Last man standing is a story of a man (and a parrot) desperate to survive. Ray Barclay is the only survivor after an attack on a space center, but the problems has only just begun. This is book 1 in The Earthburst saga.

I have no idea how possible all of the things that happen are. And some things seemed unrealistic, but the story itself and the execution was good, entertaining, a little scary, and sometimes even a little funny. I also liked how Ray solved all the problems he faced, and how he managed to keep calm, or as calm as you can in a situation like this. All in all a good, entertaining book that I recommend if you like space, sci-fi or one man trying to survive with little to no help.

The narrator of this book, Scott Aiello does a great job getting the story to life.

Oh my gosh! Why have I never read this author before? "Last Man Standing" is the first in the Earthburst Saga series and guarantees to pull you right in!!👨‍🚀🚀

Ray Barclay is a visiting researcher using The International Space Station to test his experiment on a newly discovered mineral for biofuel. It's too dangerous to test on Earth if it goes kaboom so he's in space at their testing chamber which is separate from the main module to make sure that if things go wrong, no one else dies.

Days later, Ray's excited to tell everyone what he accomplished. When he got back to the main ISS he found that everyone was dead. What happened while he was away?

This is a survival mystery sci-fi thriller of a guy whose plan is to be in space for two months for his research and returns home to his wife Eve and son Joe. He's alone now but Ray proves to be resourceful, smart, witty, and very likable. There's science but not too heavy and doesn't feel bogged down. I thought the first-person narrative was a perfect choice for the story as Ray tries to stay alive in space, solves various problems, finds a way to return to earth, and helps mankind.

🎧Scott Aiello does an outstanding solo narration for the story. I laugh out loud at times. He really brings the character to life with his performance.

I received the NetGalley audio book or Craig Falconer's Last Man Standing. It is an extremely fast-paced science fiction and action novel with a scientist protagonist, Ray Barkley. I thoroughly enjoyed Ray's problem solving ability as he comes out of a successful experiment in a separate arm of a commercial space station to find everyone else dead, hence the title. The author's pacing kept me listening (or turning the page) as Ray never quits. It may seem that with a sole character there would be difficulties with Ray's development and depth but Falconer uses Ray's past friendships with the people on the space station, the family ties, and in a surprising move, a bird from one of the other experimental arms. I have pre-ordered the eBook and highly recommend the series.

This was an awesome audiobook, I finished a couple of days ago the Hail Mary (audiobook) and I must say that this one is as good, if you liked the hail Mary you will like this one, maybe is not that big on science, but in the other hand the main character in this book sounds more relatable, he is a broken human with his fears, flaws and traumas just like you and me and I did enjoy that a lot.
And when Ray thinks about his past is not as detailed as in Andy weir books and that for me was a plus. The only down of this book is, that it is a trilogy and we will need to read what comes next to know the end of the story, but that is not a deal breaker for me.

Also the person that was reading this book, Scott Aiello was the PERFECT voice to give life to Ray, and all the cast of this book, this was 5 out of 5 I loved each minute of this audiobook. I highly recommend this Audiobook.

Thank you NetGalley and RB Media for the Wonderful AAC and this is my honest opinion.

This is an insanely entertaining sci-fi adventure. Ray Barclay just made a breakthrough discovery in an international space station that will revolutionize the world. He comes out to celebrate and finds everybody dead. He’s alone in space, but if only he can get into the control station he can call for help. First, he needs to restore oxygen to the station. Every single time Ray fixes something, another problem comes up and every thing he learns about his situation makes his situation worse. Ray’s situation is very similar to Mark Watney’s… that is, if besides space, actual bad people were trying to kill him. Oh, yes, and did I mention there may not be an Earth to return to? This is popcorn fiction at its best. Suspenseful, fun, insanely entertaining and addictive. Ray is well rounded, with his flaws and hangups. He’s also brilliant and is doing the best that he can. Scott Aiello brings that warmth to his audiobook performance. Ray sounds like a genuinely likable and relatable guy (despite being a literal genius). The only negative thing I can say about this excellent audiobook is that it’s part of a series and we’ll need to wait to find out what happens next. Five supernovae!
I chose to listen to this audiobook and all opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased. Thank you, #NetGalley/#RB Media, Recorded Books!

I wanted to like this, I really did, but it just didn't work for me. My main issue is that, in the heat of a stressful moment, people don't do these long, deep reflections.