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Brace for Impact by Harley Tate
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Brace for Impact

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Length 6 hours 39 minutes
Language English
Narrators James Patrick Cronin & Julie McKay

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This time, an EMP is only the first strike?



With a credible threat to the United States and a plane stuck on the tarmac, Grant Walton is thirty seconds from full-blown panic mode. He's the only one in the airport who knows the truth. When the power goes out, he can't waste another second. It's the beginning of the end and every man for himself.



A nuclear attack will rip the country apart.



Leah Walton is wrapping up a twelve-hour shift as a nurse in the heart of the city. When the power goes out, the hospital operates on crisis mode. She can't stop to breathe, let alone check her messages. When she finally listens to her husband's frantic calls, she's faced with an impossible choice: leave or die trying.



Could you drop everything to save yourself?



Grant and Leah race the clock to find each other before the United States is plunged into chaos. When the bombs fall, their worst fears come true. Can Grant make it home in time to find his wife? Will Leah escape the brunt of the blast?



The EMP is only the beginning.



Brace for Impact is book one in Nuclear Survival: Southern Grit, a post-apocalyptic thriller series following ordinary people struggling to survive after a nuclear attack plunges the nation into chaos.

Harley Tate writes edge-of-your-seat post-apocalyptic fiction exploring what happens when ordinary people are faced with impossible choices.

James Patrick Cronin began his audiobook career at twelve years of age opposite Christopher Lloyd in the book-on-tape of The Pagemaster. A classically trained stage actor with an MFA from the University of Louisville and a degree in philosophy, James has spent his years since college performing as an actor and a comedian on stages all over the world. He has performed everything from the classics to original material in Ireland, Scotland, Serbia, and Israel, as well as throughout the US. He has recorded over 100 audiobooks across an extensive range of genres.

Julie McKay is a Los Angeles-based narrator with New York roots, a degree in music, and a background in classical theater. As a musician, she has sung professionally in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. As an actor, she has worked at Shakespeare festivals and regional theaters across the country as well as Off-Broadway in New York. A wild reader all her life, Julie loves entering the world of a book and bringing it to life for the listener. She is also a passionate home baker and enjoys traveling and exploring new places. In her spare time, Julie and her husband foster and train rescue dogs.

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