Gripping, action packed story brilliantly read

Read by one of the best in the business, coupled with the craftely and imnersive writing makes for a non stop adventure.

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Great read....highly recommended

Read the first two books in the series in succession and loved them both. This is an horrific and thought provoking story, because it's absolutely plausible and so well researched. Everything gels here.The writing is taut and doesn't meander too far way from the story arc. Event narrative is full but there's no padding. The characters are all credible. The story doesn't depend on coincidence or ridiculous implausibilities to move it along. Full credit to the narrator, who acts the parts rather than just reads the words. His sense of timing and interpretation are a marvel. He's also very good at accents (although a couple of the female characters are a bit exaggerated... they stand out because all the others accents are just so good). If you like this post apocalyptic genre you will love these books. PS ....this series should be required reading for any British government minister thinking of handing a contract for the provision of essential infrastructure to a certain foreign power because they put in a very attractively priced tender (they couldn't possibly have an ulterior motive could they).

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Continuing the awesome story!

The story continues and develops. New characters and more depth. Same awesome action. Absolutely
Fantastic!

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Fabulous!

I am really loving this series. The second book was even better than the first which did a lot of scene setting. Great characters and lots of action with top notch narration from Rupert Degas. What sets this apocalyptic story apart from most is the fact that this is wholly believable, in fact it seemed scarily prophetic! The interlude chapters were great for giving the reader a real sense of the scale of what was happening around the globe. My only criticism is the jarring end to the first book & the jarring start to the second. There was no wrapping up or conclusion to the first book, it just ended very suddenly. Likewise with Fail State, there was no reminder of each character nor any sort of recap on the events at the end of book one. It did not in any way spoil my enjoyment of reading at all but spent the first few chapters thinking - who are they again? What just happened to them...? Overall though, great book & highly recommended.

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Very very cleverly written

Many times it had me thinking, the writer really must have done some good research, listened in 2 days I think!

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2nd book finished at 2am....

Enjoyed this conspiratorial survivalist covid ish worst case scenario end of world book. Its 2 am and I want to start the 3rd book even though I have a big day tomorrow and already lost 2 hrs sleep finishing this book. it's not a perfect book but it is an easy listen and Narrated very well indeed.
someone else said it was like walking dead without the zombies and I think they got that part spot on. I kinda liked lots of different experiences from people all around the world.
without giving anything away , I'd say Joe Rogan listeners will probably love tbis. I listened to joe in the very early days when he recorded podcasts on his phone with Redban. Yeah, that early ... all conspiracies and big foot....I'd say this book is somewhere between those very early days and graham Hancock's first appearance. just a bit of fun with a what if about it.

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Another great entry

The story continues and it’s ALMOST as good as the first. It’s hard to top the first one though with all the mystery it unraveled, but this one continues the stories in exciting ways as our pro- and antagonists navigate the impossible terrain.

Where I found the first book grimly realistic, this one is perhaps a bit more “actiony”. But this sequel also brings a deep and compelling despair, which is very satisfying to explore. So it’s not a bad tradeoff.

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Excellent

Great story! The characters were superb! The narration was brilliant and brought the characters to life!

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A good story but not for everyone. Again.

When I say not for everyone I mean anyone offended by casual racism and misogyny, terrible female voice impressions and the worst British accent this side of Dick Van Dyke. Aside from that, I like the characters or loathe them as written, and I always enjoy a good yarn in an apocalyptic setting.

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superb gripping emotive story

such a good book. brilliantly narrated. mix of tension, humour and suspense very well balanced.

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