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Before and After

By: Andrew Shanahan
Narrated by: Chris Devon
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The best-selling sci-fi thriller that blends healthy living and lots of dying

Ben Stone is terrified. He's terrified because he weighs 601 pounds and needs his right leg amputating. He's terrified because a crane will shortly lift him from his fourth-floor flat and lower him 44 feet to an ambulance waiting below. He's terrified because he hasn't been outside in nine years, and he doesn't know who will look after his beautiful dog.

He needn't worry, though, because the world is about to end.

©2020 Andrew Shanahan (P)2022 Andrew Shanahan Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Fiction Scary Heartfelt
Unique Apocalypse Perspective • Heartwarming Storyline • Fantastic Narrator • Likable Protagonist • Inspiring Journey
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The narrator did a fantastic job and the writer took a weird concept and made it incredibly inspiring and well written. Fantastic.

Wonderful story

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I read this book on a whim, didn’t even read the synopsis, just jumped in blind and I didn’t regret it.

Loved it.

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My only real complaint is that you can hear the narrator texting or something before each chapter. Very mild distraction.

Fantastic story

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I loved this book. It made me question - what if you're too big to leave the house and the world ends around you, leaving you alive and having to figure out WTF happened, as well as how to carry on?! It's a fascinating and fun story with a whole load of heartwarming details along the way.

A must !

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Shanahan and the narrator make this a near perfect tale full of fun and heartache but ultimately, warmth!

A heartwarming journey of diabetes and the dead

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Andrew writes this story so beautifully. I loved it! I couldn’t stop listening. It consumed me.

The Writing

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A horror story I wouldn't have ever thought of. I mean, of course there is always end of the world stories but the perspective here.... top notch. Loved it!

Wow!

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Listener received this title free

This story was nothing like one would expect from a SHTF story. Our “hero” is not some special forces military vet, or homesteading prepper who has been preparing for years. No, he is the furthest thing from that, an obese homebody who can’t even fit out of his home. Seeing the end of the world through his eyes was an amazing change of pace from most books and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.

An unexpected hero

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Listener received this title free

I received a free copy from author Andrew Shanahan via a tiktok comment section. The story interested me so I decided to check it out on audible. From the start, I was hooked. I have always been a fan of apocalypse stories, heroes journeys, body horror, k9 companionship and survival. This story managed to be all of these and then some. Ben's journey was inspiring, harrowing, and straight up nasty. Shanahan did a magnificent job of building a world in utter destruction. I wept through Ben's journey, and even harder at his past. After finishing my free listen, I joyfully paid for the sequel. I am about half way through Flesh and Blood and am really enjoying it.

Chris Devon is a fantastic narrator. Andrew Shanahan is a talented author and I look forward to checking out his other books.

5/5 - great listen

Before and After is an excellent listen - 5/5

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His weight loss journey inspired me to start back up on mine. The way he took care of brown had me sobbing, in a good way

Amazing

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