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Going Home

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Going Home

By: A. American
Narrated by: Duke Fontaine
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If society collapsed, could you survive?

When Morgan Carter's car breaks down 250 miles from his home, he figures his weekend plans are ruined. But things are about to get much, much worse: the country's power grid has collapsed. There is no electricity, no running water, no Internet, and no way to know when normalcy will be restored - if it ever will be.

An avid survivalist, Morgan takes to the road with his prepper pack on his back. During the grueling trek from Tallahassee to his home in Lake County, chaos threatens his every step but Morgan is hell-bent on getting home to his wife and daughters - and he'll do whatever it takes to make that happen.

Fans of James Wesley Rawles, William R. Forstchen's One Second After, and The End by G. Michael Hopf will revel in A. American's apocalyptic tale.

©2013 A. American (P)2013 Penguin Audiobooks Action & Adventure Dystopian Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Science Fiction War & Military Emotionally Gripping Military

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Great realism and detail keeps you listening. Looking forward to chapter after chapter. Real life problems on a daily basis.

Great start to the collection

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Great book, couldn't put down.

looking forward to next in series and seeing where the story takes the characters .

Great read

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the author writes really well and don't use cheap cliff hangers at the end of book.

best of best

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I found the plot of this book quite compelling; it was interesting enough that I was motivated to keep going to the end and listen to the second in the series. However, it’s worth noting that the story does feel, at times, like it’s pandering to the survivalist community in a sort of “Aren’t ordinary people stupid for not anticipating societal collapse” sort of way. (I believe the word “sheeple” is used at one point.)

Where I feel this book is let down is in the quality of the writing. Some of the dialogue is rather unnatural and in quite a few places, repeated words ruin the flow of the sentence. I started Going Home shortly after finishing a Stephen King novel, and the difference in writing ability was very obvious.

If you enjoy this genre, and you’re willing to endure rather clunky prose for the sake of a good narrative, then I’d recommend this book. Otherwise, you can afford to give it a miss.

Interesting story, mediocre execution

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I've listened to this series 4 times now and am now officially an A. American fan. The story holds together well and the writing is deft and easy to read. The performance is also spot on and I will now actively look for works read by Duke Fontaine.

I keep coming back for more.

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This book could have been much better and much shorter. A large amount of it is too descriptive, particularly regarding equipment and products.

Great if you need a shopping list for the apocalypse

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I have just finished book 5 in the series and thought I would write a review on the whole series (so far) as I loved all of them the same.

So if you've read the synopsis you'll now that Morgan was on his way home to his wife and 3 kids when.... the power goes out, an EMP maybe? and plunges the world back into the stone age. Now you might be thinking that there is a couple of other books on the same line and a successful TV show.

However what makes this different?
Morgans story and the situations that he finds himself in with people that are trying to survive. I continually thought "yeah, that is what would happen, thats how people would act in that situation" it is brilliantly thought through. The characters are fantastic as well all with very different backstories which really makes you care about what happens to them.

But the stand out thing is the narration by Duke Fontaine it is fantastic it probably the best I've heard, he puts constant voices on all the characters so you know every time who is talking but is still clear to understand.

The only thing I would have liked is an explanation to why Morgan prepared the way he did, it sort of does near the end of the series, its only a small thing but it bug me a little.

If you like excellent narration, brilliant characters and a believable story (with a little hollywood drama chucked in) give this a go.

A review for the whole series so far books 1-5

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good plot, interesting characters, no zombies, looking forwards to the next instalment of series. x

loved it, interesting characters, good plot .

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Great story and characters, so well paced and realistic. I'm so pleased there are more books in the series!

Brilliant!

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this was most definitely my favourite book from this series as we were able to really get to know own the character who was a lovable character. his journey was one of captivating events and episodes that meant you really really don't want to put it down and don't want it to end. great new favourite author.

favourite of the series

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