After the Escape

A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller Filled with Fascinating Characters & Prepper Info (Survivors of the New Dawn, Book 2)

By: Grace Hamilton

Narrated by: Sylvia Gonçalves

After the world went dark, every road became a battlefield.

Before the global EMP shattered the grid and sent civilization spiraling into ruin, a single bullet could end a life. Now, it guarantees a slow, agonizing death. Rob is bleeding out in a world without doctors, medicine—or mercy. And time is running out.

Claire has one mission: find help—fast. But in a lawless wasteland crawling with killers, slavers, and scavengers, every step is a gamble. Worse still, the Carringtons are hunting them, and they won’t stop until Rob’s body is in the dirt.

When a brutal militia razes the last refuge the Taylors called home, they're forced to flee into the unknown, chasing desperate whispers of a hidden sanctuary deep in the wilds of Washington State.

Along the way, they encounter fellow survivors—each marked by trauma, each with their own secrets. Trust is rare. Mistakes are fatal. And as enemies close in from every direction, the Taylors must confront a brutal truth: to survive in this world, it’s not just about how far you’re willing to go…

It’s about what you’re willing to become.

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Exciting and Suspenseful Story

After The Escape is an exciting and suspenseful post-apocalyptic thriller which is the second book/audio book in the Survivors of the New Dawn Series which features the realistic world of Rob, Claire, Alejandro, Lydia, Bobby, Buck, Sandra, and Sophia. As the family and friends seek out a new home, they are faced with rogue militias, food and resource shortages, medical issues, and criminals sent out to retrieve Lydia for her contracted surrogate baby to a Mafia type family. Grace Hamilton provides you with a realistic look of the group's journey and emotions with her excellent descriptive and world building construction. I highly recommend this book/audio book.

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After The Escape

What an amazing (audio)book!! I didn’t want it to end!!! I am super happy that the author left the ending open for book 3. I really hope she decides to write book 3 because I don’t want the adventures with the Taylor’s to end.

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Great story

This one was super fun for me. I always seem to love these stories. This one was peticularly fun as I currently live in Eureka and grew up in Redding. I was delightfully surprised as the story unfolded. Thank you another wonderful story!

Love this author!

I always look forward to the next book from Grace Hamilton and this book does not disappoint. Highly recommend!

Thrilling

After the Escape by Grace Hamilton is an excellent post- apocalyptic survival Science Fiction thriller. Sylvia Gonçalves did an incredible job with the narration. The story is entertaining, thrilling, exciting, interesting, engaging, enjoyable, intense, and more. After the Escape is the second book in Survivors of the New Dawn series.

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