Whistlers

A Shrouded World, Book 1

By: Mark Tufo, John O'Brien

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

When two worlds collide…

Jack Walker and Michael Talbot come from two worlds; the same, yet different. They both find themselves transported into an alien one, where things aren’t as they seem. While it appears similar to the ones they come from, there are some terrifying differences. Is it a dream? Or has reality been somehow warped?

Jack comes from a world filled with nocturnal creatures that were once human, but now seek to destroy the last vestiges of humanity. Mike, living under a constant threat from hordes of the undead, arrives with a companion, John the Tripper. Ripped away from their family members and thrown into the unknown, they find that the nightmares from their worlds have preceded them. Survival becomes moment to moment as they encounter old dangers, and new.

Each wants nothing more than to be reunited with their loved ones. With dangers lurking around every corner, they seek to unravel the mystery that brought them. It may be a long road ahead, but they begin by taking the first step, hoping the next one will be the one that takes them home.

©2014 Mark Tufo (P)2014 Devil Dog Press

entertaining collaboration!

Any additional comments?

from mike's prospective, the story opens as he and trip are fleeing from trip's house in a van. mike and trip are on their way to ron's house in maine to head off eliza when mike swerves hard to miss a propane truck. in a flash, they find themselves walking down a desolate, wooded highway, jammed with the world's largest exodus of cars.

from jack walker's prospective, he's eating with his team when he notices his periphery close in, and in a flash, he finds himself standing on the same desolate highway mike and trip are on.

the story is told from both mike's and jack's perspectives, with each chapter flipping back and forth between the two. both mike and jack notice something is off, and their first experiences are with the other's nightmare. mike and trip discover a new type of threat, the nightrunners from jack's world, and jack runs into a hoard of zombies.

the pacing of the story is really good. there's a lot of action with downtime for the characters to reflect on their situation. it's exciting when jack and mike and trip eventually meet up. their meeting is timed well and doesn't seem contrived. they are a good match b/c they are similar in a few ways.

trip is definitely a fun and interesting character. he is zany, and his dialogue is funny. at first, i was worried b/c trip is soo out there that i thought his character would be overexposed, and i would tire of his outlandishness. but tufo is a genius in how he uses trip. i truly enjoyed his character in this book. trip shines in this story. i won't spoil anything, but there definitely seems that there's more to trip than meets the eye!

there are interesting implications of having both zombies and nightrunners hunting you, especially when zombie 3.0 shows up- 1.0 being shamblers, and 2.0 being runners.

together, mike and jack try to unveil where they are, how they got there, and possibly who brought them there. by the end of the story, the mystery deepens as they find bodies fused with the land and a new enemy to deal with, the whistlers. i won't spoil what they are, but they are just as horrific as zombies and nightrunners.

sean runnette as always does a fantastic job narrating the 3 characters.

overall, a very entertaining story.

note: i have listened to all of tufo's zombie fallout series, but i haven't listened to mike's other adventures. so, i don't think tufo has overstretched mike's character. i have not listened to the jack walker series, but i might give it a try now even though the reviews have been bad.

yes please may i have another

Ok 1st I must say . Tufo u sly dog. I had no clue thus books was on audible..
If you want to spend 9hours of your day in a good mood buy the book.

And with all the other tufo books . I used my credit without a moment's thought .

So go ahead and read this book and then just try not to read the rest .

Oh and Sean runnette . You did it again . .. and the day the movie comes out you will need to be the main caterer or slot of voice overs

Another great MIke Talbot adventure!!

Would you consider the audio edition of A Shrouded World - Whistlers to be better than the print version?

always is!

Who was your favorite character and why?

Trip as always..he is friggin Nuts and I love him!!!

What does Sean Runnette bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Sean is Mike Talbot, I cant imagine him any other way!!!

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

hate this question...moving on!

Any additional comments?

I really enjoyed this, but found Jack's parts a little drawn out at times...even though he is very similar to Mike...and I cant wait for there next adventure together...i think they are going to be an Awesome team....and I have a sneaky suspicion that they may be related some how....and as Always I love Trip!!!!!!! Great listen!!!

love it!!!

I absolutely love all of the Micheal talbot adventures keep them coming mark tufo!!!!!! from a fan

Outstanding Book

This should be a TV show or a movie, fire for effect! very entertaining hoorah

holy kickass batman

Mark Tufo brings in another right hook with this one and John O'brain comes in with a swift kick to the balls as back up.

this brings the best of two worlds together to make a weird and twisted dimension. Oh and you will love the Trip because everyone else does.

looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship

Michael Talbot has met a fellow brother in arms Flack what was it Mack? no it's Jack. along with one of the best characters ever John the tripper or just Trip. these three stooges have been taken from different worlds and have been put smack dab into another apocalypse bringing their respective horrors with them. Matt trip brought the zombies and Jack rodman good night runners. the world they're on has given them both whistlers what they are I have no idea but I can't wait to find out that and why is there a city named Atlantis? I need book 2 now.

Interesting turn of events for Mike and Tripp

They in into another adversary name Jack who comes from another place just what is this place? Hey have to listen but could it be a dream or is it real. New threats and of course Tripp off the wall comments seems to be clue on what is about to happen or save them.

good story. I would have preferred two narrators.

like the story very much. I would have enjoyed the story more with two narrators. one for each of the main characters. I can't wait to learn the secret of how they got there. I highly recommend this story.

Fun with Trip

I thought the book was pretty good, especially Trip! I laughed until I cried every time he appeared. I always enjoy listening to Sean Runnette...he IS Talbot! This was my first book with Jack or is it Yack! Maybe Zack? LOL