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One Year After

Written by: William R. Forstchen
Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
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Publisher's Summary

The thrilling follow-up to the New York Times best-selling novel One Second After.

Months before publication, One Second After was cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should have, a book discussed in the corridors of the Pentagon as a truly realistic look at the dangers of EMPs. An EMP is a weapon with the power to destroy the entire United States in a single act of terrorism in a single second; Indeed, it is a weapon that the Wall Street Journal warns could shatter America. One Second After was a dire warning of what might be our future... and our end.

One Year After returns to the small town of Black Mountain and the man who struggled to rebuild it in the wake of devastation: John Matherson. It is a thrilling follow-up and should delight fans in every way.

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still awesome.

This is an excellent sequel to One Second After, and is read extremely well. The tone and scenes well described.

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Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori!

The fact that this book quotes a WW1 poem we learned 40+ years ago "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" (which our History teacher loosely translated from latin to "It is beautiful and proper to die for one's country) gives this author and book a whole 'nother star!. That poem rocked my 14 year old brain all those years ago.

This is a quite good series. Not great, but very good. Some of the science is questionable and there may be some iffy accents-- but I'm not Southern so the narrator IMO did a fine job. I had no problems going from book 1 to two's narrator, which isn't always the case. In this series, I like both these narrator's fine so it was a non issue. Often changing a narrator mid series can be jarring, but I like Bronson Pinchot so it's all good.

I recently finished The Commune (I need to review it) The Traveller first 3, and Gray, along with the classics. Loved Gray, the Travellor series bored me with too many guns and names for guns (I'm Canadian) it got annoying.

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good listen for the most part

great book I will admit I preferred the narrator from the first book quite a bit more.

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A strong follow-up

Not quite as good as this first one, this one is full of things that are more entirely theoretical and less about what would or could happen but it is a good story none the less.

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New Jersey?

How did a New Jersey native end up being a good ol’ boy? Otherwise well done.

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Awesome series

I read the first book years ago, and that was my introduction to Forstchen’s work. I love his writing style, and this was a great sequel to One Second After. I’m excited to start the third one!

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good additional story line, not much for humour.

the lack of humor in this story makes for a very difficult listen at times. there's lots of storyline there's good additional character development but overall a little bit on the heavy side. while Bronson pinchot does a decent job I found the reading in the first book much more entertaining.

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Very good

The story is a little slow to get going but it's a strong finish. Well done. The voice of the orator's characters sometimes didn't sound unique enough. Hats off though that's not an easy task.

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