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Limited Exchange: A Story of Two Families Surviving Nuclear War
How would you ensure your family survived a modern nuclear war in America? In the late 2020s, two Christian families find themselves caught in the middle of a nuclear war with China, fighting for survival. Carson Akins and his friend Neal Reiter find themselves trapped in unenviable, life-threatening situations while war rages and fallout descends around them.
Carson, a high-tech engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area races against the clock to rehabilitate a 70 year old fallout shelter for his family. Across the bay, Neal must get his wife and disabled five-year-old daughter out of Silicon Valley and to safety in Oregon. Little do either of them know it is too late as the warheads explode and deadly fallout descends.
Neal, a former US Air Force nuclear weapons technician, struggles knowing that weapons he maintained have now killed millions while Carson makes difficult choices about the survival of strangers. Their ordeals test their faith in God as they wrestle with the place of suffering in what appears to be the last days.
While this work is free from profanity and crude or offensive humor, other works by this author do feature such elements and may not be appropriate for sensitive readers.
Carson, a high-tech engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area races against the clock to rehabilitate a 70 year old fallout shelter for his family. Across the bay, Neal must get his wife and disabled five-year-old daughter out of Silicon Valley and to safety in Oregon. Little do either of them know it is too late as the warheads explode and deadly fallout descends.
Neal, a former US Air Force nuclear weapons technician, struggles knowing that weapons he maintained have now killed millions while Carson makes difficult choices about the survival of strangers. Their ordeals test their faith in God as they wrestle with the place of suffering in what appears to be the last days.
While this work is free from profanity and crude or offensive humor, other works by this author do feature such elements and may not be appropriate for sensitive readers.
173 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 19, 2020
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August 20, 2021
Interesting
Good bok from a different perspective. Worthy of your time. Enjoy! Well developed characters that had a hard time. Hope it never happens.
Good bok from a different perspective. Worthy of your time. Enjoy! Well developed characters that had a hard time. Hope it never happens.
November 16, 2022
limited exchange is a good read
I love the technical detail, characters and plot. The story held my attention and was a good story of survival. I definitely recommend this book.
I love the technical detail, characters and plot. The story held my attention and was a good story of survival. I definitely recommend this book.
March 20, 2025
Good and informative book
Interesting and very good information contained in this book on some of the things you might need to do in a nuclear attack scenario.
Interesting and very good information contained in this book on some of the things you might need to do in a nuclear attack scenario.
July 1, 2022
This reads more like a survivalist/prepper manual than it does a novel. I suppose it’s a good place to start if you prefer your nuclear war fiction with a nice cup of coffee and a calculator to work out the detailed mathematics of radiation exposure and decay over time.
There are two stories about two people who apparently know each other, but the stories have no real connection or resolution. I would’ve preferred a more detailed account of one of the families or a better (or no) connection, rather than what seems to be a deus ex machina existing only to support more variety in the survivalist/prepper information.
None of the characters are particularly interesting or well developed, and it’s burdened with a lots of anti-government/conspiracy theory baggage. It’s also a little too Jesus-y for me, particularly as I don’t believe that has much of a place when it comes to man-made apocalyptic events.
In the end, the simple net is that it just isn’t all that compelling, nor is it particularly well written. If you’re looking for classic post-nuclear apocalypse fiction, this ain’t it.
There are two stories about two people who apparently know each other, but the stories have no real connection or resolution. I would’ve preferred a more detailed account of one of the families or a better (or no) connection, rather than what seems to be a deus ex machina existing only to support more variety in the survivalist/prepper information.
None of the characters are particularly interesting or well developed, and it’s burdened with a lots of anti-government/conspiracy theory baggage. It’s also a little too Jesus-y for me, particularly as I don’t believe that has much of a place when it comes to man-made apocalyptic events.
In the end, the simple net is that it just isn’t all that compelling, nor is it particularly well written. If you’re looking for classic post-nuclear apocalypse fiction, this ain’t it.
December 27, 2020
Two families survive a nuclear attack - Lots of christian overtures
Started off as a good tale of 2 families using different strategies to survive a nuclear attack - I didn't enjoy the constant injection of Christianity throughout the book, felt that the book should have been labelled as a Christian fiction book.
Not bad but wouldn't recommend.
Started off as a good tale of 2 families using different strategies to survive a nuclear attack - I didn't enjoy the constant injection of Christianity throughout the book, felt that the book should have been labelled as a Christian fiction book.
Not bad but wouldn't recommend.
May 25, 2020
Scary but good and full of information.
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