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    The Undying: An Apocalyptic Thriller
    The Undying: An Apocalyptic Thriller
    The Undying: An Apocalyptic Thriller
    Audiobook9 hours

    The Undying: An Apocalyptic Thriller

    Written by Ethan Reid

    Narrated by Candace Thaxton

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    About this audiobook

    THEY HAVE COME FROM THE STARS…
    In this riveting apocalyptic thriller for fans of The Passage and The Walking Dead, a mysterious event plunges Paris into darkness and a young American must lead her friends to safety—and escape the ravenous “undying” who now roam the crumbling city.

    Jeanie and Ben arrive in Paris just in time for a festive New Year’s Eve celebration with local friends. They eat and drink and carry on until suddenly, at midnight, all the lights go out. Everywhere they look, buildings and streets are dark, as though the legendary Parisian revelry has somehow short circuited the entire city.

    By the next morning, all hell has broken loose. Fireballs rain down from the sky, the temperatures are rising, and people run screaming through the streets. Whatever has happened in Paris—rumors are of a comet striking the earth—Jeanie and Ben have no way of knowing how far it has spread, or how much worse it will get. As they attempt to flee the burning Latin Quarter—a harrowing journey that takes them across the city, descending deep into the catacombs, and eventually to a makeshift barracks at the Louvre Museum—Jeanie knows the worst is yet to come. So far, only she has witnessed pale, vampiric survivors who seem to exert a powerful hold on her whenever she catches them in her sights.

    These cunning, ravenous beings will come to be known as les moribund—the undying—and their numbers increase by the hour. When fate places a newborn boy in her care, Jeanie will stop at nothing to keep the infant safe and get out of Paris—even if it means facing off against the moribund and leaving Ben—and any hope of rescue—behind.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateOct 7, 2014
    ISBN9781442377349
    The Undying: An Apocalyptic Thriller
    Author

    Ethan Reid

    Ethan Reid received his BA in English from the University of Washington and his MFA from the University of Southern California’s MPW Program, where he studied under author S.L. Stebel, Oscar-nominated screenwriter Sy Gomberg, and Oscar-winning screenwriter Frank Tarloff. Ethan is a member of the Horror Writers Association and the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. He lives in Seattle.

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    • 3/5
      loads of pointless chatter, trys to be suspenseful but just make it boring and hard to get into.
    • 5/5
      What an interesting take on a creature driven apocalypse. The storyline was intriguing to say the least and the characters were well-defined. I never lost interest in the story and wanted to know what happened to the characters I became attached to. however, having listened to the audio version, I can say that the narrator had a HUGE impact on me. Her voice inflections and her French accent for certain characters were amazing. She truly brought the story to life. I would highly recommend the audio version and will most definitely listen to the next book.
    • 1/5
      What an interesting take on a creature driven apocalypse. The storyline was intriguing to say the least and the characters were well-defined. I never lost interest in the story and wanted to know what happened to the characters I became attached to. however, having listened to the audio version, I can say that the narrator had a HUGE impact on me. Her voice inflections and her French accent for certain characters were amazing. She truly brought the story to life. I would highly recommend the audio version and will most definitely listen to the next book.
    • 2/5
      The book has its moments and it is well read in this recording. But the quality of the writing is low and it never stops bashing you over the head with American ideals and morals.