
Half Past Midnight
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
$0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Buy for $19.95
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Corey M. Snow
-
By:
-
Jeff Brackett
About this listen
The Doomsday Clock gauges the threat of nuclear war. Currently, the clock is set at six minutes before midnight. What happens after the hands reach midnight? Survivalist Leeland Dawcett finds out when he and his family are plunged into the nightmare of their country returned to a third-world state. No phones. No computers. No television. At first, Leeland thinks basic survival is the answer. Until he crosses the path of the wrong guy…Someone who wants to do more than just survive…
©2011 Jeff Brackett (P)2014 Jeff BrackettListeners also enjoyed...
-
Year 12: A Half Past Midnight Novel
- By: Jeff Brackett
- Narrated by: Jamie Cutler
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Zachary Dawcett was eight years old on D-day, barely old enough to remember what life was like in the Old Days. He's a young man now. He's learned to live in this new world - learned to hunt and fight, and survive in the ruins of old East Texas. He, along with everyone else who survived the Doomsday War, have adapted to a new way of life. They have learned to accept that computers, electric lighting, automobiles, or any of the other conveniences they once took for granted are all things of the past.
-
-
Excellent coming-of-age story!
- By RJ on 08-13-19
By: Jeff Brackett
-
The Road to Rejas
- By: Jeff Brackett
- Narrated by: Corey M. Snow
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the postapocalyptic world of Half Past Midnight, Mark Roesch was the quiet guy - the gentle giant. The people of Rejas learned to count on him during the hard times after D-day. But every survivor had a story from before... and most of those stories dealt with the deaths of friends and loved ones.
Mark is no exception. Pain, loss, friendship, and wonder await him along The Road to Rejas.
-
-
Prequel of Mark Roesch from Half Past Midnight
- By PerryMartinBookReviews on 06-30-14
By: Jeff Brackett
-
Prepper: Book 1
- By: Tom Abrahams
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Before the lights went out, Jack Warrant never considered himself a prepper. That was someone on the edge, a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday cultist who had a fatalistic view of the world. He was neither a theorist nor a cultist. He was an optimist. At least that was what he told himself when the darker thoughts creeped into his psyche as he stared at the ceiling in the middle of the night. Whenever he started down the rabbit hole, he always clawed his way back into the sunlight.
-
-
Nice story
- By Amazon Customer on 08-10-23
By: Tom Abrahams
-
Flashpoint: The Complete Series
- By: Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus
- Narrated by: Tom Taylorson
- Length: 29 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Half of the earth's population has been wiped out. Impossible to predict or stop, the Gamma Ray Burst tore through the Earth like a bullet, its radiation wave killing hundreds of millions, and the after effects ensuring the deaths of billions more.
-
-
SHTF for Libs
- By Doug on 09-03-23
By: Tara Ellis, and others
-
The Last Tribe
- By: Brad Manuel
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 22 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Fourteen-year-old Greg Dixon is living a nightmare. Attending boarding school outside of Boston, he is separated from his family when a pandemic strikes. His classmates and teachers are dead, rotting in a dormitory-turned-morgue steps from his room. The nights are getting colder, and his food has run out. The last message from his father is to get away from the city and to meet at his grandparents' town in remote New Hampshire.
-
-
A perfect year in the post apocalypse.
- By Andrew Pollack on 06-18-16
By: Brad Manuel
-
Gateway to Chaos Boxed Set (Books 1-4): A Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival Series
- By: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Stacy Glemboski
- Length: 26 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Deep into the coldest, Midwest winter on record, an electromagnetic pulse has taken out the nation’s power grid, plunging St. Louis into frigid darkness. Can ordinary people survive the apocalypse? Pre-med student Raine Caldwell is about to find out. The government isn’t coming to rescue her. If Raine and her group are going to make it, they must save themselves. After finding themselves in a community terrorized by ruthless and dangerous people, Raine and the others in her group must pull together to find justice, when one of their own is taken.
-
-
refreshing take for the genre
- By jason on 02-28-22
By: T. L. Payne
-
Year 12: A Half Past Midnight Novel
- By: Jeff Brackett
- Narrated by: Jamie Cutler
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Zachary Dawcett was eight years old on D-day, barely old enough to remember what life was like in the Old Days. He's a young man now. He's learned to live in this new world - learned to hunt and fight, and survive in the ruins of old East Texas. He, along with everyone else who survived the Doomsday War, have adapted to a new way of life. They have learned to accept that computers, electric lighting, automobiles, or any of the other conveniences they once took for granted are all things of the past.
-
-
Excellent coming-of-age story!
- By RJ on 08-13-19
By: Jeff Brackett
-
The Road to Rejas
- By: Jeff Brackett
- Narrated by: Corey M. Snow
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the postapocalyptic world of Half Past Midnight, Mark Roesch was the quiet guy - the gentle giant. The people of Rejas learned to count on him during the hard times after D-day. But every survivor had a story from before... and most of those stories dealt with the deaths of friends and loved ones.
Mark is no exception. Pain, loss, friendship, and wonder await him along The Road to Rejas.
-
-
Prequel of Mark Roesch from Half Past Midnight
- By PerryMartinBookReviews on 06-30-14
By: Jeff Brackett
-
Prepper: Book 1
- By: Tom Abrahams
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Before the lights went out, Jack Warrant never considered himself a prepper. That was someone on the edge, a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday cultist who had a fatalistic view of the world. He was neither a theorist nor a cultist. He was an optimist. At least that was what he told himself when the darker thoughts creeped into his psyche as he stared at the ceiling in the middle of the night. Whenever he started down the rabbit hole, he always clawed his way back into the sunlight.
-
-
Nice story
- By Amazon Customer on 08-10-23
By: Tom Abrahams
-
Flashpoint: The Complete Series
- By: Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus
- Narrated by: Tom Taylorson
- Length: 29 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Half of the earth's population has been wiped out. Impossible to predict or stop, the Gamma Ray Burst tore through the Earth like a bullet, its radiation wave killing hundreds of millions, and the after effects ensuring the deaths of billions more.
-
-
SHTF for Libs
- By Doug on 09-03-23
By: Tara Ellis, and others
-
The Last Tribe
- By: Brad Manuel
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 22 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Fourteen-year-old Greg Dixon is living a nightmare. Attending boarding school outside of Boston, he is separated from his family when a pandemic strikes. His classmates and teachers are dead, rotting in a dormitory-turned-morgue steps from his room. The nights are getting colder, and his food has run out. The last message from his father is to get away from the city and to meet at his grandparents' town in remote New Hampshire.
-
-
A perfect year in the post apocalypse.
- By Andrew Pollack on 06-18-16
By: Brad Manuel
-
Gateway to Chaos Boxed Set (Books 1-4): A Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival Series
- By: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Stacy Glemboski
- Length: 26 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Deep into the coldest, Midwest winter on record, an electromagnetic pulse has taken out the nation’s power grid, plunging St. Louis into frigid darkness. Can ordinary people survive the apocalypse? Pre-med student Raine Caldwell is about to find out. The government isn’t coming to rescue her. If Raine and her group are going to make it, they must save themselves. After finding themselves in a community terrorized by ruthless and dangerous people, Raine and the others in her group must pull together to find justice, when one of their own is taken.
-
-
refreshing take for the genre
- By jason on 02-28-22
By: T. L. Payne
-
The Traveler Series
- A Post-Apocalyptic/Dystopian Adventure: Books 1-3
- By: Tom Abrahams
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 21 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Five years after a pneumonic plague killed two-thirds of the world’s population, army veteran Marcus Battle is isolated. He’s alone with his guns, his food, and the graves of his wife and child. If anyone steps onto his property he shoots first and never ask questions. But when a woman in distress, chased by marauders, seeks asylum, Marcus has a decision to make.
-
-
Could not finish the first book in the series
- By A Renee Mathews on 08-03-19
By: Tom Abrahams
-
Under a Tell Tale Sky
- The Disruption Trilogy, Book 1
- By: R.E. McDermott
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A massive solar flare. A devastating global blackout. Amid the pandemonium, a ship loaded with fuel faces the ultimate threat: mutiny. The desperate captain will do anything to maintain order while he races to get his precious cargo to the safety of homeport, but time is running out. On land, in cities without power, violence rules the streets as society crumbles into chaos.
-
-
Very entertaining.
- By Andybob60 on 10-18-19
By: R.E. McDermott
-
299 Days
- The Preparation, Book 1
- By: Glen Tate
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
299 Days: The Preparation, the first audiobook in the 299 Days series, depicts the inner struggles Grant must face as he exists in a social system he recognizes as unsustainable and on the verge of collapse, but one in which he has built his life around. What begins as a return to his roots, self-sufficiency and independence, becomes a full blown move to prepare for what may come.
-
-
Planted Reviews - be careful with your purchase...
- By Blue on 10-30-14
By: Glen Tate
-
American Apocalypse Box Set
- Books 1-4
- By: AJ Newman
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce, Sara Morsey
- Length: 21 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Joe doesn't care about politics, or what happened. The grid is down, and every day is a struggle to survive. He just knows his world went to Hell when the EMPs ended life as he knew it. Joe scrambled to hide from all of the craziness, but kept his sanity, and improved his lot in life by reading some witty survival notes that his dead grandma had left him. She'd been a prepper all her life, and she had been close to Joe. Joe grows and learns, but can he survive? Listen to this complete series to find out how a regular guy survives in a post-apocalyptic world.
-
-
Disregard bad reviews.
- By jeff on 04-19-22
By: AJ Newman
-
EMP Lodge Series: Six Book Complete Boxset
- By: Grace Hamilton
- Narrated by: Andrew Tell
- Length: 41 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For Megan Wolford, life as she knew it came to an end after the world was decimated by an EMP. Now, she does her best to survive and protect her daughter, Caitlin. But when the young girl falls ill with a mysterious virus, Meghan must leave the safety of their home and embark on a dangerous journey to forage for medical supplies.
-
-
Don’t bother
- By doug jackson on 03-11-22
By: Grace Hamilton
-
One Second After
- By: William R. Forstchen
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Already cited on the floor of Congress and discussed in the corridors of the Pentagon as a book all Americans should read, One Second After is the story of a war scenario that could become all too terrifyingly real. Based upon a real weapon - the Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP) - which may already be in the hands of our enemies, it is a truly realistic look at the awesome power of a weapon that can destroy the entire United States.
-
-
A Civil War Re-enactor Saves a Community?
- By Cidney on 07-05-12
-
Last Stand: The Complete Box Set
- By: William Weber
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 24 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Four audiobooks in one box set: Last Stand: Surviving America's Collapse, Last Stand: Patriots, Last Stand: Warlords, and Last Stand: Turning the Tide. John Mack, a prepper and former soldier, struggles to save his family and community after an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) takes out the country's electrical grid. With most electronics, communications, and transportation destroyed in a matter of seconds, the nation quickly collapses into anarchy. Threats emerge from enemies both foreign and domestic.
-
-
Mixed feelings on "The Last Stand" series
- By filmakr on 11-03-18
By: William Weber
-
Commune
- Commune, Book 1
- By: Joshua Gayou
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For dinosaurs, it was a big rock. For humans: Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). When the Earth is hit by the greatest CME in recorded history (several times larger than the Carrington Event of 1859), the combined societies of the planet's most developed nations struggle to adapt to a life thrust back into the Dark Ages. In the United States, the military scrambles to speed the nation's recovery on multiple fronts including putting down riots, establishing relief camps, delivering medical aid, and bringing communication and travel back on line. Just as a real foothold is established in retaking the skies (utilizing existing commercial aircraft supplemented by military resources and ground control systems), a mysterious virus takes hold of the population, spreading globally over the very flight routes that the survivors fought so hard to rebuild.
-
-
I want to adopt the characters into my family
- By yarginator on 11-27-17
By: Joshua Gayou
-
Dark New World, Book 1
- An EMP Survival Story
- By: J.J. Holden, Henry Gene Foster
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Three people from different walks of life each experience the end of America. Cassy is a 33-year-old prepper and single mother, away on business. Ethan is a hacker and conspiracy nut living underground. Frank is a family man out camping with friends and family. When a devastating EMP attack in the middle of the night destroys America's infrastructure, they are propelled on an unforgettable journey across an ocean of chaos to reach safety...Safety from an unknown invader and from once-fellow Americans now hungry and desperate.
-
-
Better Than Expected
- By Neva P. on 02-16-17
By: J.J. Holden, and others
-
What's Left of My World
- A Story of a Family's Survival
- By: C.A. Rudolph
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Lauren Russell often wondered why her father had been so adamant about teaching her skills that most other fathers wouldn't even consider teaching their daughters. Ever since she was little, she had been taught how to live and survive outdoors, and how to use firearms to protect herself and those around her. Some of the training had been a bit extreme. Or had it been? Many of her questions were answered the day the world as she knew it ended.
-
-
Lets all hope this NEVER happens.
- By TinkerMel on 04-18-17
By: C.A. Rudolph
-
No Easy Hope
- Surviving the Dead, Volume 1
- By: James N. Cook
- Narrated by: Guy Williams
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Eric Riordan was once a wealthy man leading a comfortable, easy life. Until one day Gabriel, his oldest friend, Marine Corps veteran, and a former mercenary, told him how the world was going to end. He did his best to prepare. He thought he was ready for anything. He was wrong. As the dead rise up to devour the living, one man finds himself struggling to survive in the ruins of a shattered world. Alone, isolated, and facing starvation, his only chance is to flee to the Appalachians and join forces with Gabriel.
-
-
Not bad, Not unique, but well written!
- By Amanda H. on 07-26-13
By: James N. Cook
-
After It Happened: Publisher's Pack
- After It Happened, Book 1, 2
- By: Devon C. Ford
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This omnibus edition contains Survival (book 1) and Humanity (book 2) of the After It Happened series.
-
-
I really wanted to like these series
- By Midwestbonsai on 03-17-18
By: Devon C. Ford
What listeners say about Half Past Midnight
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Kenneth G.
- 04-04-18
Really good!
Great book. Really good narrator. All around fun listen. Lots of little survivalist gems scattered throughout. For example, you learn how to build a fallout shelter, radiation detector, and how to eat game post-fallout. All of that woven into the story in away that doesn't get "text-booky".
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- PerryMartinBookReviews
- 06-26-14
Post WWIII DRAMA, Survive or Die
Any additional comments?
Jeff Brackett's Half Past Midnight, Narrated by Corey Snow is a great book. It keeped me rivited to my speakers throughout the entire story.
The story is in the same genre as Televisions "Revolution" except this book is much better; sticking to a single storyline and this story is complete.
The story starts quickly, and the characters are established with the depth needed according to the story line and then grow as the story moves forward.
In short, World War III starts and Leeland Dawsett is a survivalist that has prepared his family for the possibility of war. When he sees a second "sun" in the sky outside Houston he knows he only has a little time to move his family outside the target rich area of Houston, Texas.
As Leeland and his family move North to his Mother-in-laws home the outlaws are already out in force. This story moves from one man's effort to protect his family and moves forward to him becoming part of a community that is trying to survive and rebuild after Nuclear bombs and EMP blasts have left all modern electronics useless.
Nothing is boring in this story as it keeps you on the edge of your seat. The author's use of humor is balanced with the bloody violence of war. I was presently suprised at every aspect of this story. Truely gripping and realistic in my limited knowledge of the subject matter.
I highly recommend this audiobook .
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
8 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Terri
- 06-20-14
A killer thriller!
What did you love best about Half Past Midnight?
Wow, I loved all the thrills & excitement. There is so much to think about in this book and it really could happen.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Half Past Midnight?
When Leeland went over to his dad in front of the nuke cloud & realized his dad died!
Which scene was your favorite?
I liked a lot of scenes! I loved how the town pulled together & accepted Leeland & his family. Then had Leeland teaching everyone how to defend themselves.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It really gave me so much to think about. This really could happen any day & any where! What would we do if it did happen?
Any additional comments?
The author, Jeff Brackett had a huge job writing this book. He did a great job. So many things can happen in a nuclear war. The narrator, Corey Snow did a great job reading it too. I found him easy to follow in the story & he did a great job with all the voices. I truly enjoyed this story & intend to listen to it again!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Audiomook
- 11-23-14
So Predicable it isn't funny or fun
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Predicable so in that sense it wasn't entertaining.
Would you ever listen to anything by Jeff Brackett again?
No
Which scene was your favorite?
The opening scene was good.
Could you see Half Past Midnight being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
No
Any additional comments?
The main character needs an overhaul. Larry would have been his first casualty, but for some reason the author decided to leave Larry until the last. So, what is so original about that? Does that mean the author can't create another bad guy? Is a bad guy even needed? The situation was enough.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Magua
- 07-06-22
Quite happy…
As a gloom and doom kind of guy with thoughts of bugging out of this society anyways…disaster or not. I enjoyed listening along to this tale and feel that the author did well with guiding the mind through a quick escape and aftermath of disaster. I’m a fan of apocalyptic /dystopian fiction, so I wasn’t surprised that I liked the storyline. Cheers to the author.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Reader 7812
- 09-22-16
Loved Corey Snow's voice!
This story was pretty great. I enjoyed it immensely. even better was the fact that Corey Snow sounds like Harrison Ford when he was younger. Excellent.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- August
- 01-25-15
Start with Nukes and go from there!
Any additional comments?
I was a little thrown off at the beginning of Half Past Midnight, mostly because I had no real foundation of who Leeland was, when or where I was, before the nukes went off. Still, I found I didn't mind. Brackett so grabbed me with the threat of nuclear war that I was more concerned about general survival than who I was dealing with. By the time things settled, that imbalance had been righted by Leeland's plans and abilities, and I found myself safe with him and his family.
It actually startled me a little that the bulk of this book was just about surviving in general. For much of the book, the environment and the situation was the main antagonist, and sometimes, that sort of foe makes me dislike a book. While I did feel a little afloat, I did find myself engrossed in how Lee and the people of Rejas rebuilt their lives.
Of course, that was when the proverbial dung hit the fan and the fairly minor skirmish at the beginning of the book turned full circle to ramp up the action, tension, and body count. Brackett does an amazing job gathering little threads of plot, details that seem trivial, to bring them into the end. It was extremely satisfying, to say the least.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Sammie
- 03-04-18
Overall enjoyable
Not a terribly original story but it passes the time and held my interest to the end.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Teresa
- 06-05-14
Excellent book about Surviving an Apocalypse
Would you consider the audio edition of Half Past Midnight to be better than the print version?
The audio version of this book was fantastic! It was very realistic. I will listen to this again. Very thought-provoking.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Half Past Midnight?
I liked this book from the very beginning. I was hooked right away. When Leeland hears what is happening he wastes no time in kicking his survival skills into high gear; giving his whole family a task to do in order to prepare for immediate evacuation from their home. This was clear throughout the whole story where he proves his leadership skills even when he has to let others do things their way.
Have you listened to any of Corey Snow’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No I haven't but I will. He is a very gifted narrator. Corey Snow is a natural. I will look for other books narrated by him.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
This book SHOULD be a film. 'Surviving a Midnight Apocolypse'.
Any additional comments?
I love how the author Jeff Brackett leads in each chapter with a Nastradamus Quatrain. It makes this book cohesive and reminds us that D-day is possible. It brings a certain reality to this book. A wake up call. What WOULD you do? How WOULD you survive? It was a great listen!I received the audiobook free of charge in exchange for an unbiased review.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
10 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- ccmtexas
- 07-18-20
Engaging Story. Wonderful Characters.
I have listen to or read several of Jeff Brackett's books. He is one of favorite authors. I am not a huge fan of dystopian novels, but, for Half Past Midnight, I will make an exception. You will not be disappointed. I find myself parked in front of my home not wanted to stop the story.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!