When the Rain Came

By: Matthew Eicheldinger

Narrated by: Jenny Yokobori

The rain never stops. The world is drowning. Survival is everything. When the Rain Came is the first YA book in an all-new, action-packed dystopian adventure series by New York Times bestselling author Matt Eicheldinger.

A #8 Publishers Weekly Bestseller!

“If we stay here, if we keep wandering without a real plan, we won’t last. Maybe The Hill is dangerous. But maybe it’s not. It’s the only plan we have.”

Seventeen-year-old Aurora knows how to survive. Life in the foster system has taught her how to stay quiet, stay smart, and stay ready. But nothing could prepare her for this: a never-ending storm that swallows cities, drowns forests, and turns the world into a flooded wasteland.

Trapped in a collapsing house with her strict prepper foster parents, Aurora is forced to live by their rules just to stay alive. Until the day they disappear without a trace.

Alone. Abandoned. And running out of time.

All Aurora has is a waterlogged scrap of paper and a name: “The Hill.”

With looters closing in and the floodwaters rising higher each day, she’s left with one impossible choice—stay and wait for the storm to take her, or risk everything on a journey through the drowned remains of the world, to a find a place that may or not exist.

It’s forward or nothing.

With echoes of Life As We Knew It, The Last of Us, and Hatchet, Aurora’s story is a gripping, emotionally resonant survival story about resilience, found family, and one girl’s fight to reclaim her future in a drowning world.

How was it going to end

It was interesting to see how they got out of each situation. Looking forward to the next book.

Rain

I’ve been following Matt for a long time on Instagram. I love his storytelling.

This is his first long form story. I’ll be sharing it with the YA kids in my life.

I cannot wait for what happens next!!

Captivating book...

This story will keep you turning the pages! The narrator did a superb and made you feel immersed in the story. I kept looking outside to see if it was raining! Great book.

Great read!

I was really surprised by the fact that the author created tension and pretty much maintained it throughout the entire book. On one hand, it was exhausting but on the other, I literally couldn’t put it down. While it’s technically a teen book, I am an adult and fully enjoyed it.

Narrator was amazing

Story was engaging, where I didn’t want to stop listening, and there aren’t too many novels that get my attention like that! I very much enjoyed this and I’m hoping that the story continues!