Once again is it a story or a prophecy ?

Tom Abrahams sure can write, and that a fact.
This is a very long trilogy which worth every penny especially because of how the author makes you feel each character perfectly and on top of it all twists and the one that really freaks you out is the twist at the third book showing you that the whole time nothing was as it seems !

Kevin Pierce narrating is also pretty good on top of it all packaging the whole trilogy into a beautiful audiobook.

Recommended !!!

Oded Ostfeld.

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A prequel for an amazing story

After listening to all of the traveler series I didn’t know what to expect but together with the multiple Easter eggs it really was a brilliant story captured within this trilogy. Just one thing, who’s this Kevin fellow?…….

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Survival is just the first step

Good trilogy of books as the Scourge wipes out the population, Mike and his friends begin searches for family and safety and the Cartel begins its reign of terror in Texas. Good collection of books, as a standalone and also back fill for the Traveller series.

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An interesting and character-focused series

The three books that make up the Scourge series - Unprepared, Adrift, and Grounded - are essentially one long story, so reading them back-to-back in the collections works well. When the Scourge hits we follow a cast of characters and see how this virus effects the world, and once it's fully taken hold we see what these groups need to do to survive. The initial scenes and events as society collapses is interesting and realistic in the portrayal, and ultimately it's the best part of the series. While following the characters as they struggle and continue to survive is interesting, there isn't that much to the story, and certainly nothing that hasn't been done before. I enjoyed the journey, but just didn't feel it contributed anything special to raise it above other post-apocalyptic books out there. Well narrated by Kevin Pierce, easy to listen to and very well suited to this story.

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A Slow Burn

Ive not listened/read the Traveller series that comes after this, but from a newcomer to the universe, The Scourge seems to be a great introductary point. Obviously a story about a pandemic hits harder in a post Covid world, but the story told here remains not only believable, but unsettenly plausible.
There are 2 main gripes however:
1) The plot is a very slow burn, there are moments of drama, but otherwise it sticks to one speed throughout. Not a bad thing, but dont compare this to something like Mountain Man.
2) The ending - It ends in a mostly satifying manner, but blatantly you need to jump to the Traveller Series to find out more about where the wider plot goes.

Kevin Pierce does a great job here, and I look forward to listening to more that both he, and Tom Abrahams have done together

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