• When the Power Is Gone

  • A Powerless World Series, Book 1
  • By: P. A. Glaspy
  • Narrated by: Jennifer Groberg
  • Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (188 ratings)

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When the Power Is Gone

By: P. A. Glaspy
Narrated by: Jennifer Groberg
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Publisher's summary

Russ and Anne Mathews live in a rural suburb in Tennessee. Regular people, with regular jobs, living a normal life - except for one thing. They are what many people call "preppers".

They have stocked up on supplies to survive any kind of event they can think of that may occur to disrupt life as they know it. When that event comes, they start preparing for the new way of life they will face. Along with their teenage son, and their next door neighbors and best friends, they plan their exit from a neighborhood too close to the city to a farm in the country. They just have to get there.

Their faith in their own capabilities and in humankind will be challenged, as they fight to protect and keep their supplies and, quite possibly, their lives.

When the Power is Gone is the first book in the A Powerless World Series, dealing with how life might be lived after an EMP. If you like post-apocalyptic fiction, this novel by PA Glaspy is a unique story from a woman's point of view.

©2016 P.A. Glaspy (P)2016 P.A. Glaspy

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same ol same ol

Typical, same emo story ive heard time and time again. Need more lights out books imvolving the totally un-prepared as characters. I cant stand anymore of these where the chatacters happen to be rich or have killer jobs and happen to be preppers. I wanna hear about the zookeper who has no idea why all the cages suddenly unlocked when the lights go out. and his/her mission home. now thats a story

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2nd worse story and narrator

The narrator was terrible.
The story was weak.
Peppers who have everything for every situation.
Everything happens just in the nick of time.
Completely unrealistic.

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NO NO NO!

This book could be a 5 star story but I'll never know because listening to this narrator is like listening to long nails
on a chalkboard, This is nothing more than
a shopping list

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Author needs to read up on tactics

The bones of the story are okay but could be even better with some basic work. I want this and other authors to help the SHTF community to learn and not be given poor examples of "tactics".

I hope the author watches some good tactics videos and reads a few tactical books before the next installment. I only say this because I want to like the story and author and appreciate the time that went into it.

There are so many tactical mistakes made in the book the characters would all be dead by chapter six. There is no reasoning with desperate deadly people. Learn what is meant by "there are always other weapons and hidden threats." The characters show almost no tactical skill in spite of some of them allegedly having prior tactical skills training.

The narrator needs to learn about theatrical pause, but if she works on it she could be pretty good with more practice. Slow it down a little, going fast does not add excitement.

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Narrator nightmare

This was so hard to listen to. I just can't recommend this audio book to anyone.

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Fantastic

This is a great book. I picked it as my first audible book to listen to over the next week. I finished it in less than 24 hours. I enjoyed the subject from a woman’s perspective and tend to enjoy books with strong female characters. This book has that.

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Not my cup of tea!

I listen to a lot of stories, nice premise but it falls way short, had to slow it down was being read to fast. Was not into this at all

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Great apocalyptic book and fantastic narrator

I LOVED this book and the narrator was the best!! I look forward to listening to the rest of this series! I am grateful that this awesome series is on audible! I would love also to have it in paperback or hardback book form as a complete book set. I can’t find the prequel anywhere and some of the books that I could find were crazy expensive. Pls make this available as a book set on Amazon at an affordable price! Great job P. A. Glaspy! Loved the book and loved the narrator! Pls keep this kind of books coming.

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Very talented writer!!

This was my first audible book. I didn’t know if I would like hearing instead of reading. So glad I picked this book. I was hooked and then had to get When the Peace is Gone. Now having to wait before I can Get When the Pain is Gone. I am so looking forward to more books that you have written!!

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food for thought

this is a must hear or reed, it gives a real world view of when it all changes in the blink of an eye.

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