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World Departed

The Cascadia Series, Book 1

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World Departed

By: Sarah Lyons Fleming
Narrated by: Roger Wayne, Teri Schnaubelt, Christian Barillas, Mia Gaskin
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In the zombie apocalypse, your worst enemy may be yourself.

Rose Winter has enough problems. With a marriage going down the tubes and a dreaded anniversary party on the horizon, the last thing she needs is the zombie apocalypse. She wanted to get drunk and sing karaoke, not murder her undead neighbors. It’s clear the party’s over, however, now Rose has more problems - a missing husband, an overbearing houseguest, and keeping her family alive.

Tom Jensen has inflexible rules. Rule number one? Don’t deviate from the plan. But when his life is overturned in the space of minutes, his plans die along with everything else. The world is finished, the future is uncertain, and survival means living in the last place he’d planned to be. Maybe his rules weren’t meant to be broken, but if he can’t change his tune, he risks losing the one thing he has left - his daughter.

Craig Matthews has a mission: get to Oregon. Doable, maybe, if he could bring himself to leave his apartment. With his food and water near gone and death closer than ever, a chance encounter may lead to finding his friends - if he can first find his courage.

Unfortunately, the new world doesn’t always mean leaving old problems behind, and as the West Coast succumbs to the virus, the survivors face more than the undead - they face themselves. But in an existence where fences offer dubious safety and zombies certain danger, people may save you in more ways than one.

©2020 Sarah Lyons Fleming (P)2020 Podium Audio
Dystopian Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Marriage Fiction Paranormal Zombie Exciting Survival

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ive read the previous 6 books and im not disappointed with this new one. except for the fact im not sure how long till the next book comes out???? if you love zombie this by far outweighs them all with a great set of characters humour love and sadness its all in there. Sarah is an extremely talented writer who knows just how much to put you in there and make you feel like one of the crew. i absolutely can't wait for the next book please hurry up

great story and new characters

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I was completely absorbed into this book, I usually avoid post apocalyptic zombie books as I find them boring but this was completely different, you can’t help but get wrapped up in all the characters and their journey through this unfamiliar world. This is a must read

Just wow!

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Yet again Sarah has come up with a winner. Another slant on the "Until End of the world" tales. Once more she has created a coalition of characters both real and lovable with both flawed and valiant qualities in equal measures. Again you find yourself rooting for these characters and once again they are confronted by a believable set of challenges.
Can't wait for book 2

Another great tale from a master story teller

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In my opinion Sarah Lyons Fleming is one of the best post apocalyptic authors to date. Strong characters and plot without needless violence - it is refreshing to have a storyline with more good characters than bad.
Fantastic narration.
I hope the next audio book will follow soon!

Brilliant!

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what on earth made the author choose a zombie genre? If you forget about the zombies,the story is great the characters well written you feel as if you're getting to know them. I love all things zombie,the zombies felt like a by product and not at all part of the flesh of this book. The writer can write of that there is no doubt,but why oh why Zombies? it just felt alien to her story telling? The relationship with drugs and how that affects the whole family was a story on its own. p.s. I would still like to know what happens next

zombie not zombie

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