# Season five, Episode eighteen – “Swarm”

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Podcast: [After the Apocalypse](https://stenobird.com/podcast/after-the-apocalypse-3453306)
Published: 2025-05-11T01:17:47+00:00
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After the Apocalypse A pandemic survival story Season five, Episode eighteen – “Swarm”  ... Liam and Zooey had opted to stay with Mag’s group when the Kaiju – as Paul was called – left. They had gone to Defender with the old man. Now Liam was equal parts glad and anxious. Glad that he had an opportunity to make an impact, potentially turn the tide of the conflict with his drones, and anxious that it might not work. He knew everyone on Mag’s team had doubts. Doubted the feasibility of this drone attack plan and they were skeptical he could pull his part of it – the drones - off. The plan sounded too much like science fiction, or a James Bond plot point to most of them.  But it was all they had. ... Buy a book -> https://booklocker.com/books/13731.html Website -> http://www.oldmanapocalypse.com Buy me Coffee -> https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cyktrussell Subscribe page on Acast -> https://plus.acast.com/s/after-the-apocalypse Podcast on Acast -> https://shows.acast.com/after-the-apocalypse Facebook group -> https://www.facebook.com/groups/oldmanapocalypse YouTube -> https://www.youtube.com/@cyktrussell Patreon to support the show -> https://www.patreon.com/AftertheApocalypse Merch Store -> https://www.teepublic.com/stores/after-the-apocalypse Twitter -> cyktrussell@twitter.com RunRunLive Website -> https://www.runrunlive.com Podcast on Acast -> https://shows.acast.com/runrunlive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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