# Post-Apocalyptic Nomadic Warriors

By Benjamin Wallace · Duck & Cover Adventures, book 1

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The Librarian travels the wasteland with his mastiff, offering his services as a warrior. After a disaster shakes his confidence, a survivor of a raider attack gives him a new reason to keep going. They set out to warn New Hope, with a ruined city and unnervingly intelligent bears between them and the town.

## What makes it funny?

A stirring speech about rebuilding civilization keeps slipping into complaints about body odor and children who whine for candy. Its vision of a better world includes getting those children to stop complaining. Then the separate attribution reveals that the speech was delivered moments before the Massacre of Eternal Hope.

### The comedy at work

Wallace treats wandering wasteland heroism as a job with an awkward problem: plenty of survivors are managing without a rescuer. The Librarian’s elaborate equipment and determination meet people who don’t think they need saving, while the prelude gives heroic rhetoric a petty, exasperated speaker.

### Try this if…

This has the props of wasteland action, including raiders, a well-equipped traveler and a large dog, with a hero who wants to help. Readers looking for playful survival fiction may enjoy the emphasis on a likable adventurer over a detailed explanation of how the world ended.

### Good to know

Profanity, threats of lethal violence and a reference to a massacre appear in the opening. D.L. Morrese enjoyed the adventure but found the humor milder than the author’s pitch and thought the apocalypse was loosely explained.

## What to expect

- Genre: Adventure · Science fiction
- On the shelf: Post-apocalyptic
- Kind of humor: Absurdism · Parody
- Format: Novel

## A few distinguishing details

- A professional wasteland rescuer finds survivors who don’t believe they need rescuing.

## Sources & further reading

- Review: [D.L. Morrese review](https://dlmorrese.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/book-review-post-apocalyptic-nomadic-warriors-by-benjamin-wallace)
- Author commentary: [Author opening sample](https://hello.benjaminwallace-books.com/the-complete-duck-and-cover-collection)
- Author commentary: [Author bookstore](https://store.benjaminwallacebooks.com/products/post-apocalyptic-nomadic-warriors-kindle-and-epub)