Apocalyptic & Dystopian audiobooks

Sunchild [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, C...

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

After an atomic blast hurled the world into an uncertain future, the past still reaches out in hope... and damnation. In a kill or be killed world, one steadfast group of survivors possesses superior fighting skills and sense of fair play that have made them living legends. In their struggle to seek a better way of life, they are unraveling the... Read more

Dark Reckoning [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, N...

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Secrets of the preDark era haunt Deathlands and so do visions of a better life in this post-apocalyptic world. Ryan Cawdor and his wayfarer companions roam the Deathlands, driven to survive and lured by rumors of lost technology—the key to renewed hope and prosperity. Yet others have visions, too. Those whose genius has been twisted into quests... Read more

Gaia's Demise [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, N...

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Two centuries after the nukecaust, consolidation of power is the goal for those who would rule the slowly emerging new America. Ryan Cawdor has spent his lifetime roaming the Deathlands, seeking out the secrets of pre-dark Technology. But so have others who are now the future's greatest threat. For a sinister cadre has dared to seize power...and... Read more

Moon Fate [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, C...

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Generations have passed since a nuclear blast all but turned America to dust. Out of the ruins emerges a band of warrior-survivalists, led by a one-eyed man called Ryan Cawdor. In their quest to find a better life, they embark on a perilous odyssey across the ravaged wasteland known as Deathlands.

An ambush by a roving group of mutant Stickies... Read more

Separation [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, T...

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hard strength and resilience are needed to survive each new day in the treacherous world of post-nuclear America. For Ryan Cawdor and his companions, honor, integrity and a willingness to kill are necessary as well, as they struggle to balance a survivalistic spirit with a warrior's resolve to press on, living by their own rules in a tortured... Read more

Crater Lake [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, James Konicek, Coll...

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Near what was once the Pacific northwest, Ryan Cawdor and his roving band of post-holocaust survivors discover a beautiful valley untouched by the nuclear blast that changed the earth forever.

Resisting the temptation to settle in that idyllic land, the group is captured and forced deep beneath an extinct volcano to an isolated community of... Read more

Pony Soldiers [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, C...

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ryan Cawdor and his band of post-holocaust survivors come face-to-face with a specter from the past: out of the swirling dust that was once New Mexico bursts a regiment of pony soldiers, led by a man with flowing yellow hair.

Brandishing Colts and Winchesters, the horsemen grimly prepare to destroy the ragtag strangers, intruders who dare to... Read more

Pandora's Redoubt [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, N...

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the post-holocaust wastelands of 22nd-centry America, precious little remains of life before the nuclear blowout. Legends circulate of Redoubts, secret pre-Dark military bases with caches of food, medicine and, most important, weapons. Yet only a few of the ragged elite possess the arcane knowledge that enables them to locate and access these... Read more

Destiny's Truth [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, C...

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

America has been forever alter by the ravages of a nuclear attack that sent it spiraling toward a virulent new destiny—and by the vestiges of the pre-dark world itself, where humanity's internecine battle between good and evil rages on. Though many of twenty-first-century America's darkest legacies have been entombed beneath the ruins of a... Read more

Playfair's Axiom [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, D...

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A legendary warrior of nuke-spawned America, Ryan Cawdor understands the hard and fast rule of Deathlands. Where there is life, death is only a matter of time. Still, staying alive is the dubious luxury of being quick, hard and willing to abide by a code of honor long abandoned to the wreckage of this post apocalyptic hellzone: truth and fair... Read more

Doom Helix [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, D...

Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Devastation from the nukewar shattered civilization and left a planet both primitive and ripe for rebirth - or retaking. While the balance of power has fallen to avaricious, amoral barons, a handful of humanity still holds hope of a future worth fighting for or dying to defend. If a better life inside the hellground exists, Ryan Cawdor and his... Read more

Lost Gates [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, C...

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Existence after Skydark is a gamble against grim odds—winners and losers decided by guns, jack and raw nerve. Still, one intrepid group pushes on, working to understand the secrets of preDark tech at the heart of nuke-altered America. Because keeping hope alive is the next best thing to a good shot at finding something better.
Baron Crabbe is... Read more

Blood Harvest [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, D...

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Washed ashore in the North Atlantic, Ryan Cawdor and Doc Tanner discover two islands still pristinely intact after Skydark, but whose inhabitants suffer a darker, more horrifying punishment. A hideous strain of mutation infests, turning some into half-monstrous giants with an unquenchable thirst for blood.
The Nightwalkers unleash a hellish... Read more

Perception Fault [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, C...

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The ravaged landscape that was America two centuries ago is now blighted by post-nuclear holocaust savagery. Still, there remain pockets of preDark technology that may offer undiscovered paths to reclaiming the future. Ryan Cawdor and his companions have faced most kinds of horror that Deathlands can deliver—and survived. This merciless place... Read more

Prodigal's Return [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, C...

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

America, defiled and reshaped by nuclear carnage, promises little but a struggle for survival. Still, a group of hard travelers trek the worst this hellish place can offer, surviving by their wits, razor skill and knowledge of preDark technology. Their leader, Ryan Cawdor, is a Deathlands legend, a warrior and hero to many, a relentless enemy to... Read more

Arcadian's Asylum [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, D...

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The brutality of post-nuclear America has spawned a dark frontier where the harsh and unforgiving new rules of existence cannot obliterate the decency and determination that drive the true human spirit. It's tested and tormented but never destroyed.
A lust for power and a strong sec-force are the basic requirements of any Deathlands baron. But... Read more

Moonfeast [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, D...

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the nuke-conceived birth of Deathlands, a rare breed of warrior-survivor emerged - born into suffering, hardened by circumstance, forged by endurance and sharpened by combat. Yet in the heart of this warrior, the quest to find a place of peace beats on unrelenting....
The pristine coastal waters off San Clemente become a battleground over the... Read more

Tainted Cascade [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, D...

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The blighted aftermath of a global nuclear showdown, Deathlands exacts a blood price. The living pay it; the dead don't care. For one legendary band of warriors, this barbaric new world holds a chance for redemption: the secrets of the past. They roam a disfigured America, searching for pre-dark tech...seeking the path to a future worth living.... Read more

Downrigger Drift [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, D...

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The nuclear cataclysm that maimed America altered the rules of existence. The new reality guarantees a grim battle for survival, but the higher human instinct to exist in peace and good will lives on. Legends endure and Ryan Cawdor is a warrior of his time. When the good fight needs to be won, Ryan and his band take a stand.
In the nuke-altered... Read more

Death Watch [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: Jerry Ahern

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Terence Aselford, Eric Messner, Na...

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

John Rourke has battle for over 600 hundred years, fighting the enemy of humanity in its many forms. But this, his final battle, will test the very makings of his soul. His enemy, Deitrich Zimmer, has conquered the very workings of life itself, capturing the prize of immortality. Now, he threatens to unleash his final Doomsday plot, which will... Read more

Baptism of Rage [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, D...

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The end of the world arrived in a nuclear rush, forging the agonized remains of past and present into a new reality known as Deathlands. Now life is a simple series of rules of survival, where having is better than not having--and anything is worth killing for. But in a world that has seemingly turned against mankind, the possibility of miracles... Read more

Chrono Spasm [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, D...

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Remnants of humanity have managed to regroup after a global nuclear showdown that decimated the planet. But life in Deathlands is a far cry from actual living. And the survivors must believe they'll find something better, because surrendering to the inhospitable forces of a nuked world means giving in to death. Or worse.
Fear and human depravity... Read more

Dark Fathoms [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, C...

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

No place on Earth escaped the nuclear Armageddon that spawned the hellscape known as Deathlands. In a ravaged world where violence and lawlessness rule, a rare breed of hero has emerged. Ryan Cawdor is a lethal fighter who lives by a code of honor and fair play, and that has made him a legend....
Miles beneath the ocean's surface, a decaying... Read more

No Man's Land [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, C...

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There's little to remember about life before the Big Nuke, but there's plenty to scavenge in the tainted wreckage of the post-apocalyptic frontier. The barbaric code of survival of the fittest, meanest or dirtiest makes for hard living and easy death. But Ryan Cawdor and his friends have stayed alive by holding on to their humanity-playing... Read more