Legion of the Damned
(2017)(The third book in the This Lawless Land series)
A novel by Richard Schiver
Hell was coming to paradise.
In a remote desert world that bore little semblance to their own, the boys corner and kill the reaper master. Unfortunately the act fails to release Window from his curse,and they discover just how difficult it will be to free him.
Struggling to silence the voices from his past, Billie-Bob's drinking results in his capture by the family of cannibals he once escaped from. This time he is taken to Paradise, a small compound along one of the many tributaries leading to the Chesapeake Bay. For those who lived there it was truly a paradise on earth, for its captives it was anything but as they are reduced to nothing more than livestock to feed a growing population.
While following the trail left by Billie-Bob's captors, Meat, Window and Einstein come upon the shattered remnants of the church that had given them shelter on their trek north. Many of the church's inhabitants had perished in the attack, but most of the children had been able to escape. They join the boys on their journey south to rescue Billie-Bob, and exact their vengeance on those who had shattered their peaceful existence.
Hell was coming to Paradise, and there would be no denying its vengeance.
DREADLAND CHRONICLES
Fourteen years ago the dead walked and society crumbled.
Technology stopped working as a new dark age filtered across the land. An age of unrestrained brutality where the only law was the firepower one carried, and the only hope was for a quick death, followed by a dreamless sleep.
It is into this world they have been born. Four boys who will be drawn together by forces beyond their understanding, to confront a growing evil that threatens to end mankind once and for all.
If you enjoy post-apocalyptic urban fantasy, this series is for you.
"Brutal with a purpose!" Jeanette Andromeda
"All Roads is frankly Stephen King's Stand By Me, with zombies. But not too many. To call this a zombie novel would be a misnomer.First and foremost this is a coming-of-age drama, written by a man with a deft hand for characterization, set within a dystopian backdrop."Mark Taylor
"No where's safe, no where's secure, except for where these four boys dwell together, intent on their mission, relying on the family ties that they've formed in growing up in the midst of horror." Fairness In Everything
Genre: Science Fiction
In a remote desert world that bore little semblance to their own, the boys corner and kill the reaper master. Unfortunately the act fails to release Window from his curse,and they discover just how difficult it will be to free him.
Struggling to silence the voices from his past, Billie-Bob's drinking results in his capture by the family of cannibals he once escaped from. This time he is taken to Paradise, a small compound along one of the many tributaries leading to the Chesapeake Bay. For those who lived there it was truly a paradise on earth, for its captives it was anything but as they are reduced to nothing more than livestock to feed a growing population.
While following the trail left by Billie-Bob's captors, Meat, Window and Einstein come upon the shattered remnants of the church that had given them shelter on their trek north. Many of the church's inhabitants had perished in the attack, but most of the children had been able to escape. They join the boys on their journey south to rescue Billie-Bob, and exact their vengeance on those who had shattered their peaceful existence.
Hell was coming to Paradise, and there would be no denying its vengeance.
DREADLAND CHRONICLES
Fourteen years ago the dead walked and society crumbled.
Technology stopped working as a new dark age filtered across the land. An age of unrestrained brutality where the only law was the firepower one carried, and the only hope was for a quick death, followed by a dreamless sleep.
It is into this world they have been born. Four boys who will be drawn together by forces beyond their understanding, to confront a growing evil that threatens to end mankind once and for all.
If you enjoy post-apocalyptic urban fantasy, this series is for you.
"Brutal with a purpose!" Jeanette Andromeda
"All Roads is frankly Stephen King's Stand By Me, with zombies. But not too many. To call this a zombie novel would be a misnomer.First and foremost this is a coming-of-age drama, written by a man with a deft hand for characterization, set within a dystopian backdrop."Mark Taylor
"No where's safe, no where's secure, except for where these four boys dwell together, intent on their mission, relying on the family ties that they've formed in growing up in the midst of horror." Fairness In Everything
Genre: Science Fiction
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