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EMP Exodus - an EMP Survival Story

By: J. J. Holden, Henry Gene Foster
Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
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Cassy has joined with Frank and his group, and the group members declare themselves a clan, pitting themselves as a group against the rising tide of darkness around them. Then the death of one of their own creates new tensions that may tear the clan apart before it ever reaches the promised oasis of Cassy's homestead farm.

Worse, they are followed by a man bent on their destruction, who would take her farm for his own group if he can find it. As the clan continues its trek, invaders solidify their iron grip over the Eastern Seaboard, opposed by a resistance aided by a mysterious group known only as "the 20s", whose identities and ultimate goals remain unknown. Events begin to unfold that will determine the future of Cassy and her new family, and possibly the future of America.

©2016 JJ Holden and Henry Gene Foster (P)2016 JJ Holden and Henry Gene Foster

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Not a solid follow-up

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Get rid of the focus on who wants to sleep with who. It got to be where it distracted from the story SO much that I nearly couldn't finish it. I get that this can be a realistic issue in certain circumstances and it surely could have fit into the story if only it was more subtle. The intense focus on it was redundant and unnecessary to progress the story.

Also, get rid of the mother. Period. Kill her off. Her constant "the Lord this" and "the Lord that" responses to EVERYTHING Cassie said got to be so abrasive that I think I would have outwardly cheered her death. I don't mind the inclusion of religious tone in novels, especially those where it matches the tone of the overall book or is in context of character, but real people don't talk like this all the time without driving everyone to either move away or drink themselves to death. It was constant, I'm getting irritated just writing about it!

Would you be willing to try another book from J. J. Holden and Henry Gene Foster ? Why or why not?

After book one the answer would have been a resounding "yes". After book two? Err...not so sure. I do wonder who wrote which parts though, I like to believe that one of the authors wrote all the annoying parts and the good parts were written by the other. This way I could find out which one I liked and try something else by them. Or maybe there could be enough of a reader outcry that the former would be dropped from future releases!

Have you listened to any of Kevin Pierce’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

One look at my review list and it's easy to tell that I'm a Kevin Pierce fanboy. This was not his best work in my opinion but it was still a solid job. He seemed to struggle with the North Korean character dialog a bit, not that I'm complaining. This was really the only area that could have been better. Still a 4+ star narration for sure.

Any additional comments?

Warning, SLIGHT spoilers or "hints" in the below...

I was really looking forward to listening to this book after enjoying book one as much as I did but I was left wanting. I wanted to hear more about getting to Cassie's farm and the progression of preparing it, running it, and guarding it - basically the daily grind of rebuilding and trying to live. There was some of this but not much. I imagine there will be much more in book 3 but I may never find out.

There were many inconsistencies, especially with timing and progression. For example, the idea that people would already be resorting to cannibalism after only ten days I thought was a little much. Or journeys taking two harrowing and violent days by foot being shot at without reason by anyone and everyone somehow taking hour after uneventful hour to return by car on main roads. There was also the character Peter "the bi-polar" (I made that up...) from the White Stag community who was completely unbelievable and seemed to bounce in and out of several personalities due to the way he was written. And of course how sometimes the community itself was "shoot first and ask no questions" while other times it was "halt and state your business"; it made no sense.

There were the irritations of the religious zealot mother and the non-stop love triangle soap opera drama. The constant referral to any reference to people from the Middle East as "rag heads". Even the premise that a country as small and isolated as North Korea could somehow launch a successful ground offensive against the entire Eastern United Sates 3/4 of the globe away with little to no successful US military presence was ludicrous (in my opinion) but I was still willing to forgo any logic there if only the rest of the story would have held up!

On a more positive note, without those annoyances the underlying story of Cassie is a good one. She is a well developed character, smart, and likable. This saved the story from a 2 star.

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The clan makes the long trip home...

Cassie and team (or clan as they've taken to call themselves) are back at it again. This time, they are traveling across the perilous countryside trying to get to her homestead outside of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Along the way, they will come across many problems, some external, and some internal.

The narration for EMP Exodus was done by Kevin Pierce. If you are first time reader of my blog and read this review for the first time you don't know how much I enjoy Pierce's voice, especially for Prepper-type books. He really has the perfect voice for the type of person that I imagine is a prepper. Pierce's voice allows for this story to just flow off of the page and into your ears.

EMP Exodus was enjoyable but finished just when the story started getting good! Don't get me wrong, the story was still good, but being a series book -- it just ended when things were really getting interesting. Like I genuinely thought I had at least another hour left in the book when I hear "this concludes EMP Exodus.." I was shocked!

The book has a lot of internal struggle in it. Both within the group and within certain members of the clan. I found that to be really interesting and I found myself really invested in these characters. I know that some of them were from the first book, but it was nice to get an even deeper dive into their views. You don't normally get that in the second book in a series.

If all three are available (as long as the third finishes the series), I would definitely try to line them up and listen to them in order. The stories really play off of each other and this one picks up right where the first book left off. And I know that the third book will do the same.

Overall, a really enjoyable prepper book filled with internal struggles and a lot of prepper knowledge and instinct narrated by the wonderful Kevin Pierce.

I was given a copy of this audiobook in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.

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Great Sequel

wife and I enjoyed listening to book two. Mr. Pierce reads well and enhances the narrative. looking forward to book 3.

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Wish I would have checked this series out long ago

loved 1&2 must read & or hear . As always can't go wrong with KEVIN PIERCE narrating.

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great story telling

great plot development. the character depth is good. plausibility makes for interesting reading. involvement of many nations is "most likely scenario ".

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Love this series!

I am really enjoying this series. The characters are realistic and there's bound to be someone that we can each relate too. As always, Kevin Pierce's narration is awesome! I can't wait for Book 3!!

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Engaged! Praying this scenario doesn't happen!

I have purchased several other survival-type series but this one has held my interest the most. Fantastic storyline! I worry about all that is happening in the world right now and just pray that the scenarios in these books do not occur. That is a frightening prospect. Since listening to this series, I am now ( semi) frantically prepping as much as possible! 😶

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I am really getting into this book series!

I really have enjoyed the first two books in this series and I am about to buy the third book in the series because the story is so good!

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too much drama...

I loved the first book and got the second hoping it would be just as good. in the first book though it seemed like any minority was either a thug or a traitor...and it continues on to this book. I mean come on man, you can't have one decent speaking black man or Hispanic guy? i know there are bad guys out there, there are thugs and so on but give us a break... The military jargon was good, but when I was enlisted we didn't speak in code all the time. sure we used abbreviations but we didn't take it to an extent like some of these characters did. my fellow Marines and I just made perverted comments half the time but we didn't speak to one another in military jargon in our down time.The last part that bugged me was the whole relationship drama between couples, I mean the united States is being invaded, millions of people are dying... and this clan is concerned about people cheating on each other? jeeesus. It seemed like the drama was added as a filler or something to get the story moving along. I've ended up skipping that whole drama nonsense. and also, who did the author use as a reference for how teenagers speak? it seemed ljke he want back to 2001 and used lingo from then. I'm still going to get the third book when and or if it comes out.

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Authors gone mad?

Enough with the fantasy of love triangles and brave new world marriage dynamics. Ridiculous. The writers spent sooooo much on the sick love triangle that I seriously wondered if that the reason they wrote this garbage.

They book would shrink by actual hours if they took the nonsense fantasy of ditching a marriage out.

Reader lost, book exchanged.

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