Journey

Sunfall, Book 1

De: D. Gideon

Narrado por: Kevin Pierce, Becket Royce

Ripley's a tomboy at heart who has never met a stranger. Her plans were to finish her veterinary studies and take her family to the country, where life wouldn't be such a struggle. She thought the worst she'd have to deal with at the University of Maryland were the unwelcome advances and attitudes of affluent students, and the occasional East Coast hurricane.

She never expected the sun to fall down.

An immense coronal mass ejection, the likes of which the modern world has never seen, blankets the Earth and destroys the power grid worldwide.

Ripley has no communication with her family at home and - thanks to the University's zero-tolerance policy - no weapons to protect herself. Society is becoming increasingly panicked and desperate, and the government seems slow to respond.

The world, as she knew it, has ended. A new world of lawlessness, betrayal, and scarcity is beginning.

Can she become the woman she needs to be so that she and her friends can make it home?

With the thin veneer of a civilized society collapsing, can she even survive?

©2016 D. Gideon (P)2017 D. Gideon

Interesting idea, characters all over the place

I liked the idea of following a world where a CME happened, and the spiral of life as we know it. I felt it was interesting to see the differences in people prepared versus ones that weren't, though college students being that prepared was a bit far fetched. Both narrators did a really good job, with Kevin narrating the action in the little town and Becket narrating the college students side. They did a great job bringing the characters to life and giving just enough of a difference to really differentiate between the characters in each of their sections. The characters are a bit maddening at times. They contradict their own logic within minutes and seem to switch their stance without much of an explanation. It makes it hard for me to get invested in the characters.

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Interesting original story. Great character development. Great post apocalyptic read.

I enjoyed the narration and performance.

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Outstanding, realistic prepper fiction

Ms. Gideon has done an excellent job crafting a realistic, well thought out, and completely readable work of prepper/TEOTWAWKI fiction. You won't learn the muzzle velocity of a 5.56 round from an AR-15 SBR, but you will learn some more useful stuff and be entertained along the way.

On the audio side, Kevin Pierce's performance is awesome as usual. This is my first time listening to Becket Royce, but she holds her own with old man Pierce. Well done, all the way around!

Promising start to a new series.

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Sunfall is the first volume in a new post-apocalyptic series and I must say it's off to a great start. I know I am not the only one who loves apocalyptic stories (what does that say about us? lol) and I thoroughly enjoyed Sunfall. Mr. Gideon takes a different approach than many other books of the genre that I've read lately in that the books focuses on the very early days following an event, which in this case is a solar event that hits the planet and plunges the world into darkness. We don't jump right to people going crazy and society being total chaos, instead we see the slow slide, real issues that people are faced with when the power goes out for an extended period of time. The cast of characters is varied and entertaining, we get a good mix, those with a prepper mentality (though even these characters didn't see, prepared for this kind of event) and those for who such an event seems unthinkable. The book jumps back and forth between two groups of people, a bunch of college kids and a grandmother and town they are trying to get home to, both storylines are highly entertaining and I was sorry when the book ended. Thankfully the second book in the series is already out, and I've already purchased it, though unfortunately it is not available in audio format.

Speaking of audio format, as I noted earlier the book follows two different stories and each of these is told by a different narrator. Kevin Pierce, who I've heard before, narrates the grandmother's story and Becket Royce, this is my first time hearing her work, narrates the college kids story. Both of them do an excellent job and I will definitely be checking out some of their other work, and I hope they record the sequel.

Really good start to a series

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Good start to a series. The story pulled me in immediately and kept my attention until the end. It's a well written really good story that flows smoothly and is very entertaining, engaging and enjoyable.

While it is similar to many post apocalyptic stories out there, it has it's own unique little differences. I enjoyed that even though the characters have some knowledge and a few preps in case of an emergency, they were not fully prepared prepper's ready for any emergency. They were caught off guard and had to figure things out as they went along just as anyone would have to. The situations the characters found themselves in, and the things that were happening in each story line were believable and realistic. While there are things that happen throughout the story, it isn't full of constant violence and gore which was a nice change. Society doesn't deteriorate all at once. The changes are gradual.

The story unfolds through two separate but interconnected story lines. Showing what each side of a family is going through and dealing with when the world changes in an instant. Ripley and her friends trying to leave collage and make their way home and the family they are trying to get home to.

Great cast of interesting characters. Especially Dottie. The characters grow on you throughout the story but Dottie is immediately likable. The story does end in a cliffhanger. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

Really enjoyed the dual narration. This is not the first time I have listened to a book narrated by Kevin Pierce and Becket Royce. Both did a great job with the narration. Nice voices easy to listen to for long periods of time. Clearly spoken with a nice even pace. Good character voices. Having the each side of the story narrated by different narrators really brought the characters and story to life. Very enjoyable.

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