SOLO

Northwest

By: David Hughes

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

SOLO: Northwest is Book I in the SOLO series, chronicling one man's through-hike of the apocalypse.

Off-the-grid and unaware. A descent into a surreal world. A non-stop fight to survive…

Under investigation for a police shooting, Officer Val Slaine seeks seclusion and anonymity through-hiking California's Pacific Crest Trail. While off-the-grid, Val hikes into a sleepy Northern California town and discovers a viral outbreak has quickly taken over the world. Infected human killers now mercilessly hunt down the uninfected, and civilization has already descended into chaos. Val's journey to the Northern California coastline is turned into a violent battleground, where his resolve to make his way home is put to the test.

The story isn't too bad

I'm not a big fan of virtual voice, simply because I'd rather support a true narrator. It's not that bad, but it lacks the inflections and emotions that you get with a real narrator. The story itself is pretty good. It's not big on zombie action, but there is some. It's a bit desolate and lonely at times. I did stay interested in what the character was doing and what was happening with him. There are a lot of books that I start and just can't finish because the story didn't keep me in it. This is not one of those books. This book is good enough that I will have to check out the author to see what else he's got.

A great story, combined with the stress of being a cop in Tampa Bates in Jamba.

I grew like well a lot he started out, simply trying to clear his head and what is he running to? I’m zombie apocalypse. But Powell is resourceful and he took us from one adventure to the other and it never got bored. I do have one Peak with Belleville what was with his obsession clean up behind the records that he made out? Did you have some kind of phobia? Oh well it didn’t spoil the book. I think it’s a good read. 

Good Story line

I have previously read the first two books by this author and have been waiting for the next installment. I was excited to see an Audible version. I have mixed feelings about AI narration. On the one hand, it provides narration for some of my favorites when they might not have made it to Audible otherwise. But I prefer actual narrators, they convey emotions with more inflection. This however, was one of the better AI Audibles. Definitely worth a listen. I'll be watching for the next one.

Virtual voice sucks

This was a good story. Its only drawback was that it was narrated by virtual voice, and cannot figure out how to pronounce most guns ammunition, things like that.

Ai narration blows

Good story and character but the “reader” is only semi literate HAL 9000 it ain’t.