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  • Surviving the EMP, Book 1
  • Written by: Ryan Casey
  • Narrated by: Gabriel Vaughan
  • Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
  • 3.6 out of 5 stars (19 ratings)

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Lights Out

Written by: Ryan Casey
Narrated by: Gabriel Vaughan
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Publisher's Summary

When the lights go out, how far will you go to survive?

When an EMP devastates the nation's power supply, it doesn't take long for society to spiral out of control. There is no government to guide people. There is no power and no order. Only chaos and panic.

In the immediate aftermath of the devastation, five survivors-a self-sufficient survivalist, a university student, a plane crash survivor, a young girl, and an escaped prisoner-all face a dangerous, treacherous journey towards safety.

But as the day goes on and tensions reach breaking point, our survivors soon realize this solar event is far more dangerous than they could ever have imagined...

Lights Out is the first book in the Surviving the EMP post apocalyptic series chronicling five very different survivors and the way they handle disaster. If you enjoy stories of ordinary people thrown into devastating new circumstances, you'll love Lights Out.

©2019 Ryan Casey (P)2019 Tantor

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Unrealistic scenarios

The writer is trying to be too preachy about the attempts by the various protagonists to be a better person. It becomes annoying.

The one scenario is utterly ridiculous! The Character Logan the Butcher is supposed to have been incarcerated and falsely accused of murdering a family.

When we finally find out what happened, it's totally ridiculous. When Logan goes to the home of, and confronts the gangster who murdered his family...the Gangster has a hand gun...but instead of just shooting Logan, he tells Logan that he's gonna do this so that Logan will be blamed He then shoots his own daughter and wife, then shoots himself committing suicide...and Logan is blamed.....utterly RIDICULOUS!

What gangster would be so desperate to implicate the husband of a family he destroyed by selling drugs to them, to kill himself and his own family....if it wasn't such a bad storyline it would be hilarious.

I won't be buying the sequel!

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Great book!

I like the way the author follows multiple characters through multiple situations and that they are just average people trying to get through tough times

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Free listen, ok for what I paid lol

The story is an interesting premise.
The story is set in England but the narrator is American. The narrator would be fine for a story set in America/Canada but the locations and slang used in the story clash with this accent.
All the protagonists are very focused on being better people following the disaster which is commendable, but the story would be more palatable if some of them continued to be unsavory characters.

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Imaginative. Miscast.

Ryan Casey envisions a civilization-ending scenario where a massive solar flare knocks out electricity & telecommunications, freezes internal combustion engines, causes airplanes to fall out of the sky, and makes Cardiac Pacemakers malfunction. Within hours, the scumbags & sociopaths hiding in plain sight in society start taking advantage of the chaos to start beating, robbing, and murdering their neighbors. Casey tells the story through the eyes of five strikingly average people [with the exception of one amateur "prepper", everyone is essentially dumbfounded (don't expect any Special Forces operators or Research Scientists in this one)].
On the one hand, the book is refreshingly relatable..
..but on the other, the plot is basically "survive" - no more complicated than that. 'Lights Out' is misanthropic & disappointingly uncaptivating.

Tantor Audio doesn't help the situation by casting American voice actor Gabriel Vaughan, either. Vaughan is extremely professional - providing spot-on diction, a comfortable timbre and cadence, and creditable voice-acting - but besides reading too slowly (I recommend listening at 1.20X for the best experience), he can't perform what he's given. Lines like "check in the boot", "watch out for the lorry!", "put on your trainers", and "look under the crisp packets" just sound odd without a British accent. This story set in the English countryside should have been voiced by an English actor.

Altogether, this audiobook was a reasonable way to while away a couple of quiet afternoons - as a 'Plus' option. Spending a Credit on this 5.5/10-star book, however, would be a challenge to defend.

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overall it was a good story

the way it could be better is a British narrator since its UK based

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Decent listen

Interesting story to follow and a different style compared to what I am used to. Though I found it entertaining.

The narrator while okay I found flat sometimes and distracted from listening to the story. This was because the story is set in Britain and the narrator has an NA accent.

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wtf with the lump... discusting

the author write about lump all the Time... can someone explain why please? so bad

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Worth a listen.

Well written book that has a great story line. I also like the narrator. I’m on to the next book in the series.

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Falls short

Set in Britain, but the narrator's American accent really spoils it. Protagonists are unlikeable, annoying, and flat.

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