ARkStorm

By: Bobby Akart

Narrated by: Kevin Pierce

Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins

Publisher's summary

California faces threats from earthquakes, droughts, and wildfires.
Yet, there is another cataclysm, enormous rivers of rain whose fury
have wreaked havoc and ruin in the past.

Scientists' fears have been realized. They’re coming.

ARkStorm – The Other Big One.

A standalone disaster thriller from international best-selling author, Bobby Akart, one of America's favorite storytellers, who delivers up-all-night thrillers to listeners in 245 countries and territories worldwide.

Akart's standalone novel, ARkStorm, is based on actual events. In 1861, a 43-day series of atmospheric rivers, huge flows of moisture carried from the tropics to the West Coast, turned large swaths of California into an inland sea. The intense rainstorms pounded the state unabated with little respite. Rivers became raging torrents that swept away entire communities, killing thousands. The State’s Central Valley turned a massive body of water 300-miles long and 20-miles wide.

It's happened before. It’s happening again.

Atmospheric currents pluck out a long tendril of water vapor and funnels it toward the West Coast. The plume of water vapor is immense, more than 1,200 miles long, and seething with ferocious, hurricane-strength winds. When it is converted to liquid, the flow of atmospheric river is 26 times the volume of the Mississippi River.

As this torpedo of moisture reaches the coast, it crashes into the mountains and is thrust upward. It kicks off torrents of rain and blizzards.

Levees and dams are breached.

Mudslides and avalanches are triggered.

Many thousands die.

Sammy Hendrick and her husband Tyler are relative newcomers to the state. While Ty is immersed in preparations for the upcoming Rose Bowl, newly-minted attorney Sammy is taking care of her brother-in-law’s young daughters whose parents are on vacation.

New reports of the heavy rainfall is largely shrugged off as media-hype to drive ratings. Climatologists begin to use terms like thousand-year floods as their climate change models are realized. An important few, see the ARkStorm coming.

Los Angeles County Deputy Fire Chief, Finn O’Brien, has seen the beautiful landscape of the mountains devastated by wildfire. He fought the Station Fire in 2009 and found himself battling a similarly devastating fire that Fall. When the rains begin, he voices his concerns to his neighbors who, following the media’s lead, disregard the threats.

Then, the deluge of rainfall begins. And, it seemed it would never end.

Will Sammy and Ty be reunited? Can a neighborhood come together to survive? Their lives are about to change forever.

This modern-day, fact-based novel will have you whispering just one more chapter until the end.

©2023 Crown Publishers Inc. (P)2023 Crown Publishers Inc.

Great!

Again Mr. Akart did not disappoint! Great story and kept me on the edge of my seat.

Great non-stop action.

Great read/listen. Action oriented with realistic characters and superior, multifaceted story and EXCELLENT narration and articulation.

Flood

This a usual has been a riveting read. Just couldn’t stop listening to see what was going to happen next. Wonderful storyline read by the best narrator! Keep it up Bobby Akart and Kevin Pierce!

Intense

Over the course of the book the author paints very clear imagery of how the disaster is affecting the geography. The characters decisions felt relatable and believable.

The information contained in the book.

I like this author and his story. He does a lot of research and has ties to historical evidence to show hey this has happened before and will happen again. Prepare. Prepare. Prepare.

Makes You Think

Another breathtaking book that you couldn’t stop listening to till it ended.
Bobby writes and Kevin reads and the pair can’t be beat. Can’t wait till the next book.

Great survival story!

Bobby Akart definitely is skilled in storytelling, especially survival/apocalyptic stories. The only complaint I have is that I wish it had been longer. I've always loved the way he builds a story as well as characters. The narrator did a phenomenal job as well. I really enjoy what he adds to the story!

Excellent!!! Edge of your seat!!! Emotional!!!

This book was so good, at times I forgot it wasn’t real!!! I can’t wait to read his next book!

Finally a good book I can listen to without being blindsided by smut!

I've been into disaster stories since watching Twister as a child and even more interested in what is coming one day. I've also been trying to find a good book series I can listen to around my kids or just by myself that I don't have to hear about someone's unit in exaggerated detail repeatedly. The story flows consistently and everyone's part blends seamlessly and the only think I can think of that bothered me ( I mean it didn't even bother me much at all) was there seemed to be a lot of different threats happening over and over but that being said I was on the edge of my seat the entire time.

Love Bobby Akart!

I’ve never been a big reader because I get bored so quickly and need to get up and do something but I’ve read all of his books and ARkStorm is another great book by Bobby Akart. I can’t wait for his next book to come out!