Boyd Craven III has 16 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 2 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.9★ across 46 ratings. The most-rated is Blackout.
Blackout
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Westley Flagg isn't your usual lawbreaker. He's a poacher, a moonshiner, and a prepper, out of necessity. Despite trying to live on the straight and narrow, he knows the law can turn things on you in a heartbeat. When Wes has to come up with money for his Grandpa's surgery, he gets involved with an unsavory group. Living deep in poverty for most of his life, he's become resilient and flexible, but college education can only take him so far. A solar storm sends the northern lights as far south as Texas, and cascading failures in the grid cripple the nation. Now, without communications, Flagg has to prove he has what it takes to still survive.
©2018 Boyd L Craven III (P)2018 Boyd L Craven III
All Dark
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Westly and Raider are coming to grips with the new world and the tremendous changes since the solar storm caused the nationwide power failures. The problems in the Flagg household seem to focus on a coming confrontation between good people and those at the Crater of Diamonds. Wes, in the process of warning others of the danger, realized sometimes in a world gone mad, doing the right thing for the right reasons is not good enough. Sometimes, he has to do the wrong things for the right reasons to fix what’s gone wrong. As Wes and his girlfriend, Jessica, finally have their first date, Wes learns that not all of his friends are friendly. There are hidden agendas and ruthless power plays that make it difficult to tell friend from foe. Finding himself in a bind he can’t get out of, Wes needs to ensure he has the will to still survive with the consequences of his decisions, or risk losing his humanity.
©2018 Boyd Craven III (P)2018 Boyd Craven III
Dark Secrets
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The KGR seems unstoppable. To beat them, Wes fears he may have to become what he hates. An unfeeling man capable of unspeakable things. Raider, Yaeger and Diesel all try to keep the humans they own and protect safe, but the enemy seems to come in overwhelming numbers and better supplied than the humans left at the homestead. They must keep their people safe, but not everyone they protect are really their friends. Some are working against Westley's group from within, and the doggos must try to sniff out the traitor. Betrayal and secrets surround them, even some that explain Wes’s mother leaving him with his grandparents. The homestead must ferret out the traitor and shed light on these dark secrets if they have any hope of still surviving.
©2019 Boyd Craven III (P)2020 Boyd Craven III
Darkest Days
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Wes, finding himself between a rock and a hard place, had to make an impossible decision, one he's not sure he can forgive himself for. In his journey to always make the right choices, he risks his morals and the safety of those around him. Knowing exactly how he got there and unable to change his decisions, he struggles to keep going day by day. Lance and Henry weren't working alone, and as more of the opposition group’s actions are showing them to be as evil and twisted as they first seemed. If that wasn’t enough, Wes is betrayed by a friend. Not one for letting others remain enslaved, Wes’s group decides to go on the offensive. With time running out, and dark forces moving on his family, he has to become more than a simple moonshiner and occasional poacher. He has to survive what’s to be some of his darkest days and keep his humanity. With Raider being the only sane one left, he must guide his human like he’s never had to before.
©2019 Boyd Craven III (P)2019 Boyd Craven III
One Man's Opus
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Man's best friend. Rick is like many Americans. He's concerned with what he sees on the news, and how the country seems to be ready to tear itself apart. His biggest concern has been civil unrest. Already an avid camper, he sets out to secure his future, and career, by finding his own Eden. Tina is a small-business owner and knows what she wants in life. She and her furry companion find themselves at gunpoint when Rick walks back into her world and forever changes the dynamic between them. One dog, who's been the savior, protector, and companion...Opus. The owner of two humans that mostly understand him. Mostly. When the police walk into an ambush, a series of events forces the couple to bug out. The problem with having to leave for a small town, at a remote location, is it really isn't a secret. Small towns bring their own problems with crime, and power plays. Everybody knows everybody, and the gossip mill runs as fast as lightning. Will the trio be as prepared as they need to be?
©2017 Boyd Craven III (P)2017 Boyd Craven III
The Devil Dog Trilogy: Out of the Dark
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A reluctant hero. Devil Dog, book one: Dick aka Devil Dog's world changes drastically when the EMP takes out the power grid. The loss of electricity brings out the darker side of human nature across the city. A homeless Marine veteran living in the abandoned tunnels beneath Chicago, he's far better prepared than most people. Good folk have survived, but they are often outnumbered and outgunned. Only the tunnels provide the safety he needs. Devil Dog becomes the reluctant savior of women and children from the worst of the gangs that now rule topside. Doing the right thing makes him new enemies, driving him ever deeper into the tunnels that keep his charges safe - until he runs across a young woman who might be his daughter. The Devil’s Road, book two: With the horrors of Chicago put down hard, Dick aka Devil Dog, Jamie, Mel, Luis, and Courtney head west, where they are hoping to reunite with family. There are only a few problems along the way.... Only a few. Rabid Cannibals, hunted by psychotic raiders, and a town that's forcing a "tithe" on travelers and a government gone wild...all before the main event.... If you like a good old-fashioned "good guys vs. bad guys" fast-action and a post-apocalyptic thriller, you're going to love the Devil Dog Saga. The Devil’s Due, book three: Live like the dead, or sleep like the dead? Dick makes his choice.... Dick is finally clean - mind and body - from his poisonous addiction, only to be sent reeling again upon awakening and discovering Steve and Jamie have startling secrets of their own. It will take every ounce of focus and resolve to shake off his new reality and make a trek to Arkansas to reunite with his wife and daughter, especially with the other challenges he faces along the way. He thought he was ready to face the world anew, until he realized the world was out to get him first. Devil Dog III is the ending to the action-packed prepper thriller trilogy, filled with real-life gut-wrenching decisions, and a twist so sharp it may snap your neck. Proceed with caution!
©2018 Boyd L. Craven III (P)2018 Boyd L. Craven III
Dark Hope
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Wes and Raider have found themselves in the thick of things once again. The KGR are hitting back relentlessly and, with Jessica’s group feared to be wiped out, the homestead falls into a quiet panic. Paranoia is running rampant, and rightly so: there’s a mole who has been working for Spider in their midst. After learning more about how the KGR operate, and where some of their caches are, Wes’s group goes on the offensive. Everything changes with Jess’s revelation; they know they have to keep the pressure up to keep their freedom. Even with Spider’s taunting and the knowledge that he has more moles planted within Wes’s inner circle, the group pushes on. They are outmanned, outgunned, and running low on supplies. It’s time for them to become even more unconventional. Wes has to go back to his roots to come up with a plan to not only flush out the traitors, but to put a major hurt on their foes. The group has underestimated the ruthless nature of the KGR and is thinking they are finally getting ahead of their enemies, when Emily starts to unravel. There’s hope, but will that dark hope be enough for everyone to still survive?
©2019 Boyd Craven III (P)2019 Boyd Craven III
Behind the Curve: Book 1
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People started getting sick... When the pandemic hit, nobody was expecting it to be as bad as it was. The economy barely survived the lockdowns, but it staggered along until civil unrest shattered people’s hope of better times to come. With it being an election year, more and more Americans were waking up to the idea that they truly were behind the curve. The hope was if they did not get sick, run out of money, or could avoid violent mobs, they would be fine. The collapse happened so gradually, nobody saw it coming...but the very few. Lifelong friends... Three doctors, a realtor, a contractor, and a pro shooter/model, make up the couples who had been lifelong friends and pooled their money to prepare for hard times. They soon find out money cannot buy you everything, even safety and security. A jealous rancher wants to buy their land and does not want to take “no” for an answer. More than once, Lyle and his family are found on the wrong side of the fence. With human remains found on the new property, the mystery deepens, as the world around them slowly descends into chaos.
©2020 Boyd Craven III (P)2020 Boyd Craven III
Good Fences
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Brian Cartwright just wants to work and run his farm in peace. The police keep showing up as the HOA from the new neighborhood keeps filing nuisance complaints against him and his farm. What makes matters worse, his former boss George and his son built a big house overlooking the farm. His prepping lifestyle and following the news online is his only other hobby other than church activities. George's son is the teenager responsible for causing the accident that killed Brian's wife. Every interaction with the power hungry father drives him insane. To make matters worse, George's son has been trespassing and gets injured on Brian's property causing him to build bigger and taller fences. The neighbors that once shunned Brian Cartwright now need him like never before. America has been attacked with an EMP and they find themselves requiring the help of the widowed farmer the same time he realizes he needs them as well. When things get dicey, can they mend the wall, or do good fences make good neighbors?
©2015 Boyd Craven III (P)2015 Boyd Craven III
Opus Oddessey: A Survival and Preparedness Story
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Man's Best Friend Almost a year after Rick walked back into Tina's life, they find themselves at a virtual crossroads. It's time for Rick to meet Tina's family. Opus has healed from his gunshot, though he's a little older and slightly slower. Setting out to meet the parents becomes an epic adventure in Rick and Tina's mind. Because of timing, they decide to road trip across the USA. Tina chronicles their experiences with a camera and Facebook Live videos while interviewing Rick. Cryptic and threatening messages keep turning up, bad luck follows the couple on their trek across the country. To make matters worse, Rick fears a cyber breach, and somebody from both of their pasts is released from prison. Watching over them, one dog, who's used to protecting the humans he owns. Opus. He is happily along for the ride to make sure they don't do anything they would regret, but when the fur starts to fly, he comes out of retirement. When the bullets start buzzing through the air, and a mad dash across a desert landscape ends them up slightly lost, it'll take Rick, Tina, and Opus to work in concert to survive the ordeal. Unfortunately, that isn't the worst of it. They find themselves alone, cut off, stuck in the desert without their preps, hunted by a madman with no fear of death. Can the trio survive?
©2017 Boyd L. Craven III (P)2017 Boyd L. Craven III
Archie's Heart
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In a world of stolen liberty, a soldier's valor becomes a symbol for the fight for freedom. Archie's Heart is a war story - a collaboration novel by four post-apocalyptic authors: L.L. Akers, Boyd Craven III, P.A. Glaspy, and L. Douglas Hogan.
©2018 L.L. Akers, Boyd Craven III, P.A. Glaspy, L. Douglas Hogan (P)2019 L.L. Akers, Boyd Craven III, P.A. Glaspy, L. Douglas Hogan
Flirting with Death
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Jim thought he had everything a man could ever want. A job, an apartment, and a girlfriend, Janie, who he was working on getting back. But then, tragedy struck. After her funeral, Jim travels to northern Michigan to decompress and deal with his feelings in a rustic log cabin owned by his deceased girlfriend's family. Not only is the cabin off the grid, it is a place of peace and solitude, that is, until the Ebola virus is unleashed upon the USA. In a panic, the CDC and the FDA release a vaccine that's only just started testing.... Now the infected roam the world, and even in northern Michigan, Jim isn't safe. He eagerly awaits Janie's family to join him; they are preppers, who may be the key to his survival, and they are the only family he has left. In a world of the infected, can he carve out a slice of safety and sanity?
©2014 Boyd Craven (P)2015 Boyd Craven
Behind the Curve: Book 2
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Securing their sanctuary The Sheriff's Department is forced to hand the investigation of the bones to the state police. The case has become too big for the department to investigate alone. The group complies and tries their best to mend fences within the law enforcement community and the neighbors. Surprisingly, their generosity is much appreciated. A man with a heart set on revenge As the virus ravaged US businesses, the effects could be felt all the way down to the supermarket. The USDA and FDA started imposing purchasing limits on essentials, especially food. They have volunteered to buy any excesses that do not get sold while they attempt to stop people from "hoarding" food and necessities so they can be redistributed to those in greater need. A President who had enough With the POTUS's proclamation that Antifa and those who would loot and burn down the country be arrested, the violence only intensified. Agent Sullivan and Jake Kendricks both have their shots at the Langtry farm, who just will not comply. Will their efforts work, or will they be behind the curve?
©2020 Boyd L Craven III (P)2020 Boyd L Craven III
Opus Adventure
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Rick, Tina, and their new family members embark on a journey with Annette to Miami, Florida, for a cruise where trouble was brewing. Once again, Rick, Tina, and their furry owners must use their preps and wits to survive the fury of more than a mere hurricane. With first Tina and then Owen going missing, Rick and his canines must race to find them before it's too late.
©2018 Boyd Craven III (P)2018 Boyd Craven III
The World Burns: A Post-Apocalyptic Story
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Tension grips the country as the nuclear talks with Iran start to go poorly. This is largely ignored by the populace, and the threat of war goes unheeded. Blake has lived his life through hard work and his blog - Back Country J. He's an off-grid homesteader, blogger, and author. He has the life that preppers dream of, and he never knows it. As an on-again-off-again handyman, he learns how to fix everything in his life except loneliness, until he meets Sandra. Sandra is an army veteran who has caught his attention, and she's also the preacher's daughter. Sparks fly the first time they meet, and the shy hermit asks her out on a date. Follow the couple as they try to survive raiders, hunger, and human nature when the balloon goes up after an EMP is set off.
©2015 Boyd L Craven III (P)2015 Boyd L Craven III
Rebel Radio: A Post-Apocalyptic Story
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A raw and gritty standalone novel in The World Burns saga. Life after an EMP puts the US in the dark ages is not an easy one. Life is dangerous and difficult enough without humans preying on each other. Don, an alcoholic, and a gamer girl called "Z" make an odd introduction together and find themselves thrust into a survival situation neither of them are prepared to endure. A ghost from Don's past surfaces - one who's responsible for his pain and suffering. Can both Don and Z endure in a world that has gone crazy, when all they want to do is keep on living?
©2015 Boyd L. Craven III (P)2015 Boyd L. Craven III