• The Borrowed World Box Set, Volume One: Books 1-3

  • By: Franklin Horton
  • Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
  • Length: 25 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (469 ratings)

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The Borrowed World Box Set, Volume One: Books 1-3

By: Franklin Horton
Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
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Publisher's summary

This special box set edition of The Borrowed World Series contains the full text of books 1-3 of the best-selling series: The Borrowed World, Ashes Of The Unspeakable, and Legion Of Despair. This series has garnered tens of thousands of 4 and 5 star reviews.

If society fell apart, could your family survive? Jim Powell thought he was ready. He was a regular guy who travelled a lot for work and hated every second he was away from his young family. But when ISIS operatives unleashed a coordinated attack on America’s infrastructure, his entire world shattered. The electrical grid collapsed, communication networks were damaged, critical bridges and dams were destroyed, and major fuel refineries have gone up in massive fiery clouds.

Now, with an Executive Order halting fuel sales to the public, Jim Powell finds himself in a terrifying predicament. He's trapped hundreds of miles away from his family, and with thousands of stranded travelers and scarce law enforcement across the country, the miles between Jim and his family become a brutal gauntlet where the rules of a civilized society no longer apply.

Jim is a prepper with years of planning under his belt, but as he puts his preparations to the test, he soon finds that training for a societal collapse is very different from actually experiencing one. If Jim wants to make it back to his family in one piece, he'll need to find the strength and brutality to meet this new, dangerous world head-on—even if it means rising to unimaginable levels of violence.

Downloaded over 100,000 times, The Borrowed World is a series that you'll find yourself listening to more than once.

©2015, 2016, 2017 Franklin Horton (P)2023 Franklin Horton
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the negative reviews clinched it for me.

Reading why the single-star reviews didn't like this series convinced me that I would enjoy this story.

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Love this series

Characters are so good as well as narrator . Already have next three ready to go

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Good story and good characters

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Engaging story and characters

First of all, I love this narrator. He really brings the story to life. The storyline and characters are very engaging and it really makes you consider your own preparedness and resolutions.

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Great spin on the end

The other painted a great picture in the narrator as I always did a great job. Realistically I do believe all things in this book are very possible unfortunately. It’s not too over the top but it’s definitely a nailbiter at times. Great book looking forward to the next box set !!

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SO GOOD

I love Franklin Hortons books and read by Kevin Pierce tops the cake. Interesting story line and charecters.

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Real deal

Story is realistic no need for Zombies or Aliens shows how humans will react if such of an event ever takes place. Lots of detail u can tell that the author did his homework.

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A Great Listen

I have purchased the next three Audible books in this series because these first three are so good. The characters are all believable and the children are not whiners (like in other post apocalyptic books). And Kevin Pierce is an accomplished reader. He makes it so compelling. In fact I'm wondering how much of the feelings -- not actions -- but feelings are the authors re: growing up etc.
The language is always a bit much, but if you can get past that you'll enjoy the read/listen.

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Great series and story line

Listen to a lot of apocalypse stories. This series is right up there with the rest.

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Great story…

Love the Box Set vol 1. Can’t wait to start Volume 2. I have become a Prepper over the last few years. I like listening to this genre for tips, things I haven’t thought of. This series was great for that. I really like the narrator too.

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