Chaco

By: Peggy A. Wheeler

Narrated by: Chris Abell

When everything you count on for your existence fails, could you survive?

Within days of a series of monster solar storms slamming into earth, electrical grids fail and everything in the northern hemisphere with a computer chip ceases functioning. Electricity won't be completely restored for at least a decade, and the result is that everything modern life depends on to function is gone. There is no way to pump gas or water. Cell towers are wiped out, along with satellites. Airplanes and most vehicles will not operate. Communication is practically impossible. People cannot access life-saving prescription drugs or food. Police, fire services, and the military are overwhelmed, and hospitals can't cope. There's no one to come to the rescue, and as mass panic ensues, people begin dying. Fear and violence escalate until society collapses.

An unlikely hero emerges.

Chaco is a well-educated freedom fighter on a death list in El Salvador. Having fled to the United States, he is in hiding by working for a wealthy couple as their handyman and gardener. Following the disaster, he reveals his true identity, and convinces his employers and their neighbors to follow him over brutal mountain passes to a self-sufficient commune nearly 800 miles away.

But only a few will survive.

©2017 Peggy A. Wheeler (P)2018 Peggy A. Wheeler

A solid apocalyptic story

I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

This was an interesting book and I enjoyed the reading by Chris Abel. Things came to a head really quick, but it made for a fast paced story which was great. For what it was, I think it's a good book and worth a credit.

I could happen

I enjoyed this book. The premise is plausible and the main character , an educated gardner had many dimensions. I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher

Awesome! Exciting, Encouraging, Fight to the end

This is an awesome listen. I really enjoyed the entire listen. I didn't want to stop listening when I had to. I absolutely enjoyed how there was no judgment about Chaco past. The way the neighbor was a jerk by the end he was the reason they made it safely. The saddest part was that the little girls lost everything but the adults kept going to there goal. It was great how the different events they had to overcome. I was very impressed how the relationships all came together at the end. I like how you can judge a person to find out it was all wrong. I like how the hate became admiration and they were friends in the end. The fact that trust was so intense at the end. I can't say enough good things about this audiobook.



This audiobook was an awesome listen and I would absolutely recommend it. The narrator was good as well. I was sucked into the story and waiting for the next thing to happen. It was just awesome. I certainly will be listening to this one again and again.

"I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review."

This book was decent..

I was given a copy of this book in exchange for a review.

I'll be honest, this book had some issues.
-Sometimes it seemed a little racist towards Latinos.
-There were some random, useless, descriptive mentions of penises. dead and alive.
-Mr. & Mrs Pennymon. (sp)? ... almost a third of the book was him being a complete dick or racist and her yelling at him or them bickering. neither seemed to learn from their bickering and yelling and thus, yell to each other about the same stuff over and over.

There were a few other things, but, why beat it down right?

Overall, it was a decent representation of a theoretical situation in the event of a major & destructive solar flare event... with some plot holes.
The narrator had a lot of work to do and he seemed to do a good job of making everyone sounding different.

breaks all the rules

It was a great listen. The story continually throws you curves and keeps you guessing. You root for the unexpected heroes and boo the many bad guys.