Fire from the Sky

The Sanders Saga

By: N.C. Reed

Narrated by: Lee Alan

Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

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.

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.

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 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.

Starts Slow But Best Series Ever!

For me the series started slow but it builds and builds and ended up being my favorite series of all time and I have listened to almost 200 books over the years (don't watch much TV). I just finished book 8 and I highly recommend this series. I bought Odd Billy Todd on a sale and then I listened to the Parno series and both of those are very good too. I didn't think I would like this series so I put it off based on some of the reviews and honestly the first book was a little slow for me but by the end of book one, I was curious about book two, by the end of book two I could not put the series down. Not that book one was bad but it's not as good as the rest of N. C. Reed books. What I really like is the characters in the book, the need to survive against the odds and the drama adds another dimension. I listen to books with thousands of reviews and they are not as good as this series. The narrator does the voices really well. So is it worth it, yes! If there were 20 books in the series I would listen to them all and probably not get any work done.

What’s up with the static?

I like both the author and narrator and the book is a good twist to post apocalyptic genre I hadn’t thought of before. While I appreciate some of the attention getting sound effects at other times it’s just annoying and distracts from the narrative. That said I plan on purchasing the next book of the series. Good story and characters I can relate too.

liked alot about it, but

I enjoyed almost everything about this tale. Thought provoking senario. One little annoyance, the word nodded is way over used, and the narrator pronounces it "nudded", over and over again. Other wise, well done.