The Empty World
- Author D.E. Stevenson
- Narrator Jilly Bond
- Publisher Ulverscroft Ltd
- Publish Date 26 March 2026
- Run Time 9 hours and 47 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Dystopian and utopian fiction, Romance, Romantic suspense, Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic.
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What to expect
Boarding an airliner headed from New York to London, writer Jane Forrest knows it will be a turbulent flight.
An electrical storm stands between Jane and London. When a spectacular surge of lightning illuminates the clouds below them and the airliner is knocked off course, Jane turns to the dashing, intelligent Sir Richard Barton in the next seat. As dawn breaks, Jane realises there are no lights on the ground and the radio is jammed.
When the airliner is safely landed on a deserted airfield they find cars abandoned and a mysterious lack of people on the deathly silent streets of Glasgow. Believing she will be safe in the arms of Sir Richard, it’s not until he is mysteriously taken ill that Jane questions her love...
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