Elegantly narrated by Joe Barrett a haunting, essential listen.” “Forstchen’s well-crafted and compelling story…reminds us of how helpless we’d be without modern technology-a chilling thought, as EMP is a real threat to the industrialized world. His vocal characterizations are not as good as his narrative, but they do not distract from the story overall.”

Joe Barrett’s baritone is steady and sometimes a bit gravelly, and his serious tone suits these events well. The character’s powers of ingenuity are challenged to the limit as they realize just how fragile the barrier between civilization and barbarism is. Army, retired, now a professor of history in Black Mountain, North Carolina. That’s exactly what happens in this story, which centers on Colonel John Matherson, U.S. in the event of an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) attack? The answer: Everything electronic-EVERYTHING-would be fried. “ entertaining apocalyptic thriller…fans of such classics as Alas, Babylon and On the Beach will have a good time as Forstchen tackles the obvious and some not-so-obvious questions the apocalypse tends to raise.” “Good storytelling consists very simply of creating characters so believable that the reader forms a deep bond…Shortly after the first page, I had been reeled in hook, line, and, sinker.” “Civilization slides into the abyss of a new dark age in this horrifying apocalyptic novel.” “The only thing more terrifying than this masterfully crafted story is the possibility of it actually happening-and not a damn thing being done to protect us.” with a soloist-Owen's voice-rising from the background of an orchestral narration.' Joe is married to actor Andrea Wright, and together they have four very grown children. Regarding Joe's narration of John Irving's A Prayer For Owen Meany, AudioFile said, 'This moving book comes across like a concerto. AudioFile magazine has granted Joe fourteen Earphones Awards, including for James Salter's All That Is and Donald Katz's Home Fires. He has been an Audie Award finalist eight times, and his narration of Gun Church by Reed Farrel Coleman won the 2013 Audie Award for Original Work. Joe has narrated over two hundred audiobooks. He has appeared in films and television, both prime time and late night, and in hundreds of television and radio commercials. Louis to Washington DC, San Francisco, and Portland, Maine.

He has gone on to play many stage roles, both on and off-Broadway, and in regional theaters from Los Angeles, Houston, and St. Joe Barrett began his acting career at the age of five in the basement of his family's home in upstate New York.

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