Lightfall

By: Christian Carvajal

Narrated by: Christian Carvajal

In Sugar Roses, Oklahoma, events tumble rapidly toward the End of the World. We're introduced to a cross-section of this fervently Baptist college town as it struggles to comprehend a series of supernatural phenomena: roadkill returned to life, a little girl who speaks classical Greek, an ominous shortwave signal, and a demonic voice that calls itself the Megatron. No less foreboding is the news from around the world, in which Christian fundamentalists and Muslim terrorists alike seem hellbent on hastening the Apocalypse. Who or what caused these mysterious events? And if they do presage the foretold Rapture, what on earth - or beyond - will come after? Lightfall is a secular, satirical thrill ride, in which all humanity's glories and vanities can be seen in one lyrical, hypocritical microcosm. The Lightfall is coming....

©2009 Christian Carvajal (P)2014 Christian Carvajal

This is a book of filth and nonsense.

Less than 40 minutes convinced me that the "author" had nothing to say, so he sat down and filled pages with whatever funky nonsense that popped into his head. This book seems to be a way to express his loathing of christians, and spread the manure in his brain - trying to be funny, trying to feel better about himself, above it all? This book has no redeeming value, and doesn't live up to its description! DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!!
It's not worth the time to listen to. I'm glad it wasn't the printed book. You couldn't pay me to finish this trash. I tried to return it, but that doesn't seem to be working. What a waste!

Definitely a fantastic road trip listen!

So, I read this book when it was first published, and I was delighted to find an audiobook version to listen to, as I remember the story being really great. Any reader from Oklahoma will tell you that Carvajal is on point with the detail he weaves into the story. The narration, read by the author himself, is wonderfully captured and lends itself to a new perspective of the story.

Welcome to Sugar Roses, Oklahoma, y'all.