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.

Good story

enjoyed this one quite a bit. more personal than the big zombie novels. would recommend it to anyone wanting a smaller scope and scale of world ending mayhem

Better than I’d expected given the reviews

Peter Clines’ more recent works have been… lacking to say the least. 14 was great, so were the next one or two, but since then I’d been sorely disappointed. Whether it’s because this one was written in 2011 or because he just enjoyed this one more, it felt fresh, enjoyable, satisfying and complete even given its brevity. Worth the discounted price of a Daily Deal.

Enjoyed it!

Nice twining of stories and characters. I want to know more about their world. Always enjoy Clines.

An awesome set of vignettes

Just finished The Junkie Quatrain - didn't finish the laundry (thanks Peter!) because I was so engaged by these stories - and I am sitting here a bit awe struck. I'm not a huge monster fan especially the zombie type monsters with no individuality. But I picked up The Junkie Quatrain on sale because I enjoyed 14 so much and I am so glad I did. Nothing special about these monsters but there is something pretty special about 4 tightly written monster stories that could each stand alone but each connects to the others in such clever ways. In quick strokes, Peter Clines defines each of the central characters so that you invest in them immediately and each of these shorts then delivers a lot of punch. Mr. Clines can certainly write and Christian Rummel and Therese Plummer each do nice narrator turns with the material. It's not that the stories themselves are too short - each is a perfect length and locks in with the others almost with a "snap". It's just that the "snap" each time is such a "AHA" payoff in the brain you want it to go on and on. It's like watching a great dancer do a few quick amazing moves on the dance floor and then walk away before you can quite grasp what you saw. I totally loved this set of interlocking vignettes!

SOMETIMES YOU GET A BOUNCE

Four stories that are very interconnect and considered stand alone. All four stories are very good in this book. Two of the stories, if I had read as stand alone only, would not have been rated as high.

I like Zombie stories and this a twist on that theme, they are not Zombies. What I liked most about this group of stories was how the whole thing started and continued. This is my third Clines book and all three were very entertaining.

I loved Christian Rummel from the first hello and I am liking him even more with each listen.

Excellent!!

What did you like best about this story?

I really love the way Peter Clines weaves the seemingly unrelated stories together. The 1st time it happened I was surprised and then I started looking forward to it.

Which character – as performed by Christian Rummel and Therese Plummer – was your favorite?

The doctor who is hired by Bradburry.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Each time the stories were woven together created a 'what if' moment for me. The story is told (and not told) in such a way as to leave some of it up to your own imagination and conclusions.

More please

I rarely read zombie books cause there about zombies. this one is not, its about people and how their lives inter lock. It's way too short but that works also .I,d like to hear a full account of the books situation especially in the style that this has been written. well done Peter Clines another grate listen.

This guy sure can write!

The Junkie Quatrain. By Peter Clines narrated by Christian Rummel and Therese Plummer.

This is a short audible book narrated by Christian Rummel and Theresa Plummer depending on whether the main protagonist is male or female. The only thing negative I can say about Christian is that his range for female voices are all nasal and that confuses the listener. On the other hand he really shines when he does male voices ranging in tone, speed and accent for the various characters. Theresa does a brilliant job in making her characters pop.
4* for the narrators.

Now the book. It is not 14. The book that got me hooked on the author. It is far more like his ex-hero series which is not bad but it is not 14.
However, the twists, the irony and the basic probability of the happenings in these 4 loosely connected zombie stories sure is worth the read /listen.

I would recommend this book to all lovers of the genre

WaAr

I'm hooked!

This was the first of Peter Clines' Zombie series that I listened to. I was definitely hooked from the beginning.

The Junkie Quatrain is a series of short stories, but the stories & characters connect in the end.

I especially liked how the characters are narrated by different people.

same as others - I WISH THIS WAS A FULL BOOK

I did enjoyall 4 stories - especially how easily the characters looped within each story, but was dissapointed that after the 4th story there wasnt a wrap-up. I needed a quick listen and this was short enough to listen over the weekend, but in truth - wait for a sale instead of paying a full credit for it.