Damned Nation

Fire from the Sky, Book 10

By: N.C. Reed

Narrated by: Lee Alan

Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

Post-Apocalyptic Fiction by N.C. Reed

So far, the Apocalypse has not gone according to plan. At least, not according to the plan Clay Sanders and his friends had laid out. Things are finally changing, though for better or worse remains to be seen.

Clay has agreed to offer what assistance the farm can spare to aid Captain Adcock and his National Guard contingent, hoping their presence will help bring order to the area. But trouble is brewing to the south and Adcock must take his men and women to Lewiston, where he finds a town reeling beneath multiple deaths from an unseen enemy. Believing this to be the retaliation that the suicidal zealot had called for with his cryptic message of "brimstone", Adcock tries to contain the situation, only to lose men of his own. Turning to Clay for help on a battlefield that is unfamiliar to soldiers trained for armored combat, Lake learns who and what Clay and the others are while all but begging for help.

Clay is determined to refuse until the problem turns personal, stirring many of his men to make a move toward Lewiston. As if this isn’t enough of a problem, Captain Adcock’s boss, Major Whitten, decides to visit, expressing concerns with having what he considers a Private Military Contractor, or PMC, running loose in his Area of Operations. Oh, and as a lovely parting gift, Whitten uses his authority as the Regional Commander under the martial law provision to appoint Greg Holloway, the sole surviving member of the Calhoun Sheriff’s Office, as the new Sheriff. An appointment Greg is less than thrilled about.

The news they have gotten from Adcock and others has painted a very grim picture indeed to the residents of the farm. Conditions in the larger cities and towns are much worse than even Clay had allowed for and the nation itself is completely crippled. The surviving command structure is unable to communicate with itself or with anyone else and the various services needed to try and rebuild and reestablish order have ceased to function or even exist except possibly on paper. Whatever may remain of the government, wherever they may be, will have an enormous struggle ahead in trying to regain control of the major cities that are rife with violence and atrocities that make Third World nations seem tame.

Until, or unless, that happens, the residents of the farm and the area around them are completely on their own. There will be no material assistance for them, no assistance at all other than the occasional presence of Captain Adcock and his team, trying to keep violence to a minimum wherever they can. If the people of Calhoun and the surrounding counties want the return of any kind of civilized society in the new era they now find themselves living in, then it will be up to them to create that society, and to make it work. They know now that it will be the work of years, perhaps decades, before any form of organized government on that scale can rise from the ashes of the Fire From the Sky. Their once great nation lies in ruin, all that they have worked for gone in a flash of sunlight. The economy, justice system, public services, all of it will now have to be done by the people themselves or else it won’t be done at all.

But even as the friends begin to try and piece together how they can possibly begin rebuilding at least their part of the world into something approaching a working society, one question continues to arise. A burning thought at the back of every mind. Who in their right mind would want to preside over and be responsible for repairing a Damned Nation like the one the US seems to have become?

©2020 N.C. Reed (P)2020 Creative Texts Publishers, LLC

Through 10 books and going for 11

A great series that I’m completely happy using my credits for. Worth the listen if the post-apocalyptic is your jam.

Fire From the Sky Series

just finished damned nation. I shred it with my son now he is is obsessed with the series. I thought it would get monotonous after a few books but so far it has my attention. thank you 😊

An awesome series!

I have just finished book ten in this series and I really look forward to book eleven. The story and characters are great and the performance by Lee Alan is not only great but makes the story come alive. Hurry with number eleven, Mr. Reed.

well done

great detailed story. entertaining and complex characters. scenarios that I hadn't contemplated before mixed with some humor of personalities and situations. Lee Allan narrates with enough change and inflection to bring each character to life.

Clayton and company continue the journey.

excellent listen. keep writing please. I need to know what happens next in this adventure.

apocalypse version of Days of Our Lives.

and Siri is a very good offer, but he's trying to milk this. And ask the books continue it becomes more evident. I want to like them and I do have interest in them, but God knows how much money I spent I'm not spending it on an endless loop so I think this will be the last it's a shame cuz it could have maybe done something to end it decently. I will still buy other books by him just not this one after series

Excellent storyline & fantastic narration!

The storyline, for those interested in this genre, is fascinating & continues rather seamlessly from one book to the next.

This is the tenth book in the series that I am reviewing; but my words apply to all ten of them.

If past performance is truly indicative of what one might should expect with future works, I see no reason why number's 10, 11 & perhaps so on & so forth will not be superb reads/listens.

The narration is superb. Somehow, as with his book "Odd Billy Todd," N. C. Reed seems thus far to have been blessed with just the right narrator for each story.

Brilliant

N.C.Reed continues to post thought provoking questions all the while entertaining us with his glimpse into the aftermath of a fictional Solar Flare and all that entails. This highly entertaining series has been a pleasure.

Great!

I have been a loyal reader from the first time I was introduced to the series. This volume does not disappoint. Highly recommend

KEEP 'EM COMING

Can hardly wait for the next book. excellent series. realistic characters except for Clayton and Xavier.