The story
No power. No phones. No cavalry coming.
An EMP attack silences America. John recognizes what comes next. He knows exactly what desperate people become when order disappears.
He's a mechanic now. A husband to Lisa. A father to Max and Emily. He rebuilds classic cars instead of pulling triggers, and he almost convinced himself that life was behind him.
Then Bedford, Pennsylvania, falls apart. Grant Kingsley seizes the regional hospital and trades medicine for loyalty. The street John swore he could hold turns on itself. And when Max does one reckless thing to save a friend, John's ordinary life is gone for good.
To keep his family breathing, he has to dig up the operator he buried.
Fair warning: this series is brutal, profane, and does not flinch. If you want your apocalypse clean, this is not your book.
For fans of SILO, The Last of Us, Kyla Stone's Edge of Collapse and The Road.