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The Cost of Living
- Narrated by: Brian Portsmouth
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
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The Cost of Living
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Summary
A zombie/survival horror story from the author of the best-selling Autumn and Hater novels.
The world is dying. An abhorrent epidemic is sweeping the globe, destroying everything it touches. Contact with even a single drop of contaminated blood or saliva is enough to spread the disease. Within hours, even the healthiest people are transformed into hideous, germ-spewing creatures. They hunt out the uninfected in their tens of thousands, their sole purpose to continue spreading the infection.
On a recently-built housing development on the outskirts of a large city, one man will stop at nothing to protect his family from the coming storm. Stuart has been one step ahead of the game from the beginning. His garage is stocked high with supplies, the doors and windows of his home fortified, weapons held ready in case of attack.
With each passing minute, there are more and more infected surrounding the house. With each passing minute, Stuart and his family have less food and water available. Some time very soon, the balance of power will inevitably shift.
But Stuart won’t give up on his family, no matter what the cost.
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- Chiara
- 05-08-24
Fans of apocalyptic/survival horror would love this!
I can't believe this book was published in 2014 as some parallelisms with what happened with the latest pandemic are unbelievable!
I listened to the audiobook and I thought the narrator Brian Portsmouth did a good job trying to portray the different characters and their different take on life, given the difficult circumstances.
I have to saty that I hated the main character Stuart as not only he was arrogant, but how he took it all on himself, cutting out both his wife (Gabby) and his teenage son was awful!
And that's what I think was part of the story, how people would react to a deadly and not curable pandemic like in the book. Which approach would anyone take and not only to what extents would anyone be willing to go, but for how long as well!
Would you focus all your resources on survival, so quantity of life, or quality of life?
This book really made me reflect and gave me a whole different meaning to the cost of living for sure!
Be sure to check it out if you like apocalytpic/survival horror.
Thanks to the author for the opportunity to listen to it and this is my honest opinion.
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- MR R N BANNISTER
- 11-06-19
Excellent suspense thriller
What a superb piece of writing, with a delightful twist at the end. Gritty and realistic well worth a listen
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