Day of Reckoning

Surviving the Solar Storm, Book 1

By: John Winchester

Narrated by: Matt Godfrey

When a coronal mass ejection threatens to send the United States back to the Stone Age, Jim Graves must rush to prepare his family for the coming apocalypse. As the world around him plunges into anarchy, can he rise to the occasion? Jim's love for his family and will to survive are put to the ultimate test.

Contains mature themes.

©2020 John Winchester (P)2020 Tantor

The story is a vehicle for information about how to survive a CME.

For anyone already aware of the threat, it’s too much information and too little action. It spends a lot of time dealing with the problem of convincing doubters. It’s a valuable book for getting someone to start preparing, but spends too much time on internal dialogue and arguing with stubborn people. Too much tension and too little progress. Don’t think I can stay with it.

Drug on and on

The last quarter was never ending. I wanted to like it I just couldn’t get there

great short story

I liked the build-up to the event. but I didn't like being left hanging at the

I liked it.

This genre is always hit or miss but the CME angle was interesting. I always enjoy having/hearing the build-up prior to the actual event. And the information from those trying to enlighten the main characters made me think same as the characters. I learned a few things and was kinda inspired to research morez I even relocated my old weather radio. There were several “Oh, come on!” moments with the main guy and his family. I literally said it aloud… many times. I didn’t find Jim whiny as some said, just clueless. The often soft spoken tone of the narrator’s voice did lend a bit to that but I think his friend, Lee said it best. The guy is “soft” and unprepared. But darn lucky to have a neighbor patient enough to hang around, stick with trying to change his mind and even leave him so much help, like he did. I found the antagonist storyline annoying. A junky, how original. Points for writing a book, though! And hey, had they not made “dumb” choices it would have been way shorter… Im usually listening to these mainly to pass the drive to work… so it was worth a listen to me.

Good!!

Loved it. Characters are a little dumb at times but I guess that’s to make things more realistic. Other then that good read ready for book two.