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Rivers: A Novel Audiobook, by Michael Farris Smith Play Audiobook Sample

Rivers: A Novel Audiobook

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Read By: Michael Farris Smith Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 7.67 hours at 1.5x Speed 5.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: September 2013 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781442366503

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

56

Longest Chapter Length:

30:37 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

26 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

12:18 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

6

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Publisher Description

Following years of catastrophic hurricanes, the Gulf Coast, stretching from the Florida panhandle to the western Louisiana border, has been brought to its knees. The region is so punished and depleted that the government has drawn a new boundary ninety miles north of the coastline. Life below the Line offers no services, no electricity, and no resources, and those who stay behind live by their own rules.

Cohen is one who stayed. Unable to overcome the crushing loss of his wife and unborn child who were killed during an evacuation, he returned home to Mississippi to bury them on family land. Until now he hasn't had the strength to leave them behind, even to save himself.

But after his home is ransacked and all of his carefully accumulated supplies stolen, Cohen is finally forced from his shelter. On the road north, he encounters a colony of survivors led by a fanatical, snake-handling preacher named Aggie who has dangerous visions of repopulating the barren region.

Realizing what's in store for the women Aggie is holding against their will, Cohen is faced with a decision: continue to the Line alone, or try to shepherd the madman's captives across the unforgiving land with the biggest hurricane yet bearing down, and Cohen harboring a secret that may pose the greatest threat of all.

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“A compelling plot, fueled by a mounting sense of tensionand hope in the face of increasing hopelessness, will keep readers engrossed tothe very end. Tense, moving, and expertly executed.”

— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Awards

  • Selected for the September 2013 Indie Next List

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About Michael Farris Smith

Michael Farris Smith, the author of several books, is the recipient of the 2014 Mississippi Author Award and has been awarded the Mississippi Arts Commission Literary Arts Fellowship, the Transatlantic Review Award for Fiction, and the Alabama Arts Council Fellowship Award for Literature. His short fiction has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and his essays have appeared in the New York Times, Catfish Alley, Deep South Magazine, and more.