American Apocalypse

The Collapse Begins

By: Nova

Narrated by: Erik Sandvold

Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

This is a fast-paced, action-packed thriller set in America at the beginning of a socioeconomic collapse. Although an innocent casualty of the chaos, one young man must discover his inner strength and defiant courage as he comes of age learning how to survive in the wasteland of failing services, unemployment, and violence.

With the economy in free fall, the government crippled by indecision, the streets taken over by new political parties, and the fragile institutions of civilization crumbling, a young man finds himself homeless and alone on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., facing certain death unless he can master survival skills he never imagined needing. Fending off violent citizens in an urban landscape that is gradually sliding into looting and mayhem, the protagonist emerges as an ultimate force of justice in a lawless land.

This compelling, fast-paced novel pulls readers in and lets them experience first-hand what life in the United States will be like as its teetering society begins to fall.

©2011 Nova (P)2012 Sunny Day Audiobooks

It was OK.

The story was alright. The main character seems to have a problem with white conservatives. Every bad guy fits this profile and he seems to get mad whenever he comes across one.
Also the narrator drove me crazy. He makes the characters all sound like John Wayne.

Could have been Great

The story is like something written by pre-teen boys dreaming about what they would do after the end of the world, which is fight crime, apparently. Completely unrealistic and offering very little in the way of gritty realism that us fans of the apocalypse genre enjoy.

The characters never use contractions in their dialog. So, aside from being solid and complete stereotypes, they sound like idiotic robots or foreigners the whole time.

I've read all the apocalypse books, and if you love them like I do, save this one for the very last or don't bother at all. It's only saving grace was it's length, a short 8 hours. Also it gives me hope that anyone can be a writer. I won't be continuing on with the series.

Ready for the next chapter......

Enjoyable story. Good narration. Ended abruptly. So, I'm ready for the next chapter. Give it up...

Interesting thought piece

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Somewhat discombobulated story but a relatively well thought our universe...it's almost as if the author thought out an interesting world and then contrived ways to get his characters into the right place to view it.

Read Book-2 First

Any additional comments?

As someone mention in another review, someone goofed by releasing this book after Book-2....I read Book-2 first.
I thoroughly enjoyed Book-2 but found myself filling in a lot of missing information. This book filled in all that information and I enjoyed it too. This book was also filled with action and kept me interested throughout. I do like the narrator, he does have a bit of a John Wayne twist...but it grew on me, I liked it. I'd read more from this author...

Whew glad when it was over hated to waste my money

This is only the second book I've gotten that I found I had made a mistake in buying.
Bored me to death the talking in the second person character really left me dulled out.
The story was poor and I think the title was far more exciting than the text of the book.
Won't be going back to this author any time soon.

This is how Freedom Dies

If you could sum up American Apocalypse in three words, what would they be?

Sh*t happens, people change

What did you like best about this story?

The people and how the government changes, very real.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Never turn your back on the government when you think it's dead...it's not.

Any additional comments?

Not to happy with the ending and the fantasy aspect of it. There was no warning that the story was going to head that direction.

Great edge of your seat book

If you could sum up American Apocalypse in three words, what would they be?

Hold on tight

What was one of the most memorable moments of American Apocalypse?

The first kill when he became "Gardner"

What about Erik Sandvold’s performance did you like?

I like that he changed his voice for the characters

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Not really but I'm very busy

Narrator the worst I've heard.

If you've read any of my other reviews, you'll know there have been some narrators who are bad, but this one is the only one that caused me to stop listening to a story. The story wasn't enough to overcome the narrator. If there was a 0 stars button for the narrator I would give it.

Don't waste your credit

What did you like best about American Apocalypse? What did you like least?

Nothing

Would you ever listen to anything by Nova again?

No

How did the narrator detract from the book?

At first I wasn't sure if it was Jerry Seinfeld or John Wayne reading. The narrator’s voice is really hard to stomach almost made me not want to continue on with the book.

Did American Apocalypse inspire you to do anything?

No

Any additional comments?

This book could have been so much better. Overall I thought the main character was punk and the Max character was awlful as well. The writer seems to think the marine corps is the only branch of service serving our country.