of power. There are so many plot holes in the story, if you start to think you've got it all down, one more missing piece pops up and changes the dynamic. Through it all, these kids manage to survive and even rescue a couple of other scared and ravaged people from the grasp of a society gone mad.
It isn't anarchy, because no one can either blame the government or continue to believe the government is going to soon send some help. No one shows up to rescue, but plenty of bad guys show up to continue to present challenges and crisis situations. It's strung together very loosely, but with dogged determination, still they plod on to keep their focus on reaching the oddly conceived notion that Midge (the female protagonist) will be able, from among millions of casualties, to find her mother and a family friend, alive and well in a tiny suburb, away from the blast radius and the circumference of nuclear fallout destruction. Spoiler alert: That plan doesn't work out very well. No happy ending there.
Still, along with her new found friend Danny, that trust-fund college kid who thinks he wants to be a doctor some day, but seems more like a golden retriever puppy she can't abandon, the chase continues. In and out of pseudo-medical crises, little to no shelter, food or water to keep them going, they move on with that rescue goal becoming a bit more dim as time creeps forward. Again, they are set upon by people with bad intentions, poor intellect but superior strength, yet Midge and Danny see success and are undaunted. Almost. Book Two frustrated me the most because it just ends with a cliff hanging note of despair. Are they going to be successful or are they going to fail because they just don't know how to navigate the challenges or the mysteries of survival? You have to find Book Three to keep going forward.
That's where it all just devolved into a farcial mess for me. Book Three, "Ride It Out", is a mess. The reader is expected to believe a 20 year old wanna-be goth hacker nerd can manage to free herself and 50 other women from a potential sex trafficking ring? Is she superwoman in disguise? I kept expecting the kid, Danny to break out his Platinum Am Ex card and buy his way into a Tesla dealership mainstream, but of course, without the internet, plastic is no longer king. Neither of them has any cash, now. What to do, what to do? I know this was all supposed to be melodramatic, but I found myself laughing out loud at some of the escapades these two blockbusting kids pull off. In and out of range of danger, every moment is do-or-die, but it all began to be a bit much on the threads of credulity. Through all of the peril, she still keeps dragging around the dude who has become sort of a woos by now, as he struggles with his own moral dilemma and his strained relationship with a father who is never introduced in more than a reflective, self-berating internal monologue. We never do find out if the dad lives or not.
Finally, near the conclusion of book three, there emerges some down to earth, actually nice and decent folks, between North Dakota and Canada, who at least offer some help, supplies and a few moments of peace and quiet. It's not much, but it's enough to get them through and eventually, they find the location where the few internet hackers who have managed to tease out a safe haven, for now, are regrouped. That's it. The drama is done.
So there were the plot holes, the empty trails, the pointless detours and the unraveling threads of the series. It just needed...Conclusion. Completion. Finale. Not a fizzled out, damp fuse firework of a snuffed candle.
The mystery is not resolved. The plot is not revealed. The budding relationship has only a tiny spark of hands held and hugs exchanged.
It's a rather disappointing ending to some pretty good stunts, but there's no impact to a decided ending.
I did finish all three, as a series, but if there is a 4th episode, I doubt I would bother to read.
There's just not enough here. I should note I have read "After The EMP" series by this author and found that grouping to be stunningly readable, full of invention, great dialogue, suspense and dramatic conclusion, so there is much to be desired in his inventory. This series, though, in my opinion, was more for young readers who might not have adult language or reasoning. I'd rate it as young adult, juvenile aged reader material.
"Take The Hit" begins the sage: Book One. In a super busy avionics environment, namely Chicago O'Hare airport and its environs, we're supposed to believe only one or two youngsters and a couple of others survive a nose-diving plane? How? Once they glide to the ground, through the deployed emergency exit slide, where should they go? How should they get to safety? Well, after escaping from the downed aircraft, and managing to bust into a secured garage space, they steal a golf cart-type service vehicle and flee the scene. Of course, who wouldn't see that as a bit problematic? That pretty much sums up book one. We don't know that things are going to go well, but we assume there's more to come. Midge, a girl, not a bug, meets Danny, a college kid; they are seat-mates in the doomed aircraft, who manage to stay close enough to each other to become attached and bonded on their missions of survival. It gets complicated from there. In and out of risky situations, the two meet an assortment of characters, help where they can and move on where they must. I will say, they keep moving. They know the grid is down, help might not be on the way and they have to keep it together for safety, if nothing else. Blah, blah, blah. And it ends.
In book two, "Duck For Cover", the same group of determined kids continue the journey. Things are not going well. Nevertheless, they manage and find themselves zipping in and out of stalled traffic, abandoned or scavenged residences and businesses, being accosted and mugged by gang members, trigger-happy store owners and other assorted characters impacted by the sudden loss of the "grid" also known as the internet, and any and all sources of power. There are so many plot holes in the story, if you start to think you've got it all down, one more missing piece pops up and changes the dynamic. Through it all, these kids manage to survive and even rescue a couple of other scared and ravaged people from the grasp of a society gone mad.
It isn't anarchy, because no one can either blame the government or continue to believe the government is going to soon send some help. No one shows up to rescue, but plenty of bad guys show up to continue to present challenges and crisis situations. It's strung together very loosely, but with dogged determination, still they plod on to keep their focus on reaching the oddly conceived notion that Midge (the female protagonist) will be able, from among millions of casualties, to find her mother and a family friend, alive and well in a tiny suburb, away from the blast radius and the circumference of nuclear fallout destruction. Spoiler alert: That plan doesn't work out very well. No happy ending there.
Still, along with her new found friend Danny, that trust-fund college kid who thinks he wants to be a doctor some day, but seems more like a golden retriever puppy she can't abandon, the chase continues. In and out of pseudo-medical crises, little to no shelter, food or water to keep them going, they move on with that rescue goal becoming a bit more dim as time creeps forward. Again, they are set upon by people with bad intentions, poor intellect but superior strength, yet Midge and Danny see success and are undaunted. Almost. Book Two frustrated me the most because it just ends with a cliff hanging note of despair. Are they going to be successful or are they going to fail because they just don't know how to navigate the challenges or the mysteries of survival? You have to find Book Three to keep going forward.
That's where it all just devolved into a farcial mess for me. Book Three, "Ride It Out", is a mess. The reader is expected to believe a 20 year old wanna-be goth hacker nerd can manage to free herself and 50 other women from a potential sex trafficking ring? Is she superwoman in disguise? I kept expecting the kid, Danny to break out his Platinum Am Ex card and buy his way into a Tesla dealership mainstream, but of course, without the internet, plastic is no longer king. Neither of them has any cash, now. What to do, what to do? I know this was all supposed to be melodramatic, but I found myself laughing out loud at some of the escapades these two blockbusting kids pull off. In and out of range of danger, every moment is do-or-die, but it all began to be a bit much on the threads of credulity. Through all of the peril, she still keeps dragging around the dude who has become sort of a woos by now, as he struggles with his own moral dilemma and his strained relationship with a father who is never introduced in more than a reflective, self-berating internal monologue. We never do find out if the dad lives or not.
Finally, near the conclusion of book three, there emerges some down to earth, actually nice and decent folks, between North Dakota and Canada, who at least offer some help, supplies and a few moments of peace and quiet. It's not much, but it's enough to get them through and eventually, they find the location where the few internet hackers who have managed to tease out a safe haven, for now, are regrouped. That's it. The drama is done.
So there were the plot holes, the empty trails, the pointless detours and the unraveling threads of the series. It just needed...Conclusion. Completion. Finale. Not a fizzled out, damp fuse firework of a snuffed candle.
The mystery is not resolved. The plot is not revealed. The budding relationship has only a tiny spark of hands held and hugs exchanged.
It's a rather disappointing ending to some pretty good stunts, but there's no impact to a decided ending.
I did finish all three, as a series, but if there is a 4th episode, I doubt I would bother to read.
There's just not enough here. I should note I have read "After The EMP" series by this author and found that grouping to be stunningly readable, full of invention, great dialogue, suspense and dramatic conclusion, so there is much to be desired in his inventory. This series, though, in my opinion, was more for young readers who might not have adult language or reasoning. I'd rate it as young adult, juvenile aged reader material.
May 20, 2025
Not bad finale!
Ride It Out, the final book in the Northern Exposure post-EMP/nuclear war series and is a worthy finale to the series. Midge, Danny and several allies along the way struggle with raiders, human trafficking rings, deaths and all kinds of other adversity. Midge's story arc is particularly impressive, she is not the same timid girl we met on the plane in Take The Hit. Danny has grown quite a bit from before the attacks either. The writing is good, the primary characters are well developed, the action fast and furious and the plot matches up with the pace. If you like apocalyptic survival thrillers, check out Ride It Out and the rest of the Northern Exposure series, you won't regret it. 4/5 stars!
Ride It Out, the final book in the Northern Exposure post-EMP/nuclear war series and is a worthy finale to the series. Midge, Danny and several allies along the way struggle with raiders, human trafficking rings, deaths and all kinds of other adversity. Midge's story arc is particularly impressive, she is not the same timid girl we met on the plane in Take The Hit. Danny has grown quite a bit from before the attacks either. The writing is good, the primary characters are well developed, the action fast and furious and the plot matches up with the pace. If you like apocalyptic survival thrillers, check out Ride It Out and the rest of the Northern Exposure series, you won't regret it. 4/5 stars!
May 27, 2019
This Northern Exposure series did not sparkle with me as well as Southern Grit. The focus on finding Midge's mother dragged out a long time and was pursued in a reckless manner. The journal to actually getting to safety seemed very rushed and a little beside the point. I was also disappointed that a romance flickered between Danny and Midge. I preferred the idea of two friends with no romantic feelings still being bonded to each other and working together. Those two did not seem to have any actual spark for romance. I assume this is the last book of this series, though there is a hint that another set that combines Northern and Southern might be forthcoming.
June 28, 2020
The. End of Normal
What to do next, really frightening. Which way to go, can't call anyone, violence everywhere. Have to find family and friends. This book brings to mind what a horrible thing this really is. This story makes you realize just how horrible a situation like this would be. I enjoyed this book and look forward to the next one in this series. The author has a way of presenting the issues encountered in ways that make you think about what you would do. I couldn't stop reading, l just had to know what happens next. Can't wait to start the next in this series. I'm definitely hooked.
What to do next, really frightening. Which way to go, can't call anyone, violence everywhere. Have to find family and friends. This book brings to mind what a horrible thing this really is. This story makes you realize just how horrible a situation like this would be. I enjoyed this book and look forward to the next one in this series. The author has a way of presenting the issues encountered in ways that make you think about what you would do. I couldn't stop reading, l just had to know what happens next. Can't wait to start the next in this series. I'm definitely hooked.
July 6, 2019
SPOILER ALERT:
Another good story from HT. This is the last of a trilogy about Midge (a hacker) & Danny (a premed student) who met on a flight that crashed land due to an EMP.
Midge is looking for her family & answers to why & who set of the bombs. They go from one adventure, disaster, & struggle to the next. The action comes often & the story always moves along. If I have a complaint, it is that I want more development of some of the people that they run into. It is just coming at you so fast.
I’m looking forward to the next set of books about Midge’s sister.
Another good story from HT. This is the last of a trilogy about Midge (a hacker) & Danny (a premed student) who met on a flight that crashed land due to an EMP.
Midge is looking for her family & answers to why & who set of the bombs. They go from one adventure, disaster, & struggle to the next. The action comes often & the story always moves along. If I have a complaint, it is that I want more development of some of the people that they run into. It is just coming at you so fast.
I’m looking forward to the next set of books about Midge’s sister.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 28, 2024
Midge and Danny
I really liked the 2 main characters of this trilogy of books, both had to become had to had to survive in catastrophic circumstances. There was way more villains and violence than they ever seen before, to be strong for each other others. There was lot friends lost along the way but also so new friends and allies.. I enjoyed this book. Not to see what sister is up to. Hope the find out who,was the mastermind and he/ they gets justice served hot
I really liked the 2 main characters of this trilogy of books, both had to become had to had to survive in catastrophic circumstances. There was way more villains and violence than they ever seen before, to be strong for each other others. There was lot friends lost along the way but also so new friends and allies.. I enjoyed this book. Not to see what sister is up to. Hope the find out who,was the mastermind and he/ they gets justice served hot
May 19, 2019
Loved all three books. Hope the next one comes soon. Keeps you wondering what will happen next. Hope Midge and Danny will have a happy life in Canada. I would highly recommend this trilogy. Harley Tate is a great author.
I loved when they were escaping from Chicago all of the horrible things they went through just to survive. So sad when they found Midge's mom.
I loved when they were escaping from Chicago all of the horrible things they went through just to survive. So sad when they found Midge's mom.
May 29, 2019
Nuclear Attack
The United States has been attacked. Midge and Danny must find their way to safety. The adventures along the way are exciting and believable. Harley Tate is very clever. He created an attack on the United States next he’s writing about the same attack with different characters and locations. This is a must read series for fans of apocalyptic fiction.
The United States has been attacked. Midge and Danny must find their way to safety. The adventures along the way are exciting and believable. Harley Tate is very clever. He created an attack on the United States next he’s writing about the same attack with different characters and locations. This is a must read series for fans of apocalyptic fiction.
December 25, 2019
Outstanding trilogy
Danny and Midge share adventures that you or I would call sheer terror. This trilogy brings a different and unique twist to the apocalypse stories and it lives up to every promise. Well worth your time to read. You won’t be sorry. I’m on to the western bloc to read the conclusion of this daring saga!
Danny and Midge share adventures that you or I would call sheer terror. This trilogy brings a different and unique twist to the apocalypse stories and it lives up to every promise. Well worth your time to read. You won’t be sorry. I’m on to the western bloc to read the conclusion of this daring saga!
May 24, 2019
Love this series!!
I have enjoyed every series by Harley Tate, these stories are fast paced and you come to love these characters! I would love to know what happens with Raymond and his little family as well as Lily and her parents.
I have enjoyed every series by Harley Tate, these stories are fast paced and you come to love these characters! I would love to know what happens with Raymond and his little family as well as Lily and her parents.
June 3, 2019
Enjoyed it
The trilogy that contains Midge and Danny's story is something that you just don't want to put down.
Their journey is filled with a little bit of everything and the people they meet come in all flavors of humanity.
The trilogy that contains Midge and Danny's story is something that you just don't want to put down.
Their journey is filled with a little bit of everything and the people they meet come in all flavors of humanity.
June 13, 2019
Age turner
Easy to follow... page turner... enjoyed the book... wish it would have gone further... wanted to see what the future for them with nothing but a fresh start entailed ... but good book all the same!
Easy to follow... page turner... enjoyed the book... wish it would have gone further... wanted to see what the future for them with nothing but a fresh start entailed ... but good book all the same!
July 25, 2019
Good ending to a bad story
This is the last of a trilogy. I read the entire series in one day. I would recommend the series to anyone who is tired of "perfect prepper" stories. No one was ready for the mo or nukd
This is the last of a trilogy. I read the entire series in one day. I would recommend the series to anyone who is tired of "perfect prepper" stories. No one was ready for the mo or nukd
August 16, 2019
So realistic it's scary
I loved all three books in this series. Read them back to back to back. It would be interesting to read what comes next as Danny and Midge try to discover "who done it"!
I loved all three books in this series. Read them back to back to back. It would be interesting to read what comes next as Danny and Midge try to discover "who done it"!
October 25, 2019
Enjoyed reading this series
There’s more violence in this series than I like. The characters are interesting and storyline intriguing. Not a YA book though like his EMP series. The second book was a little much but the storyline was redeemed in the third and final book.
There’s more violence in this series than I like. The characters are interesting and storyline intriguing. Not a YA book though like his EMP series. The second book was a little much but the storyline was redeemed in the third and final book.
January 9, 2020
I think I'm done now that I finished this book. I don't feel the need to check out Midge's sister in LA. The six books I've read have been tolerable, but nothing special, so I think I'm done with this author.
June 2, 2020
Loved it
Keep me reading late into the night hated to put it down .Glad I found this after all 3 books were out so i could read all at once .hate waiting for next sequel to come out and only 3 books .Hate the ones that go on for 8 or more books keep it short or lose interest.
Keep me reading late into the night hated to put it down .Glad I found this after all 3 books were out so i could read all at once .hate waiting for next sequel to come out and only 3 books .Hate the ones that go on for 8 or more books keep it short or lose interest.
December 21, 2020
Full of action. Never bored. Would recommend to anyone who likes action stories.
Or just human interest stories. Situations a little unthinkable but still interesting. Different characters made for variety and more interest😀
Or just human interest stories. Situations a little unthinkable but still interesting. Different characters made for variety and more interest😀
August 7, 2022
Fun read
These books make a great story. Good plot, great character development, easy to follow and read. Just enough characters introduced to keep the story flowing. Sorry, I only do a review until I finish the series. Fun!
These books make a great story. Good plot, great character development, easy to follow and read. Just enough characters introduced to keep the story flowing. Sorry, I only do a review until I finish the series. Fun!
May 17, 2019
Ride it Out review
Ride it Out is the third post apocalyptic survival book in the Northern Exposure series written by author Harley Tate.
Ride it Out is the third post apocalyptic survival book in the Northern Exposure series written by author Harley Tate.
July 3, 2019
story pulls you in
July 7, 2019
Excellent! I wish that it had not wrapped up so nicely, so that Harley Tate could continue with the story.
September 27, 2019
Best Yet
My favorite book in the series. Just a great story glued together by great charterers, and there is just enough “what happens next” to keep me turning the pages.
My favorite book in the series. Just a great story glued together by great charterers, and there is just enough “what happens next” to keep me turning the pages.
March 1, 2020
Great Series!
I really like this author. I've read just about all of her books. Loved them! Love the characters! Awesome read!
I really like this author. I've read just about all of her books. Loved them! Love the characters! Awesome read!
April 14, 2020
It was very exciting and I loved the whole series.
April 26, 2020
Wonderful author
I’m always looking for new authors, I must say I’m enjoying Harley Tate, love her books, think I’m going through all of the fast!!!
I’m always looking for new authors, I must say I’m enjoying Harley Tate, love her books, think I’m going through all of the fast!!!
January 28, 2022
Well written
Story line is good the bad actors are often the last people you would suspect and yes may even be you.
Story line is good the bad actors are often the last people you would suspect and yes may even be you.
October 27, 2023
Good read
Everytime you turned a page someone was in trouble
So it made for more page turning to make sure they got out of it but who was really behind theattacks
Everytime you turned a page someone was in trouble
So it made for more page turning to make sure they got out of it but who was really behind theattacks
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