Erin Bender: The Treasure of Amidon

by Rory L Foresman

In a post-apocalyptic era, the world is emerging from 50 years of death, famine, and chaos. Remnants of villages are growing into cities, and trades that were once lost are being re-learned. Out west, the Range is still considered a wild and lawless territory. The Range was slow to civilize and controlled by the gun. Those who remained are beginning to establish their own law, The Code of the West.

Born in the new cities of the apocalyptic era, Erin learned to read, write, use tools, and understand both science and technology. Her father was an engineer, and her mother an educator. Her parents provided Erin with the skills she would critically need when she left civilization to scavenge the Range.

When Erin was young, she scavenged with her father and discovered an advanced piece of technology invented before the tech wars, an apparatus in the shape of an Orb that would scan whole rooms and see beyond its superficial walls.

As Erin scavenges the Range looking for rare items to trade, her searching leads her to trust a wily gang of misfits that become family. Their scavenging would guide them to a treasure of more incredible wealth than they could ever imagine, leading to a mission that will help restore the last of humanity.

367 pages, Paperback

Published November 25, 2024

Reviews

[Ruth · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a post-apocalyptic novel. the setting is the Great Plains- an area many novels ignore. The novel focuses on three characters; Erin Bender and her friends Lucky and Emeric. They are exploring and searching abandoned buildings. I would describe it as the old west with a modern twist. Fun read!