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After the End of the World
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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Summary
After the End of the World by Jonathan L. Howard brings the H. P. Lovecraft mythos into the 21st century.
The Unfolded World is a bitter and unfriendly place for Daniel Carter and Emily Lovecraft. In this world the Cold War never happened because the Soviet Union ceased to exist in 1941. In this world the Nazi Großdeutschland is the premier superpower and is not merely tolerated but indulged because, in this world, the Holocaust happened behind the ruins of the Iron Curtain and consumed only Bolsheviks, Communists, and others the West was glad to see gone. In this world there are monsters, and not all of them are human.
But even in the Unfolded World, there are still bills to pay and jobs to do. Carter finds himself working for the German secret security service to uncover the truth behind a major scientific joint project that is going suspiciously well. The trail takes Lovecraft and him to a distant, abandoned island and a conspiracy that threatens everything. To fight it, Lovecraft must walk a perilously narrow path between forbidden knowledge and soul-destroying insanity.
Fortunately, she also has a shotgun.
This dark, captivating audiobook will send listeners into a twisted version of the world they will be thankful not to inhabit.
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- Tomas O'CONNELL
- 29-01-23
Excellent adventure in the HP Lovecraft landscape.
Really good, if you like the HP Lovecraft mythos this spin on it is done really well, with a deft touch and respect for the original material. Great characters and pacy interesting story, narration is really good. Enjoyed the variable British accents too. Looking forward to any more books in this series.
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- James
- 04-02-19
Good sequel, promises more to come
Good sequel, promises more to come. Decent level of knowledge and influence of HP Lovecraft and an interesting alternative reality setting
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- Alison A
- 13-10-18
wonderful!
I loved this. Emily Lovecraft truly rocks! Funny, creepy and dramatic by turns. Great stuff.
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- Bob
- 24-02-22
Great Story Well Performed
Ari Fliakos performs this book in a clear and measured style. Dialogue is clean and characters easily identified.
Howard has written an engaging story with two of his established characters. There is an alternative history and the N word means something entirely different.
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- J. Wexler
- 18-01-20
Offbeat, fun and well written
Scifi, Fantasy, Lovecraftian and alternate history all in one. This was a really fun romp. Elements of Lovecraft but not horror, per se. Glad I read it.
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- Napalmtheelf
- 16-11-22
MORE JONATHAN MORE!!!
I have listened to Carter & Lovecraft and this sequel more times than I am comfortable in admitting. the characters are some of my favourites out of all the books I've have read, the story is excellent, the narrator's performance brilliant. "Oh Mr Carter......there's a NAZI to see you!!!"
I was saddened by the mention that the author doesn't actually own the rights. It was just work for another. So continuing the journey seems uncertain.
Dr Mr Howard and dear owners of the title....get together and could either the latter give the former the job of carrying on, or could the former buy the rights from the latter.
Anything to carry it on!
Good lovecraftian fiction seems woefully scarce outside of short stories and in my opinion these two books are the gold standard to date.
Sort it out please.
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- owen harkin
- 27-03-22
Great sequel
As good as the first, which is pretty good in my opinion.
I can only hope there's a third in the offing.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-10-19
great 2nd visit
Great follow up to first book , Howard captures the mythos well and accompanies it with good story in the man in the high tower genre.
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- Matt L.
- 27-10-19
Great Book
Very different. Well written. Fantastic characters. Not horror or Lovecraft, not fantasy or a detective novel but a great mix of all of those elements.
It flows very nicely on from Carter and Lovecraft, the first book in the series, and leaves the listener longing for more.
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- Ruddy good student
- 22-11-18
A Largely Successful Sequel
This next chapter in the Carter + Lovecraft story tells a different story than the one I imagined it would, but I really enjoyed it for the most part!
In particular, I really loved Howard's vision of a world in which Germany won WWII. This has certainly been done a number of times before by other writers, but Howard successfully breathes fresh life into the concept. The Carter and Lovecraft characters have knowledge of both histories and therefore all of the big and small differences between the realities. These details really help to create a convincing alternate world!
In addition to this, the way in which 'After The End Of The World' continuously makes callbacks and references to the first book was well executed and frankly refreshing. I have read sequels that gloss over the events of earlier instalments, or even alter their own continuity! This novel on the other have feels like a definite and solid continuation of the first story, hope Howard keeps this up as the books continue.
For me, 'After The End Of The World' did suffer from the same problem that 'Carter + Lovecraft' did, in that the final dozen or so chapters of the book were muddled. The first three quarters of 'After The End Of The World' were very engrossing, if not sometimes a little cliched, but as it moved towards the finale, the narrative became more confused or lost. This is particularly true of the ending to the book, which came too far out of left field in my opinion and I did not enjoy it.
This is still a successful sequel in my view, it never feels filler-y like some sequels in a series can and I am eagerly awaiting the next in the series.
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