This is probably one of the worst books I’ve listened to. The main plot is poor; Kyle murders someone months into the apocalypse (go figure) and a 7 year old girl is a witness. Kyle poisoned the girl so she doesn’t tell. Mom, Megan, finds a cabin in the woods looking for help to save her daughter. The cabin is inhabited by a former Navy Seal, Wyatt, and his family. Kyle weasels his way into the group to assassinate the 7 year old because she may snitch him out. To who?! Who are they going to call, the police? It’s the apocalypse! In the story Wyatt left a backpack that included a handgun in the woods for the Megan as a just in case. Megan needed the gun to save herself from Kyle, and she made it to the backpack only to find that Mr. Navy Seal left it unloaded… Then Kyle is pointing a gun at Megan and was about to kill her. Wyatt came running out of the woods and tackled Kyle instead of shooting him, like Seals are trained to do. I expected a better story than this. It was clearly written by someone with no military or tactical knowledge, and the author apparently didn’t bother doing any research. Or, Wyatt is the most inept Navy Seal ever trained? I couldn’t listen anymore.
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