THE TEMPS

This apocalyptic audiobook requires a narrator who can reflect the hesitancy and false bravado of a corporate newcomer. Narrator Paul Heitsch skillfully captures the shock of a group of temps whose world is turned upside down when a toxic gas cloud settles on an outdoor gathering, killing all of Delphi Corp.'s regular employees, and billions of others worldwide. Those few hundred who were inside the sealed building at the time of the attack establish a new world order with the limited resources remaining. This arrangement works fine until a saboteur ruins their tenuous situation. Heitsch ably voices characters who go through confusion, followed by hope and contentment, and, finally, despair. He takes the conflicted characters on a journey that is fraught with obstacles before they come out on the other side. D.E.M. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2022]