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Edge of Collapse #7
Edge of Valor
The final battle for Fall Creek looms......and not everyone will make it out alive.
With enemies closing in on every side, the survivors of Fall Creek find themselves facing impossible odds.
Do they flee for their lives? Or do they defend their town and risk losing it all? Some things are worth fighting for, dying for.
This may be their last stand.
With enemies closing in on every side, the survivors of Fall Creek find themselves facing impossible odds.
Do they flee for their lives? Or do they defend their town and risk losing it all? Some things are worth fighting for, dying for.
This may be their last stand.
388 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 28, 2021
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October 14, 2024
TO TRULY SURVIVE YOU NEED THE HELP OF THOSE AROUND YOU, YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND YOUR COMMUNITY
This book and series is a tell of a few determined people to survive the aftermath of an EMP which takes out almost all electronics. With no power, no heat, no vehicles (or very few) to deliver groceries, fuel, and no emergency services, live is a daily struggle that takes everyone around you working together to survive.
Edge of Valor: A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Edge of Collapse Book 7) by Kyla Stone is well written, the characters are well defined and written so that they are believable and you will find yourself routing for the many heroes in a small rural town in upper Michigan. The main characters are truly the definition of heroes. They place their lives on the line to protect those who are unable to do so themselves. Kyla has written the characters as such that you will find yourself sad at their loss, happy when they pull through one conflict after another, and cheering when the bad guys are defeated.
If you are into action-packed thrillers which will keep your interest throughout the book and series, this book and series is for you.
Hope you too will find that you enjoy reading this series as much as I did.
This book and series is a tell of a few determined people to survive the aftermath of an EMP which takes out almost all electronics. With no power, no heat, no vehicles (or very few) to deliver groceries, fuel, and no emergency services, live is a daily struggle that takes everyone around you working together to survive.
Edge of Valor: A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Edge of Collapse Book 7) by Kyla Stone is well written, the characters are well defined and written so that they are believable and you will find yourself routing for the many heroes in a small rural town in upper Michigan. The main characters are truly the definition of heroes. They place their lives on the line to protect those who are unable to do so themselves. Kyla has written the characters as such that you will find yourself sad at their loss, happy when they pull through one conflict after another, and cheering when the bad guys are defeated.
If you are into action-packed thrillers which will keep your interest throughout the book and series, this book and series is for you.
Hope you too will find that you enjoy reading this series as much as I did.
December 29, 2024
I can’t believe I’ve finished this series, all seven books, inhaled, think these books as a whole took me over a week to read, once started I couldn’t put them down, I was invested until the very end. And I’m so glad I stumbled across this new to me author because I’m definitely adding her other books to my apocalyptic reads.
This series ticked so many boxes, giving me that adrenaline rush as it went to places I wasn’t expecting to go, from kidnapping to mass murder these characters faced every unthinkable challenge thrown at them in this changed new world.
I grew to love and care about these characters as though they were family and it was hard closing that last page. I felt their losses as though it were my own.
So many losses as greed overcame humanity..
Just a heads up, there is zilch sex in this book, these two characters only share one kiss, I thought I'd be more bothered by this fact than I am, but in reality she had to work on herself due to all her years living in captivity and Liam used all his energy just to keep everyone within their community safe, barely sleeping, never able to let his defences down, every which way you looked at it they were always forever under attack.
This series ticked so many boxes, giving me that adrenaline rush as it went to places I wasn’t expecting to go, from kidnapping to mass murder these characters faced every unthinkable challenge thrown at them in this changed new world.
I grew to love and care about these characters as though they were family and it was hard closing that last page. I felt their losses as though it were my own.
So many losses as greed overcame humanity..
Just a heads up, there is zilch sex in this book, these two characters only share one kiss, I thought I'd be more bothered by this fact than I am, but in reality she had to work on herself due to all her years living in captivity and Liam used all his energy just to keep everyone within their community safe, barely sleeping, never able to let his defences down, every which way you looked at it they were always forever under attack.
February 20, 2025
What can I say? I’m sad because it finished but really happy to read this amazing story about surviving and friendship.
It’s worth reading.
It’s worth reading.
April 25, 2026
I truly enjoyed this satisfying conclusion to Kyla Stone's action packed, Edge of Collapse series. The novels should be read in order. Stacey Glemboski brings the characters to life with her fantastic narration.
September 4, 2021
Though I feel this series was twice as many books as it needed to be, this installment tied up things pretty well. There's a lot of action in this one, the majority of it is spent fighting or preparing to fight. The General (whom I automatically picture as the little cartoon guy from those insurance commercials) wants both Liam's blood and his great-granddaughter. There's also the other big bad, Poe, though he was drawn vague enough to make me think he shouldn't have been part of the story at all. The General's storyline came to a very satisfying conclusion.
Liam's heart definitely grew a few sizes, finally realizing he has a family of sorts in Fall Creek. His nearly inhuman tolerance to physical pain got old pretty fast, really a body can only take so much.
The ending wasn't exactly happy, but rather hopeful, which I thought was fitting.
Liam's heart definitely grew a few sizes, finally realizing he has a family of sorts in Fall Creek. His nearly inhuman tolerance to physical pain got old pretty fast, really a body can only take so much.
The ending wasn't exactly happy, but rather hopeful, which I thought was fitting.
October 6, 2022
I had to read SEVEN books for a freaking kiss! 😭
June 10, 2022
I love post apocalyptic stories and this one had a good hook with the Hannah story, but overall this series was not good. I had to finish the books to find out what happened, but won't be reading more by this author. The writing was so awful in points. How many times can you say the exact same things? With a real editor, these books could have been condensed to about 4 or 5. It got so tedious to read through the exact same descriptions of characters AND military terms AND adrenaline dumps over and over again. There were nuggets of goodness like the story of Hannah versus Pike. I also enjoyed Quinn and Liam, but this could have been such a better reading experience if the books had been fewer in number and better edited.
April 9, 2021
The final chapter in this series.
I think I just got so tired at this point of the corrupt gangs/organizations and the corrupt government officials. They were a constant threat in most of these stories. But in this book, it was a knock down, bang out fight to the end. Lots of drama, lots of subterfuge. As if just trying to survive wasn’t enough, you had to worry about being attacked on a daily basis.
All our main characters are heroes in one way or another and finally now there is promise, healing and hope for the future.
I think I just got so tired at this point of the corrupt gangs/organizations and the corrupt government officials. They were a constant threat in most of these stories. But in this book, it was a knock down, bang out fight to the end. Lots of drama, lots of subterfuge. As if just trying to survive wasn’t enough, you had to worry about being attacked on a daily basis.
All our main characters are heroes in one way or another and finally now there is promise, healing and hope for the future.
March 4, 2023
Genres: Dystopia/Sci-fi
I have completely enjoyed this series. However with that said, this one, which is the last one in this series, was probably my least favorite. I still liked the story and the characters but there was definitely some sporadic eye rolling.
What I loved the most about this author's writing is the way she incorporates the action. Things are always in motion which builds up the suspense. It keeps me hanging on to see where it is going.
Another thing that I like is the way she lets her characters grow and progress. Nothing and no one is stagnant.....ever. I love that. She's also not squeamish about killing them off.
Overall, this was a fun series but I only have 3 stars for this one. All the others were 4 and 5 stars.
I have completely enjoyed this series. However with that said, this one, which is the last one in this series, was probably my least favorite. I still liked the story and the characters but there was definitely some sporadic eye rolling.
What I loved the most about this author's writing is the way she incorporates the action. Things are always in motion which builds up the suspense. It keeps me hanging on to see where it is going.
Another thing that I like is the way she lets her characters grow and progress. Nothing and no one is stagnant.....ever. I love that. She's also not squeamish about killing them off.
Overall, this was a fun series but I only have 3 stars for this one. All the others were 4 and 5 stars.
May 31, 2021
What a series! I never got dragged down in details, the action was nearly non-stop, laced with tension. The characters were well fleshed out. I was invested in the outcome by page 2. Truly enjoyed this series. A nice contrast to a 9 book series I recently read up to book 8 and didn't care if I finished it. Kyla Stone did everything right. If you're reading this series, sign up for her email. The free extra chapters you get are icing on the cake!
July 18, 2025
Good series!! Good characters!! Would have been a 5 star for me if the story telling was a little more succinct and less drawn out and verbose.
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March 23, 2021This book is at least a 4 bags of doritos. I knew going into it this would be fantastic, but Kyla blew it out of the park!!! Thank you Kyla!!!
The ending was perfect. I had a good cry after.
It is an emotional rollercoaster and so gripping...I couldn't put it down.
The characters are so easily loved. I was on the edge through it all.
I cried in several places, screamed in frustration, got scared for the people, even mourned with them.
This whole series is absolutely phenomenal- it's one for my bug out bag.
Every situation was well blended and described like you are standing in the room . From book one to this one you felt the emotions, fear, love, doubt, and even realization.
The ending was perfect. I had a good cry after.
It is an emotional rollercoaster and so gripping...I couldn't put it down.
The characters are so easily loved. I was on the edge through it all.
I cried in several places, screamed in frustration, got scared for the people, even mourned with them.
This whole series is absolutely phenomenal- it's one for my bug out bag.
Every situation was well blended and described like you are standing in the room . From book one to this one you felt the emotions, fear, love, doubt, and even realization.
December 16, 2024
Exciting
This last book in the Edge of collapse wraps up this series nicely.
Kyle Stone has a great writing style and is great at immersing the reader into the story.
This last book is the most dramatic of this series and well worth the read.
If you're someone who enjoys survival books you'll want to read this!
This last book in the Edge of collapse wraps up this series nicely.
Kyle Stone has a great writing style and is great at immersing the reader into the story.
This last book is the most dramatic of this series and well worth the read.
If you're someone who enjoys survival books you'll want to read this!
March 24, 2024
I feel the series could had been better with less books but I'm not an author 🤷🏽♀️.
❄️ Hannah finally showed her true colors, she cares for the town but leans a bit too much on faith and God, those things don't help on post-apocalyptic times. She can definitely ask Bishop about that.
❄️ Please give Quinn a break, the poor girl had to grew up so damn fast in a just a couple of months. No wonder is hard to trust people, talk about how she feels instead of bottling it up. Poor Milo had to suffer the consequences; the poor boy just needed a friend.
❄️ I don't think I'll ever be able to forgive the author for killing someone very important to me at the end. I'm still hurt about it.
❄️ Liam super soldier body finally said 'dude, give me a break' and actually I'm not mad about it. It just gave me anxiety because I was going to riot if he actually died.
❄️ There was a lot of time spent getting ready for the attacks Fall Creek was going to get. It felt like this small-town of normal people with the super soldier Liam were going to fight World War III and IV at the same time.
❄️ I didn't like The General but again he was also part of the Sinclair clan, another one bites the dust. My mental picture of him is living in Texas and owning a gun shop for the 'I want to feel military' aficionados or maybe he has a Ford dealership selling F-150 Texas edition 🤔.
❄️ I'm not sure about this Poe guy, besides been told all the time the guy was bad news... everything was very vague to make him feel to have any value to the story.
The ending wasn't the traditional everyone is happy, but from the situation and circumstances everyone in the small town of Fall Creek is going through, it was a fitting one.
❄️ Hannah finally showed her true colors, she cares for the town but leans a bit too much on faith and God, those things don't help on post-apocalyptic times. She can definitely ask Bishop about that.
❄️ Please give Quinn a break, the poor girl had to grew up so damn fast in a just a couple of months. No wonder is hard to trust people, talk about how she feels instead of bottling it up. Poor Milo had to suffer the consequences; the poor boy just needed a friend.
❄️ I don't think I'll ever be able to forgive the author for killing someone very important to me at the end. I'm still hurt about it.
❄️ Liam super soldier body finally said 'dude, give me a break' and actually I'm not mad about it. It just gave me anxiety because I was going to riot if he actually died.
❄️ There was a lot of time spent getting ready for the attacks Fall Creek was going to get. It felt like this small-town of normal people with the super soldier Liam were going to fight World War III and IV at the same time.
❄️ I didn't like The General but again he was also part of the Sinclair clan, another one bites the dust. My mental picture of him is living in Texas and owning a gun shop for the 'I want to feel military' aficionados or maybe he has a Ford dealership selling F-150 Texas edition 🤔.
❄️ I'm not sure about this Poe guy, besides been told all the time the guy was bad news... everything was very vague to make him feel to have any value to the story.
The ending wasn't the traditional everyone is happy, but from the situation and circumstances everyone in the small town of Fall Creek is going through, it was a fitting one.
January 17, 2025
Sad this is over but this series is just what I neededdd
May 26, 2024
Read all 7, reviewing in a lump.
I hate villains and their monologues. Blah blah I am amazing and will rule all. Whatever. Just once I want a book hero to shoot the bad guy in the middle of a speech.
Figured out the twist early. Got tired of repeated phrases like adrenaline dump. This one felt sloppy.
I hate villains and their monologues. Blah blah I am amazing and will rule all. Whatever. Just once I want a book hero to shoot the bad guy in the middle of a speech.
Figured out the twist early. Got tired of repeated phrases like adrenaline dump. This one felt sloppy.
April 9, 2024
I would give this series 3.5-4 stars. Liked the characters and how they developed. Felt like bad things just kept coming but I guess what can you expect with what they were battling. Good storyline just felt long at times. I liked how it wrapped up overall. I better up my post apocalyptic game or I’ll die for sure😆 O yes, I also will need a dog.
July 14, 2024
~5🎀~
This quote encapsulates everything that is this series-friendship, love, hardship, companionship, found family, and it makes me bawl my eyes out..
“There’s something about the moments after your first battle that they fail to tell you.
You’ve won. The bad guys are defeated. You should feel thrilled, elated, joyous. Everyone around you weak with relief as they lower their weapons, cheering and jubilant.
You stand there, rifle hanging at your side, arms limp, dust caking your face, your mouth, grit in your eyes. Your muscles trembling with exhaustion and nerves. You can’t hear over the ringing inside your head.
Relieved, yes. And more than a little sick.
You lived. God rolled the dice, and you made it. A thousand bullets fired at you, and not one stuck its landing.
The town that you love still stands. The buildings, the roads, the house you grew up in. Still here.
But something is missing.
The adrenaline dump leaves you dizzy, your stomach queasy, and you sink down right there on the curb, blinking up at the sky that you can still see, the clouds and the sun and same old trees, with the breeze that you can still feel.
Because you’re alive. Because you made it.
You search through the crowd and see the people you love and care for, but not the one you most want to see.
Because they’re gone forever.
Because they’re dead.
No matter how much you long for it or how often you dream it. No matter how many times you squeeze that trigger or how many bad guys you put in the ground.
They’re gone, and you can’t bring them back.
There will be other fights. Other battles.
You will lose more people that you love.
That is the truth that roots you in place, that pulses in beat with your heart. No matter how strong you are, no matter what you do.
You can’t stop it.
The Earth spins round and round, and the Sun rises and the Sun sets. And even now there are evil men who plot to tear down everything you will ever build.
It never ends. It’s never over.
And you know, sitting there, dirty and sweaty and spent, that you will not let that fact stop you from trying.
You stood when it was time to stand and you fought when it was time to fight. You were scared to death, but you showed up.
And when your friends need you again, you’ll be there. Every time, you will stand. And you will fight. Even knowing that you may lose everything and everyone.
Because you are a warrior.
It has changed you. Broken you and remade you. You are scarred but not defeated. Wounded but not irreparable.
This you still believe. You must believe.
Through the swirling smoke and dust a figure appears, almost recognizable through the soot and grime on his face, his blond hair gray with dust, his eyes still so blue.
A flash of white teeth as he smiles. Shell-shocked but moving, on his feet.
You know him, this boy. Your friend. Maybe more than that.
Coming toward you. Coming to find you. To bring you back.
You can still go home.
You will live with the nightmares, haunted by blood and the screams of the dying. Both diminished and more than you are, a part of something larger and greater.
You can still go home, warrior.
He holds out his hand.
You hesitate. And then you take it.”
This quote encapsulates everything that is this series-friendship, love, hardship, companionship, found family, and it makes me bawl my eyes out..
“There’s something about the moments after your first battle that they fail to tell you.
You’ve won. The bad guys are defeated. You should feel thrilled, elated, joyous. Everyone around you weak with relief as they lower their weapons, cheering and jubilant.
You stand there, rifle hanging at your side, arms limp, dust caking your face, your mouth, grit in your eyes. Your muscles trembling with exhaustion and nerves. You can’t hear over the ringing inside your head.
Relieved, yes. And more than a little sick.
You lived. God rolled the dice, and you made it. A thousand bullets fired at you, and not one stuck its landing.
The town that you love still stands. The buildings, the roads, the house you grew up in. Still here.
But something is missing.
The adrenaline dump leaves you dizzy, your stomach queasy, and you sink down right there on the curb, blinking up at the sky that you can still see, the clouds and the sun and same old trees, with the breeze that you can still feel.
Because you’re alive. Because you made it.
You search through the crowd and see the people you love and care for, but not the one you most want to see.
Because they’re gone forever.
Because they’re dead.
No matter how much you long for it or how often you dream it. No matter how many times you squeeze that trigger or how many bad guys you put in the ground.
They’re gone, and you can’t bring them back.
There will be other fights. Other battles.
You will lose more people that you love.
That is the truth that roots you in place, that pulses in beat with your heart. No matter how strong you are, no matter what you do.
You can’t stop it.
The Earth spins round and round, and the Sun rises and the Sun sets. And even now there are evil men who plot to tear down everything you will ever build.
It never ends. It’s never over.
And you know, sitting there, dirty and sweaty and spent, that you will not let that fact stop you from trying.
You stood when it was time to stand and you fought when it was time to fight. You were scared to death, but you showed up.
And when your friends need you again, you’ll be there. Every time, you will stand. And you will fight. Even knowing that you may lose everything and everyone.
Because you are a warrior.
It has changed you. Broken you and remade you. You are scarred but not defeated. Wounded but not irreparable.
This you still believe. You must believe.
Through the swirling smoke and dust a figure appears, almost recognizable through the soot and grime on his face, his blond hair gray with dust, his eyes still so blue.
A flash of white teeth as he smiles. Shell-shocked but moving, on his feet.
You know him, this boy. Your friend. Maybe more than that.
Coming toward you. Coming to find you. To bring you back.
You can still go home.
You will live with the nightmares, haunted by blood and the screams of the dying. Both diminished and more than you are, a part of something larger and greater.
You can still go home, warrior.
He holds out his hand.
You hesitate. And then you take it.”
December 13, 2025
Diese Buchreihe ist wirklich nur zu empfehlen.
Ich würde mich so freuen wenn diese Reihe verfilmt werden würde, also Gruß an Hollywood 🙂
Es hat mir sehr viel Spaß gemacht diese Bücher zu lesen und manchmal konnte man die Bücher 📚 auch nicht weg legen ( hohes Suchtpotenzial )
Kann euch nur empfehlen diese Bücher zu lesen.
Ich würde mich so freuen wenn diese Reihe verfilmt werden würde, also Gruß an Hollywood 🙂
Es hat mir sehr viel Spaß gemacht diese Bücher zu lesen und manchmal konnte man die Bücher 📚 auch nicht weg legen ( hohes Suchtpotenzial )
Kann euch nur empfehlen diese Bücher zu lesen.
March 24, 2025
I listened to all 7 of these very quickly back to back. A little too “ ‘merica fuck ya” for me at times, will all their talk of god and country, but in all quite entertaining.
April 24, 2026
Liam, Hannah, Ghost, and all the rest of the cast, what will I do now that I have finished this series?! I absolutely loved this series, Kyla Stone knows how to write a great post apocalyptic thriller! I am so glad I found this author!
April 28, 2022
Good ending to the series. After 7 books I was more than ready to be done. 4 books would have been more than enough. The last 2 books with the General were just unnecessary. He wasn’t as interesting of a villian as his daughter. I also don’t know why Poe was brought into this, unless Kyla Stone is planning to write a future series where he is the bad guy.
The ending was predictable, but I was happy with it.
My biggest pet peeve with the series was Noah’s ending. I said much of the same on my review of the last book, but they can’t give that poor guy a break. Even in the beginning of this book he was their straw man. Hannah says that he let the militia come in… he was just a police officer at the time, the same as Reynoso and Perez. He didn’t stop it, but neither did they. In earlier books I wanted Noah to end up adopting Quinn. I still say he was a better parent to Milo than Hannah (and Liam). All he thought about was Milo and Milo’s medicine, when it was only mentioned one time in this entire book. I’m also still mad that Hannah let Noah think Milo died in that fire. His mental state at the end was directly caused by Milo’s supposed death, but oh well Liam and Hannah survived so that’s all that matters to this author.
The ending was predictable, but I was happy with it.
My biggest pet peeve with the series was Noah’s ending. I said much of the same on my review of the last book, but they can’t give that poor guy a break. Even in the beginning of this book he was their straw man. Hannah says that he let the militia come in… he was just a police officer at the time, the same as Reynoso and Perez. He didn’t stop it, but neither did they. In earlier books I wanted Noah to end up adopting Quinn. I still say he was a better parent to Milo than Hannah (and Liam). All he thought about was Milo and Milo’s medicine, when it was only mentioned one time in this entire book. I’m also still mad that Hannah let Noah think Milo died in that fire. His mental state at the end was directly caused by Milo’s supposed death, but oh well Liam and Hannah survived so that’s all that matters to this author.
May 20, 2022
Stuffy!
Finally made it to Book 7 Edge of Valor. Truth be told, I became tired of the characters and could not proceed beyond page 46. The self righteousness and smugness was getting to be too much. Hannah's callous attitude towards Luther grated me and Liam's machine like death count appears as nothing but the work of a murderous bully by this point. The series was riveting at first, but as of now... I've had enough.
Finally made it to Book 7 Edge of Valor. Truth be told, I became tired of the characters and could not proceed beyond page 46. The self righteousness and smugness was getting to be too much. Hannah's callous attitude towards Luther grated me and Liam's machine like death count appears as nothing but the work of a murderous bully by this point. The series was riveting at first, but as of now... I've had enough.
April 10, 2021
Hate to be the Debbie Downer but this series could have been five books. The repetitiveness just was getting to me at the end. Overall I liked the characters which kept me reading to the end.
April 12, 2026
Ugh. She strikes again. Such potential, such disappointment. The last couple books have gotten increasingly hard to believe, but this one was bad. It should get two stars, but I'll give it three because her writing is still good. I could spend 1000 words talking about the egregious errors about tactics, fighting, human nature, and survival, but I won't spend that much time. Because I spent a fair amount of time on this whole series though, I will point out a few things in particular. Clearly the author has a personal relationship with somebody who is ex-special forces. They must be a pretty amazing person, because she has a full God complex about Delta force. I'm glad her experience is so positive, but it does make for some annoying character features. Growing up in a house with special forces, I am no stranger to the fact they are hardened elite warriors, capable of incredible things. that does not however, negate being a human. She has Liam constantly do things that would kill or nearly kill him, and he is always basically fine. Almost worse, she tries to make it more realistic by having him get grievously wounded in lots of his engagements. The problem is, it never actually killed or stops him. By far the most annoying point, is when he nearly dies, is shot, and can barely move but insists on helping get the town ready for imminent attack. They make a big deal about him using his expertise for a planning role since he's grievously injured, and in the next scene he's chainsawing down trees while fully capable and uninjured men are standing guard. I understand she wants to make the persona that he is a super human manly man, but that's just bad writing. Also, she made a big deal several times in the last couple books about how despite the conditions he was still immensely muscular, and built like a tank. That's not how physiology works. She talks about him constantly skipping meals, and everyone being real thin and starving, even seeing people's ribs, but somehow he is still built the same way he was consuming 4,200 calories of protein a day in the military.. Annoying. most of the characters got very unrealistic over the last couple bucks, but his was by far the worst. Now we're going to skip the myriad other things that were wrong and go right to the thing that bothers me the most about this whole series, but particularly this last book because that's enough time taking on this review. The key to survival, is not being where the problem is. The series became a story of a bunch of idiots refusing to do the logical thing, and instead throwing themselves upon the altar of stubbornness and somehow surviving. Impossible odds, impossible they would have survived, impossible any of it would have happened, and yet the story is written so that the characters can make the worst decisions every time, and never suffer the full consequences of their actions. There is no case historically, nor any research or evidence that the ending of this series is possible. It may as well have been sci-fi. There is literally every opportunity for the people in this town to leave before the problems. They could have left while occupied by the militia, they could have left while being attacked, they could have left when the general shows up, they could have left when they heard the general has aircraft, they could have left 50 different times and it would have been the right decision. But they stayed, and absolutely would have been slaughtered down to the last child in any possible scenario. What a stupid thing to die for. This is made worse by the fact that Hannah is willing to sacrifice her children's lives, or gamble them at the very least, for some kind of ideal that they need to come together as a community. Bull. She's a mother, her first and foremost responsibility is to her children and husband. Her husband is dead, so it's just to her children. Instead she makes some saintly stand that their whole community will live together or die together. Disgusting. Her brother, and her lover, both offer safe alternatives for her family. Not only does she refuse them, but the author makes this out as "the right decision". If this was a realistic book, the ending would have been her watching her children get slaughtered, and wishing she'd done the right thing and protected them. Instead, magically, everything is fine, and she made an amazing decision to help the community over her own family. How convenient. Garbage. That's enough time spent, you get the point.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 18, 2026
OMG...
This book broke me.
Properly.
This is a true grand finale: brutal, emotional, earned.
From the first pages, you know what’s coming: the final battle for Fall Creek, the last stand, the moment where there is no safe choice left.
Only meaning.
I cried.
Real tears.
I laughed, rarely, but deeply.
I held my breath more times than I can count.
And yes… the death of one deeply beloved character shattered me.
That kind of pain that makes you stop reading for a moment because your chest actually hurts.
The final confrontation is epic in the truest sense: losses, sacrifices, small victories that matter, and one great, hard-won victory that comes at an immense cost.
There is suffering and grief everywhere, but also something just as powerful: hope.
Not naive hope.
Earned hope.
The characters are extraordinary.
Quinn and Milo… what a relationship.
What a gift.
Milo’s generosity, his open heart, the way he welcomed Quinn into his family and gave her the courage to keep living, that was beautiful.
Quietly, deeply beautiful.
Ghost.
Loyal.
Fierce.
Unforgettable.
I will always love when authors include animals like this, not as decoration, but as soul.
Hannah and Liam, FINALLY.
A romance that stays a little elusive, a little restrained, exactly as it should be in a world like this. And Liam… what a man.
What a human being.
Steady, principled, strong without being loud.
Hannah, brave and resilient, standing tall even when everything hurts.
Every character deserves applause.
Even the villains.
Especially the villains.
They are well-written, terrifying, human in the worst ways.
And yes, even Luther gets a redemption arc.
Nothing is wasted.
Everything matters.
This story is brutal and magnificent.
In the end, what stays with me most is this truth: a small rural town ,just over a thousand people, ordinary people, with fear, doubts, flaws, and dreams, stood together and defended their right to live.
They set aside uncertainty, lack of resources, pain, and loss… and they endured.
This series shows that ordinary people are not weak.
They are capable of making the impossible possible, if they truly choose to.
A masterpiece of survival fiction.
A devastating, hopeful, unforgettable ending.
Thank you, Kyla Stone, for writing this story.
Truly.
March 28, 2024
A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller With Heart!!
I really enjoyed this series, although emotionally it was draining. I became so invested in these resilient characters that my emotions were all over the place. I felt horrified, heartbroken, scared, inspired, frustrated, angry and heartwarming at what they went through and who they became. They were courageous and wouldn’t give up on their home and their family and found family.
I’m sad and glad it’s over. I’m glad because personally I don’t think I could handle anymore aching sadness or total panic. But I’m sad to say goodbye to my friends…these amazing and special characters. This was a wonderfully vivid post-apocalyptic thriller, along with inspiring acts of kindness, heroism and love! I highly recommend this lushly crafted story and would recommend not missing out on it!
I really enjoyed this series, although emotionally it was draining. I became so invested in these resilient characters that my emotions were all over the place. I felt horrified, heartbroken, scared, inspired, frustrated, angry and heartwarming at what they went through and who they became. They were courageous and wouldn’t give up on their home and their family and found family.
I’m sad and glad it’s over. I’m glad because personally I don’t think I could handle anymore aching sadness or total panic. But I’m sad to say goodbye to my friends…these amazing and special characters. This was a wonderfully vivid post-apocalyptic thriller, along with inspiring acts of kindness, heroism and love! I highly recommend this lushly crafted story and would recommend not missing out on it!
April 21, 2026
No, because what do you mean it’s over? I’ve fallen in love with Liam and Hannah and I want nothing more than to be Bishops best friend. This was a wild ride and I honestly learned so much, but also fell in love with so many of the characters. This was written so well that I felt like I was there. Thank you for giving Liam and Hannah a semblance of happiness they deserve.
January 12, 2026
I finished the seven book series. The first 3 were the best in my opinion with a terrible psychopath on the loose. I also enjoyed how the surviving people used home made inventions and medicines to make a better life for themselves.
February 22, 2026
It’s been a long time since I’ve been hooked on a series like this. I loved every book. I don’t like violence so I struggled through that at first. There a lot of gore in this. There are a lot of survival skills in this book we could probably all use in real life.
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