Joey Wells Audiobooks

The Grid Is Gone: EMP Survival in a Powerless World, post-collapse fiction

1 audiobook reviewed

★ 4.5/5 average

144 listener ratings

Who is Joey Wells?

The lights go out and they stay out. That single premise has powered a whole strand of modern fiction, and Joey Wells works it directly in The Grid Is Gone, which our catalogue gathers under the banner EMP Survival in a Powerless World.

The shelving lands in four places at once, from crime and thriller through to science fiction, which is a fair reflection of how this kind of story behaves. A science-fictional premise supplies the setting, the tension belongs to the thriller, and the questions about neighbours, supplies and improvised order are plain human drama. Just under seven hours keeps the pace tight, which suits a scenario running on urgency.

Joey Wells in audiobooks

Jess Trepanier reads, and the recording has drawn well over a hundred ratings settling comfortably above four stars, which in post-collapse fiction indicates a story that delivers on its premise rather than merely announcing it.

Begin here if the subgenre is new to you. Under seven hours is a low-cost way to discover whether survival fiction suits your temperament, and the setup asks for no prior reading. Those who already know the territory will find the familiar pleasures intact and briskly handled. Look below for the current listing.