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The Survivors

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The Survivors

By: Alex Burns
Narrated by: Zehra Jane Naqvi
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"I didn't realize how much I would miss grocery shopping until it was gone."

Life was pretty good. The love of Alice's life had proposed, they were proud new homeowners, and she'd just landed a great promotion at work. Things were going to plan.

Well, they were, until the Red Death struck.

Billions dead in a matter of weeks. The survivors are few and far between. No one is safe. Life will never be the same again.

©2018 Alex Burns (P)2019 Tantor Australia, New Zealand & Oceania Fiction Oceania Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction World Literature
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A little slow, but good. Lots of unanswered questions? A tbc at the end was quite disappointing. If I had known at the start it wasn't a full story with no follow-up I wouldn't have listened.

love a good pandemic tale

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It’s great to find an Australian post-apocalyptic novel. Tired of all the American ones where violence is so prominent. This one feels right for Australia, even the bad guys have a measure of control and respect!

Good Aussie book!

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I was interested to listen to this book given our real pandemic—the author did a good job with the early confusion and reaction. Unfortunately the pacing of the rest of the story was very slow, the internal monologues were interminable and failed to make the main character interesting. The narrator was doing an ok job in the face of difficulties. I confess I ended up skipping to the last chapter after sticking it out for 3 hours. It’ll be interesting to see what stories emerge after Covid 19.

A timely topic

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I did like this story & felt it had so much potential - but so many parts of the story were lacking & unrealistic. Disappointing really, as I think this book has 'good bones'
The narration was ok, Disappointing end. Won't bother with the sequel.

Good to see an Aussie based Post Apocalyptic story

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This was quite believable. Well written considering it was written before the Covid 19 Pandemic. Very well read. Thanks.

Felt very real

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It is so great to get an Australian story in this genre! I loved it. Very real feeling world.

Great Story

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its so great to hear an Aussie dystopian book, too many american ones out there

loved it.

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So Australian, I enjoyed the lack of guns and switch back foot work some American books have.
Down to earth, book with down to earth characters and a believable story line. Especially since we came through a pandemic, however not as many died.
I look forward to the second book coming out!

Loved it! So Australian

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Loved the pace of the story, it kept me interested.
Great performance with perfect Aussie accents!

Written pre-COVID! Predictive fiction.

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I find that when I come across an Australian based story I devour it.
I enjoyed this, have discovered that book two is due out in a couple of months and so preordered. Looking forward to it.
I do have to say, as someone who has some preparedness background that people can be very dumb and yes I believe that how the MC is portrayed is exactly how some people will react.
Just a warning that the books ends on a freaking cliff hanger. So if you hate that as much as I do it’s best to wait for book two to be out before starting this one - because now I’ve got to wait before I can find out what happens.

It does make you think what would happen if a pandemic were to happen, who would survive, how many children and animals would be left to fend for themselves.

An Australian Survival Post Apocalyptic Novel

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