Apocalyptic Home

Five years after a pneumonic plague killed two-thirds of the world's population, army veteran Marcus Battle is isolated. He's alone with his guns, his food, and the graves of his wife and child. Unaware of the chaos that's befallen everything outside of his central Texas ranch land, Marcus lives a Spartan life. If anyone steps onto his property, he shoots first and never asks questions. But when a woman in distress, chased by marauders, seeks asylum, Marcus has a decision to make.

A college student in Knoxville. An Irish couple on their dream vacation in Orlando. A bank robber in an Atlanta prison...what do they all have in common? They are survivors of vPx073, the most deadly virus ever to be unleashed on the planet. One that has brought civilization to a standstill.

No electricity. No running water. No food. No end in sight. If life as you knew it changed in an instant, would you be prepared? In A. American’s first novel, Going Home, readers were introduced to Morgan Carter, the resourceful, tough-as-nails survivalist who embarks on a treacherous 250-mile...

In an instant, the world changed. Without power, technology, or the rule of law, can a young man guide his companions to loved ones and safety? Alex Kade is ready for some R&R. Hardworking but carrying his share of regrets, the UCLA film school student tries to keep the peace among his friends during a winter vacation to the rugged Colorado Rockies. But when a startling flash lights up the sky over their remote cabin, the twenty-two-year-old is horrified to realize the country is under attack —and gets his group walking toward town.

David Turner has crossed a broken America on horseback. From the mountains of Washington to the banks of the Mississippi, every mile has tested his resolve, his horses, and his determination to get home to the family he left behind. But the hardest miles are still ahead. As summer turns toward fall, David pushes east through unfamiliar country, desperate to reach the Carolina mountains where Grace and their three sons wait and wonder if he is still alive. Along the way, he will face dangerous crossings, desperate strangers, and the growing realization that the world he left may never return...

If society collapsed, could you survive? When Morgan Carter’s car breaks down 250 miles from his home, he figures his weekend plans are ruined. But things are about to get much, much worse: the country’s power grid has collapsed. There is no electricity, no running water, no Internet, and no...

David Turner survived the first weeks after the EMP. Now the real journey begins. Riding east with June and Whiskey, David crosses the Great Plains through blistering heat, violent storms, and a country growing more dangerous by the day. Every mile brings him closer to home—but also closer to desperate people willing to do anything to survive. In the Carolina mountains, Grace Turner and her sons are no longer simply surviving. They are building a future. Gardens are growing. Security is improving. But the threats around their remote cabin are growing as well, and some dangers cannot be ...

In the open countryside, the only safe place is behind the barrel of your gun. “Tom Hawke has created a post-apocalyptic world that is harsh, dangerous, and believable, but what keeps me turning the pages isn't just the action—it's the people.” - Amazon Reviewer Braxton Stone's arrival in Idaho signals a reckoning for the Bastard Brigade, the ruthless motorcycle gang that has controlled the region since the grid went down. No longer can they terrorize the town with impunity — if they expose themselves for even a moment, Braxton is ready to strike. However the gang remains firmly ...

David Turner was supposed to be home in two days. A pilot, husband, and father of three, David is finishing a routine business trip in Washington when the world suddenly goes dark. Aircraft fall from the sky. Vehicles die where they sit. Communications vanish. Stranded more than a thousand miles from home with only the gear in his survival bag, David begins an impossible journey across a country that no longer functions. Back in the Carolinas, his wife Grace is fighting her own battle to protect their sons and prepare for a future no one saw coming. When David discovers an abandoned ...

Ordinary people surviving extraordinary times in Eastwood, the second audiobook of the No Direction Home series, all hell breaks loose when a violent bandit arrives in the Cohutta. At newly-formed Camp Eastwood, three members leave on a recruitment mission. Meanwhile, Cody and Walter receive a nasty surprise when they visit Camp Benton. With strong, original characters that jump off the page, this is a fast-paced story that fans of post-apocalyptic survival fiction will appreciate.

Winter is finally losing its grip on the Hollow. David made it home. His family survived the cold. But surviving the winter was only the beginning. As the snow begins to melt, a different challenge emerges. Food must be grown. Tools that haven't moved in decades must work again. Livestock must be protected, clothing repaired, and supplies stretched farther than anyone thought possible. In a world without electricity, fuel, or the conveniences they once took for granted, nearly everything has to be relearned. But the Hollow is no longer alone. Other survivors are beginning to emerge. Some ...

China, its military ravaged by Covid and stung by the loss of its only significant ally, Russia, launches four intercontinental, nuclear-tipped missiles from submarines off the coast of North Korea. Detonating high in the atmosphere over North America, the missiles create an electromagnetic pulse that takes down the entire power grid. The US is set back to the eighteenth century. It now lacks any power, transportation, communication, food supplies, water, or electronics.

Long Road Home: A Post-Apocalyptic Next-World Series Book 3: Turning Point Alex Kade and Shanan Sullivan, along with their college friends, have integrated into the goings-on of the local Colorado mountain town. The problem is, it's just not home. With Trey gone, Beth is stuck with Tex, who wants nothing more than to play house and eliminate anyone that gets in his way. She slowly builds trust with her captor, praying for the day she can run free.

Long Road Home: A Post-Apocalyptic Next-World Series Volume 2 The Plan (Long Road Home A Post-Apocalyptic Next-World Series) Alex Kade and Shanan Sullivan, along with their college friends, have made it down the mountain and into the goings-on of the local Colorado mountain town. Two have split from the pack leaving the four to find temporary housing and a purpose before the final trek home to Texas. While the four remaining students hunker down, the two, who split off, become entangled with a drifter and killer of men and women alike.

The Hollow has survived the first year. Now it has to become something worth keeping. With spring behind them and the growing season underway, David and Grace are finally seeing the results of everything their family and neighbors fought to build. Fields are producing, the spring is flowing, and the communities around them are beginning to find ways to work together. But survival brings new problems. Medicine is running short. Good seed is worth more than money ever was. Roads are failing, supplies are scattered across a world that no longer has trucks or stores to deliver them, and people ...

Book 4 of The Survivalist Series They survived the collapse, but can they survive the aftermath? Morgan Carter has weathered the weeks after the collapse of the nation’s power grid, reuniting with his family and ensuring their safety, but his struggle isn't over yet. Carter must focus on...

Nine-year-old Christopher and his seven-year-old sister Ilaya are riding home to their mother in Eugene when every engine in Oregon dies at once. No radio. No planes. No help coming. Their father walks across a field to find a truck that still runs. He says an hour. He never comes back. By morning the children are alone on a highway that has stopped being a road and started being something else. Then a drifter named Weston finds them, and decides to walk them a hundred and ten miles south to a mother who has no idea if they are alive. What follows is a journey through a valley coming apart ...

The Long Way Home — Book 6: The Road to Charlotte Spring has finally come to the Hollow, bringing with it a chance to plant, rebuild, and prepare for the year ahead. But when a battered stranger arrives at the gate with information about something they desperately need, David Turner faces a difficult choice. Two hundred miles away, in the abandoned rail yards of Charlotte, sits a shipment of medical supplies that could change everything for the Hollow. If it is still there. Leaving Grace and the boys behind, David sets out with Karen, Curtis, Smokey, and four horses on a journey through a...

THE LONG RIDE HOME: THE FIRST WINTER David made it home. Now he has to make sure his family survives what comes next. The EMP changed everything. The power is gone. Supply chains are dead. Stores have been picked clean, and the world beyond the mountains grows more dangerous by the day. With winter closing in, David and his family turn their attention to the basics that will decide who sees spring: food, firewood, shelter, medicine, and the hard work of preparing for months when nothing can be taken for granted. But they aren't alone anymore. New survivors are finding their way into the ...

When society ceases to exist, who can you trust? After the collapse of the nation’s power grid, America is under martial law—and safety is an illusion. As violence erupts around him, Morgan Carter faces one of his most difficult decisions yet: whether to stay and defend his home, or move to...