Extinct

The Great Dying, Book 1

By: Jack Hunt

Narrated by: Miles Meili

Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

Their extinction will be the beginning of ours....

All over the world, birds falling out of the sky cause countless traffic accidents. Reports of dead fish washing up follow. As the mysterious death of animals increases and a terrifying future unfolds, a family in a small Vermont town grapples with the inexplicable.

With emergency phone lines tied up, Emily Mansfield, a science teacher, finds herself stranded miles from home with an injury and forced into a race against time when strangers kidnap her child for unknown reasons.

In a state of desperation, Emily turns to Game Warden, Travis Young, and her ex-husband for help in getting her back alive. But the odds of survival drop by the hour when exacerbated by a deadly medical condition and unforeseen chaos.

Delivering tension and thrills that will hold you until the end, international best-selling author Jack Hunt offers a gripping snapshot of a world unraveled by an extinction event unlike any other.

©2021 Jack Hunt (P)2021 Jack Hunt

excellent listen!

great narration and fast moving story! looking forward to the 2nd book! likeable characters and intriguing story

A sorta apocalyptic thriller that didnt disappoint

*This book was given to me by the author at my request, and I provided this voluntary, unbiased review.*

3.9/5

From the author blurb, I was expecting a post-apocalyptic/survival thriller. I think I got about half-way through expecting the post-apocalypse to occur and what I would expect to see. Instead, we are thrown into an urban suspense thriller, with a global event happening in the background. This story is technically a pre-apocalyptic thriller! While I was a bit 'meh' on this fact, the actual meat of the story was convincing.

A few of the events seems to be tall tales, but I enjoyed it all the way through. Lots of characters to like and baddies to not like just the same. I also love Vermont, and loved the scenery of Vermont back-country. All in all, I would still give this book a recommend, even with its *maybe* mis-categorization. I think you'll like it!

Not less then perfection !!!

In this audiobook the Author
Jack Hunt have really
mastered simplicity into a
great creation which keeps
twisting around surprising you
at every turn not letting you
stop and coupling with Miles
Meili for narration the six hours
and twenty five minutes
passed so fast only made me
want more !
Truly amazing,
Absolutely recommended.

Oded Ostfeld.

Extinct

This was a very good book.Suddenly birds fall from the sky and the waters are filled with dead fish.Accidents are happening everywhere.In the midst of all this humanity rears its ugly head and atrocities occur.Travis goes to great lengths to find his girlfriend and her daughter.Miles Meili was a terrific narrator.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

fun read

I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.

That said, I was somewhat on the fence about listening to this because let's face it, the summary doesn't do it justice! I've read some of Jack Hunt's other work and enjoyed it so gave it a go. The setting, mass die-off of wildlife and people losing their minds (as one is apt to do when SHTF). I already definitely want the subsequent books in this series to get into this more because it sounds like a unique sort of Apocalypse. Now parents might find this sort of topic hard to stomach. The only thing worse than having a child abducted would no doubt having that same thing happen during some sort of apocalyptic event. I don't even have kids and this sort of thing gives ME anxiety. The characters were well written and I look forward to seeing what our author has in store for the survivors in book 2. The author also did a really good job of stretching out the story over the course of like a day or two. I kept thinking more time had passed for the characters because SO much happens. Well! if you want a nice, evenly paced listen, pick this up, I doubt you'll be disappointed you did.

Exciting thriller!

Jack Hunt has written a very exciting thriller that keeps you in suspense from the beginning until the end.
There's a greater worldwide mystery going on, in addition to what's immediately happening to the family this book centers around. I'm really looking forward to jumping into book 2 to find out the answers to that!
Miles Meili is a flawless narrator, a true professional!

This book… hits all the feels! (Trigger warning)

As a mother, this book had me crying and scared! This author told a great, well thought out story. The narrator was also great! I love his voice.
I his story follows a biologists, her abusive ex husband- who is a cop-and her boyfriend, a game officer as the bird falling from the sky, try to navigate a rescue of her kidnapped daughter. It honestly tugs at your heart the entire book. It feels like this would be a great movie for those who don’t like to read or listen to books.
This is a fast paced book after the birds fall. It’s slower coming up to that point. Some of the dialogue is hard to discern who’s talking as a listener. Mostly in interactions between the kidnappers. It is predictable at times, for those who love crime- I was so involved by then, that it didn’t bother me at all.

Highly recommend, 10/10.
This book is for who like action, adventure people, true crime lovers and those who like a bit of mystery. As well as people who like series. It’s for Parents, those who struggle understanding diabetes or other Illnesses like that.

I would suggest she 18+ with the graphic nature of the crimes in this book, and triggers-such as kidnapping, violence, murder, domestic violence, drug abuse, and vehicle accidents.

I was given this book to review . This book was reviewed honestly.

Amazing book and what a great ride!

I don’t understand why there is not that many reviews for this book and not as many read it, this book kept me on the edge of my sit from the first 10 minutes of the book till the very end! Please get it! You won’t be disappointed!

I really like this series

Always sad to finish a book and not have the next one ready to go. The book moved along with a very good pace, and got to the point where you wanted to keep listening throughout the night to finish. There are some unbelievable parts of the book, but that is always what keeps drawing us back to the books.

Great thriller

Great suspense thrill with the "end of the world" in the back drop Listened in one sitting