The Divide

By: Jeremy Robinson

Narrated by: Christa Lewis

Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

A wildly exciting journey through a world remade, The Divide combines real characters with horrifically realized creations, pitting the worst of human nature against the strength of family. Equal parts action, horror, and moving drama that only Jeremy Robinson can pull off.

When the divide is crossed...

No one remembers how the Divide was created. The miles-deep and miles-wide chasm has existed for hundreds of years, protecting what remains of humanity from the Golyat: a creature whose shadow moves across the horizon at sunset.

Davina, daughter of Jesse, is a shepherd. She spends her days guiding herds of deer through the forests of New Inglan, protecting them from predators, herding them away from the Divide, and ensuring the tribe of Essex has meat when needed. While many shepherds die in their first year - from the elements, from injury, or in the jaws of a wolf - Davina is resilient.

Having just slain a mountain lion, Davina returns to her village to discover a hunting party has been sent out in search of the Modernists, a group fascinated with the past, the technology that once filled the world, and what lies beyond the Divide. To keep the Modernists from reaching the Divide's far side and revealing humanity's presence to the Golyat, the hunters will torture and kill them all. Including Davina's teenage son.

Davina strikes out, intending to ensure her son's death will be quick and without torture. Reaching the island of Boston first, Davina confronts the Modernists and finds herself incapable of taking her son's life. Captured by the enemies of Essex, she is transported across the Divide along with her son and the Modernists.

For the first time in 500 years, humanity steps foot on the Divide's far side. Stranded with the enemy, Davina must fight to keep them all alive, herding people instead of deer, while uncovering the truth about humanity's past and her connection to events that reshaped the world.

©2018 Jeremy Robinson (P)2018 Jeremy Robinson

always great... but cringey cupcakes

I love mr Robinson. love the Boston centric reference. love the style and the imagination. love the tie ins from other books. but as usual the comic relief character is so cringe worthy. I actually wanted her to die. shitty cupcakes.

overall great. as usual.

suspenseful sci-fi

Like all of Jeremy Robinson's books, this is a dystopian future sci-fi lover must read.

I tried. I really did.

Definitely not my cup of tea. The narrator’s voice was soooo annoying and grating. Just couldn’t take it anymore. Only had 4 hours left usually I love JR books buy this was just too much. I keep waiting for her to say “ Toyota let’s go places “

Good Story but took a little to get into it

Big Jeremy Robinson Fan but this one took a bit for me to get into. The opening is slow and took several chapters to really hook me in. but then hits it stride. it really gets going in Boston and the story maintains interest develops a world after a apocalyptic event.

First time listening to a book narrated byChrista Lewis and I very much enjoyed her performance it was easy to tell characters apart and she was able to convey good emotion through the inflection in her voice.

in the end I would Listen to another Divide book (or maybe Golyate saga?) if he chose to continue in this world.

another home run!

what a great way to weave a story together! robinson is at the top of his game! keep them coming!

Another fun adventure from Robinson!

A fun, if sightly formulaic adventure that seems a tad familiar in places and requires a BIG grain of salt for some things to still work after 500 years, but the performance is really good and sometimes you just want a Robinson yarn.

Amazing

Was a Great book. Loved the story, pace and characters. Big fan of Jeremy Robinson.

Way better than I expected

This was much better than I expected. Starts slow but by the end I was almost in shock, by what I learn learned along had all fell into place. JR is a such a smart writer.

Robinson's worlds collide

A dystopian adventure with intrigue, mystery, and monsters. How can you go wrong? Add thinly veiled references to numerous other books in the Robinson catalog and you have a novel that's nothing short of a crowd pleaser. A thrilling read that' nearly impossible to put down.

Tedious

The story became repetitive very quickly. Also the introduction of the last main character made absolutely no sense. Much of the combat does nothing to further the story.