Commune 6: The Slavers of Grand Saline

Commune, Book 6

De: Joshua Gayou

Narrado por: R.C. Bray

Eleven years after the fall...

In the process of searching for Pinch, a long-lost mythic figure who has attained a talismanic status, Gibs has resorted to making a living doing contract work with his friend Alan, the young man who followed him out of the Wyoming commune.

Hired by a family as escorts on a cross-country trip to Texas, they are ambushed by a group of raiders. The family is captured, children and all, and Gibs and Alan are left behind with only some pistols, a handful of bullets between them, and no food or water to speak of.

They pursue the attackers, following the tracks left by the raiders until the trail goes cold a few days later. But evidence of further murders abounds in the region.

The owner of a waystation informs them of a mining settlement out east in the fallen town of Grand Saline, which operates on slave labor. Reasoning that their attackers were likely slavers, Gibs resolves to go to Grand Saline in search of the family.

Settling in nearby Iron Bridge, as there is no evidence of slavery within its borders, they begin to plan. But nothing in Iron Bridge makes sense. A bizarre dual-class system is at play, its people are standoffish, and the town seems at odds with itself at every turn.

Gibs and Alan are left to sound out the mysteries of this strange new place, determine what, if any, weaknesses Grand Saline has to exploit, and save the children from the slavers' salt mines.

The hit Commune series returns with book 6! Rejoin Gibs in the apocalypse as he explores the horrors of what humanity is capable of.

©2023 Joshua Gayou (P)2023 Podium Audio

Back on Track

The last book was not what I expected, but book 6 is back to what I liked about the first 4 books. Book 5 lost the voice of the story new characters or not. Very happy things seem to be back on track!

10 years after has me wondering what's happening in the bowl!!!

Oh, my heart!

So glad to have this continuance. Yes, we mostly all understand about #5, somebody somewhere possibly enjoyed it. The rest of the reading world is celebrating #6 - characters we NEEDED more of. Please, Sir, can we have a Pinch more?!?!

Amazing

What a great continuation. Love the time line change.
Though I was a little disappointed when Gibbs didn’t have anything to say to Jake when Alan returns. Hope there’s an explanation to come.
But truly I loved this book.

Well, now I’m ready for more

Gosh, Mr. Gayou blows me away again. This book picks up (sort of) where we left in Commune 4, but connects some dots to Commune 5.

Now I have to wait. Again. Until Commune 7 to really get where we are trying to go.

Gibbs at his best!!!

I love the Commune books that feature Gibbs, and this one is standing out as my favorite so far. I hope we will be staying with him for the next installment, although a visit back to the original settlement would be welcomed as well.