Audiobooks by James Axler

Zero City [Dramatized Adaptation] Audiobook

The nuclear Armageddon of 2001 put the world on an odyssey of savage rebirth. Now, little more than a hundred years after the blast, the quest for power is viciously embraced by America's new masters, barons commanding fortresses called villes, policed by stone hearts called sec men. But even in this dark new world, heroes and legends are emerging. One of them is a warrior survivalist named Ryan Cawdor, believed to possess pre-apocalyptic knowledge that holds hope for a beleaguered future. Hungry and exhausted, Ryan and his band emerge from a redoubt into a remarkably untouched pre-dark city and uncover a cache of weapons and food. But the group is not alone. Among other interlopers, the city is guarded by huge winged creatures, protecting the grisly secrets of a nearby barony. Holed up inside an old government building, where Ryan's son, Dean, lies near death, Ryan and Krysty must raid the treacherous ville across the desert where a local baron uses human flesh as fertilizer. In the Deathlands, evil is unstoppable.

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Colleen Delany, Mark Delgado, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny (Narrator)

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Wretched Earth [Dramatized Adaptation]

After the Megacull, the weak died off, so that a century later, the living have descended from only the toughest stock. Still, it takes more than strength to survive Deathlands. It takes skill, cunning and a warrior's heart. But for Ryan Cawdor, staying alive isn't just about living. In this nuke-transformed America, it helps if somewhere, deep inside, there's hope of finding something better. A virulent strain of a predark biowep has been unleashed upon the denizens of northern Kansas, turning them into rotting, flesh-eating monsters. Running from the mindless, soulless rottie hordes, Ryan and his companions arrive in the civil-war-torn ville of Sweetwater Junction. They've got one shot at beating the hungry rotties: turn the bloodlust of the ville's warring factions away from each other and toward a common enemy. But that means splitting up and hiring on as sec for both sides and surviving the firefight-before the real hell is unleashed. In Deathlands, time is blood.

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Alyssa Wilmoth, Bradley Smith, Christopher Graybill, Colleen Delany, Danny Gavigan, David Coyne, David Harris, Delores King Willams, Elizabeth Jernigan, Evan Casey, Gary Telles, Gregory Gorton, James Konicek, Joe Brack, Johann Dettweiler, Karen Novak, Ken Jackson, Kimberly Gilbert, Lily Beacon, Michael Glenn, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Nathanial Perry, Nick Depinto, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Tim Carlin, Yasmin Tuazon (Narrator)

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Wreath of Fire [Dramatized Adaptation]

The nuke caust that gave birth to the garrisoned cities and the hell-zones of the Outlands was the calculated stroke of a dark conspiracy that haunts humanity. Now, as this evil specter continues its secret war to conquer what is left of civilization, a dedicated group dares to expose the truth about earth's sinister overlords... A former enforcer of the new world order, Kane and his fellow exiles hazard the treacherous no-man's-land of what was once Utah. Here, a ruthless woman warrior with a reputation for scorched earth may become the ally they are seeking to expand their power base against earth's alien oppressors. Or she may be a doomsday force eager to destroy anything that interferes with her own quest for power.

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Colleen Delany, David Coyne, Delores King Williams, Elisabeth Demery, Eric Messner, James Lewis, Karen Carbone, Ken Jackson, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny, Tim Carlin (Narrator)

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Who Lives and Who Dies [Dramatized Adaptation]

Ryan Cawdor has been narrowly rescued from a harrowing, uncontrolled plummet through the maelstrom of time, only to find himself stranded in a place outside of the reality he knows, his savior not quite the man he appears to be. At the Cawdor family home of Front Royal, the companions meet Ryan's long lost son, who is no longer who he once was. They learn Front Royal has fallen to invaders, forces under the command of a long-time bitter enemy, and constant nemesis. Woefully outnumbered, as the birth of Krysty Wroth's child grows imminent, the reunited companions must somehow devise a way of stopping the monsters and madmen who collectively are the Magus. Performed by Richard Rohan; Colleen Delany; Terence Aselford; Delores King Williams; Alejandro Ruzi; Laura C. Harris; Chris Rohan; Tia Shearer; Carolyn Kashner; Bill Gillett; Yasmin Tuazon; David Harris; Zeke Alton; Todd Scofield; Bradley Smith; Chris Davenport; Jonathan Feuer; Andrew Quilpa; Evan Casey; Andy Clemence; Ren Kasey; Drew Kopas; Matthew Bassett; James Lewis.

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Alejandro Ruiz, Bill Gillett, Carolyn Kashner, Chris Rohan, Colleen Delany, Delores King Williams, Laura C. Harris, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Tia Shearer, Yasmin Tuazon (Narrator)

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Way of the Wolf [Dramatized Adaptation]

The bleak nightmare of the nuclear winter has abated, but the Earth is scarred, its ecosystems poisoned, many of its life forms mutated and struggling for existence. Here, in the torn remnants of America, Ryan Cawdor and his warrior survivalists stake their claim as the inheritors of Deathlands, their unforgiving world. Looking for respite after a bitter struggle in Kentucky's Hazard ville, the wayfarers must make do with Arctic tundra and earthquakes. Trapped in the hostile landscape by a mattrans jump, Ryan and companions find the ultimate challenge to their will to survive. The odds dwindle when they become the new bounty in a struggle for dominance between a group of Neanderthals and descendants of a military garrison stranded generations ago. Deathlands. A perilous journey through uncharted territory.

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Amanda Thickpenny, Andy Clemence, Chris Graybill, Chris Rohan, Christopher Graybill, Colleen Delany, Delores King Williams, Dylan Lynch, Elisabeth Demery, Greg Reinfeld, Jeff Baker, Johann Dettweiler, Ken Jackson, Lily Beacon, Michael Glenn, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Nathanial Perry, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny, Tim Getman (Narrator)

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Watersleep [Dramatized Adaptation]

In the altered reality of the Deathlands, America's coastal waters haven't escaped the ravages of the nukecaust, but the awesome power of the oceans still rules here. It's a power that will let Ryan Cawdor, first among post-holocaust survivors, ride the crest of victory-or consign his woman to the raging depths. Emerging from a gateway on the ruins of the Georgia coastline, Ryan Cawdor and his warrior survivalists embark on a voyage up the Atlantic coast. But treachery awaits as they're beset by pirates, then a violent storm that pulls Krysty Wroth and Jak Lauren beneath the waves. Now Ryan must contend with a self-proclaimed lord of the sea as he struggles to reclaim what's his from a watery grave. In the Deathlands, there's no waking from the nightmare...

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Colleen Delany, David Coyne, Delores King Williams, Dylan Lynch, James Lewis, Joe Brack, Ken Jackson, M.B. Van Dorn, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Tim Getman (Narrator)

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Warlord of the Pit [Dramatized Adaptation]

The war to pull Earth and humanity back from the iron grip of slavery shifts against an inhuman enemy both calculating and unpredictable. For those with the knowledge and will to reclaim their planet, a blueprint for survival has emerged: to challenge the future, they must reckon with the chilling and immutable past. Several baronies have disappeared, as if swallowed by the earth. Strange disturbances lead Kane and the others to a giant sinkhole in a remote and wild area of Mexico, where reality merges with an ancient culture of sorcery. Here, a beautiful, mysterious guerilla leader wages war against a terrifying army of demons spiriting humans into the subterranean netherworld. Joining the fight, the Cerberus rebels invade the cavernous chambers of a hidden world, and confront a self-styled warlord using preDark nuclear tech to rule the depths of the planet.

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Andy Clemence, Bradley Smith, Carolyn Kashner, Chris Genebach, Chris Stinson, David Jourdan, Delores King Williams, Elizabeth Jernigan, Ken Jackson, Michael John Casey, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Nora Achrati, Richard Rohan, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Scott Mccormick, Terence Aselford, Thomas Keegan, Todd Scofield, Yasmin Tuazon, Zeke Alton (Narrator)

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Vengeance Trail [Dramatized Adaptation]

As megalomaniac barons and savage anarchy compete to lay claim to post-nuclear America, perseverance and a will to live are what keep Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior survivalists roving through the worst and best of a new world. Armed with secrets of pre-Dark tech, they possess what few in Deathlands can imagine: hope for a better tomorrow. Ryan Cawdor is gunned down and left for dead by the new Provisional U.S. Army, commanded by a brilliant general with a propensity for casual mass murder and a vision to rebuild America. Waging war from his pre-Dark, fusion-powered armored locomotive, he's poised to unlock the secrets of the Gateways-as the rest of Ryan's group stand powerless. All except one. Hope may be lost for Krysty Wroth. But revenge is enough. In the Deathlands, vengeance is the only justice.

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Cate Torre, Christopher Graybill, Christopher Walker, Colleen Delany, Jeff Baker, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny, Tymberlee Chanel (Narrator)

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Uluru Destiny [Dramatized Adaptation]

Ominous rumblings in the South Pacific lead Kane and his compatriots into the heart of a secret barony ruled by a ruthless god-king planning an invasion of the secret territory at Uluru and its aboriginals who are seemingly possessed of a power beyond all earthly origin. With total victory of hybrid over human hanging in the balance, slim hope lies with the people known as the Crew, preparing to reclaim a power so vast that in the wrong hands it could plunge humanity into an abyss of evil with no hope of redemption.

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Cate Torre, Christopher Graybill, Colleen Delany, David Coyne, Delores King Williams, Jeff Baker, Michael Replogle, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny (Narrator)

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Twilight Children [Dramatized Adaptation]

Survival is an endless battle in the dark age of post-holocaust America, but even amid the ashes of the past, new pockets of civilization emerge, fledgeling communities bound by savage rules. Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior-survivalists are transported from one Valley of the Shadow of Death to another, shaken by the mind-bending effects of the mat-trans, emerging at last into a promised land whose inhabitants are healthy and young. The ville is an oasis in a blighted land, but among the blond, blue-eyed near-children, Ryan and his wayfarers are pariahs destined to find out that the quest for Paradise exacts a steep price. In the Deathlands, the future looks terminally brief.

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Casey Jones, Cate Torre, Colleen Delany, David Coyne, Delores King Williams, James Konicek, Karen Carbone, Michael Glenn, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Sunny Lasskey, Terence Aselford, Tim Carlin (Narrator)

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Trader Redux [Dramatized Adaptation]

Ruled by a perverse and malevolent Nature, roamed by lawless remnants of humanity, the Deathlands is what's left of the continental U.S. after a nuclear apocalypse unleashed hell on earth. Here, only a few can survive and still retain hope for the future and of these, none are more determined than the exiled son of a coastal baron and his closely knit band of warrior survivalists. The years of struggle in the new reality made Ryan Cawdor a bold and undisputed leader, but now he may have to contend with his former mentor, the enigmatic Trader. Together with J. B. Dix and Abe, they make a perilous journey down the mighty Colorado and in the Grand Canyon's mile-deep crags, a degenerate barony and mutie death traps test the limits of the group's survival skills. Weary and torn from their cross-country trek, they return to their stronghold in New Mexico to find it abandoned, with no sign of Krysty Wroth, Dean or the others... Imagine your worst nightmare. It's called Deathlands.

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Barbara Pinolini, Cate Torre, Colleen Delany, Delores King Williams, Dylan Lynch, Ken Jackson, M.B. Van Dorn, Michael Glenn, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford (Narrator)

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Trade War [Dramatized Adaptation]

Ryan Cawdor awakens from a mat-trans jump to inexplicably find himself in a version of his past (just after the events of Deathlands 45: Starfall). Ryan's son Dean is back, Krysty isn't pregnant yet and Ryan, who is the only one who feels the pull of the timeline split, is trying to keep it together. The companions are in immediate need of medical supplies and get caught up in a clash between warring barons and a traveling gypsy caravan and circus. Someone ambushes and is sabotaging the gypsies and the companions decide to help. Ryan soon takes a shine to a young female member of the gypsy clan as she reminds him of himself when he was younger riding on War Wag One with Trader. Dean is later kidnapped, and it all comes to a head as the sabotaging of the market/circus is part of a larger plot that has to be foiled or war between the baronies will destroy everything the gypsies have sought to build.

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Andrew Quilpa, Bradley Smith, Colleen Delany, Delores King Williams, Elaine Yuko Qualter, Elizabeth Jernigan, Elliot Dash, Eric Messner, Evan Casey, Ken Jackson, Kimberly Gilbert, Marni Penning, Matthew Bassett, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Nanette Savard, Nora Achrati, Patrick Bussink, Paul Reisman, Richard Rohan, Scott Bruffey, Scott Mccormick, Terence Aselford, Tia Shearer (Narrator)

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