In this new apocalypse/survival narrative we experience an engaging and convincing treatise on survival under brutally realistic conditions after our country has suffered several nuclear attacks. The premise is to present the same set of characters in different circumstances in each volume. Each volume can be read in any order which makes me wonder if each new volume will in fact resemble a set of short stories. I hope I will realize more passion and caring than that as I am not a fan of short stories. If Mr. Abrahams continues to deliver as much realism, tension and emotion as this debut novel, I’ll have nothing to fear. This audiobook was given by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review via Audiobook Boom.