The Folk of the Fringe
Narrated by Scott Brick, Stefan Rudnicki, Emily Janice Card, Richard Brewer
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
Four narrators rebuild America one voice at a time — and somehow that earnest, Mormon-frontier sincerity hits harder than most dystopian cynicism.
- Great if you want: quiet, human-scale survival stories over action-driven apocalypse
- Listening experience: episodic and meditative — linked stories, not a propulsive thriller
- Narration: Rudnicki and Brick anchor the cast with distinct, unhurried gravitas
- Skip if: LDS themes or gentle pacing test your patience
About This Audiobook
In a post-apocalyptic America where biological warfare has shattered civilization, isolated communities struggle to rebuild from the ruins. The state of Deseret, carved from the remnants of Utah, Colorado, and Idaho, emerges as one of the few functioning societies amid widespread chaos and environmental upheaval. Against a backdrop of rising waters and climate transformation, hardy settlers work to cultivate hope in an unforgiving landscape. These interconnected stories explore how ordinary individuals become the architects of renewal, facing moral dilemmas and cultural conflicts as they attempt to forge a new society from the fragments of the old.
The multi-narrator approach elevates these tales of survival and rebirth, with Scott Brick, Stefan Rudnicki, Emily Janice Card, and Richard Brewer each bringing distinct voices to Card's diverse cast of characters. Their varied performances capture the regional dialects and generational differences that define this recovering civilization, while the production seamlessly weaves together multiple perspectives without losing narrative coherence. The audio format particularly enhances the folkloric quality of these stories, as the narrators' voices echo the oral tradition that might naturally emerge in such rebuilding communities.