Hope is scarce, but not extinguished for there is always the Oathsworn. Mankind is assailed by the creatures of the Deepwood who constantly search for weaknesses in the city walls, trying to break the fragile shell protecting the soft humanity within. However, out in the darkness is a new frontier. The King has promised, 'If you can hold it you can keep it', but few have succeeded. Some even go so far as to accept the 'King's Pledge' and brave the Deepwood to try and make a new home for themselves. There is no poverty, crime or sickness but no. Life is cheap in the cities. A lack of resources and burgeoning populations have pushed many to extremes. When the novel Brave New World first appeared in 1932, its shocking analysis of a scientific dictatorship seemed a projection into the remote. It’s 2116, and Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson are token rebels in an irretrievably corrupted society where promiscuity is the norm, eugenics a respectable science, and morality turned upside down. They are all that survived of the old world and now stand alone, as if islands in a sea of death. It is almost certain that the audiobook download market is sprinting. It still remains a mystery why Penguin pulled out of the 3music experiment but that is now history. Clawing their way out of this abyss, barely clinging to life, were the great cities. We predicted in the Brave New World report that audio would be a natural format for digital downloading and its heartening to finally see they opportunity coming to fruition. 3y Yeah - if he found York 'dreary' then I dont know what to suggest.lm talking about the audible version read by Michael York 2 Share ReportSave level 2 When the Deepwood came, mankind collapsed in on itself - ravaged by starvation and the stuff of nightmares. l checked and l gave it 4 stars for narration and lm usually strict about that. There is only corruption, rot and the endless shadow of the twisted trees. The monstrous Deepwood has consumed the land.
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