Broken Horizon, The

di Maarten van der Veld (Autore)

Celestial Publishing, 2025

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. The crimson sun hung low over the skeletal remains of what had once been Denver, its dying light casting long shadows through the twisted metal and concrete that jutted from the earth like broken bones. Elena Vasquez adjusted the makeshift filter over her mouth and nose, the acrid taste of ash and radiation still seeping through the worn fabric. Three years had passed since the Great Collapse, when the world's nuclear arsenals had turned civilization to dust in a matter of hours, yet the air still burned her lungs with each breath. She crouched behind the rusted hull of an overturned bus, scanning the desolate street ahead. The Geiger counter clipped to her backpack clicked steadily, a metallic heartbeat counting down the minutes until the radiation would claim her like it had claimed so many others. But Elena had learned to live with death as a constant companion. In this new world, survival meant accepting that every dawn might be your last. The settlement of Haven Ridge lay fifteen miles north, beyond the worst of the radiation zones. Elena had been traveling for three days, following rumors of clean water and fertile soil where refugees had managed to build something resembling a community. Her own settlement, tucked away in the mountains of what used to be Colorado, was dying slowly. The well had finally run dry, and their stores of canned goods were nearly depleted. Someone had to make the journey to find help, and Elena had volunteered, knowing full well she might never return. A sound caught her attention—the scrape of metal against concrete. Elena's hand moved instinctively to the knife at her belt as she peered around the edge of the bus. Two figures emerged from the shadows of a collapsed office building, moving with the careful, measured steps of experienced scavengers. They wore patchwork clothing and radiation suits that had seen better days, their faces hidden behind goggles and masks that gave them an insectoid appearance.

• Autore: Maarten van der Veld
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 01:05:58
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: Celestial Publishing
• EAN: 9798318444302

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