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Nightwalker #2
Nightwalker 2: A Post-Apocalyptic Western Adventure
The darkness is his friend. The Alstons have a beef with Jim Wolfe and they want to settle it in the only way they know. The Nightwalker only wants to get home. He is alone and running for his life. He tries to avoid humanity, but strangers stand out in a paranoid world. In the Red Zone, no one is safe from the wilders. In the Clear Area, a corrupt Federal Command makes it even more dangerous. Wolfe runs until he can run no more. Join the Nightwalker as he continues his journey home.
- GenresDystopia
128 pages, Paperback
Published April 22, 2019
106 people are currently reading
44 people want to read
About the author
Frank Roderus
97 books7 followersFrank Roderus wrote his first story—it was a western—when he was five. It was really awful, as might be expected, but his mother kept that typed and spell-checked short story tucked away until the day she died.
Later, Frank became a newspaper reporter, thinking that books are written by authors which he most assuredly was not. He kept trying to write though, and eventually did it wrong enough to learn how to get it right. That first sale, a young adult novel published by Independence Press, was more than thirty years and a good many books ago.
As a journalist, the Colorado Press Association awarded Frank Roderus their highest award, the Sweepstakes Award, for the best news story of 1980, and the Western Writers of America has twice named Frank recipient of their prestigious Spur Award. Frank passed away at age 73 in December 2015.
Later, Frank became a newspaper reporter, thinking that books are written by authors which he most assuredly was not. He kept trying to write though, and eventually did it wrong enough to learn how to get it right. That first sale, a young adult novel published by Independence Press, was more than thirty years and a good many books ago.
As a journalist, the Colorado Press Association awarded Frank Roderus their highest award, the Sweepstakes Award, for the best news story of 1980, and the Western Writers of America has twice named Frank recipient of their prestigious Spur Award. Frank passed away at age 73 in December 2015.
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September 25, 2019
Enjoyed reading
Great story for a lazy afternoon, laying around as i recover from a resent surgery. The characters are well developed and most are very likeable. I like the manners the hero keeps and the morality here holds on to dispute the world seeming too be falling apart around him.
Kept me turning the page, I found myself finished in just one setting! You'll defiantly know you enjoyed it when you find yourself downloading the next book and digging in dispute out being part your usual bedtime.
Great story for a lazy afternoon, laying around as i recover from a resent surgery. The characters are well developed and most are very likeable. I like the manners the hero keeps and the morality here holds on to dispute the world seeming too be falling apart around him.
Kept me turning the page, I found myself finished in just one setting! You'll defiantly know you enjoyed it when you find yourself downloading the next book and digging in dispute out being part your usual bedtime.
February 15, 2020
Not good
This book was just SO much worse than the first one. This one was just a series of bad decisions by the nightwalker, leaving his rifle in the kitchen while taking a shower, leaving his socks and underwear in an other room to dry while sleeping, leaving 2 enemies alive at various times in the story, etc. It is almost as if the author is setting up the next book by the bad decisions of the MC in this one.
This book was just SO much worse than the first one. This one was just a series of bad decisions by the nightwalker, leaving his rifle in the kitchen while taking a shower, leaving his socks and underwear in an other room to dry while sleeping, leaving 2 enemies alive at various times in the story, etc. It is almost as if the author is setting up the next book by the bad decisions of the MC in this one.
September 3, 2023
As good as the first one!
This second book does not disappoint! Wolfe is learning to function in a post-apocalyptic world. In book one, he emerged from a dark cave into a dark violent world. He is slowly coming to terms with the fact that violence has become the norm for most of the survivors. He has a code that he holds himself accountable to which seems to radically differ from the behavior of most of the people he encounters.
This second book does not disappoint! Wolfe is learning to function in a post-apocalyptic world. In book one, he emerged from a dark cave into a dark violent world. He is slowly coming to terms with the fact that violence has become the norm for most of the survivors. He has a code that he holds himself accountable to which seems to radically differ from the behavior of most of the people he encounters.
April 23, 2019
Left me wanting more!
I understand this is a collaboration, since I have read most of Craig Martelle's books, and this book is taking more of a roundabout way to get the hero up to speed then his books do. But I am excited to see where he will go, and really looking forward to the next arc of four books.
I understand this is a collaboration, since I have read most of Craig Martelle's books, and this book is taking more of a roundabout way to get the hero up to speed then his books do. But I am excited to see where he will go, and really looking forward to the next arc of four books.
April 23, 2020
Great second book in the series. I enjoyed reading it very much and am looking forward to reading book 3. I highly recommend it to anyone that likes apoc/dystopian tales. It also reminds me of old westerns in several ways, especially the laws or rather the lack thereof.
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April 28, 2019
Better than the first
Read books 1 and 2 back to back and got more into the story. There’s still a long way to go in Wolfe’s tale so I hope Mr. Martelle continues to “ghost” complete Mr. Roderus’ work.
Read books 1 and 2 back to back and got more into the story. There’s still a long way to go in Wolfe’s tale so I hope Mr. Martelle continues to “ghost” complete Mr. Roderus’ work.
April 28, 2019
Awesome book!
What an awesome new series! This is the second book and I am hooked! This is simply perfect post apocalyptic series. A moral, conflicted main character, and hateful villains. This series is definitely worth a read. Please extend it beyond four books! Please?
What an awesome new series! This is the second book and I am hooked! This is simply perfect post apocalyptic series. A moral, conflicted main character, and hateful villains. This series is definitely worth a read. Please extend it beyond four books! Please?
March 9, 2020
Stupid decisions keep the plot going.
These books would be about a third of the length if the main character wasn't an idiot. I can't continue with the series, it's just one long cringe.
These books would be about a third of the length if the main character wasn't an idiot. I can't continue with the series, it's just one long cringe.
July 9, 2020
Just OK
The lead character gets dumber and dumber in each book. He should be getting smarter the more he interacts with the people. If you hear shooting in a house you just left, run, do not go back and get arrested.
The lead character gets dumber and dumber in each book. He should be getting smarter the more he interacts with the people. If you hear shooting in a house you just left, run, do not go back and get arrested.
July 17, 2020
Good read
What happens when America is destroyed by nuclear war? How can good people survive? How does one get from the far northwest to Florida?
Good read with excitement end trouble.
What happens when America is destroyed by nuclear war? How can good people survive? How does one get from the far northwest to Florida?
Good read with excitement end trouble.
May 1, 2019
Nuclear survivors
Day to day life and struggles are simply deadly for a single survivor trying to find loved ones. Brutal savagery becomes routine. Trust nonexistent.
Day to day life and struggles are simply deadly for a single survivor trying to find loved ones. Brutal savagery becomes routine. Trust nonexistent.
June 16, 2019
Great story!
Looking forward to #3! Keep up the good work-I'm loving the Nightwalker saga. It's very satisfying to find another honorable hero.
Looking forward to #3! Keep up the good work-I'm loving the Nightwalker saga. It's very satisfying to find another honorable hero.
September 24, 2019
An interesting series
So far I’ve enjoyed these first 2 books in the series. It has an interesting storyline. Looking forward to reading the next book
So far I’ve enjoyed these first 2 books in the series. It has an interesting storyline. Looking forward to reading the next book
April 4, 2020
Still hooked
Well done sir. Keep them coming please. Really enjoying so far. Get us to Florida; on to book 3 for me.
Well done sir. Keep them coming please. Really enjoying so far. Get us to Florida; on to book 3 for me.
April 4, 2020
Good!
If you liked the previous one of that series, you will enjoy that one! What more can I say? You already know it! ;)
If you liked the previous one of that series, you will enjoy that one! What more can I say? You already know it! ;)
April 9, 2020
5 stars
Another good installment in the series. Lots of action and a twisty plot. I do wish the main character was just a little more blood thirsty though!
Another good installment in the series. Lots of action and a twisty plot. I do wish the main character was just a little more blood thirsty though!
July 31, 2020
Great read.
April 27, 2024
Okay but only so-so
I did enjoy the continued read and story line but... Several points of common sense bothered me about how the hero handled the situations.
I did enjoy the continued read and story line but... Several points of common sense bothered me about how the hero handled the situations.
July 15, 2024
Interesting story. Drags sometimes. The internal conflict of Wolfe is overdone. Once he realizes how far things have shifted he should get to it.
October 19, 2018
An FR Novel Continuing the Apocalyptic War
FR had penned the second novel about our nuclear enhanced man as he makes his way across the deserts heading for Tampa. He encounter numerous people who attempt to stop his journey, but do far has managed to stay two steps ahead. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS
FR had penned the second novel about our nuclear enhanced man as he makes his way across the deserts heading for Tampa. He encounter numerous people who attempt to stop his journey, but do far has managed to stay two steps ahead. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS
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