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Whistlers

By: Mark Tufo, John O'Brien
Narrated by: Sean Runnette
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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

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A zombie apocalypse novel, it’s different

A Shrouded World – Whistlers follows the survival story of Jack Walker and Michael Talbot (with his companion John the Tripper) as they navigate a new zombie apocalypse world, different from each of their own. Trapped in this new world they have to find a way to stay alive as unique types of zombie threaten them.

A zombie apocalypse novel, it’s different from what little I have seen before. Most stories that I’ve read or seen involved one type of zombie creature. However, in this novel, there are multiple unique zombie types with different strengths and weaknesses. The plot itself was pretty simple in the sense that the characters are trying to survive different dangers, but they don’t actually move much distance in the world. And so the story is dependent on the characters’ personalities. Fortunately, all three were well defined and unique, which made their interactions fun to experience. Jack and Michael are military men, and John is a perpetually high hippie. John is clearly the comic relief in the novel, but there are hints to his importance that may come to light in future novels. However, the dependence on one or two characters perspectives in a novel involving three human characters, made my interest lag sometimes. While the inner monologues were often good, I think more dialogue could have made it more dynamic. It’s clear that this is a first novel of many. While the book comes to an end, it’s more like coming to an end of a section of to a novel rather than an entire novel. It’s clear that there is more to come and at the end of the novel, the hanging threads are laid out clearly.

This novel is told from two different points of view, Michael and Jack. One aspect of the novel, which takes a little getting used to, is that the voices of Jack Walker and Michael are different tenses. It’s unusual and doesn’t necessarily distract, but it’s noticeable. It’s an interesting complement to the confused and isolated emotions that the characters are feeling in a new, but still somewhat familiar world.

The narration was nuanced and wonderful. The characters were easily distinguished from one another through the tone of the narrator and that made the novel easy to follow and experience. This was especially great when there are multiple points of view. The voices ascribed to the different characters were also fitting to the individual styles of speech.

This isn’t a genre that I normally choose to read and I enjoyed the novel. However, I think it could’ve been improved with more characters. Female perspectives or characters would have made it more diverse and perhaps a little more dynamic.

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Fun but lacks direction

The two best characters from the Zombie Fallout series are combined with a character from the New World series and each bring the problems from their respective worlds. The combination makes for non-stop action. Add in a few laughs and a new foe and you’ve got yourself a fun book. My only complaint is that the book doesn’t really go anywhere. We don’t meet the Whistlers until the very and end the plot is really just Jack, Trip and Mike surviving until they can meet. I’m sure taken as a whole the series will be very good, but as a stand-alone book it leave me wanting a bit.

Sean Runnette does an excellent job as always.

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entertaining collaboration!

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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.

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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

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Just Ok

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I only purchased this book because of the previous series. This seemed unable to keep my attention, it droned on with a lack of excitement and too many drawn out, overly descriptive scenes. Sean Runnette did a nice job in the previous Tufo books, but when JACK is read, it almost brings on nap time. I gave this the 3 stars because of the loyalty to previous titles and, because it is a Zombie book...

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I missed something

I had to stop listening to this again and again because I felt like I was missing something. But no, I verified that this is the first book in the series. These characters must have come from elsewhere, they have a history because there is too much happening or too much that has happened that I do not understand for this to be book 1. The other very difficult thing with this listen is that Mike and Jack, sound exactly the same. The only differentiated voice is Trip's. Not a favorite. Might actually return it.

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I Don't Think We're in Kansas Any More!

What did you love best about A Shrouded World - Whistlers?

Let's be honest....we'd listen to anything with Sean Runnette reading Mike a Talbot. Anything. But this is good stuff! I love Mike and BT's witty banter, but his sidekick on this adventure is none other than John the Tripper!!! Trip cracks me up!

What other book might you compare A Shrouded World - Whistlers to and why?

All the other Mike a Talbot novels.

What about Sean Runnette’s performance did you like?

He is Mike Talbot. And his reading of Trip is absolutely perfect.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laugh!

Any additional comments?

Love anything Mark Tufo wants to share with us featuring Mike and his merry band.

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I hate you Mark Tufo and John O'Brien :-)

It seems it has happened again. I am hooked on another series, and worse another series in which I am waiting for the next book to be released. I just sit in the corner and try to be a good boy why I wait and wait! Curse you both, Mark Tufo and John O’Brien, a good book and a promise of more, with a wait in between makes this fat man a very bad man.

The way the characters come together in this story is excellent. The new twist to the old zombie story kept me wondering the whole time.

It seems that the zombie genre just keeps improving with new dimensions being added all the time. You can really see John O’Brien’s influence in this one and it is some thing which I like very much!

The reality is this book the first in the series is pretty simple. The main characters move from point A to B. However, the story starts to introduce some pretty original ideas missed in with a tad of old fables which will certainly leave you wanting to know more.

There are two narrators in which I will purchase a book without reading anything about the book. Those two are RC Bray and Sean Runnette. These narrators really have the ability to bring a story to life. I increased the speed of this one up to 1.25x so it didn’t shorten the total length of this one too much (if you are watching your dollar per hour listening ratio)

This one certainly has my two fat thumbs held high in the air!

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Poor Mike.... and Jack Too!!!!

Poor poor mike..... Mark Tufo really hate you for some reason... its not enough to put you through all the things you went through, and will go through, but he put you in a different world to ^&*& with you even more.... what did you do Mike to deserve this?? And if thats not enough, John O'Brien decided to bring Jack too to join the fun.... Guys, it enough what they are going through, why the torment ?!

Its a world filled with Zombies and Night runners.... and weird things too.... it similar world but still different and a bit weird.... Love that Tripp is in this series.... that guy really makes me laugh.. and Sean Runnette did a fantastic job in narration.. specially for Tripp

I have really enjoyed the combination of these two characters, and the combined work between the two authors... Really good job.

Really excited to get the next book and to know how things will turn out....

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Like the concept but...

I'm a huge follower of the jack walker character. And although I enjoyed the fallout series until i think it was #8 when it just got boring for me, I like the mike talbot character. The issue I have with this book is it literally took forever for anything to happen and then the book concludes. I think putting jack walker and mike talbot together is a great idea for an uber-sci-fi novel. I hope book 2 gets a little more action packed and we learn a lot more about where these guys were transported to. On a note about the narrator. I enjoy Sean Runnette as the voice of mike talbot. But I think bringing in Mark gagliardi for jack's voice would cut down on some confusion of who is actually talking and I'd say I'm just used to his voice as jack walker.

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