Jacey Bedford's Journal

Audiobook narrated by Victor Bevine.
After an alien invasion Earth is ruined. Even though the aliens have gone, the balance of the atmosphere has been destroyed and the seas are evaporating and the land is burning. Lucas is desperately trying to get back to his family in Portland, but when he arrives he finds nothing but a crater where the city used to be, a fellow refugee, Asha, and an alien ship which is not quite lifeless. Hardened by the last few years of suviving at all costs he doesn't trust easily, but it seems as though the only salvation lies in teaming up. This is a high body count book which combines post-apocalyptic survival with space opera. As the first book in a trilogy it doesn't quite have a cliffhanger ending, but it stops at a point which tempts you into the second book. The characters are interesting and Victor Bevine's narration is perfectly adequate.