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Motherlode

Deathlands • Book 113

3.64 ABR Score (64 ratings)
★ 4.09 Goodreads (56) ★ 4.88 Audible (8)
5h 3m Released 2020 Sci-Fi

About This Audiobook

In the scorched wasteland of post-nuclear America, survival is the only currency that matters. Ryan Cawdor and his band of hardened companions find themselves desperate for supplies in Deathlands, a brutal landscape where civilization exists only in fractured, feudal pockets. Seeking aid at the seemingly prosperous ville of Amity Springs, they are drawn into a dangerous web of rivalry when two competing barons clash over a cache of pre-war goods buried beneath the settlement, and Ryan's crew becomes the unwilling fulcrum of their conflict.

The full-cast production brings this sprawling post-apocalyptic world to vivid life, with Richard Rohan, Colleen Delany, Thomas Keegan, and the rest of the ensemble giving each character a distinct presence that makes the ville's shifting allegiances easy to track and genuinely tense. The stripped-down runtime of just over five hours keeps the pacing relentless, matching the story's urgent, survival-driven momentum. Fans of the long-running Deathlands series will find this entry particularly satisfying in audio form, where the ensemble format amplifies the grim camaraderie at the heart of the series.