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The Old Breed (Road to Babylon 21)

Sam Sisavath ()

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentNone
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

ViolenceDeathGore

Positive tags

AdventureSurvivalProtector

Tropes

Post-ApocalypticHostile PlanetReluctant HeroMorally Gray ProtagonistFirst ContactRogue AIMilitary SF

Themes

SurvivalTrust and BetrayalOld Enemies New ThreatsSacrificeHumanity's Last StandPragmatic Alliances

Synopsis

A DANGEROUS NEW ENEMY NEEDS A DANGEROUS NEW ALLY. Keo has spent the majority of his post-Purge lives fighting ghouls to protect the ones he loves. If that means saving everyone else along the way, then that’s all right with him. But rumors speak of a new enemy—one as old as the ghouls themselves, if not older—returning from the shadows of history after a long hibernation. His mission: confirm whether this new threat actually exists. And if it does, figure out whether it’s as dangerous as the ghouls claim. The problem with ghouls is that you can never trust anything they say. Keo hasn’t forgotten that lesson, and he never will. But sometimes—just sometimes—you need to put aside your prejudices and focus on the bigger picture. Or, in this case, the bigger danger. Who—or what—are the slitherers? Keo will find out—hopefully without dying in the process. Because dying, while no longer what it used to be, still sucks.

Tags

Post-Apocalyptic HorrorMilitary Science FictionCreature Feature