Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Sample
  • The Day of Forgetting

  • By: Nel Stephenson
  • Narrated by: Matt Addis
  • Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

£0.00 for first 30 days

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

The Day of Forgetting

By: Nel Stephenson
Narrated by: Matt Addis
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £14.99

Buy Now for £14.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
activate_samplebutton_t1

Listeners also enjoyed...

Welcome to Dystopia: 45 Visions of What Lies Ahead cover art
Not So Dead Trilogy cover art
Limbus, Inc. cover art
Committed cover art
The Trinity Game cover art
Space Hobos cover art
Coercion cover art
The Amnesia Project cover art
Blinded by the Lights cover art
Flash cover art
The Life We Bury cover art
Son of the Black Sword cover art
Cold City cover art
Speaks the Nightbird cover art
The Well of Eternity: Blizzard Legends cover art
All the Murmuring Bones cover art

Summary

A collective amnesia strikes the globe, deleting our memories for all the events and people that make us who we are. If our past weighs us down, does forgetting it free us? 

Set in the present, this high-concept thriller follows the intertwined fates of an intense war correspondent (Max) and an offbeat con artist (Chen), as they piece together their lives and save each other in the back alleys of Los Angeles. 

It is Max who follows a lead all the way to Antarctica, where he finds trouble, then horror, and finally the cause of the global catastrophe. Award-winning audiobook actor Matt Addis breathes fire into the two wildly different protagonists.

Editorial Reviews: An action-packed adventure loaded with humor. Max is an intense, intellectual reporter scoping out the most sought-after story to the ends of the earth. Chen is an Asian-American L.A. street kid, quick on his feet, and looking to exploit the situation.  

Their lives become inadvertently linked as the collective amnesia blankets their identities, forces them to change, and pulls them into a pact. A fast-paced romp for fans of Ludlum’s Bourne Identity, Michael Crichton, Ken Follett, Tom Clancy, particularly those who enjoy some serious humor to spice up the suspense.  

©2020 Nel Stephenson (P)2020 Nel Stephenson

What listeners say about The Day of Forgetting

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    1
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    1
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    1
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Next time we lose our future

Two men, Chen, a petty criminal, and Max, a war correspondent, suddenly realise that they did not know what was happening around them, who or where they were, why they were there, or even their own names. They were not alone. Everyone worldwide had suffered an autobiographical amnesia almost simultaneously. But how had it happened? Would everyone's.memory return as suddenly as it had vanished or would this event happen again? Life must go on even if the past is missing and Max thought he saw a pattern, his editor saw a story and he was Sent to investigate.

Told in the first person from the perspective of the two main protagonists, this is an unexpectedly gentle story (despite the dead bodies and perpetrated cruelties), one of hope and redemption. It is also a warning. The characterisation is good, both men suffering very human faults, and equally, human kindness. An easy book to read, it is also suspenseful and intriguing. Read by Mark Addis, the audio book enjoys good individual voicings for each character, adding to their three dimensional solidity, and all of the text is well nuanced, with good pacing and excellent intonation. A very fine lerformance.

The Day of Forgetting is my first novel by this author but will certainly not be my last. I was very fortunate in being freely gifted with a complimentary copy of the book, at my request, by the rights holder. Thank you so much. A very enjoyable alternative pandemic story and highly recommended to all S.F., disaster and thriller readers.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars
Listener received this title free

“There’s nothing like a gun to remind you of your manners”

I didn’t know what to expect when I started this and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised!
A great story with plenty of intrigue and really likeable characters.
I like how it’s almost 2 separate stories in 1 and told from the 2 people’s view!
Great narration from Matt as always with some great character voices and accents.
Thoroughly enjoyed and hope there’s more to come!
This is my honest opinion on a free review copy.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful