Endworld

Endworld is a best-selling science fiction series by David L. Robbins. The first book was published in 1986. There have been 27 novels so far. [cite web | title=David Robbins bio | last= | first= | work=Fantastic Fiction | url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/david-robbins/ | date= | accessdate=2008-02-19 ] David Robbins also wrote a 13 novel sequel to Endworld called Blade.

A new Endworld is due out in April of 2009Fact|date=June 2008.

Endworld is post-apocalyptic fiction. It details the efforts of a survivalist group called the Familyto endure in a world overrun with horrors spawned by a global conflict involving nuclear, biologicaland chemical weapons.

Endworld is notable for its themes. One of the most obvious is its emphasis on the family and the homeas the foundations of civilization.

Endworld also has a distinct political subtext. In many of the novels, the Family's protectors, knownas the Warriors, travel to cites and territories where different forms of government hold sway.Democracy, communism, aristocracy, technocracy, metrocracy, theocracy, autocracy, oligarchy, hierarchyand more are shown as various post-war societies---and what those societies have done to the peoplethey control.

But perhaps Endworld's most notable theme is its examination of the warrior ethos. Each Warrior standsas an archetype of a particular warrior ethic. For example, there is Geronimo, who represents the NativeAmerican warrior. There is Rikki, who typifies the martial spirit of the samurai. There is Ares, thepurist devoted to war. There is Yama, who takes it one step further and seeks to become thepersonification of Death. There is Samson, the warrior who fights for God. And there is Blade, the'everyman' warrior. All told, there are eighteen Warriors, male and female, human, hybrid andmutant.

Novels

# "The Fox Run" (1986)
# "Thief River Falls Run" (1986)
# "Twin Cities Run" (1986)
# "Kalispell Run" (1987)
# "Dakota Run" (1987)
# "Citadel Run" (1987)
# "Armageddon Run" (1987)
# "Denver Run" (1987)
# "Capital Run" (1988)
# "New York Run" (1988)
# "Liberty Run" (1988)
# "Houston Run" (1988)
# "Anaheim Run" (1988)
# "Seattle Run" (1988)
# "Nevada Run" (1989)
# "Miami Run" (1989)
# "Atlanta Run" (1989)
# "Memphis Run" (1989)
# "Cincinnati Run" (1989)
# "Dallas Run" (1990)
# "Boston Run" (1990)
# "Green Bay Run" (1990)
# "Yellowstone Run" (1990)
# "New Orleans Run" (1991)
# "Spartan Run" (1991)
# "Madman Run" (1991)
# "Chicago Run" (1991)

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