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  • Written by: Lou Cadle
  • Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
  • Length: 24 hrs and 27 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (233 ratings)

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Gray

Written by: Lou Cadle
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
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A dense black cloud boiled up in the southeastern sky. It rose high and fast, like a time-lapse movie of the birth of a thunderhead. But it was no rain cloud. Wholly black, it reached up and up until it loomed over her, blocking out the sun. Somehow, she knew, it was Death coming for her.

Pre-med student Coral is on vacation in Idaho when something terrible happens. The black cloud is followed by a wildfire and searing heat that lasts for days. She survives deep in a cave but emerges days later to find the world transformed, with blackened trees, an ash-filled sky, and no living creatures stirring - except for her.

So begins her desperate journey to find water and food and other survivors...and the answer to the mystery of what happened.

Note: This is a combined edition of Gray I, Gray II, and Gray III.

©2017 Lou Cadle (P)2017 Podium Publishing

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  • 2022-08-05

Do It!

Grey is a great book. I downloaded it because of its length to take on a paddling trip.
I could not stop listening. even lostened on the way to work and coming home! Excellent story about our differences as humans and what we are and are not capable of . I highly recommend it.
Also finished it 2 days before the trip even started!

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Never give up!

I enjoyed this different take on a disaster happening and wish there were more books to read in the series. I will always wonder how their lives turned out. really makes you think about what would survive and who.

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Well .. it’s good.

Gray was a good listen/read. It was interesting and storyline was easy to follow. But (there’s always a ‘but’) .. I could have used a heavier context and story. This is what my mom used to call ‘pulp’. It’s a read/listen and nothing wrong with it. The narrator was good and the audio had no bumps, tweaks and whistles that I could hear. All good and you can’t go wrong (IMHO).

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Great!

This story is exactly what i was looking for! Wanted a survival story where the drama comes from the environment, not other people. Very realistic!

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End of the world done well !

Fabulous narration and a great story line with just about every type of scenario you would expect to find at the end of the world but with a twist. I enjoyed the characters and the challenges presented to them were well thought out.

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feels like its missing a 4th book!

great story and refreshing take on the end of the world narrative. very well performed and written, but seems like there is more to tell as the third book ends! would be nice to see some resolution to a few conflicts left hanging.

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Well done 'end of the world as we know it' story.

I enjoyed this book enough to leave a review which I rarely do. I'm fascinated with how other people envision what people would do or how they would survive if our modern world suddenly ceased to exist. Unfortunately most stories in this genre concentrate on the defence of scarce supplies, and certainly there was some of that happening in this story. But this book looked at survival from more of an individual point of view with Coral and Benjamin experiencing slow starvation on their own, then dealing with the strange mindset of a doomsday cult and the 'deer in the headlights' ignorance of city survivors who don't question too much where their food comes from.
The narration too, was excellent.
I must say that although I'm confident Coral and Benjamin will manage to survive into old age, I fear that in this scenario, mankind as a species probably will not be sustained with too few individuals over too wide an area.
Read it yourself and come to your own conclusions!

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Wow

Loved this book! (Or series rather)
The two main characters are a wonderful pairing and the storylines for each book hook you in. Some parts you are almost screaming at the characters to see what terrible fate you think awaits them. If you’re into post-apocalyptic stories, look no further!

As a note on the narrator, she was also a great voice over artist. She has good pace and tone. She annunciates well, and she has a great range of character voices that she does. I think she must have the lines for deeper male voices edited to be lower and much higher in pitch, if she doesn’t she has some serious range. Particularly with women’s voices, but many of the male voices you can tell who’s speaking right away just by the voice she’s using. And it’s not an accent situation either, just purely her pitch and the way she gives each character their own personality.

Anyway! Loved it, keep writing Lou!

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What a Gray Story

Well I think the title says it all, this is not a happy go lucky book in any shape or form. I found the two main characters interesting and liked how their relationship developed. I do wish some good things could happen to them, but guess this is the apocalypse

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could not stop listening

well written, excellent story. main character is only 19 years old, but you can tell the story was written by someone much older. I will not complain about being hungry again.

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