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48 Hours

By: William R. Forstchen
Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
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From The New York Times best-selling author of the smash hit One Second After series comes 48 Hours, a nail-biting and prescient thriller about a solar storm with the power to destroy the world's electrical infrastructure.

In 48 hours, the Earth will be hit by a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun, a "Carrington Event" that has the power to shut down and possibly destroy the world's electrical infrastructure. To try and prevent permanent damage, everything goes dark prior to the hit: Global communications are shut down; hospital emergency generators are disconnected; the entire internet, media broadcasting, and cell phone systems are turned off.

Will the world's population successfully defend itself in the wake of the CME, or will mass panic lead to the breakdown of society as we know it?

William R. Forstchen is at his best in 48 Hours, a tale of the resilience of American citizens when faced with a crisis.

©2019 William R. Forstchen (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Action & Adventure Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Suspense Technothrillers Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Technology Apocalyptic Fiction
Thought-provoking Premise • Realistic Disaster Scenario • Excellent Character Voices • Well-researched Science
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This book was a decent look into a solar event that followed a different path than the typical SHTF story. It was worth the credit and Bronson Pinchot provided an excellent narration!

A Different Direction For A Solar Event

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A thoroughly terrifying, and very well researched novel of the end of the world not as we know it but truly the end of all life on earth - all within 48 hours. So realistic because it is based on possible facts.
Given this death sentence, this story reveals how people in different walks of life choose to face the last hours, from the US President to everyday working people. Very thoughtfully written and thought provoking. Bronson Pinchot perfectly sets the mood and urgency of the time given for each situation. He is one of the great narrators.
This book should be required reading for everyone and a pleasure to do so. I was glued to this book. You will be too!

Magnificent!

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I am a fan of William Forstchen. I loved "One Second After", "One Year After" was OK.

48 Hours story is OK but lacks what 1 Second After had.




Not a fan of the plot.

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story was ok but got a bit bogged down as it went on...I enjoyed narration till the screaming began. in an attempt to convey anger etc the narrator would scream out the words which I found extremely jarring and of putting.just to much for my taste.

the screaming of the narrator

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I did enjoy the book but sadly it was overshadowed by the poor narration. I will probably purposely avoid book narrated by him here on out.

Overacting Narration

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I’ve read Williams 3 previous books and when I recently heard his interview on Coast to Coast with George Norry I knew I needed to get this book.
William excels in creating the scene and flow of his masterpieces. When I listen to his books I believe I am one of his characters living the role page after page. 48 Hours is an excellent book for anyone who’s not afraid of the truth and lives their lives open to realistic possibilities and, in my belief probabilities.

48 Hours

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Thought provoking novel illustrating the moral dilemmas facing ourselves as individuals, communities, a nation and as humans on a small planet filled with unnecessary political turmoils when real solutions to inevitabilities of nature require action.

More spellbinding than One Second After

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This yet again from this author is a foreshadowing, that if this type of event were to happen quite shockingly I believe this story would be a very accurate description. Excellent story and rather well put together detail of knowledge/information. Highly recommended read/listen.

very well done

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Much of the reading was muffled and almost unintelligible. From what I could understand it gave me a lot to think about...what if!

Great story

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The story was slow unnecessarily. Could’ve been concluded in an hour. The “After” series was much better.

Not my favorite from this author.

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