Lord of Order, Brett Riley
Lord of Order, Brett Riley
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Lord of Order
A Novel

Author: Brett Riley

Narrator: David Doersch

Unabridged: 12 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Imbrifex Books

Published: 04/06/2021


Synopsis

The Purge is here. New Orleans must die.

Long after the destruction of all electronic technology, the Bright Crusade rules the world as a fundamentalist Christian theocracy. Gabriel Troy is Lord of Order for the New Orleans Principality. For years, he and his deputies have fought to keep their city safe from the attacks of the Crusade’s relentless enemies, the Troublers—heretical guerillas who reject the Crusade’s rule and the church’s strict doctrines. As their crowning achievement, Troy’s forces capture the Troublers’ local leader. The city has never been more secure.

Alarming intelligence leaks from Washington: Supreme Crusader Matthew Rook plans to enact a Purge—the mass annihilation of everyone deemed a threat to the Crusade. Rook orders his forces to round up all but the blindly loyal and march them to New Orleans. Once the prisoners have been chained inside, the Crusaders will wall off the city and destroy the levees. The resulting deluge, reenacting the Biblical deluge of Noah’s time and the city’s devastation during Hurricane Katrina, will kill everyone inside.

Forced to choose between the Crusade and the city he has sworn to protect, Troy and five other conflicted conspirators gird for battle, fully aware that the looming apocalypse will demand horrific choices, test their faith, and require them to join forces with their sworn enemies.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer Barry on January 18, 2021

Not for the faint hearted. This story is full of violence, scenes of torture, and a large battle. The characters are very strong. You never find out much about them or their backstories, but they are all individuals and combined make an awesome team with a sense of family. The graphic imagery got qui......more

Goodreads review by Beth on December 07, 2020

In this riveting pressure cooker of a novel, a man of faith, Gabriel Troy, and the city he loves face a force of destruction cloaked in religious righteousness. To confront it, Troy and his allies assemble a ragtag army of one-time enemies united by an adeptness in bloodshed and a passion to stand–a......more

Goodreads review by SmallPressPicks on April 06, 2021

The protagonist’s efforts to stand up for the city he’s pledged to protect had me turning the pages. Also, to its great credit, the novel conveys the dark side of participating in violent acts, showing the toll they take on perpetrators as well as victims. There’s so much I enjoyed about this novel,......more

Goodreads review by MikeLikesBooks on September 23, 2023

The Purge is here. New Orleans must die This is the 5th novel by Brett Riley that I have read and it may be my favorite. The story was action packed. The characters live in a dystopian world where there are no cars, electricity or modern conveniences. All gone. The leaders rule by a Theocracy. Everyt......more

Goodreads review by Lee on November 27, 2020

I received a free digital ARC of this book in return for an honest review. "Christ said to suffer the little children and let em come unto him. I don’t think he meant to kill em to get em there faster”. Darkly humorous, laconic asides like this guide readers of Lord of Order through a visceral, blood......more