I’m really enjoying your series. Thank you for putting it up for everyone. I’m wondering about one thing. The virus burned so fatally and quickly that it essentially burned itself out, right? It wasn’t a matter of a small % having some amount of immunity?
@@samanthah6291 I didn't consult with anyone. I'm just a fan of action movies and post-apocalyptic stories, so I'm familiar with what often happens in those kinds of situations. Thank you for your kind comments 😊
I am with you. The self pontificating the liberal hand wringing. These people would not survive a second. Appeasing tyrants just leads to a life of subservience. Look at Putins Russia
‘Jessica’ Matt I feel so bad about that person I shot who was trying to murder me , oh wait pull over , there’s a poor guy by the side of the road revving a chainsaw and laughing maniacally let’s help him!
@@ChristineKerseyBooks im actually really enjoying it though Christine , however sometimes it’s like watching a horror movie but instead of saying ‘don’t go in there’ , it’s ‘don’t stop and help them’ ! 😁
Agree. It is a good book a good story line but the author has to tone down all the second guessing and self pontificating it just kills the story lines because its just not what people do. A soldier does not hold fire and consider the families of the evildoer he is fighting. When an evildoer is exchanging shots with police officers does not have any police officer stopping and having a debate with himself.
Jeff is a survivor, everyone else is too stuck on inner turmoil, compassion and "am I killing in cold blood", sorry but once you point, shoot or threaten me with a gun, you are getting shot, I don't care if you shoot, miss and are out of bullets, you provoked it.
One problem I see with stories like this is that if 95%+ people die off in a very short period of time, the authors miss or ignore that the reality for the survivors would be that of abundance rather than scarcity for quite a long time. Food doesn't just disappear overnight. Even all of the food that was hoarded away and fought over at the stores will still be filling up the houses of those that died shortly after. For instance, just one of the hundred or so markets within a mile radius of my home is a small Indian market that besides all of its other non-perishables, has several thousand pounds of various kinds of rice. That's 'can feed a village' level of rice. Again, even if that was hoarded away in the last days, practically all of it would still exist uneaten and likely most of it in the same neighborhood. We're talking about a mass die off of 95% of the people within a week or two. Yes, there would chaos. Yes, at first there would be fighting over goods at stores and eventually looting. Simply though, after that week when only 5% of the population is left. There would be *a lot* of food available (as well as every other kind of good.) Even considering the Just In Time model, if you live in a town of 20k people, the JIT flow is emerges from that amount of commerce. If a week later you're down to 1000 people, resources just wouldn't be an issue. I just don't get hungry, ambling, downtrodded people unable to get access to vehicles or food so early on in this kind of scenario.
@@tammyk6358 That too. So many authors just want to jump into the expected struggle and miss opportunities to explore what would actually happen. This premise with 95% dead within a week would not produce a story of survival like this. Authors tend to universalize these figure when if you look at the real world it just wouldn't happen.
You're partially true. The author definitely made the wait inside the house take a bit too little time. But supply chains got messed up and US stores run on just in time deliveries. It's not entirely unreasonable that food would be scarce because a lot of shoppers shop when they're almost out of food too. Combine those and I get easily see where some places are short on food in about a month.
@@alphacraig4784 This wouldn't be the case in the scenario of this story. Let's take some small town America. 20k people. That town up until the pandemic operated in manner that it just sustained that 20k. Let's even assume that in the first few days they entirely wiped out every market, bakery, grocery store, the Walmart near the highway, gas station, beverage store etc. Employees even steal all of the goods from the restaurants. Over that first week 95% of the local population dies. Practically all of that food still exists, it has simply been relocated and much of it locally. The dead don't eat (in this story.) You now have around 1000 people in an area that a week prior was stocked for 20k people (and more when you really look into it.) People tend not to realize just how much stock that places like some restaurants or bakeries go through and hence keep on hand.
@@Sybaris_Rex I'll admit I was another fault of the writer that they never mentioned looting restaurants but you also have to realize that when you decentralize where the food is located it's very likely to go bad before it is found, especially if the power went out.
I'm amazed this group has even made it to the 80 interchange with all the second guessing they're doing. It's not killing in cold blood when the bad guy runs out of ammo, it's seizing an opportunity.
Desperate people do desperate thing's. That is what I TRY to remember if I am ever in a could be desperate situation or around people in a desperate situation.
I love it I'm a compost machine driver and it's boring as all hell and I'm loveing the fact these books make my day go by so fast. So thank you so much for the entertainment
@@ChristineKerseyBooks omg no that's a definite they will mess it up by trying to squeeze all of the story into an hour and leave out important bits and add things like zombies in that don't belong in this story 😩
A great series I hope they make it into a movie, everyone needs to see this cuz the way things are going this could totally happen or at least something like this!
Absolutely amazing! The roller coaster of victories and defeats in the lives of these common civilians (and a few vets) drove me wanting for more! Thank you for such a fantastic book Christine Kersey!
Btw I remember signs on eastbound i70 back in the 1990s saying "go back to California", the exodus has been underway for awhile, unfortunately they've undermined the politics of the state
@spencer5028 I have that property. It's almost 3 acres and off grid. Due to breaking my back and neck during the cabin build, it's about to go up for sale 😢 end of my dream but the start for someone else's I guess.
I have been listening while I pack up my deceased fathers house to keep my mind off things as I work . I have become totally glued to it while i am working. Thank you I so appreciate the distraction . This series is so well written I love it, I am actually one his phone right now. This is his profile :)
Really enjoyed this series, well written and good handle on the nature of people and I especially appreciate a good story without the usual foul language, thank you.
@@marywiegand2050 thanks, I'll check it out. I'm a truck driver so my wife and I like to listen to audio books on the long trips without all the cursing.
I love this story SOOO MUCH. ❤ ❤ 💕 IM SICK & Confined to bed so I fell apon this looking for something to do & now I'm so invested in these people....listened to the whole 1st book yest. & just started book 2...I'm gonna hate it when I'm thru the last one....this girl can WRITE. 🤩💜 Love it !!!
Just had a major surgery. I am so glad that I found Christine Kersey and her amazing audio books. I am with some of the others... make this a TV series.
... what's conservative about this? The fact that they are willing to kill others rather than sharing their food? If anything then the baddies are using guns to get their food, so both sides are conservatives. Or is it the "using the doctor stealing her service and then deciding to pay how much you want and not what she asked for because you're rich in resources and the rest of the people can go fuck themselves"? . Also, they are wearing masks, so if anything the characters can't be too conservatives 😂
Does anyone else feel the rage toward the tyrants who are taking control and the grief over the groups losses.? I feel the actually emotions roiling in my stomach. I don't know if I could maintain self control if it were me experiencing this. I expect to feel more in book 3.
@Shanda Hathaway Yeah, the tyrants and bullies are [certain words that I can't say here], but they remind me of exactly how real life is. People play games using the law, or they mug you on a street corner, or destroy your life just for fun.
I live in Reno and work in Sparks. I can see I-80 and the first over pass from my work. It was cool to imagine the caravan rolling right pass. Thank you for another enjoyable book.
i realy hope this group will evovle into not hesetating that much anymore ... its a great story and i realy enjoy it alot thank you for uploading !!! ... i realy love how the characters are evolving over time ...
I highly recommend everyone spend a long weekend as if you are in a grid down emergency situation. No you needn't unplug your fridge. Just pretend it's out and live out of a cooler, using a bbq grill or what have you to cook, no heat or AC, wash with your garden hose for everything. If possible port a john in use. No phones or other electronics. It's a learning experience. Though I understand that some of you live in hurricane and tornado zones and are old hands at these types of catastrophes.
Christine I can't sleep for your books!!! Andrew is amazing! Thanks for choosing a narrator who is equal to your talent! When you don't even think about the narrator because he's so good he draws you into the story. I'm so sleepy...and happy about it lol.
I'm enjoying this series but a few things are off. Who doesn't have a week to a months worth of food in thier cupboards? No one's starving after 5 days. I've literally gone 7 days without eating and only drinking water. I didn't feel like I could kill someone for food lol. This virus is said to not survive after 24hrs of the host dying and on surfaces. So wait 48hrs and take the deads food if you're starving that bad instead of breaking into living peoples houses. After 2 weeks peoples clothes aren't going to be dirty and torn. It's not like thier houses burned down and they lost everything. They should have clothes in drawers and closets and no one stole clothes from Walmart because they're scared of a virus. Every house will have clothing in it. If you said 4 to 6 months these things were happening to people it would be a more realistic time frame. Other than time frame to actions I think the books very enjoyable. Better than most apocalypse books. Still 5 ⭐s
If you have kids then you absolutely could be out of food before 5 days and yes for my family I could and would kill someone for food not as a food source. Preferably someone hoarding food without a family that doesn't need such a cash like a pepper incell would be a perfect target. Also, have you gone a week in the same clothes let alone two weeks? They absolutely can and will be ripped and dirty as hell in two weeks unless you're just sitting on your ass in your basement gorging yourself on the prepper stash of food you've accumulated over the years. If that's the case then be ready because you're a target.
@@ADITADDICTS It would seem like people would have plenty of food at home to last a while, but statistics say that most only have about 3 days worth. I am the child of depression kids who knew real hunger, so my mom taught me to stock up on things when they go on sale. Most of the population are two generations away from the Great Depression and have lived through a long period of abundance. They've never dealt with such deprivation, so they don't feel the need to have some backup. I have a large freezer and well stocked pantry. We would be fine for at least 3 months.
@@shandahathaway112 I know exactly what you mean! All of my grandparents went through the depression and they canned everything that came put of their gardens. And they horded shoes too. Lol. I have been guilty of falling into the false safety of everything will be provided for you culture for a time but snapped out of it. I'm not a prepper by any means but we do have food supply for 3 months we rotate through throughout the year. I was in the restaurant buisness for 25 years and out of the two academies I attended and everything else I learned along the way the most important thing I've learned culinary wise was my grandparents showing me how to can stuff! Lol
I’m so glad to see other people still interested in books, you can’t fit this many details in a movie. Besides you can watch this like a movie in your head while driving can’t do that with movies. I’m loving this series
Really good book! Thank you so much for offering it free! I certainly can't afford to pay for books so it's greatly appreciated. Plus it's really nice to listen to a book without cursing in it!💙
I think this book shows the struggle people go through to adapt to the new reality. They are trying out how to survive and yet not totally leave behind their "old" selves.
Great series of book. Truly I’m glued. Only complaint is some stuff is so unrealistic. No one would stop to give people food on side of rd in a pandemic that kills in a day. Looking past the kindness of helping people they still have no clue if the people are sick. There’s to much of the main characters not being cautious at all about contracting the flu. They are never worried about it
But if you go back to that part I didn’t understand it at all…. They didn’t HAVE ANY FOOD to give. Just one bottle of water and one granola bar. I never understand why they stopped in the first place. Ps. If the daughter had eaten her breakfast they wouldn’t have had anything to give. Remember the mom said she wasn’t going to get in the back to get more food.
I love your books. One question. When you developed Jessica's character, did she kind of get on your nerves? I understand the trying to keep a moral compass, but she doesn't seem to really grasp the severity of the situation.
Haha! I thought of her as kind of a typical, non-prepper person dealing with an extraordinary situation. Don't worry. She figures things out as the series moves along. I'm so glad to hear that you love my books!
She’s definitely getting in mine lol. Maybe it’s my military experience but I’m ready for her to get with the program and get in that survival mindset.
I get that. She (Jessica) seems like she was developed as a character with very little real-world toughness, so she comes off as naive and soft. I’m glad there’s someone representing that very common group of people. So many of us get aggravated at people like that, without understanding that some people are just raised different and have different mindsets. (It takes all kinds, right?) I love the character of Dylan, though! That young man could have my 6 any day!
I am completely sick of her and Matt being a simp whenever she starts her moral rants. This is the second book and at this point she should be over this.
This series would make an awesome movie. I am only on book 2 and can't wait to see where this goes. Love the narrator. This is a " can't put down book" New to ebooks and have listened to several I would love to be made into movies.
I'm 34 minutes in and I'm thoroughly fedup with Jessica and Kayla. Can you say white saviour complex?? Oh let's stop to "help". But "help" was a granola bar & water?? Gurl, keep your snacks and stop endangering your family🙄🙄. Then have the nerve to complain when they are attacked🙄🙄
Always loved pandemic books... until COVID-19. I thought I would never read another ( I stopped playing the game pandemic too. Too much reality). But I am enjoying this book. Writing is good, narration is great!
The narration is superb. The story is addictive. But the story to close for comfort for what is going on in the world and how the worst is still to come
I love the series so far, but these folks put themselves in far too many unnecessary dangerous situations....and this obsession to not shoot people who clearly lack concern for the groups lives is frustrating. Everyone catches lead immediately if any form of altercation started if i was in this situation. As a father, no one would have a second chance when it comes to my kids and wife. Good series so far, and i think this is a very good representation of how folks out west would respond to such situations.
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@@ChristineKerseyBooks it is awesome 😃👍 I love your books. I'm a prepper from Sweden. Things are a little bit different here for example with gun control etc but your book are applyable to a future collapse of our society too. Thanks for the ❤️
Brilliant! Realistic, a mixture of hopelessness and hopefulness, and exciting! The story allows your imagination to anticipate what could happen, and so much more. I am so looking forward to listening the next book!
I like the fast paced action. There isn't a lot of long background character buildup that drags on & on. Although she might have given her main characters a little higher IQ. They've spent half the book in captivity. Thank God, the bad guys IQ was even lower. But, it's a fun book. Thanks for posting it.
Absolutely agree about these other authors going on and on with mindless background characters and repeating it every two chapters. C.K. most certainly does not do this, love her writing style.
It was not unreasonable for Tyson and his boys to stop entry to their town. There would have been many refugees from Salt lake who could have stripped the town, people like the bushwackers back at the rest area. Allowing people to drive through their home was obviously a new thing, they had to discuss it for an hour. The access tax was ridiculously high, most likely because many of the defenders just wanted to turn them away. Allowing a large group to drive through the town would be a risk in the same way as allowing a group into their neighborhood back in Salt Lake. Dropping them off in the middle of nowhere was amusing.
Re-Re-Listening to the Pandemic books. I may have missed it, Forced Exodus, Ch 6 , 41:56 what happen with the machine gun taken from the Technical??? Thank you, great books
The first book and the hour of this one that I’ve listened to so far have been entertaining and thought provoking. And maybe this will come in later, but it’d be nice to tighten up the specifics of the guns a bit since they are so crucial to the story. The characters have been accomplishing some unbelievable feats with some kind of concealable ‘pistols’ so far. Taking out a mounted machine gun with a handgun while driving is bordering on divine intervention… And you really wouldn’t ever want to choose a handgun as your primary weapon in a firefight. I like the old adage that a handgun should just be used to fight your way to your real weapon. A handgun is great to conceal, or have on you as a back up, but you’d really want a semiautomatic rifle or a shotgun. They are exponentially more powerful and accurate. Scenarios like this are good things to keep in mind when scummy politicians try to ban those types of guns. Compare an AR or AK to most any handgun at 50 yards or more, and you’ll notice how much more effective a the rifle would be in that type of situation. That said, I’m glad that the author has people thinking about societal collapse. It’s shocking that even after Covid, people do not see how delicate our society is.
I’m so excited! I’ve been trying to get and read the 4th book for awhile!! Now I can!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is the best Christmas present!
Yay! So glad you're enjoying it. Please make sure and subscribe to my channel, and let those you think would be interested know that they can listen for free :) Merry Christmas!
Wow I got so scared I thought something was definitely going to happen to one of them I just love this book can’t wait for the next one thank you again for making them available
Question ++++++++++++++SPOILER ALERT++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I don't understand the rationale behind anyone wanting their vehicles 95% of society died less than a month prior. All they have to do is go to a camper store and pick up new ones. For that matter, just move into the nicest homes that are nearby. Everything is up for grabs
The fact that a very large number of people died as a result of the virus but still the people left had a food problem when they could have raided the dead’s houses… even if others were hoarding still the novel implicated it was a huge number….
If I could talk to this family I'd say, Stop asking the children for their input! They should have no say so in whether you stop or go or where you will live. Some of the trouble this group gets into is because they baby the children and allow them to speak to them any type of way. Love the series though. Lol.
ugh that hurts.... the end of book 2 is just too predictable for me especially because of the timing of what happened right before the end of book 2. Although still very grateful that you uploaded your books, thanks alot! 👍
So something that hasn’t really been addressed and I’m just curious…what about if the trash starts to build up and drawing bugs and varmints? The trucks stop running because all the drivers are sick, dead or hunkered down with their own families. What if you can’t get to the dump? Either you don’t want to go anywhere because of potential infection or attack from desperate people or perhaps the dump is gated, locked and closed off for safety sake…if it was open I bet it would be rampant with scavengers besides being a hotbed for infection or nastiness in general! Couldn’t some of your trash be reused for everyday needs but for what and what do you do when you have a pile stuff that’s run out of its usefulness? Great series. I love the way it’s making me think about what I might do or need to have up my sleeve so to speak.
17:31 - an aggravating issue with at least a few characters in this (& the EMP) series from this author is the truly unbearable time it takes for them to understand that stealing either their food, transportation, or protection is very much like those people willing to murder them/ their children in a very slow and painful way. In history, stealing the food from a neighbor was often met with death penalty, or, forced labor to repay the debt X’s 2 (if there was an established society & governance to enforce this). If the person was caught in the act of stealing food, the land owner was fully justified in shooting. In this sort of lawless society, roving groups that are willing to rob unsuspecting individuals along their travels or to take over a community, not taking such people out WILL lead to those people causing other people to starve, be S*Assaulted (if female), make widows, be enslaved/ trafficked, murdered. Now, the 1st dude that tried to break into Matt’s house & was then expelled from the community.. that guy could’ve been tasked with helping to remove dead bodies & burn/ bury them as both a punishment as well as important labor needed for the health of the community, to earn food for his family. But Russ, he would clearly be a threat to all as long as he was alive. There are no prisons to hold him securely, nor enough resources to feed him while sitting in a prison doing nothing. I can understand the not wanting to take another life, and the struggle upon having to do so, but the prolonged naivety of Jessica (& a little lesser degree, Matt), draws out far to long. The author doesn’t have to make them genuine cold blooded psychopathic murderers, but also not write them as simple minded, refusing to face reality, characters believing that every individual is equally deserving of identical mercy, ignoring the ramifications of that for others.
I’m amazed how everyone is starving and killing after just two weeks. Glad we were just hoarding toilet paper and rice two weeks in to our own pandemic 😷😂
I'm studying the infantile and simplistic narratives that comprise contemporary US fiction! Thanks for this - just what was needed! It is a culture that needs the most basic things explained - like the structure and purpose of a door.
I discovered your chaos series first; definately v good. Waiting on the next book in the series, I decided to listen to some others. Was listening to the first in the 'parallel' series but that's more for teenagers. So then found this series. I agree with most that it seems a bit quick that people are so desperate given that 95% have died, as scavanging would have been easy; maybe it would have been better to have early on said something like '6 months later ... " but that aside, am enjoying it so far :) thanks so much for making these available.
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I’m really enjoying your series. Thank you for putting it up for everyone. I’m wondering about one thing. The virus burned so fatally and quickly that it essentially burned itself out, right? It wasn’t a matter of a small % having some amount of immunity?
@@samanthah6291 I didn't consult with anyone. I'm just a fan of action movies and post-apocalyptic stories, so I'm familiar with what often happens in those kinds of situations. Thank you for your kind comments 😊
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In a world full of Matt and Jessica's... Be a Derrick and Jeff.
I am with you. The self pontificating the liberal hand wringing. These people would not survive a second. Appeasing tyrants just leads to a life of subservience. Look at Putins Russia
Yes, liberal gun haters will not stay safe for long.
Matt and Jessica; The masters of ruining plans and making situations harder on themselves for no reason
It’s funny how you didn’t get a “love heart” from the creator hahaha 💀 cause it’s way too true
‘Jessica’ Matt I feel so bad about that person I shot who was trying to murder me , oh wait pull over , there’s a poor guy by the side of the road revving a chainsaw and laughing maniacally let’s help him!
😂😂
@@ChristineKerseyBooks im actually really enjoying it though Christine , however sometimes it’s like watching a horror movie but instead of saying ‘don’t go in there’ , it’s ‘don’t stop and help them’ ! 😁
I'm wanting to yell at my phone, "DON'T DO IT!!!" but I'm at work and it's a book so it wouldn't do me any good. It does make you think though.
You know the book is good when so many people have opinions about it.
GOOD JOB!!
Thank you!
Agree. It is a good book a good story line but the author has to tone down all the second guessing and self pontificating it just kills the story lines because its just not what people do. A soldier does not hold fire and consider the families of the evildoer he is fighting. When an evildoer is exchanging shots with police officers does not have any police officer stopping and having a debate with himself.
I like how everybody is like we don’t kill people and Jeff says hold my beer.
Jeff is a survivor, everyone else is too stuck on inner turmoil, compassion and "am I killing in cold blood", sorry but once you point, shoot or threaten me with a gun, you are getting shot, I don't care if you shoot, miss and are out of bullets, you provoked it.
The whole group “ we don’t kill people in cold blood “
And then there’s Jeff
😂😂
That's why Jeff is my favorite.
Somebody has to be a Jeff 😞😞😞
@@joeavery6344every toolbox needs a hammer
One problem I see with stories like this is that if 95%+ people die off in a very short period of time, the authors miss or ignore that the reality for the survivors would be that of abundance rather than scarcity for quite a long time. Food doesn't just disappear overnight. Even all of the food that was hoarded away and fought over at the stores will still be filling up the houses of those that died shortly after. For instance, just one of the hundred or so markets within a mile radius of my home is a small Indian market that besides all of its other non-perishables, has several thousand pounds of various kinds of rice. That's 'can feed a village' level of rice. Again, even if that was hoarded away in the last days, practically all of it would still exist uneaten and likely most of it in the same neighborhood.
We're talking about a mass die off of 95% of the people within a week or two. Yes, there would chaos. Yes, at first there would be fighting over goods at stores and eventually looting. Simply though, after that week when only 5% of the population is left. There would be *a lot* of food available (as well as every other kind of good.) Even considering the Just In Time model, if you live in a town of 20k people, the JIT flow is emerges from that amount of commerce. If a week later you're down to 1000 people, resources just wouldn't be an issue.
I just don't get hungry, ambling, downtrodded people unable to get access to vehicles or food so early on in this kind of scenario.
I thought the same not to mention the bodies from that many people would be a huge issue that is not even addressed.
@@tammyk6358 That too. So many authors just want to jump into the expected struggle and miss opportunities to explore what would actually happen.
This premise with 95% dead within a week would not produce a story of survival like this. Authors tend to universalize these figure when if you look at the real world it just wouldn't happen.
You're partially true. The author definitely made the wait inside the house take a bit too little time. But supply chains got messed up and US stores run on just in time deliveries. It's not entirely unreasonable that food would be scarce because a lot of shoppers shop when they're almost out of food too. Combine those and I get easily see where some places are short on food in about a month.
@@alphacraig4784 This wouldn't be the case in the scenario of this story.
Let's take some small town America. 20k people. That town up until the pandemic operated in manner that it just sustained that 20k. Let's even assume that in the first few days they entirely wiped out every market, bakery, grocery store, the Walmart near the highway, gas station, beverage store etc. Employees even steal all of the goods from the restaurants.
Over that first week 95% of the local population dies. Practically all of that food still exists, it has simply been relocated and much of it locally. The dead don't eat (in this story.)
You now have around 1000 people in an area that a week prior was stocked for 20k people (and more when you really look into it.) People tend not to realize just how much stock that places like some restaurants or bakeries go through and hence keep on hand.
@@Sybaris_Rex I'll admit I was another fault of the writer that they never mentioned looting restaurants but you also have to realize that when you decentralize where the food is located it's very likely to go bad before it is found, especially if the power went out.
I'm amazed this group has even made it to the 80 interchange with all the second guessing they're doing. It's not killing in cold blood when the bad guy runs out of ammo, it's seizing an opportunity.
I had the same thought.
On my mama ima shoot bro in his mouth and walk off 😒😂
Wouldent be a story otherwise
@@tylermckillop408 thanks for your input captain obvious 👍
Desperate people do desperate thing's. That is what I TRY to remember if I am ever in a could be desperate situation or around people in a desperate situation.
I'm so glad I found this series I really enjoy your writing and can picture the situation and characters in my head
Poo to be there by
I love it I'm a compost machine driver and it's boring as all hell and I'm loveing the fact these books make my day go by so fast. So thank you so much for the entertainment
That's awesome! I'm glad to help your day go by faster. 😂
Ugh I'd love for this book to be a tv series but wouldn't want them to mess it up!
Being made into a movie would be amazing!
@@ChristineKerseyBooks omg no that's a definite they will mess it up by trying to squeeze all of the story into an hour and leave out important bits and add things like zombies in that don't belong in this story 😩
A Netflix series would be awesome
Netflix would neuter Matt and put the kids on hormone blockers for gender transformation
@@ChristineKerseyBooks Hollywood would not allow any second amendment talk.
A great series I hope they make it into a movie, everyone needs to see this cuz the way things are going this could totally happen or at least something like this!
That would be amazing! I'm glad you're enjoying it 😊
Absolutely amazing! The roller coaster of victories and defeats in the lives of these common civilians (and a few vets) drove me wanting for more! Thank you for such a fantastic book Christine Kersey!
These are really good books! I get completely wrapped up in them and can't believe that hours have passed
Thank you! I’m glad you’re enjoying them!
I think California is about the last place I would go in any kind of apocalypse scenario... California is already borderline apocalyptic as is
Keep in mind that I began writing this in 2019. Things weren’t quite as bad then.
@@ChristineKerseyBooks I still enjoy the story, but I'm a Colorado guy. I would be heading for the foothills lol , thx for posting
Btw I remember signs on eastbound i70 back in the 1990s saying "go back to California", the exodus has been underway for awhile, unfortunately they've undermined the politics of the state
lol I think they were confiscating the guns but didnt even know there was a pandemic.
@spencer5028 I have that property. It's almost 3 acres and off grid. Due to breaking my back and neck during the cabin build, it's about to go up for sale 😢 end of my dream but the start for someone else's I guess.
I have been listening while I pack up my deceased fathers house to keep my mind off things as I work . I have become totally glued to it while i am working. Thank you I so appreciate the distraction . This series is so well written I love it, I am actually one his phone right now. This is his profile :)
I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm glad the story is giving you a distraction. Take care!
I am so hooked on this series! Thank you so much for sharing your Audiobooks.
Still can't figure out why someone would leave Utah for California during good times, let alone during the apocalypse.
Water and a more mild winter
It seems it would have been easier to go south and take over a place that was empty in the country.
I agree, that's like traveling to New York City during an apocalypse! Ha!
@@catherinenyberg2493 Ocean water?
@@djmil5110 Lots of meat running around, use meat to trade for more guns.
Nicely done. Crazy to stumble upon a series that takes place in your own back yard.
Really enjoyed this series, well written and good handle on the nature of people and I especially appreciate a good story without the usual foul language, thank you.
You’re welcome! Thank you for listening!
You should read her other series dare to resist, d dare to endure, dare to defy. 👍💯
@@marywiegand2050 thanks, I'll check it out. I'm a truck driver so my wife and I like to listen to audio books on the long trips without all the cursing.
It's almost impossible nowadays to find a good storyline without all the profanity.
Ditto a great series without foul language. Unfortunately could become a reality for us soon. Good survival tips.
I love this story SOOO MUCH. ❤ ❤ 💕 IM SICK & Confined to bed so I fell apon this looking for something to do & now I'm so invested in these people....listened to the whole 1st book yest. & just started book 2...I'm gonna hate it when I'm thru the last one....this girl can WRITE. 🤩💜 Love it !!!
Thank you so much! I hope you feel better soon!
I hope that you getting better!
Prayers going up that you feel better soon.
I hope your getting to felling better..
Sending Love..Light and Healing To You and Others Reading This..💛🙏
Just had a major surgery. I am so glad that I found Christine Kersey and her amazing audio books. I am with some of the others... make this a TV series.
When the SHTF, California would not be high on my list of bug out places.
Thanks. Andrew Tell did a superb job; easy to understand, especially for non-English speaking listeners.
If this were true I don't think I would fit in with them. I'm protecting and providing for my family by any means
So happy to finally hear a conservative voice in the world of literature. Thank u for sharing with us strangers. ❤️
You're welcome!
Try the ashes series by William Johnstone. No audiobooks that I know of but they are a great read.
... what's conservative about this? The fact that they are willing to kill others rather than sharing their food? If anything then the baddies are using guns to get their food, so both sides are conservatives. Or is it the "using the doctor stealing her service and then deciding to pay how much you want and not what she asked for because you're rich in resources and the rest of the people can go fuck themselves"? . Also, they are wearing masks, so if anything the characters can't be too conservatives 😂
Does anyone else feel the rage toward the tyrants who are taking control and the grief over the groups losses.? I feel the actually emotions roiling in my stomach. I don't know if I could maintain self control if it were me experiencing this. I expect to feel more in book 3.
@Shanda Hathaway Yeah, the tyrants and bullies are [certain words that I can't say here], but they remind me of exactly how real life is. People play games using the law, or they mug you on a street corner, or destroy your life just for fun.
I live in Reno and work in Sparks. I can see I-80 and the first over pass from my work. It was cool to imagine the caravan rolling right pass. Thank you for another enjoyable book.
That's awesome! It's fun to know an area mentioned in a book. Thank you for listening!
i realy hope this group will evovle into not hesetating that much anymore ... its a great story and i realy enjoy it alot thank you for uploading !!! ... i realy love how the characters are evolving over time ...
Love the narrator and love the series!
Thank you!
My hubby and I are enjoying this series. We listen in the evenings! We are going to work our way thru all your books. ❤
I love that! Thank you!
Just found the series and I'm hooked. As others said, I like your writing style, allowing the reader to build the scene in their mind. Great stuff!
Thank you!
I highly recommend everyone spend a long weekend as if you are in a grid down emergency situation. No you needn't unplug your fridge. Just pretend it's out and live out of a cooler, using a bbq grill or what have you to cook, no heat or AC, wash with your garden hose for everything. If possible port a john in use. No phones or other electronics. It's a learning experience. Though I understand that some of you live in hurricane and tornado zones and are old hands at these types of catastrophes.
Great idea!
LOVED BOOK 1 AND ALREADY LOVING THIS BOOK, TOO.
Christine I can't sleep for your books!!! Andrew is amazing! Thanks for choosing a narrator who is equal to your talent! When you don't even think about the narrator because he's so good he draws you into the story. I'm so sleepy...and happy about it lol.
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you’re enjoying them!
@@ChristineKerseyBooks I finished last night! What's next?
I have a dystopian series, Parallel World, with the first book, Dare to Resist, up. I'm so glad you're enjoying my books!
I'm enjoying this series but a few things are off. Who doesn't have a week to a months worth of food in thier cupboards? No one's starving after 5 days. I've literally gone 7 days without eating and only drinking water. I didn't feel like I could kill someone for food lol.
This virus is said to not survive after 24hrs of the host dying and on surfaces. So wait 48hrs and take the deads food if you're starving that bad instead of breaking into living peoples houses.
After 2 weeks peoples clothes aren't going to be dirty and torn. It's not like thier houses burned down and they lost everything. They should have clothes in drawers and closets and no one stole clothes from Walmart because they're scared of a virus. Every house will have clothing in it.
If you said 4 to 6 months these things were happening to people it would be a more realistic time frame.
Other than time frame to actions I think the books very enjoyable. Better than most apocalypse books. Still 5 ⭐s
It's fiction, strictly for entertainment, relax 😊 See your point tho.
If you have kids then you absolutely could be out of food before 5 days and yes for my family I could and would kill someone for food not as a food source. Preferably someone hoarding food without a family that doesn't need such a cash like a pepper incell would be a perfect target.
Also, have you gone a week in the same clothes let alone two weeks? They absolutely can and will be ripped and dirty as hell in two weeks unless you're just sitting on your ass in your basement gorging yourself on the prepper stash of food you've accumulated over the years. If that's the case then be ready because you're a target.
@@ADITADDICTS It would seem like people would have plenty of food at home to last a while, but statistics say that most only have about 3 days worth. I am the child of depression kids who knew real hunger, so my mom taught me to stock up on things when they go on sale. Most of the population are two generations away from the Great Depression and have lived through a long period of abundance. They've never dealt with such deprivation, so they don't feel the need to have some backup.
I have a large freezer and well stocked pantry. We would be fine for at least 3 months.
@@shandahathaway112 I know exactly what you mean! All of my grandparents went through the depression and they canned everything that came put of their gardens. And they horded shoes too. Lol. I have been guilty of falling into the false safety of everything will be provided for you culture for a time but snapped out of it. I'm not a prepper by any means but we do have food supply for 3 months we rotate through throughout the year.
I was in the restaurant buisness for 25 years and out of the two academies I attended and everything else I learned along the way the most important thing I've learned culinary wise was my grandparents showing me how to can stuff! Lol
We’ll see
I’m so glad to see other people still interested in books, you can’t fit this many details in a movie. Besides you can watch this like a movie in your head while driving can’t do that with movies. I’m loving this series
Thank you!
Really good book! Thank you so much for offering it free! I certainly can't afford to pay for books so it's greatly appreciated. Plus it's really nice to listen to a book without cursing in it!💙
You're welcome! Thank you for listening!
I think this book shows the struggle people go through to adapt to the new reality. They are trying out how to survive and yet not totally leave behind their "old" selves.
Great story! Enjoying every minute of it. Thanks so much for sharing.
Great series of book. Truly I’m glued. Only complaint is some stuff is so unrealistic. No one would stop to give people food on side of rd in a pandemic that kills in a day. Looking past the kindness of helping people they still have no clue if the people are sick. There’s to much of the main characters not being cautious at all about contracting the flu. They are never worried about it
As the utah legislature rolls back the salt lake county's mask mandate while having the highest case count lol. It's realistic here man.
Having seen how people act during a real pandemic lol I can definitely see it happening
But if you go back to that part I didn’t understand it at all…. They didn’t HAVE ANY FOOD to give. Just one bottle of water and one granola bar. I never understand why they stopped in the first place. Ps. If the daughter had eaten her breakfast they wouldn’t have had anything to give. Remember the mom said she wasn’t going to get in the back to get more food.
Thank you so much for this. I'm really enjoying listening. Just wish I could listen at work!
I love your books. One question. When you developed Jessica's character, did she kind of get on your nerves? I understand the trying to keep a moral compass, but she doesn't seem to really grasp the severity of the situation.
Haha! I thought of her as kind of a typical, non-prepper person dealing with an extraordinary situation. Don't worry. She figures things out as the series moves along.
I'm so glad to hear that you love my books!
She’s definitely getting in mine lol. Maybe it’s my military experience but I’m ready for her to get with the program and get in that survival mindset.
I get that. She (Jessica) seems like she was developed as a character with very little real-world toughness, so she comes off as naive and soft. I’m glad there’s someone representing that very common group of people. So many of us get aggravated at people like that, without understanding that some people are just raised different and have different mindsets. (It takes all kinds, right?) I love the character of Dylan, though! That young man could have my 6 any day!
I am completely sick of her and Matt being a simp whenever she starts her moral rants. This is the second book and at this point she should be over this.
Jess really bugs me. I thought it was just me. This women needs to wake up before she gets slapped again
This series would make an awesome movie. I am only on book 2 and can't wait to see where this goes. Love the narrator. This is a " can't put down book" New to ebooks and have listened to several I would love to be made into movies.
That would be amazing! Thank you for listening 😊
@@ChristineKerseyBooks The end was awesome . One of the top books I've listened to. MUST be made into a movie.
Thank you! If I could make it into a movie, I would.
I am in love with this series. Fabulous find.
I'm 34 minutes in and I'm thoroughly fedup with Jessica and Kayla. Can you say white saviour complex?? Oh let's stop to "help". But "help" was a granola bar & water?? Gurl, keep your snacks and stop endangering your family🙄🙄. Then have the nerve to complain when they are attacked🙄🙄
Wait...they are white?? Can you tell us what chapter we learn the family's race? I must have missed that part
@@bowlofdiogenes6139 yeah sounds like we got a racist on our hands! I never once saw any race put in anywhere.
Always loved pandemic books... until COVID-19. I thought I would never read another ( I stopped playing the game pandemic too. Too much reality). But I am enjoying this book. Writing is good, narration is great!
Thank you so much!
The narration is superb. The story is addictive. But the story to close for comfort for what is going on in the world and how the worst is still to come
😁 that Jessica is a real bundle of fun.
I love the series so far, but these folks put themselves in far too many unnecessary dangerous situations....and this obsession to not shoot people who clearly lack concern for the groups lives is frustrating. Everyone catches lead immediately if any form of altercation started if i was in this situation. As a father, no one would have a second chance when it comes to my kids and wife. Good series so far, and i think this is a very good representation of how folks out west would respond to such situations.
I just got my "BioLite CampingStove 2+" today :)
You burn wood and twigs in it and you use it as normal camping stove BUT it also has an USB charger for your walkie-talkie
Sounds like a cool system!
@@ChristineKerseyBooks it is awesome 😃👍
I love your books. I'm a prepper from Sweden. Things are a little bit different here for example with gun control etc but your book are applyable to a future collapse of our society too.
Thanks for the ❤️
I pulled the dashboard out of an X5 for an AC repair, and this book got me through it
Outstanding story! Jumping straight to book three. I honestly can't wait to get into the EMP series!
I'm glad I kept listening. It's actually realty good
Brilliant! Realistic, a mixture of hopelessness and hopefulness, and exciting! The story allows your imagination to anticipate what could happen, and so much more. I am so looking forward to listening the next book!
I like the fast paced action. There isn't a lot of long background character buildup that drags on & on. Although she might have given her main characters a little higher IQ. They've spent half the book in captivity. Thank God, the bad guys IQ was even lower. But, it's a fun book. Thanks for posting it.
Absolutely agree about these other authors going on and on with mindless background characters and repeating it every two chapters.
C.K. most certainly does not do this, love her writing style.
Amazing series! I like the fact not everyone is a superhero. Real people real responses its amazing!
I just recently discovered your channel. Thank you so much for these books. They are very good, and bring much enjoyment. Thanks again!
I love the books,, but every time a chapter is named Jessica I want to throw my phone. 🙄😂
Great work tho
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Ha! Same!!! She's the type of person that survives because others die protecting her. 😑
Too bad Derrick didn't trade Jessica to Tyson for passage, maybe Tyson needed some dog food.
Good God JESSICA! I am soooo over you. Please, please do better
Not much doing at work, this keeps me going. Really 👍
Oh man I loved it when the tables were turned on Tyson and his boys! 😂🤣
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It was not unreasonable for Tyson and his boys to stop entry to their town.
There would have been many refugees from Salt lake who could have stripped the town, people like the bushwackers back at the rest area. Allowing people to drive through their home was obviously a new thing, they had to discuss it for an hour. The access tax was ridiculously high, most likely because many of the defenders just wanted to turn them away. Allowing a large group to drive through the town would be a risk in the same way as allowing a group into their neighborhood back in Salt Lake.
Dropping them off in the middle of nowhere was amusing.
Excellent story teller! Thank you for the hours of entertainment
And thanks for sharing your books! Makes for fun days 😉
You're welcome!
Gosh I am hooked. I have been listening to this during work. Christine you rock
Thank you so much!
Just listening to another apocolypse audiobook series and all of a sudden, it's gone...no trace, WTH! Just when it was getting so good.
You're talking about on another channel, right?
I'm loving this story. Happi was recommended it.
Loving these stories...
I switch bk and forth between this one & the EMP one.
Just started this book. Really enjoy books like these and the first one really hooked me
That's great! I hope you enjoy the entire series. Thank you for listening!
Re-Re-Listening to the Pandemic books. I may have missed it, Forced Exodus, Ch 6 , 41:56 what happen with the machine gun taken from the Technical??? Thank you, great books
The first book and the hour of this one that I’ve listened to so far have been entertaining and thought provoking.
And maybe this will come in later, but it’d be nice to tighten up the specifics of the guns a bit since they are so crucial to the story. The characters have been accomplishing some unbelievable feats with some kind of concealable ‘pistols’ so far.
Taking out a mounted machine gun with a handgun while driving is bordering on divine intervention…
And you really wouldn’t ever want to choose a handgun as your primary weapon in a firefight. I like the old adage that a handgun should just be used to fight your way to your real weapon. A handgun is great to conceal, or have on you as a back up, but you’d really want a semiautomatic rifle or a shotgun. They are exponentially more powerful and accurate. Scenarios like this are good things to keep in mind when scummy politicians try to ban those types of guns.
Compare an AR or AK to most any handgun at 50 yards or more, and you’ll notice how much more effective a the rifle would be in that type of situation.
That said, I’m glad that the author has people thinking about societal collapse. It’s shocking that even after Covid, people do not see how delicate our society is.
Loving this series!!
This needs to be a movie
That would be amazing!
I'm reading parallel world waiting on the next series 6 of part 5 dare to defy. Also excellent excellent book series. Thank you so much 😘🙏❤️
Part 6 of Dare to Defy is up now!
I’m so excited! I’ve been trying to get and read the 4th book for awhile!! Now I can!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is the best Christmas present!
Yay! So glad you're enjoying it. Please make sure and subscribe to my channel, and let those you think would be interested know that they can listen for free :) Merry Christmas!
Matt should be very thankful to have Jeff.
I’m loving these books more and more! ❤
Great series!! I’m starting the second one now. Glad to see there’s a third one as well.
Wow I got so scared I thought something was definitely going to happen to one of them I just love this book can’t wait for the next one thank you again for making them available
Pandemic book 3 "No Safe Place" is on youtube.
Book two on day two. I’m enjoying this. Thanks!
I'm enjoying this book, thank you for posting it...but Jessica is gettin on my very last nerve!!
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I'm enjoying this series from
Nevada..
Love it❤❤❤
Thank you so much.
Looking forward to your other work!!!
Thank you!
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I don't understand the rationale behind anyone wanting their vehicles
95% of society died less than a month prior. All they have to do is go to a camper store and pick up new ones. For that matter, just move into the nicest homes that are nearby. Everything is up for grabs
Love your books Christine. Thx for sharing
Theres a lot of gaze in these stories
Big sigh of relief the group made it. Excellent part 2 🙋
Glad you enjoyed it
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Thank you for sharing your work. The books are very entertaining.
Thank you so much!
I’ve lived in salt lake county my hole life the landmarks and streets it makes it so good because I know how the roads and city look
Enjoyed the story. Can't wait to see what's next.
The fact that a very large number of people died as a result of the virus but still the people left had a food problem when they could have raided the dead’s houses… even if others were hoarding still the novel implicated it was a huge number….
I addressed this question in this video ua-cam.com/video/gGf_CEzOa9c/v-deo.html Go to the 10:25 point in the video.
This eerily parallel to many things going on today.
If I could talk to this family I'd say, Stop asking the children for their input! They should have no say so in whether you stop or go or where you will live. Some of the trouble this group gets into is because they baby the children and allow them to speak to them any type of way. Love the series though. Lol.
Geeze
ugh that hurts.... the end of book 2 is just too predictable for me especially because of the timing of what happened right before the end of book 2. Although still very grateful that you uploaded your books, thanks alot! 👍
So something that hasn’t really been addressed and I’m just curious…what about if the trash starts to build up and drawing bugs and varmints? The trucks stop running because all the drivers are sick, dead or hunkered down with their own families. What if you can’t get to the dump? Either you don’t want to go anywhere because of potential infection or attack from desperate people or perhaps the dump is gated, locked and closed off for safety sake…if it was open I bet it would be rampant with scavengers besides being a hotbed for infection or nastiness in general! Couldn’t some of your trash be reused for everyday needs but for what and what do you do when you have a pile stuff that’s run out of its usefulness? Great series. I love the way it’s making me think about what I might do or need to have up my sleeve so to speak.
Good points! Thanks for listening!
17:31 - an aggravating issue with at least a few characters in this (& the EMP) series from this author is the truly unbearable time it takes for them to understand that stealing either their food, transportation, or protection is very much like those people willing to murder them/ their children in a very slow and painful way.
In history, stealing the food from a neighbor was often met with death penalty, or, forced labor to repay the debt X’s 2 (if there was an established society & governance to enforce this). If the person was caught in the act of stealing food, the land owner was fully justified in shooting.
In this sort of lawless society, roving groups that are willing to rob unsuspecting individuals along their travels or to take over a community, not taking such people out WILL lead to those people causing other people to starve, be S*Assaulted (if female), make widows, be enslaved/ trafficked, murdered.
Now, the 1st dude that tried to break into Matt’s house & was then expelled from the community.. that guy could’ve been tasked with helping to remove dead bodies & burn/ bury them as both a punishment as well as important labor needed for the health of the community, to earn food for his family.
But Russ, he would clearly be a threat to all as long as he was alive. There are no prisons to hold him securely, nor enough resources to feed him while sitting in a prison doing nothing.
I can understand the not wanting to take another life, and the struggle upon having to do so, but the prolonged naivety of Jessica (& a little lesser degree, Matt), draws out far to long.
The author doesn’t have to make them genuine cold blooded psychopathic murderers, but also not write them as simple minded, refusing to face reality, characters believing that every individual is equally deserving of identical mercy, ignoring the ramifications of that for others.
Jessica second-guessing and always acting like like she doesn’t understand that she’s in a new world now drives me crazy
She does seem slow on the uptake.
U r gay
I’m amazed how everyone is starving and killing after just two weeks. Glad we were just hoarding toilet paper and rice two weeks in to our own pandemic 😷😂
I know right? But let's hope this NEVER becomes reality.
This one is sorta a slow grind for now.
I'm studying the infantile and simplistic narratives that comprise contemporary US fiction! Thanks for this - just what was needed! It is a culture that needs the most basic things explained - like the structure and purpose of a door.
Glad you enjoyed it!
These pilgrims leave too many live enemies behind.,,,
Bloody bleeding righteous story Mate ✍️
I discovered your chaos series first; definately v good. Waiting on the next book in the series, I decided to listen to some others. Was listening to the first in the 'parallel' series but that's more for teenagers. So then found this series. I agree with most that it seems a bit quick that people are so desperate given that 95% have died, as scavanging would have been easy; maybe it would have been better to have early on said something like '6 months later ... " but that aside, am enjoying it so far :) thanks so much for making these available.
Not 95% dead… 95% survival rate IF infected. There’s a difference. Obviously some people are immune