Dectra Chain (Deathlands, #7) by James Axler


Dectra Chain (Deathlands, #7)
Title : Dectra Chain (Deathlands, #7)
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ISBN : 0373890052
ISBN-10 : 9780373890057
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 352
Publication : First published August 1, 1988

The world blew out in 2001. Vast areas of what was the United States lie beneath an umbrella of noxious dust and radioactive debris, a mantle of destruction drawn over a land of doom. Much of the East Coast has been obliterated; the Southwest is a land of fire; cities of smoldering ash have given birth to horrifically mutated life forms. Such is the Deathlands, legacy of global annihilation.

But there were survivors, struggling to overcome a dark new age of plague, radiation sickness, barbarism and madness. Out of the ruins come Ryan Cawdor and his band of post-holocaust survivors, whose odyssey of discovery takes them in search of other pockets of civilization.

Emerging from a gateway in Maine, Ryan confronts a ruthless and brutal sea captain, a woman prepared to go to any lengths to get what she wants...


Dectra Chain (Deathlands, #7) Reviews


  • Allison

    This one has a great villian.

  • Chris

    This entry into the Deathlands series was pretty good. It still more or less followed the same formula, but it made it different enough to be fresh. A fair bit of this one took place on a whaling ship off the coast of Maine. The crazy person in this case was the female captain. I was hoping it would bend a little into more Lovecraftian stuff as it was hinted at a few times. I liked the Lovecraft and Stephen King story names, like Castle Rock and Miskatonic University thrown in.

  • Jason

    Boilerplate, but with enough interesting changes and a fun antagonist to keep it interesting.

  • Kevin Topp

    Not to bad better one so far in the sieres

  • flexaJ

    Ryan's been especially stupid in this one :(

  • Timothy Boyd

    An average apocalyptic adventure story. This one takes a century after the last war and now there are mutants running around the earth. Recommended

  • Robert

    audible rocks! love the psychotic she-devil/captain.

  • PottWab Regional Library

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