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  • Chronicles of The One, Book 1
  • Written by: Nora Roberts
  • Narrated by: Julia Whelan
  • Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (831 ratings)

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Year One

Written by: Nora Roberts
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER (December 2017)

A stunning novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts - Year One is an epic of hope and horror, chaos and magick, and a journey that will unite a desperate group of people to fight the battle of their lives...

It began on New Year’s Eve.

The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law and government collapsed - and more than half of the world’s population was decimated.

Where there had been order, there was now chaos. And as the power of science and technology receded, magick rose up in its place. Some of it is good, like the witchcraft worked by Lana Bingham, practicing in the loft apartment she shares with her lover, Max. Some of it is unimaginably evil, and it can lurk anywhere, around a corner, in fetid tunnels beneath the river - or in the ones you know and love the most.

As word spreads that neither the immune nor the gifted are safe from the authorities who patrol the ravaged streets, and with nothing left to count on but each other, Lana and Max make their way out of a wrecked New York City. At the same time, other travelers are heading west too, into a new frontier. Chuck, a tech genius trying to hack his way through a world gone offline. Arlys, a journalist who has lost her audience but uses pen and paper to record the truth. Fred, her young colleague, possessed of burgeoning abilities and an optimism that seems out of place in this bleak landscape. And Rachel and Jonah, a resourceful doctor and a paramedic who fend off despair with their determination to keep a young mother and three infants in their care alive.

In a world of survivors where every stranger encountered could be either a savage or a savior, none of them knows exactly where they are heading, or why. But a purpose awaits them that will shape their lives and the lives of all those who remain.

The end has come. The beginning comes next.

©2017 Nora Roberts (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

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got to love Nora Roberts!!

took me a little to get into story but then WOW! waiting to read next book in the series

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Amazing change!

I love all her books but one was a memorable surprise. I couldn’t stop listening and can’t wait for the second book to come out. I highly recommend this book.

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Loved it!!

A cross between The Stand and Passage. Loved it!!

A plague wipes out 80%of the worlds population and what remains must rebuild. But some humans are developing abilities and only one person can stop the terror.

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Good story, intriguing read, solid characters

I liked the book although it is very similar to the Stand by Stephen King. Same concept. Virus kills most of the population and the rest is divided between good and a big bad evil. I also liked the characters. But I read the reviews of the other two instalments and I think I will leave on a high note and this will be the only book I read in the series.

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Great story, can’t wait to start the next!

Could not wait to listen every time, great pace and voice work! Good spin on many

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as expected

great , dramatic, sad story with unexpcted twists i can not wait to start the next book.

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Better than expected

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I originally picked this book up as the deal of the day when reading the summary. A terrible issue sweeping the world, magic... it sounded like it would be a great fantasy/escapism book still set in a modern day context. I was pleasantly surprised at the different twists and turns this book took and never imagined where it'd end up. You grow fond of characters that you lose track of through the different plot arcs keeping you engaged to want to read the next book.

Glad I picked it up.

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Fabulous Read!!

Engaging and hard to quit. Totally was immersed in the audio until my timer went off.

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Good Book

This was a great read, I really liked the story line but it would have also been good without the mystical angle. That is the reason it lost 1 star for me.

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Fantastic story

I truly enjoyed everything about this book from the beginning to the end. I’m excited for the next book in this series. #Audible1

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