Enduring Anarchy

Dark Nation, Book 2

De: Grace Hamilton

Narrado por: Andrew Tell

Duración: 8 h y 15 m

Resumen del Editor

They survived annihilation. But the real danger has only just begun....

When Molly, Colton, and their group of high school students narrowly escape a field trip gone wrong, they return home to find their town in shambles. An EMP has devastated the world. And life has been reduced to a daily battle for survival….

After a derailed train throws what’s left of the town into chaos, Diego, the father of one of Molly's students, quickly takes charge. At first, he seems determined to help the survivors and clean up the train's wreckage. But it soon becomes clear that he has a sinister motive of his own for taking over. And Molly is certain he can’t be trusted….

Things become much worse after a failed attempt by the local police has Diego seizing control and drawing a line in the sand. It isn’t safe for anyone, and Molly is ready to head to the woods, but not without all her students. Colton might be the marine, but she isn’t leaving anyone behind.

Molly will do anything to protect her students. But can she lead them to safety when the entire world has fallen into chaos?"

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A make you wonder book

This book is about a group of survivors after an EMP. In the first book A teacher, her students, the bus driver are on field trip and are trapped at a nearby prison. This book continues after they escape and with a few new characters they must navigate the realities of coming home. A train had derailed and the fire burns uncontrollably while they search for family and loved ones. The town needs help and one man schemes to take over killing people who do support his agenda . The police department is decimated and the remaining police department leaves town. Our hero’s know they must help the survivors with limited resources they do not give up.
I thought this 2nd book was a great continuation of the story as we learned more about their home town and their ability to continue to fight for not only themselves but for others. I grew to like the various characters.
The narrator was perfect as he brought the story to life.

Love this Author

I've read 1 or 2 of this Author's book and enjoyed every moment of it. The books keep your attention and wanting more but not wanting it to end.

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Awesome

Couldn’t put this audio book/stop listening to it. This 2nd book in the series so good! Can’t wait to listen on!

Creating a new Family-In an Apocalypse

As Molly and her students discover, a family does not have to be the one you are born into. It can be the one that you develop during hardships because you all care deeply about one another. As the Apocalypse continues to play out in their hometown, Molly and some of her students are discovering that the family they were born into is not necessarily the one that cares for them the most. Their teacher, bus driver, and fellow students are more a family and care about them more. Their trials and tribulations are sometimes fairly harsh. This book can be read as a stand alone however is better following Book one of the series. Looking forward to Book 3.

yay yay fast paced and action packed

I’m so glad Jenna stood up to her dad. I loved how fast paced and action packed this story was. I was sad not to read about the guy Santi at the end of book 1.
I do think that anarchy happened too quickly, 1 day? Too soon. Even 3 days would be too soon.
But the plot twist at the very end? Blown away, and now I have to know what happens in the next book.

Okay, this book was well written, it kept my attention and I appreciated the character development.
I loved listening to Andrew Tell, that man's voice is so easy to listen to.

While I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review I did purchase my own copy of the audio book and ebook.

Love this book!

So far I have loved all of Grace Hamilton’s books. We must be very compatible because I enjoy them all. I’m very happy that she is such a prolific writer. Because I definitely love to read a lot!

The story continues

This is book two in this series and you have to read book one for the backstory. An EMP has taken out everything while Molly and Colton are escorting some near-juvenile delinquents to a prison for a scared straight trip. This book picks up right where the last one left off and they return home to find things are bad, they are very bad. When a train derails and the father of one of Molly’s students steps up, it looks promising, but looks are deceiving and he soon becomes more of a problem than a solution. Molly becomes more of a leader. There is danger and not all of it is from the actual EMP. It’s brought out the worst in some people and Molly is determined to protect her group. Fast paced, edge of your seat story. Book three is right around the corner.

Great Addition to the Series

This second installation to the series was well written and kept me entertained from start to finish thanks to the well written character work and story line. The narrator did a fantastic job of bringing the story to life and made this as fun to listen to as it was to read.

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New Villain; Breaking Apart and Coming Together

Even books that are part of a longer series often seem to have the ups and downs of trilogies. This book very much felt like the middle book of a trilogy to me, even though it is a part of a much longer series. The prior book saw the end of the, shall we say, prison segment of this story with that novel's main villain being taken out at the end. But of course, an even worse villain that we’d only heard of in the prior book dominates this one, and the “prison” he creates is of his own, not of society. He finds the new world order an opportunity to take control of their small community and its limited resources, treating anybody who doesn't agree with him harshly. Like other middle books, groups we had come to know in the prior book get broken up and segmented, each group developing their own subplot. and like a middle book, these groups that had been either forcibly torn apart or chosen to break apart come back together at the end to face the challenges that will come in the next book. I'm sorry if this sounds obtuse, but I'm not wanting to give too much away. The villain in this book will certainly rear his ugly head again in the next. While he was dealt with most satisfactorily by the one against whom he was most vile, he yet lives!

All these authors' series about post-EMP worlds have a very similar flavor to them, which can get a little tedious even if they are well written and have sympathetic characters. Even within the same sub-subgenre, you can have a bit more variety. The villains, in particular, feel two-dimensional and show the same sort of villainy. I did like how the core group in this series is what regular society would consider to be a band of misfits, some teenagers who have been problematic. But each of these teens is showing more mettle than one would expect from potential deviants or delinquents. We certainly saw the strength of most of them in this book, including the abused daughter of the villain of this piece, as she truly showed what she was about and her choice to protect and go with the family of her heart.

Lame

Characters made really dumb decisions and for the most part were a bunch of pansies, including but not limited to Colton who was supposed to be a former marine.