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Världen har gått under och de få överlevande människorna som är kvar rotar runt bland resterna efter civilisationen. De är helt ensamma i den öde världen - det är i alla fall vad de tror. Snart blir det uppenbart att det finns en mörk, hemsk kraft därute i mörkret som vill dem illa. För att överleva måste de ta till all list de kan frammana, men också hjälpas åt. Men viljan hos de överlevande börjar långsamt att brytas ner under den tunga pressen, och sprickor uppstår i deras gemenskap.

Det är cirka hundra år efter Tredje världskriget och världen är ett enda stort kaos. I det som brukade kallas Amerika bor ättlingarna till de som överlevde den stora kärnvapenkatastrofen som nästan utplånade allt mänskligt liv. Befolkningen är ständigt utsatta för faror, inte bara från strålning och gifter utan även från några fruktansvärda, köttätande, muterade djur som kallas Resarna. När Blade, Hickok och Geronimo får reda på att Resarna har rövat bort några kvinnor beger de sig till Resarnas hemska fäste i staden Fox för att försöka rädda dem.

Världen är ödelagd efter ett fruktansvärt kärnvapenkrig. Mänsklighetens enda hopp om räddning är Genesisfröna, ett slags magiskt frö som sägs kunna väcka den döda världen till liv igen. Det ryktas om att fröna går att hitta någonstans i de mörka, helvetiska kloakerna under det ödelagda New York, en plats som är ökänd för att vara en av världens farligaste platser. Blade sätts på uppdraget, och den här gången finns det inget utrymme alls för att misslyckas. Mänsklighetens framtiden hänger på det ... David L.

Efter tredje världskriget ligger världen i ruiner. Bland vrakspillrorna försöker människor desperat överleva, men tillvaron är hårdare än någonsin och få pallar trycket. I Atlanta har en mindre civilisation vuxit fram, men den styrs av sinnessjuka adelsmän som gör allt för att göra livet outhärdligt för sina invånare. Men här och där börjar motstånd växa fram, och i spetsen har vi den orädda hjälten Blade. Atlantas plågade invånare hyser sitt hopp till hans övermänskliga förmågor ... David L.

For six months in 1942, Stalingrad is the center of a titanic struggle between the Russian and German armies—the bloodiest campaign in mankind’s long history of warfare. The outcome is pivotal. If Hitler’s forces are not stopped, Russia will fall. And with it, the world. … German...

This collection of 20 essays and articles on mountaineering and adventure by David Roberts, selected from the published works of two decades, showcases one of the most highly regarded writers in the field. The articles are composed of three types: Adventures (Roberts' own climbs and outings), Profiles (other adventurers), and Reflections (meditative essays about the meaning of the whole business). Roberts ranges the globe (Africa, Alaska, New Guinea) and introduces unique personalities (Reinhold Messner, John Roskelly, Don Sheldon).

In the tradition of epic novels like Exodus and Cast a Giant Shadow, Isaac’s Beacon is a sweeping historical tale based on the real events of Israel’s founding - bringing alive the power and complexities of the birth of the Jewish state out of the ashes of the Holocaust. Best-selling author David L. Robbins, called “the Homer of World War II”, turns his mastery of the historical novel to another defining moment of the 20th century: the birth of the state of Israel.

Blade.... Named for the razor-sharp bowies that never left his side, he was unmatched in size and strength. In post-nuclear America, he was the last hope of what was left of the civilized world. The freedom force... Six men trained in the art of killing; each was a perfect instrument of death. In a ravaged world crawling with mutants and savages, their talents were much in demand.

In nuked-out America, every fight was a fight to the death. The Technics, the dictatorial technocrats, had moved their base to Wisconsin, where they were turning men and women into mindless automatons who were slaves to the Technics' will. The Warriors were up against a city of zombies, only seconds away from becoming as helpless as the people they were trying to save!

In a world gone mad, the warrior’s anger kept them sane. With the Russians poised on the brink of success in genetic experimentation and Blade suddenly missing, the Warriors launch a rescue mission to post-nuclear holocaust Boston and find themselves in a trap.

One hundred years after WWIII.... The once-proud city of Dallas, Texas, was a hellhole crawling with rats, a haven for savage hordes of criminals and killers. Survival there was nearly impossible, but one faction thrived: the Chosen, an army of people whose bodies and minds had deteriorated from drinking water laced with chemical waste. Fierce and insane, they planned to contaminate the entire world with their lethal poison.

A century after the nuclear holocaust of World War III, Blade and the Warriors must invade Soviet-occupied Cincinnati to destroy the Russians' new superweapon and prevent them from wiping out the entire Freedom Federation.

Isolated survivors of World War III, they huddled together for safety, surrounded by savage barbarians and bizarre, deadly mutants. The Warriors must stop the tyrant who inhabits Elvis Presley's Graceland 100 years after World War III.

One hundred years after WWIII, the Peers controlled Atlanta with an iron fist and a ruthless band of execution squads called "Terminators". When the Warriors stumbled into the enslaved city, they knew they had to destroy the evil goons before they spread throughout the weakened country.

One hundred years after World War III - America was a nuked-out wasteland, a gutted remnant of a once-glorious country where only the very strong - and the evil - survived. The Warriors - Possessed of incomparable strength and skill, they were a fighting unit determined to keep civilization alive in a dead land.

The Family - They were a civilized island in an uncivilized land. The Warriors - Experts in death, they were unparalleled in strength, unmatched in skill - and dedicated to the protection of the Family. The Nevada Run - On the trail of kidnappers, the Warriors stumbled upon a city they thought was long dead - tawdry, decadent Las Vegas. The once-proud mecca of sand and sin was now a cesspool of depravity and danger, a killing ground where death was the prime form of amusement. And it didn't take a bookmaker to calculate the Warriors' odds on survival.

Manta was a crazed mutant with a lust for power, the latest threat to the free people of ravaged North America. He had taken over Seattle and was thirsting for more conquest. Before Manta could extend his empire, the Warriors had to penetrate his fortress and enforce their own brand of justice.

Fierce beasts masquerading as men, the Assassins were as dedicated to destroying life as Blade and the Warriors were to preserving it. Using advanced weapons and primitive instincts, they vowed to die before admitting defeat. When the Warriors trapped the Assassins in an abandoned amusement park, the stage was set for an all-out war that would decide the fate of an already desperate planet.

One hundred years after WWIII, what was left of America was swarming with mutants, killers, and savages bent on plunging the world into eternal darkness. Isolated survivors of the holocaust, the Family was the last, best hope for the future of mankind. Blade, Hickock, and Geronimo were the fighting arm of the Family - hard men, skilled in staying alive, no matter what the cost. Now called Androxia, the city of Houston had been taken over by the Superiors, a race of androids developed by NASA before the war. Masterpieces of perfect evil, they planned to take over the world.

Blade and his warriors had to penetrate the Soviet base in Philadelphia, where the Russians had captured the one group of men capable of destroying them - the fierce Vikings. With their help, Blade could save the Federation; without it, civilization would be lost forever.