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Running on Empty
Nearly 80 years have passed since a meteor struck the Earth, sending plumes of dust into the atmosphere to create the Great Eclipse.
Generations of survivors have grown up without the sun, their days barely brighter than their long, cold nights.
Information travels from Citadel to Citadel, changing with each retelling, like a childhood game of telephone.
Archivists toil to piece together fragments of truth from the myriad of rumors that blow into town, selling the truth to the trade guilds for a profit.
Couriers brave the endless stretches of highway in heavily modified cars, trading goods and information to keep their stomachs and gas tanks above empty.
Our story begins when an Archivist receives a stack of VHS tapes promising to demystify the legend of two such Couriers, Preacher and Ghost.
This is the first of those four tapes, 'Preacher and Tape #1'
If you enjoy Post-Apocalyptic wastelands filled with muscle cars and a twist of the supernatural, check out the first short story in the 'Running on Empty' setting, "Preacher and Tape #1"
Don't Stop. Never Yield.
Generations of survivors have grown up without the sun, their days barely brighter than their long, cold nights.
Information travels from Citadel to Citadel, changing with each retelling, like a childhood game of telephone.
Archivists toil to piece together fragments of truth from the myriad of rumors that blow into town, selling the truth to the trade guilds for a profit.
Couriers brave the endless stretches of highway in heavily modified cars, trading goods and information to keep their stomachs and gas tanks above empty.
Our story begins when an Archivist receives a stack of VHS tapes promising to demystify the legend of two such Couriers, Preacher and Ghost.
This is the first of those four tapes, 'Preacher and Tape #1'
If you enjoy Post-Apocalyptic wastelands filled with muscle cars and a twist of the supernatural, check out the first short story in the 'Running on Empty' setting, "Preacher and Tape #1"
Don't Stop. Never Yield.
67 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 22, 2015
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June 7, 2015
A fun, smartly-written introduction to a brave new all-but-fallen-apart society in the Running on Empty series, from the best-selling author of Breakdown! Preacher and Ghost gives us a motley pair of Couriers just trying to keep their heads above water, plying their delivery trade among the dangerous denizens of an altered earth and hoping to finish dropping off their haul with life and limb intact. Mr. Quattlebaum manages to throw us head-first into an long-existing post-apocalyptic version of the United States that feels fully-established and lived-in from the first page, which would be a difficult feat for a storyteller of lesser skill. But he does it with sharp, dark humor, white-knuckle whiz-bang action, and a genuine friendship at the core of the story that imbues the tale with true heart and new anti-heroes worth rooting for!
June 7, 2015
if you like mad max post-apocalyptic action, you'll enjoy this one
June 22, 2015
Road warrior type madness in a 'Cuda. How could it be anything but awesome?
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