"The dead didn't kill us. Not all of us. But they sure as shit thinned our numbers. We got that under control. Then the terminators showed up, and we thought, 'Oh good, the cavalry.'"
It's been two years since the world ended. Kasey, and what's left of her group, have resettled the area around her mountain home. They've worked hard, clearing out gangs of terminators from abandoned areas so that other survivors could move in and make a life for themselves.
"And then They tried to kill us. For all we know, they have. We might as well be dead."
Kasey's new world and Brad's old life collide and the whole thing comes crashing down around them.
"We ain't dead yet."
"But we will be."
This is the END OF THE ROAD.
"As the Road comes to a close, the twists and turns keep coming. Who will survive? The nail biting continues with every page. Don't put it down until you've reached the end."
-- Clyde Wolfe, Author of Down Darkened Paths
It's been two years since the world ended. Kasey, and what's left of her group, have resettled the area around her mountain home. They've worked hard, clearing out gangs of terminators from abandoned areas so that other survivors could move in and make a life for themselves.
"And then They tried to kill us. For all we know, they have. We might as well be dead."
Kasey's new world and Brad's old life collide and the whole thing comes crashing down around them.
"We ain't dead yet."
"But we will be."
This is the END OF THE ROAD.
"As the Road comes to a close, the twists and turns keep coming. Who will survive? The nail biting continues with every page. Don't put it down until you've reached the end."
-- Clyde Wolfe, Author of Down Darkened Paths
Reviews:
AstraDaemon, Ursula K. Raphael
"END OF THE ROAD by C. Dulaney is supposed to be the final book in the Roads Less Traveled series, and I'm sincerely hoping I can convince the author to write one more full-length novel. (There is also the possibility fans may be able to read some short stories set in the RLT world.) There is a form of conclusion in this novel, which amounts to the main characters learning to accept the new world order. However, readers are never offered a POV from Isabel or Sam, both supporting characters with extremely significant roles in the series, who could possibly offer a true completion to this apocalyptic saga.
Compared to the previous four books, many more lives are lost in some of the most devastating battle scenes ever written, while the few survivors left have formed a new family of sorts. The characters have learned to put quality of life over quantity of life span, but Kasey's group are making a living doing some truly dark deeds in exchange for supplies, becoming anti-heroes in the process. Essentially, they get their hands very dirty, so everyone else can pretend they're still "good" people.
Brad's group can barely keep their heads above the blood pooling around them. Wherever they go, people are slaughtered, and they feel responsible for the body count. After suffering an agonizing humiliation at the hands of deviant bandits, the tiny group of PSIs decide to seek out Kasey's group to join forces, but it's too little, far too late.
The story arc is amazing and unlike any other end-of-the-world scenario I've ever read, but the evolution of the characters is what really stands out. So often, I read apocalypse series where the survivors remain basically the same, no matter what they go through, which is BS, even in the horror genre. Dulaney digs into her creations, tears them into pieces and scatters their remains across each novel, much like her "terminators," resulting in an absolute genocide of epic proportions.
I encourage fans of the series to show their support for Roads Less Traveled by leaving reviews. As for those who haven't yet begun this series, I highly recommend you join the rest of us in Dulaney's apocalypse."
AstraDaemon, Ursula K. Raphael
"END OF THE ROAD by C. Dulaney is supposed to be the final book in the Roads Less Traveled series, and I'm sincerely hoping I can convince the author to write one more full-length novel. (There is also the possibility fans may be able to read some short stories set in the RLT world.) There is a form of conclusion in this novel, which amounts to the main characters learning to accept the new world order. However, readers are never offered a POV from Isabel or Sam, both supporting characters with extremely significant roles in the series, who could possibly offer a true completion to this apocalyptic saga.
Compared to the previous four books, many more lives are lost in some of the most devastating battle scenes ever written, while the few survivors left have formed a new family of sorts. The characters have learned to put quality of life over quantity of life span, but Kasey's group are making a living doing some truly dark deeds in exchange for supplies, becoming anti-heroes in the process. Essentially, they get their hands very dirty, so everyone else can pretend they're still "good" people.
Brad's group can barely keep their heads above the blood pooling around them. Wherever they go, people are slaughtered, and they feel responsible for the body count. After suffering an agonizing humiliation at the hands of deviant bandits, the tiny group of PSIs decide to seek out Kasey's group to join forces, but it's too little, far too late.
The story arc is amazing and unlike any other end-of-the-world scenario I've ever read, but the evolution of the characters is what really stands out. So often, I read apocalypse series where the survivors remain basically the same, no matter what they go through, which is BS, even in the horror genre. Dulaney digs into her creations, tears them into pieces and scatters their remains across each novel, much like her "terminators," resulting in an absolute genocide of epic proportions.
I encourage fans of the series to show their support for Roads Less Traveled by leaving reviews. As for those who haven't yet begun this series, I highly recommend you join the rest of us in Dulaney's apocalypse."
