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  • The First Days

  • As the World Dies, Book 1
  • Written by: Rhiannon Frater
  • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
  • Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (16 ratings)

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The First Days

Written by: Rhiannon Frater
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
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Publisher's Summary

Rhiannon Frater's As the World Dies trilogy is an Internet sensation. The first two books, The First Days and Fighting to Survive, have won the Dead Letter Award for Best Novel from Mail Order Zombie. The First Days was named one of the Best Zombie Books of the Decade by the Harrisburg Book Examiner. And AmericanHorrorBlog calls Rhiannon Frater "a writer to watch".

The morning that the world ends, Katie is getting ready for court and housewife Jenni is taking care of her family. Less than two hours later, they are fleeing for their lives from a zombie horde. Thrown together by circumstance, Jenni and Katie become a powerful zombie-killing partnership, mowing down zombies as they rescue Jenni's stepson, Jason, from an infected campground. They find sanctuary in a tiny, roughly fortified Texas town. There Jenni and Katie find they are both attracted to Travis, leader of the survivors; and the refugees must slaughter people they know, who have returned in zombie form.

Fast-paced and exciting, filled with characters who grab your heart, The First Days: As the World Dies is the beginning of a frightening trilogy.

©2008, 2011 Rhiannon Frater (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

What the critics say

"One of the few zombie novels fueled by the power of feminine protagonists in an apocalyptic world gone wrong." ( Harrisburg Book Examiner)

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Never gets old and AMAZING to share

So I have all the books in the series. I love them and have read thru em lots, but listening to one of my fave story tellers WITH my hubs and watching him love all her characters the way I do was ❤️❤️❤️ listen or else!!!

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Very exciting pace

The zombie threat in this tale is told with great detail. I enjoyed it and will go to the second book.

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Excellent. Recommend

If your a fan of post apocalyptic stories than this is a series for you!

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Shallow end of the pool

Less apocalyptic more teen romance, this story spends more time discussing the shallow crushes of the characters than anything zombie. Characters histories were well developed then leave the reader wondering if the survivors suffered brain damage as they worry more over who likes who and sexual orientation than where they are getting food. I don't know if the narrator, who's voice is smooth and easy to follow along, is saving the teenage boy writing style or making it worse.

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