TRACKERS; books 1 & 2 by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Narrated by Bronson Pinchot

TRACKERS; Trackers Book 1

Much Needed Departure from Zombies

THE HUNTED; Trackers Book 2

E.M.P. Not the Star of this Show

I am reviewing these two book s together since I listened to them back-to-back and they do seem to form one contiguous story.  I have listened to several books by Smith strictly because I am a great admirer of the narrator, Bronson Pinchot. The books in the Extinction Cycle are above average Zombie fare and Smith has demonstrated to me that he understands what makes for interesting action sequences. The two Tracker books here are a welcome relief from the frantic Zombie books he usually offers. I recommend listening to the afterward first before starting the first novel. It will give you an appreciation as to what Smith was attempting.

When I first approached the book I was sure that it would be a carbon copy of the book One Second After, but—to my relief—it is chiefly a book concerning the efforts to track down criminals in the worst possible circumstance—the aftermath of an E.M.P. strike. Personally I thin thet E.M.P. effect is down-played too much but Smith manages to tell a decent story with this situation used as the back-drop.

Bronson Pinchot is good, as always, but he really did not have enough quirky characters with which to flex his vocal cords. Most of the characters are small town Americans. I hear those voices every day. But Pinchot is faithful to the story and does not engage in an extra exaggeration.