Zero Day Code

End of Days, Book 1

By: John Birmingham

Narrated by: Rupert Degas

Every modern city has one week’s worth of food to feed itself. Then it will collapse.

Cut off the resources to New York, Sydney, or even a mid-size metropolis, and millions will soon starve. In Zero Day Code we see those immense and open, hyper-complex, networked supercities of the new millennium die. And in the last moments we see their vengeance take form as all the best and worst traits of humanity bubble to the surface.

Zero Day Code is set in a realistic near future with dwindling global food supplies under increasing pressure from worsening droughts, floods and extreme weather events. Written by prolific Australian writer John Birmingham, the thriller follows a handful of survivors from the first day of society’s descent into violent, uncertain futures.

James, a consultant to the US National Security Council, is the first to suspect that the worldwide emergence of a crippling computer virus is actually a cover for something else - a devastating cyber-attack by China on the food distribution system of the United States. The attack is a bid for the Middle Kingdom to distract America as it seizes the food bowl of South East Asia and feeds its starving population. But Beijing has miscalculated.

Follow the missions of an embittered activist chasing salvation, a single mum rescuing her child from a frantic San Francisco and an army veteran who has long retreated from society, as the world they knew crumbles around them.

Please note: this audiobook contains mature content and listener discretion is advised.

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No equal in apocalyptic tales.

Birmingham has masterfully authored a riveting, paranoia-inducing narrative that follows current events to a sobering, logical conclusion. The events that unfold may be only as far away as the next news broadcast. I absolutely loved the breadth of characters and the attention to detail that brought each to life. An absolutely brilliant story.

Amazing and Terrifying

The best story of the worst day ever! Not sure if Rupert did all the voices, but all the narration captured the spirit of every moment!

Great work!

Wow

This has a lot of moving parts but the writing and narration make it effortless to follow along and connect with the characters. I read a lot of doomsday books and this is the first one that I can actually see being a reality and that is terrifying! I can’t wait to start book 2 and I just want to give Nomi some love she is such a good girl!!

Great story and fun to hear.

The story was exceptional. but there's some things that the author and the reader don't know about America. for example how to pronounce a number of words, dialogue that's typically used in America, and that the Sacramento River ends 700 mi before it gets to Canada. it is hard to write about another country even if a person's lived there. it would not be a bad idea to have a fact checker and also dialogue checker who's from the country that the story's about. but this book is so much better than most of the apocalyptic books. I recommend it highly. and I hope that they'll be another one written for part two.

Birmingham

at first, the author's bio is hilarious and very human. the book is complex and easily envisioned with the quality of the writing. this book is so great.