Fire from the Sky

The Sanders Saga

By: N.C. Reed

Narrated by: Lee Alan

Clayton Sanders left home the minute he had his high school diploma in hand. He waited that long only because the army wouldn't accept him without one.

Now, 10 years later, he's home, with no warning, no advance notice, no anything after being gone 10 years with almost no contact with his family. Home carrying a secret that is burning him up from the inside. A secret that has pushed him to the brink, forcing him to become a criminal in order to be where his family needs him to be, even though they don't realize it yet.

Because Clayton knows something they don't. Something that hasn't happened but will. Something that will burn everything it touches. And change the face of the world forever.

©2017 N.C. Reed (P)2017 N.C. Reed

pretty engrossing

the story is good hard to stop listening want to find out what happens next., on the other hand, it's almost too fortunate to even be considered apocalyptic survival. the narration reminds me of an old radio program from the 30s, and the character of clay sounds more like Ward Cleaver then a battle-hardened special ops type.

the narration was painful

this book I started listening to and while intrigued by the story could not bear to listen to it and ended up buying the book to finish. recommend the story, enjoyable character interaction. this story ends soon after the event so I would not consider it a " post-apocalyptic" story. Get the book on this one though!

Ignore the criticism and listen to this series.

I almost never write reviews; but, after reading the reviews available, I thought I should. I have enjoyed this series. I think part of that is for the series itself, and part of that is because of the crazy world we currently live in. This is a series of books that really makes you think about all of the possibilities that could happen if modern life fell apart. It's interesting, thought provoking and entertaining.

I've read several complaints about the narrator. I think he did a good job. He has a style of narrating just like all narrators do. His style may not be for everyone, but I believe he did justice to the story in his style. If you don't like his style, move on. I've done that with other narrators without leaving a review blasting them.

I've also listened to Odd Billy Todd and the Parno series and enjoyed each of them the same.

Could have been so much better

Reed thinks it okay for men to spank their wives, hit women, and keep them in their place. Also, there is way too much religious nonsense for me. Add this to the fact that it isn't even a complete book, and that because of his mysterious source of unlimited money to prep for the upcoming disaster, they have everything they need to hunker down and survive. The President is a complete idiot, which only compounds the dire national situation. There is so much wrong with this first installment (can't even call it a complete book) that it almost takes away from the good ideas the reader can take away for their own prepping. But then no one I know has a stash of millions of dollars and resources from an African warlord. I'm a female and I'm tough as nails. Most of the women I know are. I guess Reed thinks only men read his work. Sad.

Good post digital civilization survival book!

I’ve read my share of these,Odd Billy Todd being one of them. Which is so good that my wife enjoys it when I play it on trips.
Fire from the Sky, has the benefit of having some advance notice of the impending disaster. The really good part is having some really smart and level headed people looking at a complex problem with short time to prepare and seeing the solutions from different points of view; medical, agricultural, emergency management, the list goes on and on. The characters are well developed. The narration is good. Can’t wait to hear the next book in the series!

LOVE THIS BOOK! WILL BUY THE NEXT ONE

PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE POOR REVIEWS LEFT BY OTHERS. THIS STORY HAS DEPTH AND DETAIL THAT I THROUGHLY ENJOYED. I ENJOY APOCALYPSE BOOKS BUT SOME ARE NOT THAT GREAT. I LIKE THIS AUTHORS BOOKS AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT BOOK IN THIS SERIES.

Love it!

Books 1-10 are awseome! The back and forth banter between the characters is great, and the storyline is highly entertaining!

Pity about the narrator

Here we have have a fairly engaging story that, though truly more fantasy in some ways (witch doctor?!), actually grew more irritating as it went on - due to the narrator. Here’s why:

When you have a young, Army Ranger who’s “voice” sounds like he’s in his 80’s instead of 20’s, the story takes a hit. A big hit.
Every character except the grandfather, who reminded me of a Looney Toons version of a “really old guy”, sound exactly the same - men, women and children. Okay, some female characters sound a bit different….but similar to grandpa, sound like a caricature.

Additionally,there’s not the slightest pause between change from characters’ conversations/locations, though that may merely be a result of poor editing. Either way, when Clay & his dad are discussing supplies but suddenly Laney (Lanie?) and grandpa are talking business somewhere across town, the two groups’ conversations tend to slide or merge without a slight pause. Annoying.

Otherwise….pretty entertaining.

It seems slow at times but...

The character development is very thorough. Also at times I just thought what are the odds that the main character is former SOF with a tight knit group of SOF brothers and what are the odds of unlimited financial resources? All sorts of great ideas in this book but by and large only attainable I’d you’re a millionaire. Sometimes that was beyond the scope of reality, but in the midst of all that I still found the book very enjoyable, to the point that book 2 was a no-brainer. Te voice narration is worth the listen alone!!, excellent voice characterizations and he establishes those early in the book and carries it forward through to the end.. a good read altogether, very enjoyable once you get past all the resources these guys have.

Great story

Would you listen to Fire from the Sky again? Why?

Yes, likely when/if a second book comes out I'll listen to it again.

What other book might you compare Fire from the Sky to and why?

Its hard to compare it to other post apoc books, since most of the book is the preparation for the event. In this way its got a unique feel.

What about Lee Alan’s performance did you like?

Loved all the different voices and the people portrayed, some had me laughing out loud especially the old man and the president.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The group sitting round a fire during the event and the tablet burnt out and they started to get just a small idea of what the world was going to be like.

Any additional comments?

This book has some action, suspense, plenty of humor and some utterly hilarious people and scenes. Well worth a credit or money.