The Junkie Quatrain

By: Peter Clines

Narrated by: Christian Rummel, Therese Plummer

Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

Audie Award Nominee, Original Work, 2013

Six months ago, the world ended. The Baugh Contagion swept across the planet. Its victims were left twitching, adrenalized cannibals that quickly became know as Junkies. Civilization crumbled as people created isolated safe havens to hide from the infected... and the possibly infected. Now, as society nears a tipping point, lives will intersect and intertwine across two days in a desolate city.

The Junkie Quatrain is four tales of survival, and four types of post-apocalypse story, because the end of the world means different things for different people. Loss. Opportunity. Hope. Or maybe just another day on the job.

©2012 Peter Clines (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Would love to hear more from this world

Peter Clines takes his stab at the Zombie Apocalypse, and doesn't disappoint.

His zombies are "Junkies", so named for how their antsy and impulsive behavior eventually gives way to twitching and related behaviors.

These 4 tales are all inter-connected and tell an overarching story through the lives of individual groups of characters. Clines masterfully interlaces all 4, delivering on satisfying short stories and a cohesive overall narrative.

If I could change anything about this quartet, it would be shuffling the order of one of the stories (no spoiler) so that there was a proper feeling of progression and resolution. It's fine as-is, but the one tale did feel a bit out of order.

Sadly, this seems to be standalone, as I'd love to hear more. Definitely worth a listen.

Excellent but way too short.

I was completely captured by this book and left wanting more. The storyline and unusual format were interesting and made it hard to put down. I just didn't realize it was a short book and then it was over...

It was pretty entertaining.

I liked how he told short stories from the perspective of different characters to create a novel. Though I have never heard anyone refer to a silencer as a suppressor. I was an armorer in the Marines for some time. There is a compensator (counter balances the kick to lessen the upward kick of the weapon when firing), a suppressor (suppresses the muzzle flash so your position isn't revealed as quickly), and a silencer (modifies the sound of the shot so it is not as loud, or sounds different from a gunshot, more like a heavy ruler being slapped onto a wooden table). He also refers to the G36 rifle magazine as a "drum". It's not an automatic shotgun and therefore has no "drum".

Other than that, I enjoyed the stories.

it was good.

Very odd ending! needed something more. Not sure if I would recommend. Just needs more!

Who doesn't like a good zombie story?

This plays out a lot like the movie Traffic, hence the name. A great zombie book. Character development is swift. Its a good listen!

Innovative authorship

Intersecting story lines and characters that left me wanting the rest of all the stories

bizarre but fascinating

im not much for zombies or horror but this set of junkie stories was fascinating and compelling.

i actually want to know more about the main characters next step in the survival chain .... a rare choice for me in this genre

Really good

I really liked this book of short stories. All of the characters from the 4 stories cross paths in their stories.

Very Enjoyable and Entertaining!

I like everything Peter Clines writes! Some more than others but I have liked them all, so far!

Good, but maybe wait for a sale?

Don't get me wrong the story is good, and I love Peter Clines, but the problem is that it is one short story ( like the beginning chapter or so of a novel) told in shorter stories in four points of view. I want to hear more of the story. Also, I have bought everything he has on Audible, and 2 of these shorter stories, the better ones actually, are included at the end of other works. So I think I would have been happier buying this if it was like, $5 or $6 as opposed to $11. Just sayin.