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Yesterday's Gone: Season 1 - Episode 1

By: Sean Platt,David Wright
Narrated by: Ray Chase,R. C. Bray,Brian Holsopple,Chris Patton,Maxwell Glick,Tamara Marston
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Summary

Start the First Season of the Groundbreaking Post-Apocalyptic Serial! Yesterday's Gone: Season One: Episode 1.

WARNING: This is a post-apocalyptic horror audiobook where bad people do evil things, and as such, this series features disturbing scenes and foul language. While it is all within the context of the story, some listeners may find this content offensive.

Can humanity survive what it never saw coming?

On October 15 at 2:15 a.m. Earth vanished. A scattered few woke alone in a world with no rules, other than survival at any cost.

A journalist wanders the wretched reality of an empty New York, searching for his wife and son. A serial killer must hunt in a land where prey is now an endangered species. A mother shields her young daughter from danger through every terror-filled breath.

A bullied teen is thrilled to find the world gone missing, until the knock on his door. A fugitive survives a fiery plane crash. Will he be redeemed, or return to the killing he's best at? An eight-year-old boy sets out on a journey to find his missing family, only to find something that will change him forever. These survivors aren't truly alone...

Someone or something is watching them. And waiting...

Strangers unite. Sides are chosen. Can humanity survive what it never saw coming?

©2011 Sean Platt, David Wright (P)2014 Podium Audio

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What did you like best about FREE Yesterday's Gone: Season 1 - Episode 1? What did you like least?

It was free which was great and it's an interesting story line but it drags on and takes forever to get to the actual point.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

I didn't like the ending especially after how long it took to get there.

What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

The narrator was great, very clear and loud enough and didn't go too fast.

If this book were a film would you go see it?

No.

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Lost/Stephen King!

I loved this story. It reminds me of a classic King novel, like the beginning of The Stand, introducing all the characters and bringing them together.
Off to get episode 2 now!

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Too many characters

Lost interest as the fifth or sixth protagonist was introduced. Too many perspectives on the same thing happening plus the irritation of one of them being a young child with the reader putting on a goo goo voice. Didn't win me over

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Great story , characters and VERY great narrators!

What made the experience of listening to FREE Yesterday's Gone: Season 1 - Episode 1 the most enjoyable?

I enjoyed this stories introduction, I get the sense we are in for an epic. having just finished Swan Song by Robert Mccammon I was ready for that kind of world again, with well written and believable characters acted by professional voice actors, set in a post apocalyptic world.

What was one of the most memorable moments of FREE Yesterday's Gone: Season 1 - Episode 1?

The incredibly well written surreal child's eye point of view of the world of the character Luca

Which scene did you most enjoy?

The opening scenes in New York.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Lucas plight alone in this strange empty world

Any additional comments?

The choosing of having multiple voice narrators is an excellent move, and works very well.
It works but thankfully is Unlike a dramatisation , it gives greater reality to each person.
But I would prefer if male and female characters were actually played by males or females
As that one thing is usually what can lack when having one voice actor, and it seems a waste and counter productive not using male voices for males and females for females with such a great talented cast.
I also agree that having Luca play the voice of older characters is wrong
I was tricked by this at first but then discovered it was Maxwell doing the older voice
Surely maxwell should be doing the other younger voices, the male teens?
Anyway apart form that I think the who enterprise is so professionally done I can't really complain, as such attention and effort to get narrators for each role right is so rare.
So I have nothing but positive things to say about ALL the narrators and as for others saying change them, that is plainly ridiculous! As I have never heard a audio book casted so perfectly .

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Yesterday's gone ep1

Absolutely fantastic from start to finish. Can't wait for ep 2 . the way that you are kept guessing throughout the story is achingly crazy.

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Brilliant!

An excellent book, with great characterisations, each character voiced by a different person. The story really draws you in, making you want to know what happens next. I'm now eagerly buying the 2nd instalment!

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A great start.

This ia a great read and I cannot wait to get stuck into the rest of season one. But beware, this book is not for the faint of heart. It is a tale of bad people doing bad things and the wording and discription of some of those things is truely eye opening at times. If you like post apocalyptic stories told in a fantastic way with stunning performances throughout the voice cast then this should be an instant buy for you.

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Unique.

I found this book to be a completely entertaining listen. I cant think of another book which has pulled me in the way that this did. Something else I liked was the unique way the story was written. So I would recommend this book.

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An enticing freebie prelude to the novel

Intriguing and well performed by the different narrators. But the biggest hook is the mystery of this story. The characters react differently to the death of their old lives. Some mourn for earth as they know it, others don't. But many questions remain unanswered - the watcher for one. Another reviewer compared this story to King's the Stand, and can see how these parallels have been drawn, as I have read this epic tale myself. I hope this story differs from King, but have downloaded the Kindle version of this book to find out.

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Ensured I HAD to Hear the Rest of The Story

If you could sum up FREE Yesterday's Gone: Season 1 - Episode 1 in three words, what would they be?

Intriguing, fantastical storytelling.

What did you like best about this story?

The array of characters. Though it can be initially a bit disorientating jumping from one character to next without knowing who they are (or what happens to them at the end of a scenario) you quickly get used to it.

This form of character story jumping then keeps the story intriguing and mixes up the pace enough to keep you from pressing the stop button.

Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances? How does this one compare?

All the narrators are top notch. I'm a big fan of R.C. Bray but I have to say that the narrator performing the voice of the serial killer, though initially creating a "wtf" reaction, is truly excellent - with the help of excellent writing the performer creates a truly believable 3-dimensional character.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The end pi**ed me off cuz I now need to know what happens next!

Any additional comments?

I think this type of marketing is very clever - giving away part of a book or a prequel charter for free. I first encountered it with the Mountain Man saga which lead me to buy all the books in the series while simultaneously introducing me to an entirely new genre. This will probably have the same effect as I am definitely going to get the first series in its entirety.

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