• Alpha Farm: The Beginning

  • The Prepper Chick Series, Volume 1
  • By: Annie Berdel
  • Narrated by: Sandra Parker
  • Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
  • 3.7 out of 5 stars (60 ratings)

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Alpha Farm: The Beginning

By: Annie Berdel
Narrated by: Sandra Parker
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From the beginning, Emma was always looking for modern ways to become self-sufficient. Following the signs of a faltering economy and a nagging in her spirit to return to her family farm, Emma begins rebuilding a life independent from the grid and away from her high-stress corporate job.

Is it any wonder that when a localized electromagnetic pulse is detonated over the New Madrid fault line and the grid is taken down that Emma immediately goes into action? Well, at least until Senator Varga and her personal army show up at Emma's door. That is one curveball that Emma was not expecting.

Calling her fellow prepper chicks into action, follow along as a modern-day underground railroad is formed, a long-forgotten way of life is pulled back into action, and they all adjust to a world without rule of law.

©2014 Lori Caraballo (P)2015 Lori Caraballo

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Story great, narrator is horrible and needs to be replaced

The narrator ruined the book. She couldn't even read a smooth sentence. She stumbled over ordinary words and mispronounced many words, ruining the story flow. If the story hadn't been so good, I would have given up on this one. Let's hope they do not use her again on future books. Someone like Davina Porter would have been perfect.

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Bad performance.

The reader really destroys the dialogue in this book. There is some good content but is overall very boring. A lot of this may be due to the reader.

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Excellent book

Strong women thriving against all odds while Society breaks down after an EMP. these women prepared in advance for their families and friends creating a network of safe houses and food storage on production.

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Interesting

I kind of like the storyline but unfortunately I'm not all that keen on the narrator.

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Interesting story, but new editor(s) and narrator needed.

The book was educational and thought provoking. The author has and refreshing point of view that we should help each other after a horrible event -compared to the male writers in the same genre. However, between the narrator, the redundancy of words and descriptions, and the quantity of characters, I had to force myself to keep listening. For the author... If you explain something once with one character don't do it again with another. Consider being less wordy, not using the same word two or three times in a sentence. I am not sure I would spend more money to continue listening to the series.

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Too violent, too emotional!

I couldn't get past the first hour. the story and the narration were over the top , too rough and too emotional. the story was not very good either.

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Great book and a great author.

What I like about this book is Annie not only write a great story but she also teaches you real knowledge throughout the book. Annie isn’t just an author, she is a true survivalist, prepper, educator, and above all else a strong woman who is a role model for everyone to follow. Thanks for a great book!

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exciting

great book Annie. can't wait to start book 2. I don't really hate you for the ending LOL

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Great story but what a terrible ending!

I was riveted to the story the entire time only to be extremely disappointed at the ending. I can only hope the next book has a better ending!

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Good book but...

What made the experience of listening to Alpha Farm: The Beginning the most enjoyable?

Fast paced and lots of good info in it.

Would you be willing to try another book from Annie Berdel? Why or why not?

Not sure might give one more a try since this was a first book.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Not really she was hesitant and pretty much a monotone.

Any additional comments?

This is a decent enough book but the author needs to learn not to interrupt the story to push her website and other prepping websites. Adding the websites might work in a print book but is just distracting in the audio version and pulls the listener out of the story. If she wants to add it do so at the end of the book not smack dab in the middle of the story. The narrator also didn't help much either at times I couldn't tell if it was a male or female character talking. There are also too many gaps in the story. *Spoiler alert here* Example: Emma is out walking her farm with no firearm after she already encountered a wolf?? I don't think that someone as careful as she is would all of a sudden be without a gun after the SHTF?? Also just how did Senator Varga find her on a 300 acre farm?? How did anyone know Varga was gone too and know exactly where to find her?? Alone that same part of the story line when Emma and her husband was being attacked for so long just where was the rest of the family and what happened to the people that was brought in after the SHTF?? Surely she just wouldn't turn them loose on her farm so fast without any vetting or asking questions. Yes I know she said they had empty cabins but she's just gonna turn one over without any questions as to who the new people are? Too many gaps in the story to allow it to flow evenly.

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