Culdesac, Robert Repino
Culdesac, Robert Repino
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Culdesac
A Novella from the World of Mort(e)

Author: Robert Repino

Narrator: Bronson Pinchot

Unabridged: 3 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/15/2016


Synopsis

The war with no name rages on, setting the world on fire. Humanity faces extinction at the hands of the Colony, a race of intelligent ants seeking to overthrow the humans and establish a new order. To achieve this, the ants use their strange technology to transform the surface animals into highly evolved killing machines who rise up and murder their oppressors.The bobcat Culdesac is among the fiercest warriors that the Colony’s experiment has produced. Driven by revenge, and notorious for his ability to hunt humans in the wild, Culdesac is the perfect leader of the Red Sphinx, an elite unit of feline assassins. With the humans in retreat, the Red Sphinx seizes control of the remote village of Milton. But holding the town soon becomes a bitter struggle of wills. While the humans threaten a massive counterattack, the townsfolk protect a dark secret that could tip the balance of the war. For the sadistic Culdesac, violence is the answer to everything. But this time, he’ll need more than his claws and his guns, for what he discovers in Milton will upend everything he believes, everything he fought for, and everything he left behind.Relentless, bloody, and unforgiving, Culdesac is the story of an antihero with no soul to lose, carving a path of destruction that consumes the innocent and the guilty alike.

About Robert Repino

Robert Repino grew up in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. His fiction includes short stories in the Literary Review and other journals, as well as the middle grade series Spark and the League of Ursus. He lives in New York and works as an editor for Oxford University Press. Malefactor follows the novels D’Arc and Mort(e) and the novella Culdesac.

About Bronson Pinchot

Bronson Pinchot, an Audie Award–winning narrator and Audible’s Narrator of the Year for 2010, received his education at Yale University. He restores Greek Revival buildings and appears in television, film, and on stage whenever the pilasters and entablatures overwhelm him.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ashley on February 09, 2017

Full disclosure: the author is my boyfriend.......more

Goodreads review by Rpaul on April 14, 2017

I really enjoy Repino's writing style. This was a perfect quick read that keeps up with the first book but also has a story of its own. Looking forward to reading D'Arc when it come out.......more

Goodreads review by Teragon on September 19, 2021

In this book we get a closer look into Culdasac’s world and find out what shaped him. I’m glad they used this book to build more of his character and even a bit of Tiberius too. An excellent addition to the series.......more


Quotes

“Have you ever wondered what might happen if you raised animal intelligence, stood them up, and made them human-sized? Repino has an intriguing answer.” Steve Perry, New York Times bestselling author

“Entertaining.” Missourian

“Repino imbues a startling sense of realism to a story about an intelligent cat’s desire to wipe out humanity; Culdesac’s story is not only tense and violent, but oddly emotional and touching.” Tor.com

“The ideas of instinct, intellect, and belief come into play in a postapocalyptic…This mix of George Orwell’s Animal Farm and dystopian sf creates an unusual and unforgettable read.” Library Journal

“Returning to his subversive world of sentient animals, Repino makes you wonder why you’d read books with human characters.” Ryan Britt, author of Luke Skywalker Can’t Read