The Walk

By: Lee Goldberg

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

It's one minute after the Big One. Marty Slack, a TV network executive, crawls out from under his Mercedes, parked outside what once was a downtown Los Angeles warehouse, the location for a new TV show. Downtown LA is in ruins. The sky is thick with black smoke. His cell phone is dead. The freeways are rubble. The airport is demolished. Buildings lay across streets like fallen trees. It will be days before help can arrive.

Marty has been expecting this day all his life. He's prepared. In his car are a pair of sturdy walking shoes and a backpack of food, water, and supplies. He knows there is only one thing he can do... that he must do: get home to his wife, Beth, go back to their gated community on the far edge of the San Fernando Valley.

All he has to do is walk. But he will quickly learn that it's not that easy.

His dangerous, unpredictable journey home will take him through the different worlds of what was once Los Angeles. Wildfires rage out of control. Flood waters burst through collapsed dams. Natural gas explosions consume neighborhoods. Sinkholes swallow entire buildings. Aftershocks rip apart the ground. Looters rampage through the streets. There's no power. No running water. No order.

Marty Slack thinks he's prepared. He's wrong. Nothing can prepare him for this ordeal, a quest for his family and for his soul, a journey that will test the limits of his endurance and his humanity, a trek from the man he was to the man he can be... if he can survive The Walk.

©2009 Lee Goldberg (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

I really liked it!

I really liked the book. If you don't like cursing this book is not for you however. It isn't like every other word is a curse or anything but there is some curse words in it.
The performance is amazing!

Really liked this

This was a total surprise. Some good comments led me to take a flyer. Interesting premise coupled with good writing and character development - actually character evolution. It helped that I lived in SOCAL for a few years. The voice was perfect. Will on the lookout for something else by Lee Goldberg

Way, way too obvious twist

Performance was perfect! But the story was weak and the "twist" so obvious you knew less than halfway through.

Great Book !!!!

I really loved this book !!! There was never a dull moment! This is the best book I've read in a long time . I have read some good books by Lee Goldberg before. He's very talented . This is my favorite !!!
Sandi Griggs

Great read!

This booked kept me fully engaged! The characters were great and realistic and the narration was spot on! I would highly recommend this book. If you liked Alas Babylon, my thoughts are you would also enjoy this book!

Just Keep Moving Forward

Where does The Walk rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

In the top 10%

Who was your favorite character and why?

Buck, if I told you it would ruin a wonderful aspect of the story.

What does Luke Daniels bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Inflection and pace.

If you could rename The Walk, what would you call it?

nothing, I love the title.

Any additional comments?

I loved this story. The main character, Martin Slack, is just a normal guy who is unhappy in his marriage and not thrilled with his line of work. Following the quake that levels LA Martin is forced to trek across the destroyed city and it's multitude of horrors in an effort to be reunited with his wife. Along the way he is tested and pushed further than he ever imagined he could handle and is joined by a professional bounty hunter named Buck who seems to exist only to needle and torment Martin.

Awesome

I really enjoyed this. Real down to earth characters. Real possible situation. Everyone needs an uncle Buck!

Redeems itself in the end

For a while I was not sure I was going to stay with this book to the end, it seemed hokey and the characters did not appeal to me, but there was enough action and interesting encounters to keep me involved. Then I actually turned a curve and began to like the book, and the ending is unique and I really liked how it turned out. I think the writers aim in the beginning is to present a character that you are supposed to dislike, then move him from one epiphany to the next as events overtake him on his trek home through disaster until he is finally redeemed, and the author accomplishes this. There is a great twist in the ending that I did not see coming and it is one that I really liked.
I thought this was going to be a prepper story, and on some level in the background mostly it is, but it is more of an action story, still if you are a prepper you will like the author's description of events and the main characters attempts to deal with them is decently crafted.
I would say this is a recommend with the advice of staying with the book until you understand what the author is trying to do with the story, it is worth the effort in the end.

The Walk

This was a terrific story with moments of sharp poignance contrasted by unexpected humor. The reader did an exceptional job. I look forward to listening to more stories by this author, and more performances by this reader.

A WALK THROUGH A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE

If you could sum up The Walk in three words, what would they be?

Walking toward maturity

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Walk?

Marty, the coward, saving a child's life.

Which character – as performed by Luke Daniels – was your favorite?

Marty's new-found friend. He's a hoot!

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

LA EXPLODES