Possible Spoilers. You’ve been warned. I found myself listening to this book more frequently. Even over turning on my tv for streaming faves. This narrator was 100x better than the first book’s. Enjoyed the beginning stories of characters that I can only imagine will continue throughout the series. At first I was concerned this was going to be about people completely unrelated to characters from the first book. I didn’t wanna learn about characters that had nothing to do with all those I was invested in from book one. I was pleased to hear new stories and characters but was relieved and even excited to learn the connections to those I knew already. I’m excited for the next book. Will it be a look back on our original characters and what happened next for them? Will it be about new characters still out there with connections to be revealed? Will it show us a coming together or share what’s next from both books 1 and 2? I don’t know but i am excited to find out.
So there is a part of this storyline that disturbs me and it’s that there are no supernatural, unstoppable zombie making virus or other unrealistic cause that leads us to the places in these books. I suppose as homesteaders, that’s some of the point behind these books. I’ve honestly not paid any attention to when exactly these books were written but I’m assuming back during Obama’s time as President, maybe even George W’s time. This was likely a potential future yet still an imagined one at that time. So given what has taken place during Biden’s term as POTUS, these scenarios leading to this so called post apocalyptic world seems VERY realistic. Even moreso with our open boarders and the coalition of Russia China North Korea & Iran. Scary for me as I’m a full time caregiver to my 26yro son who is vent dependent, has severe spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, seizure disorder, many complex medical needs, can’t communicate and is completely dependent on others for absolutely everything. Breathing, suctioning, incontinent, cannot regulate his body temp so his average temp is 96 degrees farenheight. Yes that’s hypothermic for the general public. The amount of meds he’s on alone if missed for anything more than a couple doses would be catastrophic for him. Homesteading seems like a brilliant idea but it’s painfully obvious that it’s impossible for me to do. Literally there aren’t enough hours in a day let alone strength and energy in my body and mind to do it. That’s a little too much realism for me. So I will continue listening to the series but am gonna have to come to terms with not ever being prepared for our country’s enemies to bring the fight to our doorstep. It is pretty arrogant to think there’s not enough hate for what we represent that at least one of our enemies will attack us. We’re still just a baby when it comes to being a nation. Nobody gets things right the first time and we’re at about the equivalent of early grade schoolers against college graduates. So I pray we can get our crap together as a nation and start moving the right direction. We’re headed that way as of November 2024.