The End of All Things: The Complete Series

By: Mike Kraus

Narrated by: Mike Kraus

When the end arrives, how far will you go to survive?

With over 4 million books sold, the number one best-selling and most prolific post-apocalyptic thriller author Mike Kraus brings a gripping tale of destruction, survival, and humanity like no one else can.

On a quiet evening like any other, virtually anything that uses fuel goes up in flames, killing billions in the first twenty-four hours alone. Remnants of governments reel as they try to deal with the destruction of their countries and decimation of their military infrastructure as their cities burn to the ground.

On a quiet beach in South Florida, Alice Burton and her two children have started the family vacation early - all that's left is for James to fly in from a conference in Colorado. When the small beach town they're staying in is consumed by fire, they're forced to seek help on foot - facing dangers both natural and manmade at every turn.

Meanwhile, at the Denver International Airport, James Burton hides beneath an overpass as cars and planes erupt in flame around him. His survival is not guaranteed, as a treacherous journey through the heart of Denver and beyond awaits him if he has any hope of reuniting with his family.

Back home, on their small farm outside East Lansing, Michigan, Alice's parents are house-sitting, and are about to experience the most intense test of their survival and homesteading skills that they could ever imagine.

This omnibus edition of The End of All Things contains all 6 books from the original series:
The Collapse
The Desolation
The Ruination
The Darkness
The Devouring
The Redemption

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Good story, needs better research

Like the character development, and story building

Dislike Central premise of a bio attack causing fuel to explode even in tanks with no fuel air mixture.

Dislike characters doing incredibly dumb things to set up plot items Examples: Alice trusting people she should have left in a puddle. Red not being shot on arrival at the farm.

Dislike technical errors that basic knowledge of the subject matter would prevent. Example: Abrams main gun firing pin rusted in place? That gun is fired electrically.

Interwoven families.

Excellent for family reading very sensitive.
Good focus on positive aspects of possibilities.
Characters were well rounded and easily related to.

Needed a professional voice actor

I’m just going to be blunt and honest up front. The author should never be the performer of their own work. While I could barely handle his narration, his reading of dialogue made me cringe and nearly quit listening more times than I can count. At its core, this was a great story. While the cause of the catastrophe was improbable to the point of impossible, all of the dynamics in between were great.

I just cannot forgive how badly the author failed at giving his own characters the voices they deserved. Why was Ryan the only character that got a distinct voice? The villain sounded like a whiny choirboy rather than someone that has devolved into the depraved lunacy his actions so clearly took him? All other characters were indistinguishable. Part of what I think contributed to such poor dialogue performance is the fact that the dialogue was written so poorly in the source material. I don’t understand how the story had great nuance but the dialogue read like a fifth grade school play. There was no depth to the words used between intimate characters. Everything sounded superficial and stunted.

I’m sorry, I truly do not want to come across as insulting. I truly enjoyed the story, but the performance was bad enough that had I not paid money for this title, I would not have gotten past the first book.

Worth the credit!

Solid story, maybe could have been a little shorter with some spots a little more details then needed. Well worth credit for one box set. Goor narration

Great boxed set.

Awesome text and ends well. Makes you want to raise and ride horses. very believable. Thank you.

Realistic characters.

The character seemed to have depth to them. The situations they found themselves in brought out that depth.

Just plain entertaining!

It’s just a great story line, and keeps you asking for more. Will get more books by this author!

Tried and trued

I've listened to a bunch of books in this genre. This book series is great if you want

Horrible narrator.

Story was decent. What killed it was the narrator. Odd pauses between sentences, and the whiny voice he used for the kids was like nails on a chalkboard after a while. Story needs a bit more research, several inaccuracies. Get Kevin Pierce to read it for you.

Waste of a credit...

If you're into listening to a post apocalypse storyline written as if it was a Leave It To Beaver episode or any other 1950's family sitcom, then this is for you. The wording and the performance is just down right a joke. Very frustrating.