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Without Warning Audio CD – Unabridged, February 3, 2009

by John Birmingham (Author), Tom Weiner (Reader)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 980 ratings
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On the eve of the US invasion of Baghdad, as the world waits for war, a miles-high wave of incredible power cordons a vast area from southern Canada to northern Mexico, wiping 99 percent of the US population from the face of the earth in the blink of an eye. In Seattle, at the very edge of the phenomenon, heroes must rise to meet the unimaginable challenges of food riots, mass panic, and terror. James Kipper, chief engineer of the city, and Caitlin Monroe are on the trail of a Muslim fanatic ready to take advantage of what has become known as the Disappearance. Meanwhile, General Tusk Musso and Admiral James Ritchie are trying desperately to keep the peace in a world gone mad with fear. Gritty, suspenseful, and thought-provoking, Birmingham's audacious geopolitical thriller asks what would happen to the world if America suddenly disappeared.
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  1. Book 1 of 3
    The Disappearance
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Blackstone Audio, Inc.
  4. Publication date
    February 3, 2009
  5. Dimensions
    5.3 x 1.5 x 5.8 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1433260816
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1433260810
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John Birmingham is the author of the Axis of Time trilogy and several other novels and nonfiction titles. His book Leviathan won Australia's National Prize for Nonfiction in 2002. He has written for the Sydney Morning Herald, Rolling Stone, Penthouse, Playboy, and numerous other magazines. He and his family live in Brisbane, Australia.



Tom Weiner, a dialogue director and voice artist best known for his roles in video games and television shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Transformers, is an Earphones Award winner and Audie Award finalist. He is a former member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Blackstone Audio, Inc.; Unabridged edition (February 3, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1433260816
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1433260810
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.3 x 1.5 x 5.8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 980 ratings

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    Hey there. It's me. JB. Right now I'm probably kicking back on my hovercraft somewhere in the Antilles, or the Maldives, enjoying a dissolute, essentially meaningless life funded by your generous book purchases. Please, don't make me go back to selling my bodily fluids to science. Buy my books now and I promise to keep indulging myself in grotesque pleasures and luxury that I haven't really earned.

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    I'm a primary school teacher who is living my dream of writing and publishing books! My first book, "Having It All", was released in December 2020 and I am hoping to send my second book out into the world sometime in 2021. In my personal life I love reading, too many cups of tea and going to the movies. I also spend far too much time spoiling my pet dog, Indiana Johns.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024
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Easy to read and follow. Interesting multiple story lines with conclusions. Affect of the initial disaster very plausible. Looking forward to the sequel.
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Edward J. Mathews
4.0 out of 5 stars when's the next one?
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2009
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I've read Birmingham and have been please with his past offerings. So I looked for this product to be entertaining as well. (I was a little bummed that he didn't continue his last trilogy)

As the story opens up, I must admit, that I had a feeling Birmingham was possibly portraying some anti-american bias. This gave me an uneasy feeling. I decided to stick with the story to see where he was going to take the reader and, man, am I glad I did. There was no anti-american bias. I was force to admit to myself that I was a little too sensitive to that possiblity.

As the story unfolded I was drug deeper and deeper into a fascinating account of what human nature could revert to if the world's economic foundation was suddenly removed. In addition, what would humans do to each other if the biggest baddest watch dog was suddenly knocked unconscious and had no master to provide for it?

Birmingham's account is an exciting read. It is also a little disturbing. But it is also something that everyone who has an interest in human nature should read. It left me saying..."what's next?". I can hardly wait for his next installment.
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Michael D. Silverman
5.0 out of 5 stars A disturbing and thoughtful -- but very entertaining -- apocalypse
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2009
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"Without Warning" is a science fiction/military fiction hybrid in the "kicking over anthills" school of thought (see also "Dies the Fire" by S.M. Stirling), where the author make some enormous change to the world and then lets things plays out as they may. It is not strictly alternate history, although some may categorize it as such. The premise is very simple: an energy field of unknown origin wipes out all life - and makes impenetrable - the majority of North America. In one fell swoop, the United States is no more. What happens to the rest of the world, including the remnants of the USA (mostly the military, ex-pats, and citizens of Hawaii, Alaska, and Seattle, which are outside the field)?

The book follows several groups of people as they make their way in this new world, including portions of the military, an ex-war reporter working for the BBC, the Seattle city engineer, a group of opportunistic pirates (almost, but not quite, with hearts of gold, of course!) and other various dramatis personae from around the world. Most fiction of this type doesn't deal with the in-depth motives of the players or deep character development, preferring to focus on the nitty-gritty of "what happens" and of course, action sequences. Rest assured, there is plenty of both -- excellent scenes of military activity, fighting, and general "weapons and warfare" goodness, but also a nice attention to some of the wider geo-political consequences of the excision of America from the globe (including the internal political struggles in what is left of the USA).

In short, everything goes to hell (what else did you expect) but the specific descriptions and vignettes of various disasters, such as the descent into madness in Acapulco, the initial "day after" in Paris, and a horrifying series of events in the Middle East right out of some "end of days" preacher's fantasy should give pause to nearly any reader, and certainly had me alternating between deep thought and plain old chills.

This is a damn good book, and anyone who enjoys military science fiction ought to enjoy it. There wasn't much I didn't like, although I would have liked perhaps a little more description of the wave itself, and its actual causes and effects, beyond a few early glimpses. This isn't a deal-killer by a long shot, the book isn't about the energy wave itself, except as a plot device -- the story is what happens to the rest of the world (and I suspect the wave itself will get further attention in future books in the series).

"Without Warning" is highly recommended.
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Michael Gallagher
4.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2010
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The author does a really good job of describing a possible scenario after an energy wave wipes the USA off of the map, without bogginf you down into the particulars or science of it; this is more of an emotional / human story of the world going into anarchy and civil war. He does a good job telling the story from 4 different perspectives and the effects on each.

I'm looking forward to the sequel, but will wait until the publisher-dictated price comes down to a more reasonable level.

Bottom line is this book is a good tale and worth your $$.
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Him
5.0 out of 5 stars wow
Reviewed in Germany on April 5, 2023
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...what a fun and exciting ride. Hard to put the book down, classic page Tturner. Getting the next of course.
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Pete Crowther
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, what a read...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 25, 2021
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I'm no critic, but wow, this book gets right into it, once you get settled with one set of characters, wham, off you go to somewhere else. I'm off to the next one, no messing.
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Tinaline
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in Australia on May 17, 2018
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This is the second time I have read this series and it is just as good as the first time round! John Birmingham is an excellent and knowledgeable writer with a ripper imagination and wicked sense of humour
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Punishment
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in Canada on February 22, 2013
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Excellent read. I am going to order the follow-up book to this to see where it goes from here. This was my first book by this aurthor and I'm looking forward to seeing where he goes from this.
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David N
4.0 out of 5 stars Exciting. gripping and inventive.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 19, 2022
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Really got into the characters, the story and the concept behind it. Good choice not spending too much time justifying the existence of the wave. It is a story after all.
Negative point was the dreadful certainty that we are being led towards a whole series of follow on books.
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