Preview
  • Desperate Measures: An EMP Survival Story

  • EMP Aftermath Series, Book 2
  • By: John Winchester
  • Narrated by: Travis Baldree
  • Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (190 ratings)

Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Desperate Measures: An EMP Survival Story

By: John Winchester
Narrated by: Travis Baldree
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $13.75

Buy for $13.75

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

After the EMP brought America to its knees, Jack Miller and his family barely escaped Baltimore with their lives. Wyatt and the Millers made the trip to his West Virginia homestead, but without supplies, they are unprepared to face the difficult winter. Jack is forced to go far from his home in search of food. He stumbles on a cache of food large enough to feed his family for months but encounters another group who claims the resource for their own, setting in motion a conflict that will spiral of control.

Contains mature themes.

©2017 John Winchester (P)2018 Tantor
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

What listeners say about Desperate Measures: An EMP Survival Story

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    103
  • 4 Stars
    47
  • 3 Stars
    28
  • 2 Stars
    11
  • 1 Stars
    1
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    110
  • 4 Stars
    37
  • 3 Stars
    20
  • 2 Stars
    4
  • 1 Stars
    1
Story
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    96
  • 4 Stars
    38
  • 3 Stars
    21
  • 2 Stars
    12
  • 1 Stars
    4

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

A well done second book in the trilogy

This second book in the trilogy was well written and a good narrative. There were some unexpected twist and turns but overall it was good.

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

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Great book!

Sad to see it come to the end. Thankfully it carry's on with book 3!
Yah !

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

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Better than most in this genre.

Good story telling but a little short. Can't wait to listen to book 3.

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

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

What happened between Baltimore & WV?

The author is good. But her left out and didn’t mention how he and his family got from their home back to Wyatt’s farm in Morgantown. How about a 1.5 book telling that story?

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
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

Good if you are a preteen boy

Disappointing sequel to Book 1. I was expecting a story about how Jack and his family traveled to Wyatt's home town and got down to the business of living simply but well. Instead there was no good transition from Book 1 to 2. In Book 2 Jack and his family are already in Wyatt's area and living off acorn bread with the younger son starving due to food allergy to acorns. They seem inept.

Introduction grabs your attention. Two concluding soliloquies by the Chief of Police and Jack pretty good. In between the beginning and the end, mostly shoot em up running around - boring and nasty. Villain Shane really vile. Wyatt, Dutch, Chief of Police seem to be the only mature men.

Not really a prepper novel. Interesting points about how to leach the tannin from acorns and how to get warm if you are dunked in a cold river. Not much useful information. This might appeal to 8 to 12 year old boys, but would you want your sons to listen to this since most of the men's examples are bad and appeal to the baser instincts? I was thinking this could be played on a car ride with young boys, but I think it would only encourage them to hit and punch each other more.

Travis Baldree, the narrator very good. I kept thinking the author, John Winchester, must be under age 25. Book 1 shows John Winchester's potential, this just does not live up to it.

Book 1 was so promising. I had planned on listening to Books 2 and 3, but after listening to Book 2, I will not get Book 3.

I cannot recommend this book.

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

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Thank U to the author and narrator!

Outstanding!!! Would make a Mini Series!!!!!! will listen to this book again and again...yes!? thanks!

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
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

My thoughts

I thought this was a pretty good book, not as exciting as the first one to me but still a good read. I’m pretty excited to see what happens next

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

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Second book not as good as the first

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

No, I was looking forward to this one ending

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Skipped much time from reuniting with family to moving to the farm. Not much at all was heard about Jacks Wife.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

It was ok. I could do without all women sounding like total idiots

Any additional comments?

I realize this is fiction. But so many "near death" experiences was just too much.

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

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

plot

it was an enjoyable continuation of the first story. hearing about our average Andy here taking on a simple Saul the way he did was great. a good Hatfield and McCoy style of story with the survival aspect is grand.

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

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

It’s a good survival story

Well written and narrated so it’s very enjoyable to listen to. It’s interesting to see how a normal everyday person is exposed to moral dilemmas that can occur without law and order

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

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!