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1) Ritual chill
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Deathlands volume 71
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Time and the fallout of a nuclear holocaust, have ravaged 21st century America, but one fundamental impulse of human nature remains: the will to survive. And only the strongest do survive. Men like Ryan Cawdor, whose inner strength and stubborn resolve continue to defy the worst that Deathlands offers. With grim determination, he and his warrior group continue to face the stark and brutal choices of this new world that are often not choices at all,...
2) Hellbenders
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Deathlands volume 65
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Out of the ashes of the conflagration that savaged mankind two centuries ago, Deathlands was born - a tortured testament to a world long gone. Yet, in this kill-or-be-killed world where justice is the way of the past and blood is law, hope is the last refuge of the doomed. For Ryan Cawdor, driven by a warrior's instinct to survive, it's a world that exacts a devil's bargain: the struggle for daily existence in return for a chance to forge a better...
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Deathlands volume 70
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As megalomaniac barons and savage anarchy compete to lay claim to post-nuclear America, perseverance and a will to live are what keep Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior survivalists roving through the worst and best of a new world. Armed with secrets of pre-Dark tech, they possess what few in Deathlands can imagine: hope for a better tomorrow. Ryan Cawdor is gunned down and left for dead by the new Provisional U.S. Army, commanded by a brilliant...
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Deathlands volume 61
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Survival in America's nuke-blasted frontier is both a curse and a salvation for Ryan Cawdor and his warrior companions. Though the basic needs of existence must be fought for and won with blood - each day alive means another chance to seek refuge and a better way of life in a hostile and brutal world, where hope still fires the human heart. In the relatively untouched area of what was once Niagara Falls, Ryan and his fellow wayfarers find the pastoral...
5) Death hunt
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Deathlands volume 67
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The treacherous new world of post-nuclear America guarantees no inalienable rights - no promises of freedom, liberty or justice for all. Instead, chaos and blood lust thrive - but so do the innate strengths of the human spirit and the virtues of honor and courage. Ryan Cawdor has endured the worst that Deathlands has to offer and continues to push on, leading his companions through a land of madness and treachery, seizing each new day with a deep,...
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Deathlands volume 62
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In the ruins of a nuke-shattered America, every man, woman and child of the apocalyptic frontier makes a perilous journey to the future. But there is a fork that divides the path toward humanity reborn... and the road deep into the hell that is Deathlands. Ryan Cawdor made his choice long ago, in this barbaric new world that conspires against hope... Eerie remnants of pre-Dark times linger a century after the nuclear blowout. But a traveling road...
7) Separation
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Deathlands volume 66
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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 land, pursuing a dream that leads them into the unknown... Ryan and his group make their way to a remote island...
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Deathlands volume 68
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After a nuclear blast all but vaporized the Western Hemisphere in the late twenty-first century, America became known as Deathlands, a hellhole that has proved itself a formidable foe in the fight for survival - a place where the will to see another day comes down to raw courage and a good aim. Ryan Cawdor and his warrior group roam the vast and violent landscape, fighting to live and living to fight for a better life, knowing that death may not be...
9) Devil riders
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Deathlands volume 63
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A century after the nuclear conflagration almost destroyed the world, humanity endures in a lawless land. Those who inhabit Deathlands are either killers or those who would be killed. But an elite few defy the laws of this new natural selection - playing both sides of the eternal game of life and death. Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior survivalists never leave a friend behind... or a cold heart alive. Stranded in the salty desert wastes of West...
10) Labyrinth
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Deathlands volume 73
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It took only minutes for human history to derail in a mushroom cloud - now more than a century later, whatever destiny lies ahead for humanity is bound by the rules that have governed survival since the dawn of time: part luck, part skill and part hard experience. For Ryan Cawdor and his band, survival in Deathlands means keeping hold of what you have - or losing it along with your life. In the ancient canyons of New Mexico, the citizens of Little...
11) Dark fathoms
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Deathlands volume 112
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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 redoubt barely protects Ryan and his companions from a watery death. Battling vicious assaults from cyborgs...
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When Doc is taken captive by a band of marauders in what was once Nebraska, Ryan and the companions rally to get him back. But they aren't just fighting the local muties. They're also up against the area's terrifying terrain, which shifts and morphs at a moment's notice. With their options dwindling in this mazelike region that doesn't obey the laws of physics, the team joins forces with a beautiful and deadly woman who evens the odds on the battlefield....
13) Downrigger drift
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Deathlands volume 96
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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 region of the Great Lakes, Ryan and his group face the spectrum - from the idyllic to the horrific - of...
14) Cannibal moon
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Deathlands volume 77
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In the hostile new world of post-nuclear America, there are many ways to die, but few are clean or quick. Long ago Ryan Cawdor and his band threw in their lot together - to do or die trying. It was a pact sealed in blood, on of selflessness and sacrifice that put a premium on the value of loyalty, friendship and honor - and the blind faith that survival is a better option than certain death. Compassion is a luxury in a brutal land where life is cheap,...
15) Destiny's truth
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Deathlands volume 60
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Emerging from a gateway in New england, Ryan Cawdor and his band of wayfaring survivalists ally themselves with a group of women warriors who join their quest to locate the Illuminated Ones. Yet their pursuit becomes treacherous, for their quarry has unleashed a deadly plague in a twisted plot to cleanse th earth.
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