In the year 2060, a therapist named Kate takes a job at a government run underground seed storage bunker in rural Montana. She quickly learns that the facility has many more uses than what the public is told. After making fast friends with two mechanical engineers and a virologist working on an emerging DNA virus, Kate begins to settle in to her new position and new life. Everything changes when a nuclear strike is detected headed for the mainland U.S. The true perpetrators of this strike are a mystery to all. Kate, along with her new friends, do what they must do in order to keep not only themselves alive, but the rest of humanity as well.
Having read and enjoyed both Down The Path and Further: Down The Path 2, I really looked forward to this book, the prequel to those stories. This book contains a complete story, and can be read as a stand-alone, but is much more fun if you've read the other two books first.
I enjoyed the characters and the story of the friendships formed between them. The plot has a twist or two that kept things very interesting. The richly detailed description of the location makes me want to go see that part of Montana for myself. There is an underlying theme of hope in this author’s books that I find refreshing, and this book has it as well. This story details the downfall of a technology and weaponry heavy society, without destroying all hope for the future of humanity. Travis Mohrman has a knack for portraying people realistically, with their assorted quirks as well as hopes, fears, and skills. How these characters deal with each other determines the path to the future that is the setting for the first two books.
I found the book to be very enjoyable reading, and a satisfying conclusion to the series.
I guess this is a prequel to the other books in the series and came out after them. but I read it first and enjoyed it. Good characters and plot. I read a lot of apocolyptic stories and kind of nice to have one that isn't about zombies or mutants or power hungry tribes of cannabilistic warriors. At least not so far. Looking forward to the next books, which I'm going to start now.
Finding Their Path was just as enjoyable as the first two of the series and it shows obvious improvements in Mohrman's writing abilities. As mentioned, this book is the third in a series. The first is Down The Path and second is Further Down Path. Finding Their Path is a prequel of sorts. It details how the world came to be in the state it is in during the first two books. I don't want to give away any of the story, but I will say that, after I completed it, I began looking at quite a few things very differently in my life and work. Did it bring on bouts of slight paranoia? Perhaps. An extra drink here or there... maybe. Yet, in the end, this book left me more so with a feeling of happiness and warmth than anything else, much like Further Down the Path did. Mohrman has an uncanny way of doing that.
Interesting story. Makes you wonder if we are becoming too lazy and dependent on technology. Answered some questions I had from the previous two books. Would have liked more information about the town the characters in the story made their homes at the end. I would recommend it.
In essense, this book was a prequel to the first 2. I still liked it but not as much as the first two. Not as much character development in this one but I liked learning how the "world" came to be in the state the first two books were set in. Characters did fit into typical archetypes with some predictability. There were a few nice revelations that tied specific locations/things from this book to the other two as well. Well written with believable dialogue, only a few grammatical error were noticed.
A great premise of the apocalypse! Mohrman develops this prequel to "Down the Path" with a unique and satisfying spin on the state of the world. It takes a clear and detached personality to see the solution to what threatens us all, and not a decision that can be lightly taken. I enjoy Mohrman's patient writing and care taken to round the characters out. It's a great story that doesn't rush to the excitement but doles it out in finely crafted doses.
It's a great read: With strong characters and a driven plot, it rounded out the whole saga and provided a drop shadow-like depth and context for the other books. Really enjoyed it. On the down side, it needed more beer - as a plot device and as a reader's tincture!
As with the rest of this series, I loved this book! Now we know how everything went bad and I like knowing. Great story and wonderful characters. Keep writing Travis, and I'll happily keep reading.
A prequel of sorts, this book did a lot of explaining the roots of the problems dealt with in Down the Path and Further. Another great read and I feel lucky to have stumbled on such a talented cat so early in his career. This guy can spin a yarn. seriously. It has a pretty cool title too!
Even though it's lacking Cooper and some of the other characters readers have grown fond of, this is the best written and fastest paced book of the series, and it doesn't hurt that this book gives background into why the bunker was built and how Hunter's world came about.
Prequel to "Down the Path" and "Further", this was my favorite of the three. Post apocalyptic fiction is not my favorite genre but I really enjoyed this book as well as the others in the series. Well written and the story kept moving, making it easy to stay interested.