Commune: Book Three

Publisher's Summary

Having been bolstered with the supplies sufficient to carry them through the winter, the survivors of the Jackson commune must now hunker down and endure the bitter Wyoming snows, while to the south, factions are beginning to form, coalescing from the ashes of the dead world.

Out in Arizona, the leftovers of the US Military encamped in the last known surviving tent city: the Elysium Fields.

In Nevada, a clan of scavengers grows ever larger, each day bringing them a step closer to collapsing under their own weight.

Resources are becoming scarcer by the day as the world trudges on, and as it so happens, the folks up in Wyoming appear to be sitting on prime real estate....

©2018 Joshua Gayou (P)2018 Joshua Gayou

The best series in sci-fi for great characters.

This series is like many others in theme, after it happened for example. what sets this apart is the amazing depth of characters and the realism in personalities. the focus on personal challenges and not always defaulting to the quick easy negative approach is totally unique. As the author points out, a true leader would not be a cliche tough guy or killer. People gravitate to leadership by example and people of integrity and belief. This series is written cleverly in so many ways and as the character count grows none are without depth. you find yourself rooting for most of them and not just 15hours of good guy vs bad guy. So much to love in this series as it is world building beyond just stuff but a growing community. Amazing work by both author and the legendary RC Bray and great additions with the new characters in this particular book. My only bone to pick is that this is clearly half of what was meant to be one book and shares an arc with book four. Grateful it is coming very soon. thank you Josh. Everyone should buy this and start at Book 1.

11 of 12 people found this review helpful

WOW

WOW, simply WOW. From the excellent story, to the Top Notch narration I can not recomend this and the previous 2 parts of this story enough. I salute you Mr. Gayou and Mr. Bray for your team work on this series. I can't wait for the next installment.

9 of 10 people found this review helpful

Best one yet!

Great series with great characters. I've never had a book that could make me laugh or make me cry. This series has done both of those things. R.C Bray delivered another excellent performance! Joshua Gayou has a lifelong fan in me!

7 of 8 people found this review helpful

Outstanding

Leaves you wanting more. Great writing and the best narrator ever. Amazing story and unbelievably awesome storyline and characters

9 of 11 people found this review helpful

Big filler book.

Kept waiting for something, anything of substance to happen and it never did. Was a chore to get through.

5 of 6 people found this review helpful

poor first half

Disappointed with the first half of the book. it felt all over the place and like the author was trying to force 3 story lines. the 2nd half was much better and I feel the book should half been 25% shorter than it was. hoping book 4 is better and returns to the great effort put ilout in book 1 and 2.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Not what I expected

Was really looking forward for the book but it was a little too slow for me. Disappointed with the story. Love RC Bray. He’s amazing.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

not worthy of a third book.

didn't build on the previous 2 books. In fact contradicts the other two in some ways. was more of an attempt to build tension so you'd but the fourth when it comes out. Very very very disappointing.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Hoping for book IV soon!

After reading books 1-3, I've given all three 5 stars across the board. Its a very believable apocalyptic theme with very life like character development (mostly) and story progression. You will become very interested in nearly all the characters as the story plays out from multiple perspectives- all of which are very well done. The narration is done by RC Bray who is THE reason I even discovered the series. He, like always, is brilliant in his portrayal of characters, moods, events.. I'll be waiting for book IV with great anticipation.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

The best at their best!

First let me qualify this by telling you I am a avid listener. I have over 4 months total listening time with over 70 titles in my library. This is one of the best if not the best I have listen to so far. RC Bray is at his all time best. The story follows the original plot, there are the old and new characters that works and I fell in love with them all. The story line has taken a surprising twist that I can't wait to see what happens next. I absolutely cannot wait for the next book! Like the first two books in this series there are humor and suspense. Loved it and want more. Nothing else to say.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Book 3 in a 4 book trilogy..

I bought all 3 books together thinking this was the entire series, but the author admitted at the start of book 3 that in fact there would be a fourth book because book 3 was getting too big. Slightly annoying, but I'd prefer the author gave us the full story rather than edit it down just to get it in 3 books. And frankly it's a brilliant series and worthy of another book.

The writing is really rather good, the plot, although constrained by the genre, is good enough, but what really stands out are the characters and the superbly written dialog. You can definitely see them acting their part in your minds eye. And this of course is helped by the always excellent narration of RC Bray. When Bray is performing Gibbs, you will laugh hard and long at some of the lines. Great lines, well researched and expertly performed..

I heartily recommend this series, but maybe wait for book 4 to be published if like me, you like to listen to a series from start to finish.

And where is book 4? Come on Mr Josh and Mr Bray.. I'm on tenterhooks here..

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Not as good as the other two books

This book feels like more of a filler between the last book and the next one.

It’s disappointing but I’ve no choice now but to buy the final book

Would have preferred more action

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Absolutely outstanding

These no part of this book I didn’t like.
The new charterers were great and added a new dynamic to the story .

R C Bray is one of the best narrators around . Every charter he brings to life in a unique way

Please hurry with the next book

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

VERY POOR

I enjoyed the first two books the series and would give them a seven out of ten but this third book was a total waste of time and money.

Very Good, but...

I liked this book, but initially thought it was a by-the-numbers predictable post-apocalyptic survival story. Relatively early in the story it became quite samey, and a touch boring, but it was almost as if the author realised this, and changed things up. The second half took some interesting turns, but some of the characters were hard to identify with, e.g. Jake - I just don't think his personality type would fit his role, or people would have accepted him. A little too sentimental in parts, too. All in all, I did enjoy the book, and RC Bray is my favourite narrator, but I'm in two minds whether to get the latest book.

Best of the first three books

It's very hard to rate a book in a long series because of its epic length. The amount of sheer content that needs to stand up to high standard is simply far greater than a simple novel. But this book is the best of the three I read in series so far.

love love love it

I use these audiobooks as I suffer from dyslexia in the form of strenuous reading and headaches this allows me to still be able to enjoy the experience and putting that aside the books have been amazing holding me in and captivating me to the point that I dont want to leave for work perfectly narrated by RC Bray for me he makes the book come to life thank you for your time and determination to publish this book/books

A continuation of awesomeness

Josh Gayou’s writing combined with R.C. Bray’s performance makes this another “can’t wait for my next chance to listen” audiobook. The characters continue to build at a relatable pace making the greater story both believable and enthralling.

The end of the world makes good listening...

Joshua Gayou's Commune series create an excellent post apocalyptic world peopled with a rich cast of interesting and believable characters. Many of these characters are particularly interesting with complex personalities and compelling back stories. For me, tales about the end of the world - or at least the resetting of the world - need to include descriptions of the emptiness, the silence, vegetation growing back, animals reappearing. Josh does more of this than most (though I'd still like more).
For me the series has been getting better and better - and this third book in the series continues that trend.

RC Bray is the perfect voice for these books and does an excellent job - as he always does. He adds depth to characters - it's really a performance.

Like others I am now waiting for book four to appear - I really hope it's not too long.

great story and class characters

very engrossing and once again R.C.BRAY kicks the arse out of it amazing and a must if you like this kind of think