The Last Tribe

by Brad Manuel, narrated by Scott Brick

I just finished reading The Last Tribe. I enjoyed the story but I found all the Biblical parallels trite. They were so blatant. The disease that killed the world was called "The Rapture." The pandemic paralleled Noah's flood story and in the end the survivors and their bull, cows, goats, pigs and chickens boarded an airplane and flew off to paradise to start repopulating the earth. At least the story was not preachy.The trite stuff aside, I did enjoy the story. It was not depressing. It was not a question of how many survivors can we kill off with as much gory detail as possible. This is not saying that there was no gore at all but that it was, shall we say, tastefully done. This not saying that there were no bad guys either because there were a few who got what they deserved, as should all bad guys who aren't willing to change their ways. 

 It was good people doing what they had to do when they had to do it and doing it without whining and complaining. I actually enjoyed the details of what they did to survive and to get themselves to the rendezvous point. The book was  thought-provoking. What would you do were you in a similar situation? Would you have the skills to survive? Could you find the inner-strength to carry on?  

Three stars for telling a readable post-apocalyptic story that was a bit more believable than zombies, aliens and rampaging hordes. Four and a half stars to narrator Scott Brick, who was nominated for a Audie award for this book.