If this book were written 10 years ago then it might be fresh and thought provoking. However, with a slew of authors (Boyd Craven III included) jumping on the bandwagon of dystopian TEOTWAWKI novels (or series) in the past few years, its becoming hard to tell them apart. It also seems as though narrator Kevin Pierce is fully entrenched in this genre, which further fuses these stories into one big cocktail of chaos.
This story doesn’t bring anything new to the table except the ridiculous short length. At least you can get your apocalyptic fix without having to wade through several hours of character building narrative. The characters here are mostly cardboard cutouts of this genre with plot elements you’ve “heard” many times before. It’s not necessarily bad, but it’s not great fiction either. This is mostly an attempt to see how many books, or audiobooks, can be sold by this author with this series. If this first book is a teaser of what’s to come then I’m doubtful I’ll spend the time and credits to patiently wait for the author to churn out a never ending money hole saga. There are other series out there that are better, or at least just as good, if you believe 3 or 4 full length novels are enough to wrap up a post-apocalyptic series and move on.
Overall a good filler while you wait for the next novel in your favorite series to come out, but not really worth the 1 credit.