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Gateway to Chaos #1
Seeking Safety
A massive cyber-attack crippled half the nation's power grid.
A super EMP took care of the rest.
While a cyber-attack crippled half the nation’s power grid, enemies of the United States
launched a super EMP over the midwest sending the nation back to the stone age.
For Raine Caldwell and her neighbors, it couldn't have come at a worse time.
Deep into the coldest midwest winter on record, the nation is plunged into frigid darkness.
With emergency services crippled by the lack of transportation and streets snarled with stalled
cars, a spark ignites and the city of St. Louis is engulfed in flames. Chaos grips the city as society
spirals out of control and violence fills the streets.
With her building surrounded by fire, Raine and her neighbors are forced to flee on foot onto
the snow covered streets seeking safety.
Seeking Safety is a gripping tale of an ordinary group of people as they fight to survive after an EMP plunges the nation into frigid darkness.
Would you have what it takes to survive the cold, dark, dangerous streets and make it to safety?
Seeking Safety is the first book in T. L. Payne's heart-stopping post-apocalyptic EMP survival series, Gateway to Chaos. Look for Seeking Refuge: Gateway to Chaos Book Two coming soon!
OTHER BOOKS BY BESTSELLING AUTHOR T.L. PAYNE
Turbulent: Days of Want Series, Book One
Hunted: Days of Want Series, Book Two
Turmoil: Days of Want Series, Book Three
Uprising: Days of Want Series, Book Four
Upheaval: Days of Want Series, Book Five
Sudden Chaos: A Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival Short Story
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First published January 1, 2020
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July 22, 2020
Actual rating 2.5 stars
Let me preface this by saying that this book was by no means bad, it gives everything is promises. However, for me, someone who likes to think about how people will really react in situations found the characters to incredibly stupid… sorry.
By now I have concluded that no EMP apocalyptic book will live up to my expectations. They are either over-optimistic about the situation and the generosity of other people. If this situation was real People wouldn’t be very generous, nor would they think twice about robbing you blind if they thought it would better them. Additionally, I would like to think that if something like this ever happened I would have the sense to not just sit around a wait for days, which brings me to my first critic of Seeking safety. Why did both Raine and her neighbors wait like 3 days before deciding to get out of the city? Never mind the fact that by day three the conditions of their situations were much worst that they were the first day. Ok yes, they had no idea what was going on at day one, I will give them that one, but two more days? Really? In my mind when the fires started and when the looting started would’ve been a grand sign to high tail it out of there. I couldn’t help but feel that this theme of always acting too late became the main activity of the book. WAIT WAIT WAIT. What for?
As for the characters, I felt nothing for them. I didn’t care whether or not they survived. Does this make me a terrible person…Maybe? To drive this point home when some of the characters died I couldn’t care less. I believe my lack of caring comes from the lack of grieving the author allowed his character to experience. For me at least in order for me to understand a character I need to know their emotions. They need to go through to grief, anger, happiness or they will just fall flat for me. I think this… above all else is why I didn’t enjoy this book as much as I would’ve liked. For example, Raine was more worried( or at least it seemed like it) about what would happen to her college career than her friends who just died.
Now the distance traveled per day, do you really expect me to believe that people who are all healthy enough to walk can only manage to walk 3 miles in a day. The average person can walk a mile in well under an hour, now let’s give them and 30 min for each mile because of the snow, packs, and the size of their group. This would put each mile at taking 1.5 hours. And yet they only managed to make it 3 miles. I guess you get my point.
All that being said I found the set-up of this book very believable in its mundaneness. I liked the way the author introduced us to the character while still moving the story forward.
I did enjoy how quick this read. While I do enjoy my longer books sometimes it is nice to read something shorter that reads quickly.
While I had many problems with this book I couldn’t help but feel that it was more of a setup book than anything, and it is for that reason, and that reason only that I will continue to the next book.
Overall a good read if you want something to distract you however if you want some great piece of literature keep looking.
Let me preface this by saying that this book was by no means bad, it gives everything is promises. However, for me, someone who likes to think about how people will really react in situations found the characters to incredibly stupid… sorry.
By now I have concluded that no EMP apocalyptic book will live up to my expectations. They are either over-optimistic about the situation and the generosity of other people. If this situation was real People wouldn’t be very generous, nor would they think twice about robbing you blind if they thought it would better them. Additionally, I would like to think that if something like this ever happened I would have the sense to not just sit around a wait for days, which brings me to my first critic of Seeking safety. Why did both Raine and her neighbors wait like 3 days before deciding to get out of the city? Never mind the fact that by day three the conditions of their situations were much worst that they were the first day. Ok yes, they had no idea what was going on at day one, I will give them that one, but two more days? Really? In my mind when the fires started and when the looting started would’ve been a grand sign to high tail it out of there. I couldn’t help but feel that this theme of always acting too late became the main activity of the book. WAIT WAIT WAIT. What for?
As for the characters, I felt nothing for them. I didn’t care whether or not they survived. Does this make me a terrible person…Maybe? To drive this point home when some of the characters died I couldn’t care less. I believe my lack of caring comes from the lack of grieving the author allowed his character to experience. For me at least in order for me to understand a character I need to know their emotions. They need to go through to grief, anger, happiness or they will just fall flat for me. I think this… above all else is why I didn’t enjoy this book as much as I would’ve liked. For example, Raine was more worried( or at least it seemed like it) about what would happen to her college career than her friends who just died.
Now the distance traveled per day, do you really expect me to believe that people who are all healthy enough to walk can only manage to walk 3 miles in a day. The average person can walk a mile in well under an hour, now let’s give them and 30 min for each mile because of the snow, packs, and the size of their group. This would put each mile at taking 1.5 hours. And yet they only managed to make it 3 miles. I guess you get my point.
All that being said I found the set-up of this book very believable in its mundaneness. I liked the way the author introduced us to the character while still moving the story forward.
I did enjoy how quick this read. While I do enjoy my longer books sometimes it is nice to read something shorter that reads quickly.
While I had many problems with this book I couldn’t help but feel that it was more of a setup book than anything, and it is for that reason, and that reason only that I will continue to the next book.
Overall a good read if you want something to distract you however if you want some great piece of literature keep looking.
February 11, 2022
The story was very engaging! I really did find myself wrapped up in the plot. I feel like the characters are believable. I have no idea what I would do everything stopped working, how I will survive. That aspect of the book is very realistic… Scarily so!!
March 30, 2025
This is a book about a massive cyper-attack which has a severe effect on America and how various people tried to survive in what quickly becaum violent chaos.
It covers various people involved, the start of massive looting, how people wanted to get back to their loved ones, fires set in cities, gunfire and like terrors.
The book is very depressing but at the same time it's very realistic and with interesting characters.
It covers various people involved, the start of massive looting, how people wanted to get back to their loved ones, fires set in cities, gunfire and like terrors.
The book is very depressing but at the same time it's very realistic and with interesting characters.
July 13, 2024
I have read a lot of these type of books, this one was okay, not the best I have ever read but not the worst either.
May 31, 2022
Listened to this on YouTube. A good fast paced apocalyptic book. I'll listen to book 2. I wonder what will happen.
February 25, 2020
TL Payne has hit the ground running with Seeking Safety, the first in the new Gateway To Chaos series. We’re introduced to several characters as they discover their lives have been disrupted by a prolonged power failure. Of course, as readers we know what has caused it but it’s fascinating to see the characters realise that the lights and power are not coming back on any time soon. Add to that the frigid conditions of a frozen winter and they’re in real trouble. When things go from bad to worse each one of them realises they need to leave their city for different reasons, some to get back to family, some to escape the growing violence and fires sweeping nearer to their homes. TL Payne brilliantly conveyed the sense of desperation these characters feel as well as the freezing weather they find themselves having to deal with. There's plenty of tension as people begin to take what they can get from anyone they can get it from in order to survive the harsh conditions. The author’s built the tension right from the start and keeps it raised all the way to the thrilling climax. As part one of a new series the story isn’t over by the end of the book but it’s a complete story with no unpleasant cliffhanger. You’re left wanting more and I personally can’t wait to read what happens next, highly recommended.
June 7, 2022
I'm about halfway through, waiting for something to happen, but it's really only Rain whining about breaking the law. She just feels SO guilty for doing things that will save her and other people's lives. And everything else. This woman is the CEO of feeling guilty. She feels guilty for BREATHING. omg My eyes are hurting from rolling them back into my head. And omg, she screams "STOP IT" to someone who's killing her friend even though she has a golf club in her hand. I hate her, and not because she was written well enough to hate. I hate that this author wrote this so badly. I table-flipped when she was trying to get to the gym for NO reason, while sitting in the safest and warmest place on the planet.
I would leave her ass behind for the zombies, period (there are no zombies, I'm just sayin).
And then she just totally dropped a whole group of people completely, as if they never existed in the book, just gone.
It's so repetitive and simple. I just want to know who nuked the u. s. or whatever. No way will I read the second book, no damned way. I don't care what happens to rain or deandra or sheena or scott or jj. If I don't care about what happens to characters, it's not a good book.
And to top it all, 6 cats and one litterbox and just no. This author has NEVER had a cat!
I would leave her ass behind for the zombies, period (there are no zombies, I'm just sayin).
And then she just totally dropped a whole group of people completely, as if they never existed in the book, just gone.
It's so repetitive and simple. I just want to know who nuked the u. s. or whatever. No way will I read the second book, no damned way. I don't care what happens to rain or deandra or sheena or scott or jj. If I don't care about what happens to characters, it's not a good book.
And to top it all, 6 cats and one litterbox and just no. This author has NEVER had a cat!
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June 21, 2021
The writing was too choppy to keep a rhythm that wouldn't cause me to constantly be taken out of the story. The characters felt so flat and one dimensional I did not care who died or who made it. They were far too slow on the uptake of the stakes of everything going on. Overall, very repetitive in the events, kind of boring, and the switch between two completely unrelated characters and settings was jarring enough I skipped through the chapters unrelated to Raine. Also, our main character can be summed up in one sentence --tragic loss, now wants to be doctor. That's it.
December 10, 2023
A great read.
It started boring and then it heated up. Sometimes characters frustrate me they can be so slow on the uptake when common sense says don't do it but they go on anyway. That's when I get fed up with a book, Raine was that character. I did get into the story after a bit and enjoyed it.
It started boring and then it heated up. Sometimes characters frustrate me they can be so slow on the uptake when common sense says don't do it but they go on anyway. That's when I get fed up with a book, Raine was that character. I did get into the story after a bit and enjoyed it.
March 23, 2022
Interesting storyline and characters. Well narrated. A couple of bad words but not more (and no F or GD).
December 22, 2021
While this was an interesting premise, the execution left quite a bit to be lacking.
The pacing was a bit stop-and-start; we alternate between extreme action and slow periods of waiting for something to happen, in which we’re stuck listening to the main character’s inner monologue about how she somehow still thinks things will go back to normal.
The second issue I had was the characters. Besides Raine, who we get a surplus of backstory on, I honestly couldn’t tell you more than 1 or 2 things about each of the secondary characters in her group. She would rattle off names and I had no idea who they were other than the fact that she kept mentioning them. I think there were just too many of them to keep track of.
There was also another POV randomly thrown in but not given nearly as much time on the page as Raine. It the beginning of the book it sounded like maybe Scott and Raine would meet up and go to Florida together but then JJ comes out of nowhere. By the end we still don’t have a resolution for Scott and JJ, which I guess is supposed to make you want to read the next one to find out what happens but I honestly didn’t get to know them enough to care what happens to them.
The last issue I had was the writing. Maybe it’s a pet peeve of mine but it seemed like the author used the word “likely” (as in “probably”) on every other page. The writing style was also just choppy and focused on the facts so much that we missed any emotion between the characters beyond the obvious survival frustration and immediate physical needs.
There was so much potential here but it just fell kind of flat. Even the end would have been better if they’d stayed with the cat lady in the bunker and found out that the Red Cross shelter wasn’t there after all - that would have been a big twist and set things up for the next book much better.
Overall it was enjoyable for what it was, but I won’t be reading the sequels.
The pacing was a bit stop-and-start; we alternate between extreme action and slow periods of waiting for something to happen, in which we’re stuck listening to the main character’s inner monologue about how she somehow still thinks things will go back to normal.
The second issue I had was the characters. Besides Raine, who we get a surplus of backstory on, I honestly couldn’t tell you more than 1 or 2 things about each of the secondary characters in her group. She would rattle off names and I had no idea who they were other than the fact that she kept mentioning them. I think there were just too many of them to keep track of.
There was also another POV randomly thrown in but not given nearly as much time on the page as Raine. It the beginning of the book it sounded like maybe Scott and Raine would meet up and go to Florida together but then JJ comes out of nowhere. By the end we still don’t have a resolution for Scott and JJ, which I guess is supposed to make you want to read the next one to find out what happens but I honestly didn’t get to know them enough to care what happens to them.
The last issue I had was the writing. Maybe it’s a pet peeve of mine but it seemed like the author used the word “likely” (as in “probably”) on every other page. The writing style was also just choppy and focused on the facts so much that we missed any emotion between the characters beyond the obvious survival frustration and immediate physical needs.
There was so much potential here but it just fell kind of flat. Even the end would have been better if they’d stayed with the cat lady in the bunker and found out that the Red Cross shelter wasn’t there after all - that would have been a big twist and set things up for the next book much better.
Overall it was enjoyable for what it was, but I won’t be reading the sequels.
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October 5, 2021
Well, it took them the entire book to get across town. And my mind kept wondering in parts, so now I’m not sure who’s alive and who isn’t. I need a list of characters so I can figure it out.
The plot is okay. It’s the story of a woman in college who travels to safety following an EMP attack by a foreign government. I had though that a man would be traveling with her, but I think he died towards the end? If it was him who died, the author wasted a lot of time on him and setting his character as a protagonist.
I will read the second one. Hopefully the author will focus on the main character more - and not how she continually compares everything in her life to the illness and eventual death of her brother when she was young. For lack of a better way to explain it, she was pissing me off because she is a character with personality traits of contradictions.
So, I’m giving it three stars because of the potential. I’m hanging in there and hoping I become invested in the second book of the series. But for now, three stars and read at your own risk.
The plot is okay. It’s the story of a woman in college who travels to safety following an EMP attack by a foreign government. I had though that a man would be traveling with her, but I think he died towards the end? If it was him who died, the author wasted a lot of time on him and setting his character as a protagonist.
I will read the second one. Hopefully the author will focus on the main character more - and not how she continually compares everything in her life to the illness and eventual death of her brother when she was young. For lack of a better way to explain it, she was pissing me off because she is a character with personality traits of contradictions.
So, I’m giving it three stars because of the potential. I’m hanging in there and hoping I become invested in the second book of the series. But for now, three stars and read at your own risk.
August 4, 2025
This subject has just been done to death, no pun intended. From one title to the next, what else can happen but that some existential crisis occurs, mankind is threatened with extinction and somehow, some few manage to evade the onslaught of destruction and find hot, decent coffee at the end.
I'm a plastic formula, and it feels as though each one varies only in character names and their employment and/or student status prior to the triggering event.
There's nothing new. The bad guys keep coming, the intrepid survivors manage to evade all the horrible outcomes of a society gone amok, and that's about it.
I am not criticizing the effort, I am stating that the genre has gone almost as stale as Hansel and Gretel's breadcrumbs on the forest floor.
All we need is a good old fashioned wicked witch to fly overhead and light up the skies with a peremptory command for a certain dog and girl to surrender.
It's enough if I never read another one of these semi-literate misadventures of post EMP meanderings.
Sorry, just burned out on the subject.
I'm a plastic formula, and it feels as though each one varies only in character names and their employment and/or student status prior to the triggering event.
There's nothing new. The bad guys keep coming, the intrepid survivors manage to evade all the horrible outcomes of a society gone amok, and that's about it.
I am not criticizing the effort, I am stating that the genre has gone almost as stale as Hansel and Gretel's breadcrumbs on the forest floor.
All we need is a good old fashioned wicked witch to fly overhead and light up the skies with a peremptory command for a certain dog and girl to surrender.
It's enough if I never read another one of these semi-literate misadventures of post EMP meanderings.
Sorry, just burned out on the subject.
January 24, 2020
Seeking Safety is a thoughtfully written story set in Missouri. It is the story of 3 people trying to get home after a devastating event takes out anything electrical in the US in the middle of winter. All three have some experience with "roughing it" but not enough to be prepped entirely for such an event. 2 of the 3 join up and the 3rd joins forces with others in her building. How will they survive winter, an EMP event, and human nature? I found the characters well developed and human with flaws, strengths, and true qualities. While story goes between two main storylines it does not confuse but adds to the thrill of wondering how the main characters will survive. It also makes you think about how you would handle such an event. I cannot wait for the rest of this series. I received an ARC and am voluntarily leaving my honest review of the book.
January 18, 2025
I listened to this book on audible and started the next one in the series. The story had potential but I think the author is either quite new or not a very good writer. I'm by no means an expert but the writing curriculum my kids use bans some words like "said". I felt like all the dialog was " blah blah blah" Rain said, "blah blah blah" Scott said. I feel like a stronger writer could have have used more descriptive language. Even something as simple as "Rain responded" or "Scott sighed" would have given the writing a little more color. This has been the only book (series) I have ever returned to audible for a refund. Maybe I'm just being over critical but it was too cringy for me to finish. sigh.
February 5, 2025
This ended up being an AWESOME Survival/Post Apocalyptic Book!!! At first there seemed like a lot of characters, but believe me they get less and less. The main characters were great, IMO!!
Man, these poor people!! First electricity goes out, then an EMP causes cars, cell phones, etc to stop working, and of course this happens during one of the harshest winters they had, and there are looters and people attacking and shooting, stabbing people for anything they have, and to top it off an out of control fire is spreading like crazy!! All I can say is I’d NEVER survive all this!!!!
Definitely HIGHLY Recommended for everyone one loves Survival/Post Apocalyptic stories!! I need to get book two!!!!
Man, these poor people!! First electricity goes out, then an EMP causes cars, cell phones, etc to stop working, and of course this happens during one of the harshest winters they had, and there are looters and people attacking and shooting, stabbing people for anything they have, and to top it off an out of control fire is spreading like crazy!! All I can say is I’d NEVER survive all this!!!!
Definitely HIGHLY Recommended for everyone one loves Survival/Post Apocalyptic stories!! I need to get book two!!!!
April 3, 2022
3.5/5
I thought this book was a really solid start to the series.
Not as graphic about death as some of the other books out there.*
We get 3 different POVs. Mainly following Raine, a medical student, I was a bit disappointed how she, and her abilities, are overshadowed by everything else going on. Here's to hoping, we see some more of her, and her character growth, in future books.
There is some major character death in the book (the "apocalypse" and all that slightly foreshadows that xD), it makes it easier to focus and follow the main characters.
Overall, I got really engaged in the book, and it's believable aspects. Certainly will be reading more of the series.
I thought this book was a really solid start to the series.
Not as graphic about death as some of the other books out there.*
We get 3 different POVs. Mainly following Raine, a medical student, I was a bit disappointed how she, and her abilities, are overshadowed by everything else going on. Here's to hoping, we see some more of her, and her character growth, in future books.
There is some major character death in the book (the "apocalypse" and all that slightly foreshadows that xD), it makes it easier to focus and follow the main characters.
Overall, I got really engaged in the book, and it's believable aspects. Certainly will be reading more of the series.
May 15, 2021
St Louis
This KU library selection is set in St Louis, MO and points south, in the rural farmland. The contrast between the two is significant, if only by scale. After the grid goes down, people begin to realize how dependent they've become on electricity. Then an EMP goes off and communication and transportation is taken out. It's always disheartening that post-apocalyptic mankind turns on each other so quickly when scavenging for survival, or territory. There are glimmers of hope and kindness from strangers, but, overall, it's a dangerous new world.
This KU library selection is set in St Louis, MO and points south, in the rural farmland. The contrast between the two is significant, if only by scale. After the grid goes down, people begin to realize how dependent they've become on electricity. Then an EMP goes off and communication and transportation is taken out. It's always disheartening that post-apocalyptic mankind turns on each other so quickly when scavenging for survival, or territory. There are glimmers of hope and kindness from strangers, but, overall, it's a dangerous new world.
September 3, 2021
Interesting story on survival
This Seeking series was interesting to read. Lots of action revolving around an unrelated group of different people trying to survive. My problem is that it’s rated for a 13-18 audience. With the amount of violence the characters encounter, I believe that the teen rating is too low. My opinion is that it should be rated young adult, over 18. I wouldn’t like my teens to read it, and I never really censored any of my children’s reading. I’m not saying that the violence is unnecessary, but it’s extreme for children under 16. I only have the books 4 stars for that reason.
This Seeking series was interesting to read. Lots of action revolving around an unrelated group of different people trying to survive. My problem is that it’s rated for a 13-18 audience. With the amount of violence the characters encounter, I believe that the teen rating is too low. My opinion is that it should be rated young adult, over 18. I wouldn’t like my teens to read it, and I never really censored any of my children’s reading. I’m not saying that the violence is unnecessary, but it’s extreme for children under 16. I only have the books 4 stars for that reason.
June 1, 2025
This story was riveting and scary. It highlighted that many of us do not have any plan if a disaster should hit. We won't know what we should do and like many in the book most were continuing their daily activity. I like characters developed especially Raine, Sheena, De Andre, Scott and JJ. It was interesting how the older generation are willing to help strangers but the younger generations seem unwilling. Chaos erupted so quickly after everyone realized the government can't help and our world isn't going back to normal any time soon.
March 8, 2020
This was generally a pretty good book. The various main characters are all ordinary people and slowly become aware as to how much their world changed. There is a lot of natural tension in the need to flee an encroaching fire while trying to protect against winter weather and find food and water. At times, though, the book bogged down on location and other details that filled time but stalled the story a bit. Still, I enjoyed this quite a lot and look forward to the next.
August 29, 2020
Good story about a humanitarian in an apocalyptic time.
This was a good book I recommend it to those who like dystopian apocalyptic books. I liked it because rain really portrayed a humanitarian side and did not even let her PTSD get in the way of helping DeAndre or his mother when they were in serious danger. Even when she could have let flashbacks of her brothers cancer ordeath stop her.
This was a good book I recommend it to those who like dystopian apocalyptic books. I liked it because rain really portrayed a humanitarian side and did not even let her PTSD get in the way of helping DeAndre or his mother when they were in serious danger. Even when she could have let flashbacks of her brothers cancer ordeath stop her.
October 29, 2020
Audiobook - 3.5 stars. Whoa. The setting is in my town, and mentions streets I know and have driven daily. It's weird and it made the story seem realistic, however, the story itself doesn't have much oomph. I wasnt pulling for any of the characters except for the kid. Also, how is there a raging fire and a snowstorm? I guess that could happen in a city with no power or firefighters but still, it's a bit of a head scratcher. Going to finish trilogy just to rep STL.
October 27, 2021
Good read
One of the things I look for in a book is the language used. I believe there are so many words in our vocabulary there's no reason to resort to vulgarity. This writer told a great story filled with uncertainty, fear, anxiety, some violence, selfishness, compassion, etc... very well without vulgarity. The awesome thing is that I can share this book with my kids. Thank you!
One of the things I look for in a book is the language used. I believe there are so many words in our vocabulary there's no reason to resort to vulgarity. This writer told a great story filled with uncertainty, fear, anxiety, some violence, selfishness, compassion, etc... very well without vulgarity. The awesome thing is that I can share this book with my kids. Thank you!
November 29, 2022
Hold on for the ride!
This book reeled me in from the beginning! Great characters and great writing! I didn't want to put it down and finished reading in a few hours. Very believable and scary! I feel like this is the way it would be when and if this ever happens. I was doing a mental checklist of preparedness! I have a feeling this is the type of series, that when I put down the final book; I'll be jonesing for more!
This book reeled me in from the beginning! Great characters and great writing! I didn't want to put it down and finished reading in a few hours. Very believable and scary! I feel like this is the way it would be when and if this ever happens. I was doing a mental checklist of preparedness! I have a feeling this is the type of series, that when I put down the final book; I'll be jonesing for more!
March 3, 2020
Good start
This novel is a good start on looks to be an interesting series. First there is a cyber attack on the critical infrastructure electric grid and then an EMP explodes above North America knocking out all unprotected electronics. The characters are interesting but by no means survivalists.
This novel is a good start on looks to be an interesting series. First there is a cyber attack on the critical infrastructure electric grid and then an EMP explodes above North America knocking out all unprotected electronics. The characters are interesting but by no means survivalists.
May 7, 2020
Shows the devastation well
Maybe not the fastest moving story in places but boy is there plenty of action, affection, devastation, cruelty and loss of humanity. The characters are nicely flawed as they should be. The dialogue is crisp and natural. And there is still goodness among throng. A great read.
Maybe not the fastest moving story in places but boy is there plenty of action, affection, devastation, cruelty and loss of humanity. The characters are nicely flawed as they should be. The dialogue is crisp and natural. And there is still goodness among throng. A great read.
May 8, 2020
I wanted to love this book.. Great idea, great writing.. But it jumps all over the place with different groups which really pulled me out of the story and I found myself dredging though it.
I would have really just loved if the author focused on one person, like Raine. I felt it had such potential.
I would have really just loved if the author focused on one person, like Raine. I felt it had such potential.
May 22, 2020
I really enjoyed reading this story. The author does an excellent job bringing this story to life. I felt like this was more realistic than a story which I some ways is scary, but if an emp ever hit knowing what we could face is helpful. There was plenty of action, suspense and yes heartbreak but some do make their goal. I can't wait to read the next book in the series.
June 22, 2020
Expecting the best but always something keeps trying to get into your business.
We have two different plots, both trying to survive and get to their families spread out across the country. Each one carries their own bag of garbage that they need to handle and resolve; are get killed trying.
We have two different plots, both trying to survive and get to their families spread out across the country. Each one carries their own bag of garbage that they need to handle and resolve; are get killed trying.
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