Apocalyptic & Dystopian Audiobooks | Immersive & Radically Different

Damnation Road Show [Dramatized Adaptation]

In the ruins of a nuke-shattered America, every man, woman and child of the apocalyptic frontier makes a perilous journey to the future. But there is a fork that divides the path toward humanity reborn... and the road deep into the hell that is Deathlands. Ryan Cawdor made his choice long ago, in this barbaric new world that conspires against hope... Eerie remnants of pre-Dark times linger a century after the nuclear blowout. But a traveling road show gives new meaning to the word chilling. Ryan and his warrior group have witnessed this carny's handiwork in the ruins and victims of unsuspecting villes. Even facing tremendous odds does nothing to deter the companions from challenging this wandering death merchant and an army of circus freaks. And no one is aware that a steel-eyed monster from the past is preparing a private act that would give Ryan star billing... In the Deathlands, all you get is a one-way ticket.

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Cate Torre, Christopher Walker, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny, Tymberlee Chanel (Narrator)

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Devil Riders [Dramatized Adaptation]

A century after the nuclear conflagration almost destroyed the world, humanity endures in a lawless land. Those who inhabit Deathlands are either killers or those who would be killed. But an elite few defy the laws of this new natural selection-playing both sides of the eternal game of life and death. Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior survivalists never leave a friend behind... or a cold heart alive. Stranded in the salty desert wastes of West Texas, Ryan and his companions find pre-Dark wheels and set out on a treacherous journey across inhospitable terrain. Hopes for a hot meal and clean bed in an isolated ville die fast when the companions run into a despotic baron manipulating the lifeblood of the desert: water. But it's his fortress stockpiled with enough armaments to wage war in the dunes that interests Ryan, especially when he learns the enemy may be not other than the greatest-and long dead-Deathlands legend: the Trader. (Scorpion God - 1 of 2)

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Cate Torre, David Elias, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Tymberlee Chanel (Narrator)

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Bloodfire [Dramatized Adaptation]

Life in twenty-second-century America is an odyssey of pain and death. Savagely transformed by atomic fallout, what remains of humanity endures an internecine war against those who thrive on chaos and bloodshed. A legend in a violent land, Ryan Cawdor lives and fights by his own rules as he and his companions traverse the grim world of Deathlands. For as long as the future remains out of reach, survival means living long enough to face a new day. Hearing a rumor that the Trader, his old teacher and friend, is still alive, Ryan and his warrior group struggle across the treacherous Texas desert to find the truth. But an enemy with a score to settle is in hot pursuit-and so is the elusive Trader. The preDark city of Sonora-preserved for a century in the salt and sand of the nukescape-becomes the staging ground for a showdown between mortal enemies, where the scales of revenge and death will be balanced with brutal finality. (Scorpion God - 2 of 2)

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Cate Torre, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Tymberlee Chanel (Narrator)

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Hellbenders [Dramatized Adaptation]

Out of the ashes of the conflagration that savaged mankind two centuries ago, Deathlands was born-a tortured testament to a world long gone. Yet, in this kill-or-be-killed world where justice is the way of the past and blood is law, hope is the last refuge of the doomed. For Ryan Cawdor, driven by a warrior's instinct to survive, it's a world that exacts a devil's bargain: the struggle for daily existence in return for a chance to forge a better life. Emerging from a gateway into a redoubt filled with pre-Dark technology, Ryan and his band hope to unlock some of the secrets of post nuclear America. But the fortified redoubt is under the control of a half-mad former sec man hell-bent on vengeance, who orders Ryan and the others to jump-start his private war against two local barons. Under the harsh and pitiless glare of the rad-blasted desert sun, the companions fight to see another day, whatever it brings... In the Deathlands, the condemned shall inherit the earth...

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Cate Torre, Christopher Graybill, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny, Tymberlee Chanel (Narrator)

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Separation [Dramatized Adaptation]

Hard strength and resilience are needed to survive each new day in the treacherous world of post-nuclear America. For Ryan Cawdor and his companions, honor, integrity and a willingness to kill are necessary as well, as they struggle to balance a survivalistic spirit with a warrior's resolve to press on, living by their own rules in a tortured land, pursuing a dream that leads them into the unknown... Ryan and his group make their way to a remote island in hopes of finding brief sanctuary. Instead, they are captured by an isolated tribe of descendants of African slaves from pre-Civil War days. When the tribesmen declare Mildred Wyeth 'free' from her white masters, it is a twist of fate that ultimately leads the battle-hardened medic to question where her true loyalties lie. Will she side with Ryan, J.B. Dix and those with whom she has forged a bond of trust and friendship... or with the people of her own blood. But the loss of Mildred is not the only thread the group faces-in a treacherous world where the ties that bind can cut both ways. In the Deathlands, the future is not what it used to be...

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Cate Torre, Christopher Graybill, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny, Tymberlee Chanel (Narrator)

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Death Hunt [Dramatized Adaptation]

The treacherous new world of post-nuclear America guarantees no inalienable rights-no promises of freedom, liberty or justice for all. Instead, chaos and blood lust thrive-but so do the innate strengths of the human spirit and the virtues of honor and courage. Ryan Cawdor has endured the worst that Deathlands has to offer and continues to push on, leading his companions through a land of madness and treachery, seizing each new day with a deep, primal hope that refuses to die... Ryan's razor-sharp edge has been dulled by the loss of his son, Dean-but grief is an emotion he cannon indulge if the band is to escape the chains of sadistic Baron Ethan. His thriving ville offers a special commodity: blood sport. Now with the group's armorer, JB Dix, imprisoned and near death, Ryan and the others are forced to join Ethan's hunt-as the hunted. But the perverse and powerful baron has changed the rules. Skilled in mind control, he ensures the warriors will not be tracked by high-paying thrill seekers. Instead, they will hunt each other-to the death. In the Deathlands, the odds of survival just got worse...

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Cate Torre, Christopher Graybill, Colleen Delany, David Elias, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Tymberlee Chanel (Narrator)

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Shaking Earth [Dramatized Adaptation]

After a nuclear blast all but vaporized the Western Hemisphere in the late twenty-first century, America became known as Deathlands, a hellhole that has proved itself a formidable foe in the fight for survival-a place where the will to see another day comes down to raw courage and a good aim. Ryan Cawdor and his warrior group roam the vast and violent landscape, fighting to live and living to fight for a better life, knowing that death may not be the only way out, but it's the quickest. In a land steeped in ancient legend, power and destruction, the crumbling ruins of what was once Mexico City is now under siege by a bloodthirsty tribe of aboriginal muties. Emerging from a gateway into the partially submerged ruins of this once great city, Ryan and his group ally themselves with a fair and just baron caught in a treacherous power struggle with a dangerous rival. An internecine war foreshadows ultimate destruction of the valley at a time when unity of command and purpose offers the only hope against a terrible fate... In the Deathlands everyone has a future. Some will wish they didn't.

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

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Black Harvest [Dramatized Adaptation]

Shockwaves of atomic destruction turned 22nd-century America into a hell zone, but in the ruins the human spirit remains unconquerable. Daily survival depends on raw courage and a deadly aim and with his warrior band Ryan Cawdor roams the forbidding new frontier known as Deathlands, determined to unlock its secrets... Emerging from a gateway in the Midwest, Ryan senses trouble within the well-fortified ville of a local baron, whose understanding of pre-Dark medicine may be their one chance to save a wounded Jak. But while his white coats can make the drugs that heal, the baron knows the real power and money is in the hardcore Deathlands jolt. And where drugs and riches go, death shadows every step, no matter which side of a firefight you stand on... In the Deathlands, tomorrow is never just another day.

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Christopher Graybill, Colleen Delany, Jeff Baker, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Tymberlee Chanel (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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Ritual Chill [Dramatized Adaptation]

Time and the fallout of a nuclear holocaust, have ravaged 21st century America, but one fundamental impulse of human nature remains: the will to survive. And only the strongest do survive. Men like Ryan Cawdor, whose inner strength and stubborn resolve continue to defy the worst that Deathlands offers. With grim determination, he and his warrior group continue to face the stark and brutal choices of this new world that are often not choices at all, but imperatives. Act first, ask questions later. A cold sense of dèjá vu becomes reality as the group emerges from a gateway they'd survived before-a grim graveyard of lost friends and nightmares. The consuming need to escape the dangerous melancholy of the place forces Ryan and company onto the frozen tundra, where an even greater menace awaits. The forbidding land harbors a dying tribe-cursed members of the ancient Inuit, who seize the arrival of Ryan and his band as their last hope to appease angry gods... by offering them up as human sacrifice. (Altered States - 1 of 2)

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Atlantis Reprise [Dramatized Adaptation]

For Ryan Cawdor, leader of a small group of post-apocalypse survivalists, it's the inner fire of survival that guides them through this hell on earth... to whatever lies beyond the daily fight for existence. There are times when the oblivion of death seems a most welcome journey out of Deathlands. But for Ryan, death is something his warrior's soul will never take on without a fight. In the forested coastal region of the eastern seaboard, near the Pine Barrens of what was New Jersey, Ryan and his companions encounter a group of rebels. Having broken away from the strange, isolated community known as Atlantis and led by the obscene and paranoid Odyssey, this small group desires to live in peace. But in a chill-or-be-chilled world, freedom can only be won by spilled blood. Ryan and company are willing to come to the aid of these freedom fighters, ready to wage a war against the twisted tyranny that permeates Deathlands. (Altered States - 2 of 2)

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Cate Torre, Christopher Walker, Colleen Delany, David Coyne, Delores King Williams, Mort Shelby, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford (Narrator)

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Labyrinth [Dramatized Adaptation]

It took only minutes for human history to derail in a mushroom cloud-now more than a century later, whatever destiny lies ahead for humanity is bound by the rules that have governed survival since the dawn of time: part luck, part skill and part hard experience. For Ryan Cawdor and his band, survival in Deathlands means keeping hold of what you have-or losing it along with your life. In the ancient canyons of New Mexico, the citizens of Little Pueblo prepare to sacrifice Ryan and his companions to demons locked inside a twentieth-century dam project. But in a world where nuke-spawned predators feed upon weak and strong alike, Ryan knows avenging eternal spirits aren't a part of the game. Especially when these freaks spit yellow acid-and their creators are the white coat masterminds of genetic recombination, destroyed by their mutant offspring born of sin and science gone horribly wrong... In the Deathlands, some await a better tomorrow, but others hope it never comes...

James Axler (Author), A Full Cast, Casey Jones, Colleen Delany, David Coyne, Delores King Williams, Karen Carbone, Ken Jackson, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford (Narrator)

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