The Defiant: An Unbeaten Path

The Defiant Series Volume 2

By: John W. Vance

Narrated by: Joseph Morton

Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

Two weeks have passed since the lights went out and in that time, Nicholas McNeil has assembled the equipment, a team of devoted survivors and has located a safe place to go hunker down. The catch is that it's over a thousand miles away. He is ready for a tough journey but as the miles grow longer he discovers he's not quite as prepared for what mankind is capable of until he's face to face with it. He discovers the once picturesque landscape has been replaced with brutality and barbarism. Can the defiant few make it and if they do, will they only find more of the same there?

©2015 John W. Vance (P)2015 John W. Vance

Wish book were longer, Excellent

Would you listen to The Defiant: An Unbeaten Path again? Why?

I can't wait for the third book to be released. I like how the characters come together.

Better than the first

Where does The Defiant: An Unbeaten Path rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

All I can say is WOW! The author knows how to write and has extensive knowledge about what it is he writes about. Each character came to life thanks to the narrator who did a superb job. Looking forward to volume 3,

Who was your favorite character and why?

Brynn by far and then Colin

Which character – as performed by Joseph Morton – was your favorite?

Brynn

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

The moment that moved me most was when Bridget ...spoiler alert killed herself

Excellent!

Phenomenal! I cannot wait for the 3rd book to come out. Excellent pacing and story development.

Really Good Series

Must begin with Vol 1 so you understand how the characters evolve. I can't wait til next book.

Good story, ending a bit weak

While a good story, this should have been a 3-4 book series. 2 books makes too short of a platform for the story to wrap up properly. The ending is almost abrupt and leaves a lot of unanswered questions.

next please, want to hear the rest of the storie,

cant wait for the next book, want know the rest of there history, good job Mr. Vance

Great story

It is a great story definately worth listening to. The narrator is a little bland with hardly any emotion in his reading.

Just some comments

Book ended abruptly so we know a third book should be here soon. That's good because I want this interesting story to continue. It has story elements not found in many of this genre and plenty of human tragedy, and interesting relationship development. Not as much action as the first book. Narrator did his job well.

I love....

Apocalyptic books and this series is good, yet the mystical spear portion is a bit much

If I'd wanted Fantasy,I'd have read Harry Potter

What disappointed you about The Defiant: An Unbeaten Path?

(1) The book is not standalone, and ends mid-stream. So be prepared to buy all three+ books if you want to follow the story.(2) Mixing in the hocus-pocus of the "Magic Spear" nonsense, which of course will be found at the Scottish Rite Masonic Temple in Guthrie, OK in book three (or five, I don't know), is a huge disappointment. How about a magic ring that makes you turn invisible? Or maybe Luke can just use the Force. Everything other than that thread is at least reasonably realistic in an America vastly changed from an EMP (which is a REAL threat!).(3) Having the attack coming from a "Victor", a bad Russian trying to take over the world, is unnecessary to the rest of the story, making it read more than a bit James Bond-ish. And I don't care how rich you are, you're not going to be able to build a super-EMP and launch it from a cargo ship - that's the work of Governments, not super-rich diabolical geniuses

What could John W. Vance have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Eliminate the entire magic spear thread. Replace it with hordes of people driving up from southern Mexico and down from northern Canada, where the cars still work.

What about Joseph Morton’s performance did you like?

Mr. Morton's performance was truly outstanding, in fact I would rate this (along with the first book) as one of the best I've ever heard. There's always a very fine line in having a male voice actor reading the female or child parts, and he handles it very steadily. The foreign accents are OK, but the real brilliance comes in handling so many diverse parts without sounding ridiculously overdone.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Concern in the fact that America is wholly unprepared for such a nuclear EMP attack.