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Dayfall

A Novel

Audiobook
1 of 1 copy available
1 of 1 copy available

From Michael David Ares comes a dark new audiobook that will haunt listeners
FEAR THE DAY
In the near future, patches of the northern hemisphere have been shrouded in years of darkness from a nuclear winter, and the water level has risen in the North Atlantic. The island of Manhattan has lost its outer edges to flooding and is now ringed by a large seawall.
The darkness and isolation have allowed crime and sin to thrive in the never-ending shadows of the once great city, and when the sun finally begins to reappear, everything gets worse. A serial killer cuts a bloody swath across the city during the initial periods of daylight, and a violent panic sweeps through crowds on the streets. The Manhattan police, riddled with corruption and apathy, are at a loss.
That's when the Mayor recruits Jon Phillips, a small-town Pennsylvania cop who had just single-handedly stopped a high-profile serial killer in his own area, and flies him into the insanity of this new New York City. The young detective is partnered with a shady older cop and begins to investigate the crimes amidst the vagaries of a twenty-four hour nightlife he has never experienced before. Soon realizing that he was chosen for reasons other than what he was told, Jon is left with no one to trust and forced to go on the run in the dark streets, and below them in the maze of the underground.
Against all odds Jon still hopes that he can save his own life, the woman of his dreams, and maybe even the whole city before the arrival of the mysterious and dreaded event that has come to be known as....
DAYFALL.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 8, 2018
      In Ares’s disappointing debut, a countdown thriller set in what appears to be the near future, homicide cop Jon Phillips takes down a serial killer outside his jurisdiction, catching the eye of Rialle King, mayor of Manhattan. She wants Jon to catch a killer in the city, but there’s a catch: Manhattan has been “perpetually shrouded in night” for the decade since a nuclear event between India and Pakistan caused flooding and impenetrable darkness along much of the northeastern U.S. seaboard. The return of full daylight, dubbed “Dayfall,” is expected to occur in 24 hours, with apocalyptic implications for a city that’s become accustomed to the dark. Jon and his tough-talking partner, Frank Halliday, must find a knife-wielding killer before chaos erupts. Also at stake is a referendum vote between King and millionaire Gareth Render, who runs a private security company and plans to make it the city’s official law enforcement agency. The futuristic world is thinly drawn, and elements such as a string of nightclubs with a day care next door to facilitate 24-hour partying feel forced. With clunky prose, Ares heavy-handedly plays on current events, referring to King as the “liberal” mayor while lingering on the anti-Muslim views that Render shares with Jon’s love interest, Mallory. A few twists don’t elevate this muddled endeavor.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      For the past 10 years, Manhattan and most of the Northern Hemisphere have suffered under perpetual darkness. The city rots as sin and corruption run rampant. As daylight finally begins to break through, a serial killer's rampage throws the city into chaos. Narrator Paul Heitsch portrays small-town cop Jon Phillips, who attempts to stop the serial killer and avoid becoming entrenched in a deep conspiracy. Heitsch narrates with a methodical tone that amps up the tension. He lends Phillips a neutral tone befitting the calm hero and gives lively accents and verbal tics to a colorful cast. Heitsch's narration and energetic characterizations are contrasted with the story's gruesome violence and explosive action to great effect. J.M.M. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

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