Burning Down Boise

Book One in The Way of Dan

By: Franklin Horton

Narrated by: Kevin Pierce

Sometimes the story of an apocalypse isn’t one of tragedy, but one of opportunity....

Dan Slaughter has given up on appearances. With his wife dead and his kids grown, he’s slowly reverting back to the east Tennessee boy he used to be three decades earlier. He quit cutting his hair and started smoking pot. He drinks when he wants to and sings along with the classic songs of his lost youth.

When his childhood friend Carl dies suddenly, Dan agrees to help Carl’s mother with the estate, even when it means traveling across the country to Boise, Idaho. Worse yet, Dan has to fly and that’s no easy task for a paranoid hillbilly not used to following rules.

Once he arrives in Boise, it doesn’t take long for Dan to figure out that there’s a lot more to his friend’s death than he’d been led to believe. He begins to suspect the overdose was actually murder and he can’t let it rest.

Only days after arriving, a mysterious solar event traps Dan in the city, leaving him with no prospect of returning home anytime soon. Rather than panicking, Dan readily accepts the new state of things. For him, the apocalypse is an opportunity. With no law enforcement, his plan to deliver a dose of Tennessee justice in downtown Boise just got a whole lot easier.

©2020 Franklin Horton (P)2020 Franklin Horton

Another great book

Franklin Horton never fails to deliver. I hope the 2nd book comes soon. This series promises to be a different type of apocalyptic story and I love it.

Ready for book 2

Killed it!

Franklin Horton does it again. This is a must read!! His other series are fantastic Mad Mick, Locker Nine, etc. but this one is icing on the cake. It has humor, seriousness and concern that humans can relate to and also reminds me of a few family members I lost. If you like post apocalyptic books without all the rainbow bullcrap, check this out.

Dan is the man

Franklin's character development is one of the best in this genre. I can't wait for the next one to come out. let's see the mad mick give them a ba d at some point.

Another great book by Mr. Horton

I loved this book and the character development. Looking forward to more books in this series.

Great story and enjoyable book.

Another good one from F. B. and plausible to boot.

Another highly plausible story from Horton. Excellent narration from Pierce as usual from him.

Murder mystery with end of the world

I enjoyed this book. I was expecting an end of the world novel, but it was definitely a murder mystery during the beginning of the end of the world. Does that make sense????? Maybe book two will be different. I would recommend it.

A Hometown story

Have had grown up in Boise, I knew the areas, lakes & hot springs well. This is book one? Is there other books coming to continue the story?

Not your average apocalypse

Wow, I’ve read other of his books and many in this genre but this really is a whole new take. I hope he writes a sequel as I’m waiting to find out to find out what happens to the main character. No spoilers here

fun

I've now listen to it twice, and have referred several friends. well thought out, nice to have a book about where I live.

Standalone series by Franklin Horton

In a societal collapse unrelated to The Borrowed World, Dan is a character in his own series. There is no crossover with The Borrowed World like there was for The Mad Mick and Locker Nine. The character of Dan feels similar to Ty Stone from Hard Trauma. Carl reminded me quite a bit of Lloyd, but his presence in the story was short-lived. Overall, this was a refreshing read of an original by Franklin Horton. While I felt it ended abruptly, and there were several unrealistic situations, I still quite enjoyed the read and look forward to continuing this series.

Kevin Pierce, who read many of Franklin Horton's other books is spot on as always. That is, assuming you can forgive the lack of proper accents.