Caldera Awakened

Mount St. Helens Lasted Hours. Yellowstone Wouldn’t Stop.

When Yellowstone begins to fail, it doesn’t explode—it doesn’t stop.
Ash falls, then falls again. Power flickers back on, then dies for good. Trucks stop running. Stores empty quietly. Banks close without explanations. And life across North America begins to narrow, day by day, into something colder, slower, and permanent.
In a Wyoming town downwind of the caldera, the Mercer family realizes this isn’t a disaster with a cleanup phase. It’s a siege measured in months. Daniel does what he can to keep the lights on and danger outside their door. Rachel manages the harder task—rationing food, guarding information, and holding their family together as trust collapses and the economy quietly resets.
As barter replaces cash and “Silver Only” signs appear at makeshift markets, the Mercers face the truth no one wants to say out loud: this world isn’t coming back anytime soon.
Caldera Awakened is a gripping, realistic survival novel about endurance, family, and what happens when a disaster outlasts rescue—and survival becomes a way of life.