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The Promise
- Riker's Apocalypse, Book 1
- Narrated by: Adam Paul
- Series: Riker's Apocalypse, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Horror
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"Shawn Chesser is a master of the zombie genre." (Mark Tufo, best-selling author of the Zombie Fallout series)
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Army veteran Lee Riker is staying in an Atlanta shelter and supporting himself with the odd carpentry job when his sister, Tara, summons him home to Middletown, Indiana, for the reading of their mother’s will.
Hopeful that the unknown sum of money included in his portion of the inheritance will be sufficient to bring an end to his latest run of bad luck and trouble, Riker boards a Greyhound bus in Atlanta with his duffel bag, less than $200 to his name, and a secret he must protect at all costs.
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Edited by Monique Happy Editorial Services
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- 13-06-19
Not too bad
This was an okay listen, not very exciting though, hopefully the next book will have more promise. I enjoyed all of Mark Tufos books and so find myself expecting the same calibre of writing, but no one has come close yet.
I gave it 3 stars as if its your first book in this genre you may enjoy it.
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- Jeffus
- 20-10-19
Simply brilliant!
From the characters (3 main protagonists), to the narrator.. I simply could not stop listening to this book... wanting more and more
Just superb!
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-01-19
brilliant
I loved the characters. The action was full on but it didn't affect the story line. I cannot wait for the next!
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- Brian Adler
- 04-08-18
Great Book, ... what a Promise
Really Enjoyed this book, I had passed over Shawn Chesser stories because of mixed story reviews and bad reviews on the narration. Then Mark Tufo tweeted out how he highly recommend "The Promise".
Simply WOW, Lee is not a super soldier or spec ops warrior, Just a soldier. He was a little paranoid at times, as i found myself rolling my eyes, but once Shawn got past that. WHOA... a amazing story inside of a story
I am a fan now and can not wait for book 2
and will be giving his other works a another look.
22 people found this helpful
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- audra dryer
- 07-08-18
first book in a new zombie series
The narrator did not make it easy to enjoy this book with his Clint Eastwood whisper voice for the main character. If the series continues, I hope he improves or it is a different person. The story line is a little hard to believe. This brother and sister know for a few days that zombies are coming and they do not warn anyone, nor do they prepare. They worry if their inheritance is dropped into their bank accounts, make jokes, and spread their mothers ashes. Just not a believable plot.
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- macxtc
- 30-07-18
meh!
sick of the "wanna Be" Cowboy...
too much time spent on explaining trivial details, not enough time building the horrors of a dawning apocalypse.
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- Brayden Mac
- 10-10-18
Not what I was expecting
If you love zombies this may not be the book for you. While it was entertaining it was a bit slow for my speed. I'm not going to say zombies were absent from the read, but definitely not the focus. It never gave me the excitement I usually get from high stress zombie books... And that's because there wasn't a whole lot of action. Some of the earlier characters were irrelevant to the story in my opinion as well.
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- Mac M.
- 18-07-18
3 reasons not to read
I listened to about 3 quarters of this book, but here are the 3 reasons I couldn't finish.
1. they are in the middle of a zombie apocalypse and the characters keep talking about getting tickets from the cops or going to the doctor on Monday morning. Like anyone would care about that when you have zombies chasing you!
2. about a quarter of the way in the characters get in a car and then they talk... and talk.... and talk... and drive a little, then talk.... after a few hours of just taking and sitting in the car I couldn't listen anymore. This is where the book lost me.
3. the writer uses the same phrase over and over in his writing, yes I get that they are reacting quickly but you don't have to say their muscle memory kicked in ten times, I get it!
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-06-19
Boring
Was not what i expected, i wanted a action zombie book. What i got was a story about how a brother and sister brings there mothers ashes from point A to point B..
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- M. Philo
- 29-06-18
What a Promise
Outstanding story.
Outstanding narration.
Listened in one go. Start early, because this story grips you and does not let go until the end.
Highly recommended can't wait till the next in this series.
10 people found this helpful
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- Shani
- 15-08-18
Moves too slow, hardly "apocalypse" plot, a "miss"
The story progresses too slowly and too verbose nd off point. Zombie apocalypse but then let's fly over NYC in a helicopter and land there to buy a truck. Really? No more from this author for me.
6 people found this helpful
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- Austin
- 07-12-18
Ambien?
Put me to sleep with how boring the narrator sounded, story wasn't awful, but that narrator..
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-06-21
Difficult to listen to
While I think the story could have merit, it was to hard to listen to the performance and make it out. I returned it after making my way to the scene with the bus.
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