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48 Hours

By: William R. Forstchen
Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
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From The New York Times best-selling author of the smash hit One Second After series comes 48 Hours, a nail-biting and prescient thriller about a solar storm with the power to destroy the world's electrical infrastructure.

In 48 hours, the Earth will be hit by a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun, a "Carrington Event" that has the power to shut down and possibly destroy the world's electrical infrastructure. To try and prevent permanent damage, everything goes dark prior to the hit: Global communications are shut down; hospital emergency generators are disconnected; the entire internet, media broadcasting, and cell phone systems are turned off.

Will the world's population successfully defend itself in the wake of the CME, or will mass panic lead to the breakdown of society as we know it?

William R. Forstchen is at his best in 48 Hours, a tale of the resilience of American citizens when faced with a crisis.

©2019 William R. Forstchen (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Action & Adventure Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Suspense Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense Fiction Thriller Technology Dystopian Survival Apocalyptic Fiction
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was a good book buy I found it repeating itself sometimes, the narrator is great although when he speaks as the older gentleman in a few spots It was abit slow, as an older person would probably speak but I just found myself wanting him to hurry up with what he was trying to say. good book overall and performance.

Good book, with realistic drama

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Dogmatically christian at times. I can handle that in American books, by and large. But my god, was this one slow. I get that it was building up to the end, but did it have to be that repetitive? How many times does the poor scientist need to be asked the same question? Arrrrgh.
But it wasn’t awful. Just not his best.

Painfully Slow at Times

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Mr Forstchen, as usual brilliant. A so perfectly plausible view of humanity at it's worst and best.

What Would You Do?

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Great story well researched. Captivated me and was engaging all way along. Hope there is one about life after the event.
You could tell the writer tried really hard to write a quality book and succeded is it perfect no but so what, what is perfect!

Great story well researched.

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great book and truely insightful view on how humans would react to having only 48hrs left. sadly I was looking forwards to a 1yr later chapter that never came... sadly this is often the case and the author left the reader on a bit of a cliffhanger about what the world would be later.

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Not quite the same story, but if you enjoyed that movie, you'd probably like this book.

"Don't Look Up"

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a really good well balanced telling of a disturbing scenario. with hopefully how the best part of human nature would win through

great

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Exceptional story, yes some religious stuff but I think the author did an amazing job. I could imagine for real a few who aren't religious would have done the same as those in the story. I'm pleased I listened and didn't take to heart some of the other reviews.
Hope you enjoy it if you decide to listen.

Phew !

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The only issue I have with this book is the there is not a second book in the series.

Great Book

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Another frighteningly real apocalyptic scenario that could could conceiveably happen called an Extinction Event. You will go the way of the fossils unless you are wealthy and know the right people, which gets you a place in a bunker city. This a a build up to an N.E.E. near extinction event thats well written and full of interesting characters who we like or dislike and.... pity. It kept me interested and i enjoyed it immensly. I dont want to include spoilers so just trust me I highly recommend this book. Thank you Audible. 😊💖👍🏼

Fantastic apocolypse build up

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