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  • Phase One Run

  • The Growler Chronicles
  • By: Joseph Sampson
  • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
  • Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (28 ratings)

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Phase One Run

By: Joseph Sampson
Narrated by: Virtual Voice
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Publisher's summary

There are three phases to a zombie apocalypse... run... hide...fight. Billy was there right at the beginning when the first victim coughed over their lunch. Amanda was working as a nurse at the E.R. and Samantha was about to meet the cult behind the whole outbreak. Professor Preston, head of the CDC, tried to rally the forces of science, but found himself awaiting his execution in a junkyard.
The list of characters grows as they run, hide, and learn to fight, not just the growlers, but the forces that unleashed them.
The government tried nuking the growlers, but that just spread the infection.
They tried sending in tanks, but the infection got inside.
They tried sending in the marines, now the growlers have body armor.

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I like the genre.

no research went into the guns used. thats a bare minimum for me. Glocks don't have an external safety to thumb off.

The story was decent and I wouldn't mind hearing the rest of it.

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If you love zombies this book is for you!

Absolutely brilliant. This is for sure the best zombie book I have read in ages,

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Story line is good narrator sucked

Ai narrator sucked a lot a lot nothing is good with AI. They have no feelings they just suck. Ok what else do you want me to say. You keep with AI I WILL CANCEL! Is that good enough for you?

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Good story and virtual voice wasn’t horrible

I actually enjoyed this book and the only thing I wanted to hate was the virtual voice narration but the voice wasn’t bad. Pleasantly surprised and looking forward to next in the series.

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I liked It! Quite a bit.

I rated the Overall higher than the Performance and Story because Virtual Voice isn't as good as a narrator. But this one was pretty good AI narraration. The story had a lot of unique aspects but it was a little too far out in one area. But overall it's a pleasurable listen.

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nice concept for a story.

virtual voice takes away from the entire story. it destroys the performance. overall it was a good story.

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Great Story.

The AI wasn’t as bad as some Ive heard. All in all, I really enjoyed this audiobook.

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Good background noise

I think I might start writing these. Relatively predictable satisfactory anthology beginning. Would recommend because I didn’t pay for it outside my normal subscription.

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Horrible performance

the ONLY shaving grace was the story. the poor author, to have such a great story and to have it completely ruined by virtual voice. virtual voice was horrible!! mispronounced words, no emotions it was awful!!! I'm really starting to get turned off by Audible because of the virtual voice takeover!

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Not a fan of the virtual voice.

As the title state, I’m not a fan of the virtual voice. It doesn’t pronounce some words/phrases correctly. Other than that, this was a pretty good read. Really enjoyed the spin they put on the release of the zombie virus. It brought a new element to the genre.

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