Ash

The Alt Apocalypse, Book 1

By: Tom Abrahams

Narrated by: Kevin Pierce

A nuclear attack. A collapsing society. A world covered in ash.

The Alt Apocalypse is the newest ground-breaking series from Tom Abrahams.

It explores survival under the most extreme circumstances, but with a twist (and no cliff-hangers). This series, which can be heard in any order, features the same core characters in each complete story. But every audiobook dunks them into a new, alternate apocalypse and a nuclear holocaust - an earthquake, a flood, a wildfire, a hurricane, a plague, and even zombies.

Different heroes will emerge in each novel. Different characters will survive and perish. Your favorite character dies in one audiobook? He or she will be back in the next. In the end, you'll unwind the loose thread that connects every character and every stand-alone story.

In Ash, Abrahams tells the story of four college friends, an ex-con, a lonely fry cook, and a secretive group of prepared civilians as they each battle to survive in southern California after a series of nuclear attacks. Theirs is a gray world covered in ash and nuclear fallout.

Do they hunker down? Do they bug out? Do they find their salvation above ground or below?

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Great start to a series I'm sure I'll enjoy

As a prepper, minus 1* for not scavenging enough.
Justa detail. KevinPearce isstill my FAVORITEorator!

"I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review."

Listened thru in a single sitting. Enjoyable. Characters felt real. I look forward to the next in series.

Great

I really enjoyed the story the characters were fun to follow and the narrator did a great job thank you for a great book

Great survival story

I enjoyed this listen. It didn't wow me but it was definitely an interesting tale. What you'll want to keep in mind is that this isn't a story about the how or the why of the apocalypse but a story of a couple small groups of people and how they react and try to survive in reaction to the nuclear attacks. My biggest gripe is that I just didn't feel too attached to some of the characters and when certain events occur it didn't really feel like there was a major impact. With that said, I wasn't bored with this listen and overall it was enjoyable!

Narration by Kevin Pierce was as expected if you've listened to any of his other works; a pleasant listen as usual!

Overall, this book is worth a listen if you're interested in survival stories. I like the premise of having the same cast revisit different scenarios and it will be interesting to see how it turns out.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

3.5* - interesting multi-story concept

I've read/listened to other post-apocalyptic fiction, some I've enjoyed more than others. I'd put this one in the middle.

I got to know the characters but didn't particular bond with any of them. There were spots in the story where I saw opportunities to introduce tension, which didn't materialize into anything of substance (e.g. a sense of cult-like menace or foreshadowing regarding the motives/interests of the folks running Oasis). My strongest overall impression after finishing the book is that 'survival' is mostly a matter of luck and being in the right place at the right time, that the ones who thrive are the ones who started prepping (with significant financial investment) years before the apocalyptic event, and that everyone is probably going to die anyway.

Having said this, I don't regret listening to the story, for the following reasons. First, I really like the idea that you can't depend on the military to come charging in like white knights to the rescue. They may be decimated, disorganized, or prioritizing and people surviving in small clusters will be lower on their priority list. Second, I enjoyed the debate about being charitable/altruistic versus being self-interested. I can understand that this would be a significant inner struggle for some people, but no struggle at all for others -- that's fascinating to me. I've done thousands and thousands of hours of volunteering over my lifetime (so far!) and I wonder how easily I'd be able to switch into an 'every man for himself' mentality and possibly risk my own well-being to help a vulnerable family. Third, I'm curious to see where the author takes us in future books with the same cast of characters in different perilous situations. One of the things I enjoyed most about watching 'American Horror Story' on television was that we got to see the same actors/actresses reincarnated into different roles and storylines. I'm curious to see how Tom Abrahams reincarnates the characters we got to know in Ash. Finally, the narration was very well done - I wouldn't hesitate to listen to Kevin Pierce in the future.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review