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Blood Meridian

9 min read 12 min listen Narrated by Sam
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What’s it about?

A teenage boy joins a murderous scalp-hunting gang in the 1850s Southwest, confronting a terrifying philosopher-judge who embodies violence as the primal human truth.

You’ll learn

  • Violence is the foundation of human existence
  • The will to power drives all action
  • Morality is a fragile human invention
  • Witnessing evil implicates the observer