Life is a strange mixture of ancient history and limited technology scavenged from the twentieth century. Trading resumes between the villes: jack (a regional currency), jolt or "joltsky" (a hallucinogenic mixture of mescaline and heroin), ammunition, and slaves are the primary forms of currency. Civilization unknowingly resembles the Dark Ages. Their rabble pits are known as villes and baronies. These individuals are known as the Barons. Between the many hot spots are small plague pits ruled by power hungry individuals who have no limits in order to establish their rule and expand their influence. Nearly a century later, a pale semblance of civilization has begun to reappear, albeit brutal, short lived, morally confused, and crazed from mutation. What was left of the United States came to be known as the Deathlands. The geography, climate, and ecosystems of the world had changed dramatically. The remaining survivors lived harshly during a time of prolonged nuclear winter known as Skydark. All manner of genetic contagions were released infecting the survivors of the firestorm with horrible illnesses. For an indefinite period of time a nuclear exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union devastated both countries and subsequently the entire planet (but little details are known of what occurred outside the two countries). Underground nuclear bombs were detonated from within the basement of the Soviet embassy, by an elite group of Spetsnaz operatives, destroying the central command structure and political system of the United States. The end game began with a pre-emptive strike on Washington, DC. On the morning of January 20, 2001, the climax of the Cold War set the post-apocalyptic stage for the series. There are also a few trilogy sets within the series. Some of the novels can be read out of order, while others are dependent on the previous release. The series exists in both an episodic style and a series format. Laurence James, under the pen name James Axler, then finished the story. Lowder became ill after developing the plot and writing most of the book. This series of novels was first written by Christopher Lowder, under the pen name Jack Adrian. The first novel, Pilgrimage to Hell, was first published in 1986. Pilgrimage to Hell, the first novel in the seriesÄeathlands is a series of novels published by Gold Eagle Publishing.
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