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Breakdown: An EMP Survival Thriller

The EMP Terror Series, Book 1

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Breakdown: An EMP Survival Thriller

By: J. R. Tate
Narrated by: Scott Ellis
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A situation of this magnitude had always been talked about - but could it ever really happen?

Jake Shepherd is piloting a flight to Seattle when out of the blue, his aircraft falls from the sky. The power-grid across the United States crashes, leaving all computerized machines crippled, sending the country into a disastrous tailspin.

Alice Shepherd is working the emergency room when hundreds of injured people pour in needing help. With no electricity, resources are limited - once the back up generators fail, the hospital will not be able to handle the influx of patients being brought in, guaranteeing that all hell will break loose.

Everyone is speculating and panicking. No one knows what really happened. The only thing everyone can agree on is their simple, convenient, technological world is gone. Everyone is left to fight - kill or be killed. Survive or die.

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I really LOVE EMP stories, I think my audio library is more then 50 percent - emp kind of stories. and there are some really good ones out there on this site. Sadly, this is not one of them.
This story just seemed to unreal, and the characters I could not bond with at all. I don't know how to put it into words but there were so many uncharacteristic things that came from the characters.
Example 1, the main female character works in the emergency room. She just finds out her husbands plane crashes, instead of freaking out in trying to figure out what to do next or get in contact with him, she goes back to work. Hello? Who does that? The next thing you know she's running all over the emergency room talking about elevators and power going out, and it is cool as a cucumber and forgetting all about her husband. She is somehow the hero of the day in the emergency room.
Example 2 what was with the very long elevator talk? And coming from upper management of the hospital I know for a fact that generators were always checked on- always. And usually have 48 hours of life in them.
Example 3. the main character is running around looking for gas to put in the generator. She goes to a gas station and gets a gas can. Bennett decides to siphon gas out of a car to Fill the generators. 5 gallons of gas is not going to do any good for a hospital that runs on generators. Even worse she siphons gas from the gas tank of cars. Anybody that knows anything about cars knows that is impossible. There is a lever in the gas tank so siphoning gas isn't possible. Or most people would be running around stealing peoples gas. The only way to do this is to puncture a whole in the gas tank under the car.

and do not get me started on the plain crash and how that all played out.

sadly, I could not finish the book. That rarely happens with me.

The narrator. on the other hand, is the reason I think I got so far into the story and kept listening. I've heard him in other books and yes he was better, but I won't count this one against him and I would listen to him again.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Not a fan sadly..

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I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

I was totally sucked into this book! So much so that I was surprised when it ended. I'm really looking forward to the next book in this series.

Great book

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The EMP genre began with One Second After. That worked because the author read and understood the effects of an EMP. Mr. Tate in his book did not or decide not to for dramatic effect. Whatever his writing choice in how he crafted the event that then led or did not lead to plot and character development in this case. I know this was touted as being about average people dealing with an EMP but when the Charge Nurse wife does not break down at all when realizing her husband crashed and is most likely dead? I was done. I worked in EMS for 13 years and as a CNA for 7 years, I know nurse's well. They compartmentalize well about patients and many things. But the death of a beloved spouse? There would be a reaction and time to cry from even the most dedicated hardcore nurse. If you are a die-hard fan of the genre try it, at your own risk.

The narration by Scott Ellis is good but he sounded a bit stiff that is normally great performances. It could be the fact they added special effects. At one point there was some glitching in this as well. Not his fault.

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

EMP Story

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This was like ;Apocolypse lite'.I liked it.The typical story,cars stop working,planes fall from the sky,but not the gore and total chaos of other similar books.Scot Ellis was a good narrator for this.“I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.”

Breakdown

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I’ve read a lot of EMP/dystopian/end of the world fiction. This one portrays your basic everyday non-prepper characters, rather than packed and ready-to-go survivalists, which is a nice change. Not everyone is prepared for major disasters and it’s much more interesting to watch the characters learn how to survive. Like “on the job training!”

One unique storyline I haven’t read till now is a pilots experience of an EMP while midair. I also like some of the narration effects. While speaking to someone on the phone it sounds like the other person is actually on the phone. The echo in the elevator shaft. Etc.

The only critiques I have are of the narration rather than the storyline:
- Some of the “performed” script overlapped with the narration. (The part where they’re getting the maintenance guy out of the elevator.) It’s very distracting and interrupts the flow of the story.
- While not an aspect of the actual storyline, the narrator was a bit stiff. His voice is pleasant and has good tone and reading speed but it seems like it took him a chapter or two to really get comfortable with the story and characters. Once he settled in it was like watching a movie in your head which is the best sign of a good reading imo.

All things considered, this is a great addition to the EMP genre. Good balance of action and character growth. The story didn’t drag on or make me yawn. It was busy enough to keep me interested yet slow enough to really get to know the characters and their relationships. I highly recommend this novel and look forward to the next installment!

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I liked it!

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Stopped listening with 3 hours to go after realizing it was a chore to listen to.

Boring, but not revolting

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The story and the narrator are excellent and I would recommend this book to everyone.

Excellent

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I get frustrated with books and stories that leave you hanging and resumes in books not yet in print. This book has a well developed plot and sub plots.

Ends too soon

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a good good good book full of horror and terror if you like horror books this one is for you
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review."

an amazing thriller!!!

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anyone wanted to know what it was like for Democrat to write a book about the apocalypse well this is it for you this is the book this book and here's an example of a sentence in the book. and I quote"I went inside the dark building it was dark but I looked outside and it was light outside but it was dark where I was but again it was daylight his hand made me feel like I wasn't alone in this crowd the crowd was huge but I knew I wasn't all alone if that makes any sense. then I quote"I had a friend and she was okay had a guy friend and he was okay too. do you hear how stupid and dumb down whoever wrote this book is whoever wrote this Mr whoever you are please get a dictionary and please understand you're not talking to Brandon morons I am not a five year old if you would like to write a book for adults then please rewrite this book and resubmit it because this is the shittiest they thought we must have been stupid or something I don't know maybe they thought by now we'd all be brainwashed and brain dead zombies with all the crap they're putting in our water and all the crap they're putting in our air I don't know but I hate to tell you this , Author you didn't guess right we're actually a lot more intelligent and can say big words. I'm sorry did the word intelligent confuse you because in this book you're going to listen to you there is no big words they're going to put you in a little tiny chair while you listen to it and they're going to hold your hand to this apocalypse book I mean they're going to make sure that if anything gets too scary they're going to let you know everything's okay they're going to tell you grab my hand everything is just fine then they said we looked up and we saw explosions in the sky and I was scared and they said it's okay the teacher said the power is out everybody get inside like they're going to be struck by lightning just cuz the power went out why would anyone run inside just cuz the power is out my gosh if this is what the Democrat world will be like somebody please just get rid of me now because this is a book I can never listen to again this is depressing idiotic and for anyone who has an IQ over one will find this embarrassing. and by the way if you're a one-year-old you'll be able to completely understand this book congratulations to the author if you wanted to become a brain dead author who's never going to win an award this is how you lose your career by writing a book this stupid. I don't mean to hurt your feelings on a Christian and I know better than to talk like this but I'm just getting really sick and tired of people treating everyone like they're stupid and we all are a lot smarter than the government gives us credit for please turn to Jesus realize that what they're doing is by design this book is probably released on purpose to show you what they want for us to be like in the future and it we're this is slow in the future please be concerned. by the way I am not making any typos if there's a lot of typos in this that is not my phone I love how they change my messages on here to throw a whole bunch of typos and make me look like an idiot you got a lot of audible trying to make me look stupid don't get me wrong I love Audible and I love their customer service reps they're wonderful people it's not them I'm talking about it's the algorithm or something it's not their problem and it's not in their control it's the computer system I really wish they wouldn't throw typos in here so people could look relate to me more or whatever they say it is but trust me it's a book and it's got words if you're bored you might want to listen to it but if you are having intelligence and IQ over five or one like I said earlier please I suggest you listen to anything read by Kevin Pierce he will give you a book but the apocalypse that will put you on a thrill Ride like a roller coaster and you won't be able to put the book down that's a real book check out anything by Tom Abrams or anything by LL Akers

over the age of two you'll understand this book

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