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The First Days

As the World Dies, Book 1

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The First Days

By: Rhiannon Frater
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
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About this listen

Rhiannon Frater's As the World Dies trilogy is an Internet sensation. The first two books, The First Days and Fighting to Survive, have won the Dead Letter Award for Best Novel from Mail Order Zombie. The First Days was named one of the Best Zombie Books of the Decade by the Harrisburg Book Examiner. And AmericanHorrorBlog calls Rhiannon Frater "a writer to watch".

The morning that the world ends, Katie is getting ready for court and housewife Jenni is taking care of her family. Less than two hours later, they are fleeing for their lives from a zombie horde. Thrown together by circumstance, Jenni and Katie become a powerful zombie-killing partnership, mowing down zombies as they rescue Jenni's stepson, Jason, from an infected campground. They find sanctuary in a tiny, roughly fortified Texas town. There Jenni and Katie find they are both attracted to Travis, leader of the survivors; and the refugees must slaughter people they know, who have returned in zombie form.

Fast-paced and exciting, filled with characters who grab your heart, The First Days: As the World Dies is the beginning of a frightening trilogy.

©2008, 2011 Rhiannon Frater (P)2011 Audible, Inc. Fiction Horror Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Scary Zombie Heartfelt

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Critic reviews

"One of the few zombie novels fueled by the power of feminine protagonists in an apocalyptic world gone wrong." ( Harrisburg Book Examiner)
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Decent characters and nice narration. didn't do it in one go, I had to leave it and come back to it as it didn't hold my intrest all the way. I got through it and I’m sure you'll enjoy it.

Nice enough listen.

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loved it couldn't not listen to it every night looking forward to more books like this

best book I've read

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really enjoyed this. narrated brilliantly.....kept me on the edge of my seat and had to immediately download second book in series.

Excellent listen

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Story grips you right from the start. You get drawn into the characters straight away, have ordered next book before I've finished this book.

great story

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First a warning: as a new father I found the opening scenes so distressing I almost stopped.

Overall I was interested in the characters development and enjoyed the zombie apocalypse elements of the story. Occasionally I felt like I had accidentally strayed into a mills and boon which I personally found stylistically jarring.

Mixed feelings

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Clearly written by a woman for women. Oestrogen fuelled yarn exploring femenine concerns that the zombie apocalyopse may present...

Barbara Cartland does Thelma and Louise vs Zombies

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🧡 Just to clarify, I loved Thelma and Louise. And this is just as fun. You’ve got the two very different women who form a strong bond and the obstacles (zombies, love rivalries, zombies) that get in their way.

💚 The tone is slightly more sugary than I usually like and it’s heavy on the romance, but overall this is primarily a zombie adventure with an optimistic bent.

💜 It ends on a cliffhanger for the next book, so prepare to be hooked.
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🎧 The production is simple and well done. The soothing, silky narration is courtesy of audiobooks vet, Cassandra Campbell, whose Southern lilt is basically poetry. One narrator, who knows her stuff, meaning that I could picture every character. There was only one accent which was slightly off, but I’ll allow it.
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SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO...

If you like this, try The Cascadia Series by: Sarah Lyons Fleming. The End of Everything by Christopher Artinian also has some similarities. Oh, and Thelma and Louise. Natch.

Thelma and Louise Do The Apocalypse

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This truly is one of the best stories and what read so well .just loved it

One of the best stories ever.

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I really liked the characters. you feel you've got to know them a bit. the story has just enough guts a sprinkle of love and lots of danger. narration excellent

enjoyable

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I cant believe somebody reviewed this book who doesnt like zombie stories and bought it by accident - how useless is that? I found this book very well read and easy to listen too. It isnt scary but I never thought it was meant to be. It is a story about people and how they react to an unreal situation and it interested and entertained me enough to buy the second book before I completely finished the first (so I could get right on to the next part of the story).

Entertaining

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