In 2001, the face of the earth changed forever in a nuclear firestorm. Generations after the apocalypse, Ryan Cawdor leads the courageous struggle for survival in a brutal world, striving to make a difference in the battle raging between good and evil. On a sacred aboriginal land, Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior survivalists discover Mount Rushmore still standing, a symbol of long-gone power. Here a charismatic baron and his followers force Ryan to breach the icy fastness of the mountain stronghold, which harbors a cache of twentieth-century technology and a chilling surprise from the past. Deathstalker the final volume of the great Deathstalker Saga. Two Deathstalkers must fight for the survival of Lewis Deathstalker, in the present, and Owen Deathstalker in the past. While Lewis Deathstalker and his companions lead rebel forces against the evil usurper, Emperor Finn, the exiled King Douglas raises an army from the downcast and oppressed peoples of the Rookery. And Owen Deathstalker has his own to seek out the dread secret that has turned his lost love Hazel d'Ark into the terrifying Terror. To do that, he must travel back in Time, further and further, visiting the Empire at different levels of its development, searching for the truth behind Hazel's transformation, before the Terror really does destroy everything.
It was a wonderful sound recording with a large cast and sound effects galore. It was more like a radio show.
This is a science fiction story where the world is in small disjointed communities, if you can call them that. Bunches of survivors might be more true. As far as I could tell the main characters travel through tunnels so they don't have to breath fumes or be picked off by weird scavengers.
One group of survivors holed up in the rock face of Mt Rushmore before the great event ever happened. The main characters are forced by a madman leader of the nearby community to attack the well fortified bunker.
I enjoyed it to the extent that I checked another one out from the library. Maybe I'll know more about it--I started out in the 30's. Unfortunately, the library series are only the higher numbers.
This is the first book in the series written by another writer than Laurence James. I was first a bit anxious who the adventures of Ryan and Company would continue and if the could uphold the style. They did. In fact, it was the most entertaining and fresh read since several books in the series. Let's hope it stays that way.