Altered Course - The Passage: Book One of my Brand New Series is Coming This Fall, 2025
Altered Course Book One: The Passage
An abandoned sailing vessel… A voyage into the unknown… A desperate fight to survive a future that shouldn’t be…
When a classic wooden schooner is discovered adrift in the Gulf Stream off St. Augustine, Florida—fully rigged and intact, but with no trace of its origins—Nathan Kirks is tasked with its survey and refit. Young, restless, and fresh from a Maine boatbuilding apprenticeship, Nathan knows his traditional small sailing craft, but this 45-footer is a riddle: no records, no markings, no owner—just a seaworthy ghost ship with an untraceable past.
When the schooner is ready for display at a prestigious boat show up the coast, Nathan seizes his chance. With forged papers and a loyal crew of two close friends, he concocts a scheme to instead set sail for the islands. But something unexplained happens once they are well offshore and all GPS and radio signals are lost.
Forced to alter course, they make landfall to find marinas and waterfront communities empty and neglected. Derelict vessels lie haphazardly tied alongside dilapidated docks, while cars and trucks rust away on flat tires. The first people they encounter are wary, desperate, and armed, and Nathan and his crew soon realize the world in which they’ve arrived is not the one they left. Somehow, the schooner has carried them to an unknown, dark future—to a world reeling in the aftermath of a deadly pandemic that has left civilization in ruins.
Shunned by survivors who see them as a threat—and hunted by those who want what they have—Nathan and his crew are desperate to understand what went wrong while they were at sea. Will they unlock the secrets of the vessel that brought them here, or has the passage sealed their fate?
From Scott B. Williams, author of In Times to Come and Feral Nation, comes Altered Course—a gripping new series where time itself is the greatest threat to survival.
In Times to Come Book Nine: Coming November, 2025
Deception: In Times to Come Series Book Nine
The timeline fractures deeper with every choice... and some secrets refuse to stay buried...
Alan Carson emerges from the portal into 2025 to find a world shaped by his own warnings, but success comes with a bitter price. The Timms Ranch has become a fortress, Douglas Timms has prepared for the collapse Alan predicted, and Sierra Timms is alive and safe—but out of reach in a way he'd never imagined.
In this altered reality, Kenneth appears rational, respected, and trusted by those Alan cares most about protecting. But Alan has seen what this man becomes—a manipulator, a killer, and someone who will sacrifice anyone to get what he wants. Is this younger Kenneth truly different, or do the same dark impulses already lie dormant beneath the surface?
As logging company mercenaries threaten the region and armed militias fight to protect their land, Alan must navigate a deadly game where his knowledge of other timelines makes him either prophetic or paranoid. Kaylee, having survived impossible trials at Alan's side, refuses to accept that their bond means nothing—and will fight for the future she believes they should share. Meanwhile, Kocha faces the impossible task of adapting to a reality his Stone Age mind was never meant to comprehend.
When corporate armies close in and old alliances fracture, Alan discovers that some deceptions run deeper than others. The greatest threat may not be the enemies he can see, but the lies he's telling himself about the people he's trying to save—and the woman whose heart he's already lost to another version of his greatest enemy.
In a timeline where past and future collide, where every truth hides a deeper deception, Alan must choose between the certainty of what he knows and the possibility that this time, everything might be different.
Deception is the ninth explosive installment in the In Times to Come series, where the past refuses to stay buried and the future demands a price no one is prepared to pay.
Feral Nation Fifteen is also on the way…
Feral Nation - Aftermath: Feral Nation Series Book 15
The war for the Mississippi River reaches its explosive climax.
When some of his own forces captured the tenacious resistance leader Eric Branson, Commander Mitchell Reyes never even knew—until it was too late. Branson's escape from a heavily guarded outpost has left a trail of bodies and shattered C.R.I.'s stranglehold on the Atchafalaya Basin.
Now, with his people safely across the Mississippi River, Keith Branson works to establish a new stronghold with Gunnery Sergeant Jack Kendricks' local militia forces. On the other side: Reyes, is desperate to salvage his reputation and crush the resistance once and for all.
Reyes knows that failure is not an option, and that Director Steele's mercenary organization has resources beyond imagination. With reinforcements pouring in from their Texas stronghold, C.R.I. prepares to unleash everything in their arsenal to secure both sides of the Mississippi and maintain control of all navigation on that vital waterway.
The river runs red. The reckoning has come. And in the aftermath, nothing will ever be the same.