Last Chance

A Novel (The Rains Brothers, Book 2)

By: Gregg Hurwitz

Narrated by: Todd Haberkorn

Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins

Publisher's summary

The Rain brothers fight for the survival of humanity in Last Chance, the thrilling sequel to New York Times bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz's YA debut, The Rains.

The New York Times bestselling author of Orphan X, Gregg Hurwitz, returns to Creek's Cause to follow the Rains brothers as they fight an alien threat that has transformed everyone over the age of 18 into ferocious, zombie-like beings, in this thrilling sequel to The Rains.

Battling an enemy not of this earth, Chance and Patrick become humanity's only hope for salvation.

"The Rains is one of those all-too-creepy-and-believable stories that leaves you looking in your backyard for the next strange weed to poke through the ground. Chilling!" - Ridley Pearson, New York Times bestselling author

©2017 Gregg Hurwitz (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved

Amazing

This is one of the best books ( or book series) I have ever read. The story is amazing, it is as good as the prequel, and the audio was good! Great job.

Hurwitz is Human After All

I apologize upfront because Greg Hurwitz is one of my favorite authors. I am guilt ridden that I did not take some of the stars from my 10-star reviews of his Orphan X books and generously donate them here. But instead, honesty. I wanted so badly to quit listening to this story but I trudged on knowing it would get better. It didn't. One Hurwitz's great strength is getting the reader to believe that impossible scenarios, characters and interactions are actually plausible. Didn't happen. Do I regret buying Last Chance? Not really. I am happy to support this remarkable author, and even the best home run hitters strike out sometimes. Also, I could be wrong. Looks like a lot of other people rated it highly.

A feel good zombie story

I will miss the Rains. I really enjoyed this story. This is part two to “the rains” so go there first. Speaking as a little brother I can relate to the feeling of being deep in trouble and having some come in and say “I’ve got it from here little brother” great story. There are a few little issues but with these types of stories you have to let some stuff slide.

it's seems like a kid wrote it

it's like a kid wrote it word word word ten another word said I needed fifteen words

Solid

outside from the obvious questions this was overall a good read. I was on the edge of my seat several times.

it had its moments

the story had some good moments but generally I wish I never started this book and I actually put the speed to 1.8 x to wrap it up since I already invested so much time in it along with skipping a bunch of stuff at the end

Exhausting!!

It's like the Walking Dead on steroids. No lul in the action, it just keeps coming, one life ending threat after another.

Not his best work

Any additional comments?

An engaging story and very good character development. The frequency of deus ex machine moments made it almost farcical though

Page turner, and non-stop action.

You must read The Rains first

In my best book list for 2017, there are two books are by Gregg Hurwitz. These are books one and two for the Rains series, The Rains and Last Chance. Chilling, exciting and thrilling are a few of the adjectives to describe this action-packed apocalypse series. This was an emotional roller coaster.

A small town was invaded by an alien nomadic race that hijacked adults’ minds and bodies changing them into a kid’s worst nightmare and enemy. The adults become the laborer to facilitate the aliens preparing a species to live on earth. That includes using children as incubators for their new species and as a food source.

Patrick Rains, Chance Rains, Patrick’s girlfriend, Alex and other town kids are still hiding into what the alien thinks is an abandon high school. While the Rains and Alex are trying to save the planet, tension at the high schools builds as the bullies terrorizes the younger kids and puts them in danger of discovery. Rocky and JoJo are the little kids who were first saved in the story.Their story evolves with them becoming participants instead of bystanders in saving the planet.

Last Chance picks up with Chance making his last journal entry before being captured. The kids put themselves at risk trying to gather as much information about the enemy as possible. To do so, they venture beyond the safety of the school for their recon missions. While on such mission they discover, they are the salvation to the planet. Time is of the essence to save planet and the girl whom they both love. Her 18th birthday is approaching and all known options to save her and the planet have been exhausted.

Their selfless bravery will not come without sacrifice. “I’ll take it from here little brother”
Littered, I mean L.I.T.T.E.R.E.D. I cried at every scene with the dogs and the last hour of the book. This book is packed with action, suspense, tension, and horrific scenes. When I think of young adult classics, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Animal Farm, Lord of the Files, The Giver etc. this should be added to that illustrious list. The characters are well drawn, in-depth, and compelling. I was emotionally exhausted at the conclusion.

I have been a fan of Hurwitz for some time. Orphan X is one of my favorites. Hurwitz has surpassed himself. I hope there is a book 3. I need to know what happen to the dogs. Chance gave them one job, to take care of their brother.

Great Narration

Overall good story and the narrator’s reading is top notch. Some plot points on this story felt a little too convenient, but it didn’t take away from my enjoyment of this story.