“Right now, this book almost too close for comfort. Hell Week will blow you away, its fast, furious and gut punches you when you least expect it…” – Jacqueline Druga – author of the apocalyptic bestseller, Rise.
Infection. Invasion. Chaos. A weaponized virus ravages the U.S. somehow leaving children and young adults unscathed. As hundreds of millions die, for those left, surviving the virus is … die, for those left, surviving the virus is only the beginning…
Isaac Race thought he’d found a new family and home. A new Life. He had, but it’s all about to be snatched away. When an ambitious enemy launches a sneak attack on the USA, his peaceful life is shattered and Isaac, by his very nature a loner, must band together with a ragtag group of survivors to make their way to a sanctuary, three states away in the depths of a vicious east coast winter.
It won’t be easy, the invaders aren’t the only dangers unleashed in a world suddenly turned upside down, and if they’re going to survive, they’ll need to be resourceful and ruthless and rely on others in a world where trust has been shattered.
What Amazon readers are saying:
★★★★★ “The characters are rich and believable, I was cheering, raging and crying as I read.”
★★★★★ “The story kind of sneaks up on you and before you know it, the afternoon is gone.”
★★★★★ “Compelling action! I could not stop reading this series… give me more, more, more!
★★★★★ ” I LOVED IT! I couldn’t skip words or chapters or paragraphs, I was afraid I would miss something!!!
If you like pulse-pounding action, resourceful characters and true American grit then you’ll love Hell Week, book 1 of America Falls.
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OMG, I had no idea what I was in for going into this story. It was a poll pick from my Facebook friends/followers and they made a great choice.
America Falls: Hell Week is book 1 in the America Falls series and it is absolutely amazing. The opening line grabbed my attention and led me on a race that slammed me into the last line of the book “I’ve been shot”. Needless to say I picked up book 2 immediately and continued reading.
The story revolves around Issac a survivor of a weaponized virus that has (with a small exception) killed people over the age of 17/18. Upon deciding that he is going to have to move on, he slowly begins to accumulate a small band of followers. Some will live and some will die, but all of them make an impact on the story that had me in awe. The characters aren’t just well written, fully fleshed out with depth and attitude, but they are alive. Each one of them breaths, thinks, hopes, loves, suffers loss and continues to move forward. Issac is perfect as whom the circumstance has chosen as leader. He is caring, strong, disciplined, likable, but young, naive and capable of making mistakes we all can make. His followers are an amazingly eclectic group that are diverse, interesting and to be honest I don’t know where this story would be without them. From Luke to Sonny, the invaders, secret allies and even the street gang called “The Tigers” all work together to create a story that kept this reader turning page after page afraid of what I might miss out on if I stopped turning the page.
The world building is great, the author does a wonderful job of making us feel familiar with the surroundings without boring us with too much detail. Mr Medbury’s choice of winter as the peripheral event to his story was excellent. The weather is cold, harsh, beautiful, sometimes causing problems and other times solving problems. Hence the weather becomes a character in the story as well and I think that is a brilliant and skillful move by the author.
The story comes to a dead end cliffhanger (as I mentioned above) and personally I couldn’t be happier. With Sonny’s final words of book 1, my heart skipped a beat and I rushed through my library and began reading book 2 “On The Run”.
The writing is spot on in every respect, conversations work, personal revelations work, banter between the group works, Issac has this habit, when he tells us of the people in his group, he says “and that is how I met Luke” or “and that is how I met Samara”, I absolutely love that line, it has the note of hope in it. Hope that is what it is all about, Luke’s recanting of the myth of Pandora was perfect and it came at the best moment possible in the story.
This is an amazing read and while I just started book 2 I have no doubts at all that it will be just as amazing. The idea of this fitting into a particular genre will do the reader more harm than good. Do not miss out on this story, if you want a good, fun, action packed read with excellent characters this is the book you are looking for, hands down.
This is a fast read with likable characters in a situation that could really happen. I enjoyed the book but felt like maybe it should be for young adults.