Audiobook Titles Currently Available or in Production
Many of my books are now available as audiobooks and more are scheduled for audio production in the near future. The Feral Nation Series is now available for Books 1-10. The standalone novel Sailing the Apocalypse is currently available, as are Books 1 & 2 of The Pulse Series and Book 1 of The Darkness After Series. All of the sequels to those two series are scheduled for production, as is Book 1 of the new In Times to Come series.
Three of my nonfiction titles, On Island Time, Paddling the Pascagoula, and Bug Out: The Complete Plan for Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster are also currently available.
The links below will take you to the audiobook product pages on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
IN TIMES TO COME SERIES:
IN TIMES TO COME - DISPLACED
A glitch in time and a one-way trip….
Back from his final deployment with the US Marines, Alan Carson is hiking across New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness to ponder his future and put the war in his past.
When his best friend and squad leader, Sergeant Kurt Timms, took a Taliban bullet because of bad intel, Alan made a promise to his dying friend. He would come here to see the rugged mountains that were Kurt’s boyhood stomping grounds, even if the horseback hunting trip the two of them had planned would never come to pass.
After paying his respects to Kurt’s wife and daughter at the ranch his buddy had called home, Alan loads his pack for a week and heads into the Gila, finding all the splendor and solitude of which Kurt so often raved. But deep in a trackless canyon, miles from any trail, Alan finds something else: the body of a dead man at the foot of a cliff…an ancient cave dwelling in the rock face above…and a mysterious passageway too intriguing to ignore.
Alan Carson has come to the West to contemplate the next chapter of his life, but the future into which he emerges is beyond imagination, and the world he’d known before is changed beyond recognition. Can he ever come to grips with this new reality he must face? Or will he long for his old life, even if it means returning to a war he at least understands?
Displaced is book one of the Times to Come series: a story of survival and courage in a near-future dystopian nightmare.
THE PULSE SERIES:
THE PULSE
A thrilling narrative of survival amid the violence and chaos following the catastrophic destruction of America's power grid.
As massive solar flares bombard the Earth, an intense electromagnetic pulse brings down America’s long-neglected power grid. The electric age ends and anarchy descends as desperate citizens panic. Artie Drager, whose dream Bahamas vacation turns into every parent’s worst nightmare, finds himself stranded thousands of miles from his home and only daughter, Jessica. As the horrible aftermath unfolds, Jessica is frantic about her father lost somewhere at sea. But first she must save herself right at home. Gangs of looters are raping, creating havoc, and taking everything in sight. Jessica is forced to bug out from the crumbling streets of New Orleans into the desolate and dangerous backwaters of Mississippi while her father sets sail on a trackless ocean a thousand miles away.
This compelling, fast-paced, action-adventure novel has listeners riveted and uneasy, questioning whether they would have what it takes to survive in an America lit only by firelight.
REFUGE
A riveting story of survival after the catastrophic destruction of America's power grid throws the country into darkness and chaos.
Days have turned into weeks with no contact from anyone outside of North America, where the power, communication, and transportation grid has been completely destroyed by massive solar flares. In the ensuing chaos, grocery store shelves have been stripped bare and panicked survivors have fled the cities and towns, sweeping across the countryside in a desperate attempt to find sustenance and avoid the violence.
Artie Drager has risked everything to sail from the West Indies to New Orleans, where his daughter, Casey, was attending college. Finally catching up with her after discovering she had long since evacuated the city with her friends, Artie’s plan to get her to safe refuge on his brother’s sailboat begins to fall apart. Artie and his daughter must fight to survive, and hard choices must be made when part of their crew fails to return before they must set sail.
This sequel to The Pulse explores the descent into anarchy that occurs when everything familiar in modern life is suddenly stripped away and survivors must adapt to a harsh new reality or die.
THE DARKNESS AFTER SERIES:
THE DARKNESS AFTER
The thrilling story of teenagers struggling for survival as the modern world collapses around them
Massive solar flares bombard the Earth. An intense electromagnetic pulse undermines America’s power grid, wreaking havoc. Panic and chaos ensue in cities like New Orleans, where 16-year-old Mitch Henley was stranded after driving his parents to the airport. The son of a game warden in a rural Mississippi county, Mitch is an expert hunter and woodsman and knows he can survive back on his family’s remote 600 acres. With no way to know if his parents’ plane landed safely or crashed because of the pulse, Mitch sets out alone to walk home.
But what Mitch hadn’t counted on was meeting April: a determined young woman who has an even more compelling reason to make it to her destination. Thrust into adulthood at an early age, April is a fighter who won’t back down, and when the two of them pair up to face the dangers ahead, they endure and overcome one setback and disappointment after another.
Set in the world of the author’s dystopian thriller, The Pulse, where anarchy and desperation reign, The Darkness After is a frightening look at how fragile our technologically dependent lifestyle really is.
STANDALONE FICTION:
SAILING THE APOCALYPSE
How far would you go to get your family out if you were convinced that America was doomed?
Would you build an underground bunker and stockpile it with ammunition and supplies? Buy a cabin in the woods and start growing all your own food? Not if you were obsessed with boats the way Terry Bailey is obsessed.
Terry has an escape plan to sail to the very ends of the earth; the only real option left to survive what's coming, according to him.
Convincing his new wife, teen stepdaughter and preteen stepson that time is running out, he sells his recently-acquired family on the necessity to build a boat.
Two years of hard labor later, Terry has his ship; a huge ocean-going catamaran he christens the Apocalypse. When the four of them move aboard and bid farewell to life on land, there is no need to wait for a disaster to strike, because Terry Bailey has created his own.
Sailing the Apocalypse is the sometimes serious, sometimes humorous story of a man who is about to go too far, told from the perspective of the twelve-year-old stepson who watches it all unfold as he is swept along for the ride. Grab your copy now and you'll be instantly swept up in this tale of misadventure too!
THE FERAL NATION SERIES:
Book One: INFILTRATION
Coordinated terror attacks; protests and riots cripple the economy and disrupt travel and communication.
In a near future, post-apocalyptic America, civil unrest and insurrection spreads as battles between dissident factions turn cities and towns into war zones.
Professional security contractor and former Navy SEAL, Eric Branson, has been away fighting ongoing insurgencies in Europe when he realizes his own country faces the same fate. But before he can make his way back home to Florida, a catastrophic hurricane deals the final blow to an infrastructure already ravaged by riots and terror, leaving survivors cut off and on their own.
Amid the death and destruction in the aftermath, Eric begins his most dangerous mission yet, searching for the family he left behind. Eric didn’t come here to fight another war, but he’s prepared for anything he might encounter as he quietly makes his way into south Florida.
Will Eric find his ex-wife and daughter at their waterfront home? Or is he already too late?
Book Two: INSURRECTION
Fighting for survival amid lawlessness and chaos.
Danger lurks at every turn in a nation ravaged by violent insurrection and economic collapse.
Eric Branson’s mission when he returned to Florida from overseas was to find his daughter and get her out. But the former Navy SEAL and private contractor learns from his ex-wife that Megan is nearly 2000 miles away in Colorado.
To get there, he must first sail across the Gulf to Louisiana, where his brother Keith is a deputy sheriff.
Eric and a crew that includes his father and his former wife, as well as the young survivor that tried to rob him upon arrival, face a battle for their lives at sea. And over the horizon lies an uncertain landfall on a coast that may be as bad or worse than what they left behind in south Florida.
Eric needs his brother’s help, but will he find Keith still alive and patrolling his Atchafalaya River jurisdiction?
Book Three: TRIBULATION
When nothing is easy.
Deception, trickery, and ambush threaten to derail Eric Branson's plans shortly after his arrival in South Louisiana.
Eric soon learns that the sheriff's department Keith works for has been decimated by riots and terror attacks.
The infrastructure here has also been severely crippled by the same hurricane that devastated South Florida, leaving the survivors hungry and desperate in a world where law and order is impossible to enforce.
For Eric, reaching Louisiana is just another step in a difficult quest that will take him overland to the Colorado Rockies in search of his daughter. And getting there will take everything he's learned in a decade and a half of fighting wars all over the world.
Will the new plan he puts together with his brother's help work?
Book Four: THE DIVIDE
An offer too good to refuse.
Eric Branson is still weeks from reaching his daughter in Colorado, but an opportunity to get there a whole lot faster has him participating in business he wanted no part of when he returned to the homeland.
Just like in the old days, things change and go downhill fast when the action begins, and the mission he's agreed to will test even a war-hardened SEAL and private contractor.
And by the time Eric extricates himself from his new predicament, it might be too late to take advantage of the deal he signed up for.
Nothing will stop him from reaching the Rockies in the end, but what he uncovers when he gets there sets Eric on a new path he has no choice but to follow.
Is it too late to save Megan from the danger she's gotten herself into? Eric won't know until he finds her, somewhere in the vast mountain wilderness into which she has fled.
Book Five: PERSEVERANCE
Moving targets are harder to hit....
Eric Branson has fought his way across half a continent in search of his daughter. But with no idea he was coming for her, Megan has done what she must to survive.
Now in the heart of a mountain wilderness with winter coming quickly, Eric is on Megan's trail, but will he find her alive at the other end? He knows he's not the only one in pursuit, and that Megan's fate may well hang on whoever finds her first.
Perseverance in the face of grim circumstance is the only thing that will see Eric through to his ultimate goal. And the only thing that will stop him is death itself.
Book Seven: SABOTAGE
Treachery from within and a change of course....
In Eric Branson's line of work, taking things for granted can prove fatal. Countless successful combat missions have taught him to expect the unforeseen, even when it seems the objective is within reach.
Eric has a solid plan to get his family out of the nightmare his country has fallen into, but even a highly-experienced former Navy SEAL and special operations contractor can't possibly anticipate every contingency in a hostile environment of evolving chaos.
With his ex-wife's help, Eric has found his daughter, but it's a long way back east from the mountains of New Mexico to the hurricane-ravaged swamps, where the rest of their loved ones wait.
Once again, Eric has to put his family first and pay a steep price in both delays and risks to ensure they reach their destination. But even if they do, will they find the refuge there they expect? Will Eric be able to implement the final phase of his plan to get them out of this situation for good?
Book Six: CONVERGENCE
All actions have consequences....
Finding Megan alive and in a place of relative safety is a major turning point in Eric Branson's quest. But even though he's reached his main objective, Eric's mission is far from over.
Eric made a hard choice when he left Shauna and Jonathan behind to catch up to Megan, and he knew when he did it, there would be consequences.
Determined to set things right and move on to the next stage of his plan, Eric will retrace his route into the wilderness, but this time he won't be riding alone.
Insurgents connected with the organization Eric encountered before are bent on controlling a vital corridor between their mountain strongholds to the north and Mexican border, and Eric's newfound warrior friends are determined to stop them in order to protect their homeland.
Once again, Eric will use his skill and expertise to fight for others, but it's a necessary step in attaining his ultimate goal.
Book Nine: ALLIANCES
A coalition of enemies allied to destroy a nation…
As Eric Branson meets new friends and foes in his struggle to prevent the hostile occupation of his brother’s jurisdiction and the broader Gulf Coast region, the intel he gathers leads to stunning conclusions.
Eric’s focus until now has been to defend his tribe, namely, his immediate family, and the small group of friends and allies that have joined them. Will knowledge of a vast conspiracy change his priorities, or will he still choose to leave behind a nation in ruins?
Book Eight: DEFIANCE
When there’s no other option but to stand and fight....
Eric Branson has done his best to mind his business and look out for his own. But when he’s backed into a corner even as his goal is in sight, Eric’s course of action is straightforward and clear.
The odds aren't on his side, but experience, tenacity and courage still are. Will they be enough to save his family?
Book Ten: RETALIATION
Sometimes the best defense is a good offense…
Now that Eric Branson and his small militia have a much better idea of what they’re up against, it’s time to go on the offensive and take the fight to the enemy.
The first mission involves the rescue of the friends he and Jonathan met on the upper Atchafalaya River. But Eric Branson won’t ignore the opportunity to strike hard at the heart of the operation that is bringing so much fear and disruption to the residents of the region.
NONFICTION:
ON ISLAND TIME: KAYAKING THE CARIBBEAN
Tourists visit popular islands of the Caribbean by the planeload. What they don't see from their resort hotels are the hundreds of out-of-the-way, uninhabited islands sprinkled along the West Indies, from Florida to South America. This alluring archipelago, strung with beaches accessible only by boat but spaced temptingly close together, led Mississippi adventurer Scott B. Williams to embark upon an open-ended quest to see how far south he could go in a 17-foot sea kayak.
No one was willing to accompany him. He spent months working his way down the west coast of Florida, through the Bahamas, and on to Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. On Island Time: Kayaking the Caribbean, his narrative of this journey of a lifetime, describes the wonders of discovery as he makes landfall on pristine cays. Relentless headwinds, dangerous surf, countless beaches declared off-limits to trespassing, and aggressive sharks that ram his kayak and snap him out of his musing, remind the adventurer that this paradise is far from perfect. Every day of the journey required constant vigilance.
With no one to depend on and often no one even knowing where he was for weeks at a time, Williams learned what it means to be self-reliant and to adjust to "island time." With just a simple craft and the few belongings that would fit in it, Williams explores an almost boundless frontier, and a powerful natural stretch of the Caribbean rarely, if ever, accessed by the island tourist.
The audiobook is published by University Press of Mississippi.
PADDLING THE PASCAGOULA
Science magazine describes the Pascagoula River of southeast Mississippi as the last unaltered large river system in the lower 48 states and southern Canada. Along its banks and watershed, 600,000 acres of public lands - wildlife management areas, national forest, wilderness areas, national wildlife refuges, Nature Conservancy preserves - ensure the creation of a tremendous natural river system.
To explore this sanctum, authors Ernest Herndon and Scott B. Williams traveled its entire 200-plus mile length by canoe and sea kayak, respectively. Each floated one of two major tributaries, Herndon taking the Leaf, Williams the Chickasawhay. They then met on the main Pascagoula and continued on to the Gulf Coast. Along the way, the two saw alligators and ospreys, conservationists and good ole boys. They ran rapids and explored swamps, dodged logjams and investigated possible pollution sources.
The audiobook gives the armchair explorer a vivid feeling of what it would be like to float this wonderful river and provides a wealth of information about what makes it special and the problems that threaten it.
The book is published by University Press of Mississippi.
BUG OUT
Warning sirens are blaring. You have 15 minutes to evacuate. What will you do?
Cataclysmic events strike sleepy towns and major cities every year. Residents face escaping quickly or perishing in rising waters, raging fires, or other life-threatening conditions. By the time the evacuation starts, it's already too late. Being prepared makes the difference between survival and disaster.
Guiding you step by step, Bug Out tells you how to be ready at a second's notice:
Create an escape plan for where to go and how to get there
Pack the perfect bug-out bag for the first 72 hours
Find food, water, and other necessities outside of civilization
From the Pacific Coast to the Desert Southwest, the Appalachians to the Atlantic Coast, Bug Out includes detailed information on the best escape locations everywhere in the United States to give you a better chance of surviving the next flood, pandemic, earthquake, or wildfire that may be headed your way.