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The Survivalist: Frontier Justice Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Arthur T. Bradley (Author), Jamie Buck (Narrator), Disasterpreparer.com (Publisher)
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 8,900 ratings
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Frontier Justice is the first book in the post-apocalypse Survivalist series by Dr. Arthur Bradley. (Series Order: Frontier Justice, Anarchy Rising, Judgment Day, Madness Rules, Battle Lines, and Finest Hour).

The Superpox-99 virus has wiped out nearly the entire human race. Governments have collapsed. Cities have become graveyards filled with unspeakable horror. People have resorted to scavenging from the dead, or taking from the living. The entire industrialized world has become a wasteland of abandoned cars, decaying bodies, and feral animals.

To stay alive, U.S. Deputy Marshal Mason Raines must forage for food, water, and gasoline while outgunning those who seek to take advantage of the apocalyptic anarchy. Together with his giant Irish wolfhound, Bowie, he aligns with survivors of the town of Boone in a life and death struggle against a gang of violent criminals. With each deadly encounter, Mason is force to accept his place as one of the nation's few remaining lawmen. In a world now populated by escaped convicts, paranoid mutants, and government hit squads, his only hope to save the townspeople is to enforce his own brand of frontier justice.

Halfway across the country, a killer is released from prison. With hopes set on a fresh start, he rescues a young girl desperate to get home. As they travel across the wasteland that once was the United States, they must call upon every bit of strength and courage to survive not only the horrors of the new world but also a violent government agenda.

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  1. Listening Length
    5 hours and 35 minutes
  2. Author
    Arthur T. Bradley
  3. Narrator
    Jamie Buck
  4. Audible release date
    March 4, 2014
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Disasterpreparer.com
  7. ASIN
    B00ISCW91K
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 5 hours and 35 minutes
Author Arthur T. Bradley
Narrator Jamie Buck
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date March 04, 2014
Publisher Disasterpreparer.com
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B00ISCW91K
Best Sellers Rank #57,252 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#638 in Fiction Sagas
#932 in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)
#3,372 in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (Books)

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If you think your life is bad or hard, just read this first book in Dr. Arthur Bradley’s apocalyptic Survivalist series to reorient your perspective. I read the first seven books (each book is 200 generously spaced pages) while recuperating from my COVID19 vaccine.Thanks to our current pandemic, the Superpox-99 virus that decimates the global human population creating zombies out of infected survivors and mercenaries out of just about everyone else including the overwhelmed local and national institutions, doesn’t sound so crazy.The first book introduces the main characters and plotline that will essentially repeat itself in the 12-book series. The books never feature any words the reader has to look up in a dictionary nor any prior baseline survivalist, cultural, historical, social, medicinal or political knowledge. The genius of Dr. Bradley’s writing – and what saves this first book from a three-star writing – is his masterful manipulation of story using very basic language tools.You’ll also learn survival information such as how to find food, water and fuel; weaponry, self-defense and tactical info; and bits of philosophy and moonshine-making advice. Bradley sprinkles these tips throughout the text which is what initially kept me engaged.As readers of Bradley’s books know, surviving a pandemic/zombie apocalypse doesn’t come cheap or easy – there’s always a price to be paid. His books don’t come free – they’re actually quite pricey given their length - but it does come easy thanks to Bradley’s low-impact writing.A perfect series for the young and fearless reader.
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Ford Miller
5.0 out of 5 stars Good fun thriller. Reads well and fast paced.
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2023
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Really enjoyed this first book and hope the rest are as entertaining. It was short like a novella but it was still fun to read the main characters in supporting cast were likable and the dialogue was good, believable, which a lot of books lack because the writing can become so cringe that it ruins the overall effect of the plot line in the world building. This book's plot line was very simple with really evil elements of our own government as the bad guys but it didn't really get too far into the overall plot it really just sets up the world and one or two major characters. It was short but fast-paced, enjoyable, thrills sometimes, overall... very enjoyable
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EMW
4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and educational without sounding like a manual
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2013
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This is a really hard book for me to review. The first two pages had me excited because it felt like I was starting a Robin Cook medical thriller; a well-written antagonist who is an expert microbiologist and virologist plotting the destruction of mankind. That ended up setting my expectations fairly high. But then the next scene had the main character opening up his family cabin after it was vacant for six months; prepping it for a three week vacation that went on for four pages. Not an exciting lead off. I found myself wondering how raccoons could get in his house to knock things over when he's so meticulous about his preparations and preserving his home to be unattended for half a year at a time.

But I knew I would soon be treated to a tension-filled scene of the bad guy carrying out his evil plan, so I eagerly read on. But then we skip forward in time and learn about it after the fact with so little detail, I wasn't even sure if the calamity that the president is being informed of was even the same one that the book opened with. Did a different disaster strike before the mad scientist got a chance to implement his plan?

This gave me some mixed feelings early on and I began to lower my expectations - especially when I read unusual lines like, "A virus was spreading faster than sightings of Elvis."

Really? When was the last time anyone heard of an Elvis sighting? I'd like to say this is the worst of such lines, but at least half of the similes made me stop and question what the author was thinking when he wrote them.

Despite what appeared to be weird guest-written sentences every once in a while, the story finally got its hooks in me. I love it when a book does that and I literally didn't want to stop reading after the half-way point. But I prefer it when the read is like a smooth ride without mental speed bumps that knock you out of the suspension of reality for a second or two, but at least none of them put me in reverse where I would have to go back and re-read something to figure out what was meant.

For the most part, the writing was very well done and the plot definitely unfolded well. Most of the characters were well written. The dialogue was believable. The protagonist's father who has his own sideline story is a more colorful and interesting character and was more enjoyable to me than the main storyline.

On the downside, the book seemed really well edited until the last 25 percent and then there were several errors - usually involving omitted words. This made me wonder if the editor/proofreader was in a hurry - or did no one but the author himself look over the book before publication? (Surely another set of eyes would've pointed out some of the less sensible similes and metaphors.)

The one thing that I consistently had a problem with was the instant bonding and practically psychic communication between the main character and the dog he adopts. They understand each other like partners who've worked together for years but have only just met (and the dog went from being on the verge of death to a ferocious killer after a few cans of food and a day of rest.)

On the very good upside, I learned some real-life, practical information that I'll never forget, and I'm motivated to learn more of such information.

With the story building up steam and still managing to entertain extremely well despite its fallbacks, I was so glad to see that the second in the series is out already so I bought it and look forward to finding out what happens in the side story that is left hanging, and to see what the bad guy in the government has planned. I can probably guess, but maybe I'll be surprised.

I was also glad to see that the author has written practical and clearly explained disaster preparation books that I'll also be buying. I can tell from the way he describes things in his fiction that his non-fiction will be easy to read, understand and implement.

I was torn between giving the book either 2 stars for the bad/weird elements and 5 stars for doing what a book should do, and that's to entertain the reader. In this case, I was entertained, educated, and sufficiently interested in the story to buy the sequel, so I'm going with 4 stars overall and a recommendation to read this.

The Survivalist is a mostly fun and eventually gripping read that leaves you with practical survival info that I hope we'll never need to know, but could easily save lives if we ever do.
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Chris Wagoner
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, believable, possible and scary all at the same time. You cheer for the good guys, and feel their losses..
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2017
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I am a very big fan of survival/ collapse of society/ apocalypse stories, and really like listening to the audio versions while I drive or work around the yard. I have read scores of books of this genre and found many to be unbelievable and far fetched. What really gets me is un-researched items and incorrect descriptions of weapons or tactics used (I have been a cop for 35+ years and teach firearms) so I am picky. But this series (I have read all through Book 9 as of May 2017) is spot on and very believable! The descriptions of the equipment and weapons systems used is also spot on, I like the choices of weapons that the characters make (author) and why.

People do not realize just how realistic these stories are nutil you start to think about the possibility, even if slim, of the events in the book, unfolding. It is not as far fetched as most think, and actually more real than many want to think. Being a closet "prepper" myself, I like to see how well the author researches and uses the equipment and techniques and how they explain them. Dr. Bradley dos a great job or writing a convinceable, realistic book about what may happen if the world we live in now is disrupted by some kind of natural or man-made disaster.

The characters are very well laid out and described. The backgrounds that are given make you feel you understand them pretty well and their motivations as to why they do certain things. The relationships are well developed and especially fun to watch and listen to the banter between Tanner and Sam. What a pair they are! And the protagonist is one that people can get behind. The good guy US Marshal is someone you grow to cheer for.

So if you are looking for a great read where you may actually learn a thing or two, and enjoy a great story, character development, and plots that twist and turn a bit, then these books are for you! Book 1, this book lays out the whole premise for the series and does a very convincing job of it. Best of all, if you didn't know about this type of scenario before the book, you will be wanting to read more about it after reading this book, and maybe even becoming a little more proficient in your own survival skills.

I highly recommend this book.
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R. Hofman
5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping
Reviewed in Canada on May 22, 2021
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Well done, with great imagination. A series of books containing many intertwining threads, full of surprises just around each corner. Currently on Book #10.
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dragonsmama
5.0 out of 5 stars A good read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 31, 2023
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A good read, if you like this sort of thing, which I (mostly) do. Happily written before covid, as I don't rate those who write about a worldwide virus post covid (lack of imagination or knowledge of the books already written).
The story is a good one, and interesting following the two main characters, who are related but operating independently in this story. I found it all to be quite believable, and well written.
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Lepe
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in Mexico on September 2, 2017
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I really liked the story. In a postapocaliptic world, there is space for intelligence, loyalty and hope. It is a wonderful beginning of a saga that promisses to be even better.
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PoSt
5.0 out of 5 stars avvincente
Reviewed in Italy on February 27, 2016
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Avvincente, ben scritto. Non stanca e si integra bene con gli altri capitoli. Personaggi veramente ridicoli ma bello anche per questo
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Birdie
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Apocalyptic Series
Reviewed in France on March 20, 2014
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Not a zombie novel as expected (bloody empty shells of human..) but a really good story featuring a hero (who at first is a little bit reclusive), some good and bad people (convicts released from US President order), some good and bad motives but the credo is that in a more than strenious circonstances humans have to stick together and not kill each other...

There also a little bit of romance: the fact this is falling for a pretty woman doctor is not bad too

I enjoy my zombie books with a lot of hope for the human race :-)
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