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Crash: Book One
- A Dark Post-Apocalyptic Tale
- Narrated by: Steve Barnes
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
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Summary
Chris's life of luxury is gone, devastated by the collapse of the European economy. Huddled in a small room with his petrified ten-year-old son, Chris made the decision to stay in his lavish and once cherished home. Gas, water, and electricity are all cut off; his wife and daughter have gone, and food is running out.
Driven by the need to survive, Chris has decided to keep secrets from his son. Secrets that will make everything else up until this point seem trivial. Secrets that—one way or another will come out before the day is done.
Cowering in his home, he watches as his neighbors are dragged into the street and brutally executed by a small army of psychotic scavengers hell-bent on making the formerly privileged pay. As they methodically purge each home, Chris realizes that staying was the worst decision of his life. Secrets or not, he has to act fast; the murderous pack only has one more house before they reach his…
Crash - A post-apocalyptic/dystopian thriller.
WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS SCENES OF BRUTAL VIOLENCE. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
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- Lisa Shah
- 03-09-15
Gripping Story!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I really loved this audio book....the narrator did an excellent job of bringing this story to life..and giving the listener a vivid, realistic picture of the father and son's plight. As you listen, you can imagine the terror with each word. The author of the Crash series gives the reader a great story...and listening to this story will make you stop what you are doing to make sure you hear every word. Highly recommend.
What other book might you compare Crash: Book One to, and why?
I love all the series written by author Michael Robertson...and I would compare this to The Alpha Plague. Both are apocalyptic stories that will have you craving the next book in the series.
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
The narrator brings you into the story so well that you feel exactly what the characters are going through....I felt horror, sadness, hopelessness, afraid.....and without spoiling the ending....you do want to cry!
Any additional comments?
Please read all the series by author Michael Robertson. Crash, New Reality, The Alpha Plague....all of these books really pull you in and make you think. Great author and recommended reading!!
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- mr
- 10-07-16
Okay
I've 'read' my fair share of post apocalyptic books recently. This one isnt too bad. It's pretty short and lacks depth in places but it doesn't skrimp on graphic and gratuitous violence.
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- Senta410
- 29-01-20
No hope story
It's a good story although it's quite depressing to follow the no hope situation sofar
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- The Reader and Listener
- 23-08-16
A possible conclusion
listening to this it sounds like the death knell of the EU and the UK, this could be all so real if the government, MP's and the courts went against the people and refused to act on BREXIT, the feeling is higher now then when the vote was taken, this should be a warning to all.
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- Tim H
- 03-04-16
Chilling. Not for the faint hearted
Perhaps the most brutal shocking book ever read as an adult.
Akin to reading Stephen King or James Herbert for the first time in my teens.
Strangely compelling, impossible to stop.
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- sarah MacHattie
- 02-04-18
moved very slowly. not a book I'd recommend
music between chapters made it sound cheap and tacky. reader made the book sound eerie. story moved so slowly it irritated me. was more like a monologue than a story. bit too much gore. lacked action. didn't have me on the edge of my seat. had me bored in fact. won't read 2nd book.
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- Peter G
- 29-03-16
NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED
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This is an incredibly visceral and very disturbing story showing humanity at it's very worst. The story is set shortly after a fairly trivial slow collapse of society due to global financial reasons.
The bad guy is almost cartoonishly deranged and vile, yet his character cuts very close to the bone. If civilisation collapses and consequences are removed, this type of sick personality will emerge very quickly.
The flashbacks to pre-collapse times give no respite, the utterly failed work and family life of the main character are just as painfully horridly realistic.
Michael Robertson gives a visceral painful look at what humans are capable of if there are no consequences, and he doesn't let you look away for a second.
Highly recommended!
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