Hard Winter: The Novel

By: Neil Davies

Narrated by: Kevin E Green

Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

After overwhelming Scotland, the glacier gouged its unstoppable way south. Only a few people remained in the desolate, frozen streets of the cities of Northern England. As the daily blizzards blew stronger and the icebergs on the River Mersey grew larger, Norman and Chrissy Leonard prepared to flee their Liverpool home. When Norman heard - The Roar - he knew the time for preparation had passed. An unspeakable dread twisted inside him at that primordial sound. The glacier was pushing more than just snow and ice ahead of it. A nightmare was coming, one Norman would not be able to wake from.

©2013 Omnium Gatherum (P)2020 Neil Davies

Critic reviews

"An innovative plot by a new author." (Guy N. Smith, author of Night of the Crabs and Killer Crabs: The Return)

“Neil Davies’s Hard Winter put me smack down in the middle of an icy world I, as a reader, never want to leave. His descriptions and atmosphere made me shiver and drink whatever warm beverages I could find, while his character insights and prose left me breathless. This book will make you cringe, cry, laugh and beg for more. What an amazing book.” (Joe Mynhardt, Crystal Lake Publishing)

Frightening Destruction

Author Neil Davies builds a view of the world in a future destroyed by an unstoppable glacier. The power of Mother Nature to take over mankind’s creations and obliterate them with ice is terrifying. Survivors who remain in the icy city face unbelievable challenges that push them to death's door. Some enter without a prayer. Some lose trust in all others.
The onslaught of the flowing ice from the obliterated Scotland to England abruptly changes living conditions, unless one can escape. The author does a great job of building tension and terror with the sights, sounds, and condition-driven experience. When the sounds of the ice roar there is only one choice for our main characters. When Norman loses the hand of his wife and partner Chrissy all hope seems to go with her. Norman is pushed south and sustains serious injuries. He is forced to shore near an encampment of other survivors.

Horrifying threats of Norsement, wolves, and trolls kill the inadequately armed humans, forcing Norman to continue his journey and finding the will for survival. The obstacles Norman faces from the environmental conditions could break anyone. Many times, I felt the sensations experienced by the Norman. His survival depends on his changing his perspectives on the possibilities.

The narrator, Kevin E. Green, delivered this story interjecting some emotion. The accents were perfect. I felt it dragged in places and sounded raspy in areas that I found distracting. The overall quality was acceptable.

This is a powerful story for those who enjoy dystopian worlds that allude to hell on earth. The world-building and growth of the character is a fascinating story of endurance and faith in others.

The author, narrator, publisher provided a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an unbiased and honest review.

glad I came back to it

listened to about a hour and felt it was so slow. nothing seemed to happen.
picked the book back up again after a couple of months and it was about 5 minutes later the story really took off.

still unsure on my opinion on the source of the roar, but that's not too important.

well narrated and written.

a story of someone just trying to survive In a sucky situation, and evaluating themselves and priorities as time goes on. vague, yep. I hate giving spoilers but makes reviews hard.

Post apocalyptic sub zero terror

I'm a huge fan of the post apocalyptic genre and this extremely well written tale did not disappoint. The narrator does a fantastic job!

Hard Winter

This was excellent!I did not want to stop listening! An iceberg,Norsemen with wolves and monsters!Who could believe all this in one book.Pity the people who encounter these things!Kevin E. Green was a terrific narrator.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.' 

Hard Winter: The Novel

I received this audible title for free in exchange for a honest review, I absolutely loved this story. Is a well written storie with wonderful imagination. I highly recommend this book. 😎

Great audio book

Thoroughly enjoyed this audio book. This guy has really bad luck and some really good luck. I loved how realistic most of the situations seemed. Some post world books are all rainbows and sunshine. Which is not realistic at all.