As the headline suggests, we’ve got a great audio book to keep you entertained all the way to work and back. Whether you’re cruising at highway speeds or stuck in gridlock, you won’t have a better companion coming soon than the audio book for 72 Hours to Graceland, the second entry in the Car Warriors novelization universe, and the debut novel by Dave Hensley. If you’re unfamiliar with the name, you won’t be for long. He’s a rising star in the Three Ravens stable of authors, and I have no doubt he’ll be a literary force to be reckoned with in the coming years.
The audio book has just been loaded into the system for processing, so it won’t be long before it’s in your hands! Check out the blurb, buy the ebook, and prepare for audio excellence once it’s released!
Bobby Hank is one of yesteryear’s living legends, an autoduellist once known as the Pale Rider.
These days he’s scraping out a living in the Hampton Roads Dead Zone, chased by old age, regret, and a cannibal horde. If he slips up, his wife Kat stays dead, and he really will be a has-been.
But opportunity is knocking . . .
Gordon Cory, an old pal from his bygone days of glory, has Bobby in mind for one last ride – the Dead Man’s Run, a nationwide road rally ending in the badlands of North Dakota.
Enormous cash prize aside, winning would mean a spot for Kat in a Herolutions research program. To start, he’ll have just three days to get to Memphis, Tennessee.
Can the Pale Rider survive long enough to win big?
While you wait, don’t forget about the book that started it all! Burning Roads by William Joseph Roberts is available on audio. It’s a fantastic introduction to the novelizations of Steve Jackson Games’ Car Wars universe, and it’ll whet your appetite for 72 Hours when it arrives! Check out the audio sample and purchase your copy today! It’ll be an Audible credit well-spent.
Atlanta cabbie by day, amateur autoduellist by night, Ricky Turner is living the dream.
That is, until he wakes up in a Gold Cross facility to discover his last match was more than a failure, it was a fatality.
Indebted for the cost of the clone body and reboot, Ricky heads back to the arena to do the one thing he’s good at: drive offensively! But at the rate amateur matches pay out, it’ll take several lifetimes to clear his debt.
Luckily the AADA has announced a new nationwide road rally, designed to challenge even the heartiest of autodueling teams and with prizes fit for a king. Its name?
Dead Man’s Run!
Can Ricky and his clandestine crew traverse the wasteland from Atlanta to Sturgis and survive against packs of cannibals, roving biker gangs, and wannabe autoduellists out to make a name for themselves?
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Welcome to the world of the Car Warriors: Autoduel Chronicles — Tales from the freeways of the future, where the right of way goes to the biggest guns and death sports rule the airwaves. From clandestine highway battles to prime-time arena combat, jump behind the wheel, follow the fast-paced action, and never forget to Drive Offensively!
Car Warriors Autoduel fiction is licensed by Steve Jackson Games Incorporated and set in the Car Wars universe.
Marathon of Madness is Almost Here!
And since we’re on a Car Warriors kick, here’s a reminder that the third Dead Man’s Run novel is slated to release on May 17th! Written by Christopher Woods (Of Fallen World and B.E.N.T. fame), Marathon of Madness features a new leg and stars a new pair of heroes in the Dead Man’s Run that is sending Autoduellists tearing across the fractured future United States. If you’ve read any of Woods’ previous novels, you’ll know you’re in for a fast-paced, action-packed ride starring memorable, relatable characters you’d want to have a beer and a burger with. After the race is won, of course!
Jake Turner worked the road crews of the lawless lands…
That was until he became the sole survivor of three separate raider attacks and was blacklisted by his employer, the Tennessee Titan Authority. When the company’s probability programs red flagged him as a raider, he was done in Tennessee.
His only choice was to go home to Tazewell, where he learns that the woman who broke his heart left him because she had a degenerative disease. But if those five long years on the road crews taught him anything, it was that Gold Cross and their cloning ability could save her.
Unfortunately, the only way to afford it involved winning a race, and not just any race. It was the Dead Man’s Run; a cross-country road rally with every raider and savage in the lawless lands determined to kill them.
Car Warriors Anthology on Sale This Weekend for only 99 Cents!
You read that right. For less than a dollar, you’ll be able to purchase the Car Warriors anthology Go Hard or Go Home this weekend only! Look for the price drop to happen on Friday the 17th, and get ready to enjoy nine pulse-pounding, engine-roaring, machine-gun-rattling stories that tear across the blasted landscape of Car Warriors. Come see why Mercedes Lackey refers to it as “a collection of high-speed shenanigans that put you in the driver’s seat for epic action!”
The big events may get most of the limelight, but that’s not where all the action happens.
This collection of fast-paced, action-packed stories highlights the road warriors who struggle to survive, without the glory of the duel. Caravan guards, gun bunnies, insurance adjusters, mechanics, reporters, scavengers, and more!
If you can’t keep up, maybe it’s time to head back to the garage…
So… what’ll it be?
Will you Go Hard or Go Home?
More Audio Books to Come!
Just a quick image from the audio production floor. In addition to 72 Hours to Graceland, we’ve got several more coming your way in the next few weeks!
And if that still isn’t enough audio, then maybe you need a podcast or two! You’re in luck:
Blasters and Blades Podcast Episode 389 – Here Come the Elves!
If elves in all their various forms are your thing, you’ll want to stop by the Blasters and Blades podcast to check out their discussion on “Elves, they’re more than Christmas helpers!“
From the Blasters and Blades crew:
“We’ve got another AWESOME panel for you today! We dive into the worlds of elves and all things fae! We had a panel of experts; Chloe Garner, Issac Craft, Jana S Brown, Melissa McShane and Teri Kay Jobe! You’re going to want to listen to this one, so what are you waiting for? Seriously, go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won’t be sorry!!”
Check it out below!
As for me, I’m partial to Deedlit from the anime Record of Lodoss War. Did you know she has a Metroidvania? You’ll get to read more about my (and my wife’s) favorite Metroidvanias in Sunday’s post!
And since this is an audio-themed post, I’d be remiss if I didn’t link the amazing soundtrack to Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth. This is definitely going in my writers’ playlist, especially as I get back to planning and writing my first Necrolopolis book:
