The Feral Nation Series
Infiltration is the first book in the Feral Nation Series, launched in September, 2017. If you've read any of my previous post-apocalyptic work in The Pulse Series or The Darkness After Series, you will find that it has much in common with those stories, although this is a different scenario. This time, the crisis is not a naturally-occurring solar event that unleashes a devastating EMP, but rather a series of deliberate acts that spiral out of control leading to violence, anarchy and finally, all-out insurrection.
Anyone paying attention to the news headlines in the U.S. and Europe can see that the tipping point to such upheaval looms closer every year. Feral Nation explores a not-too-distant future where widespread fighting has torn a nation apart, forcing survivors to either take sides or fend for themselves. In south Florida, where the action in Book One takes place, the situation is complicated further after a devastating hurricane completes the job of shutting down the power grid and cutting off survivors from any hope of outside help.
The Feral Nation Series is available in ebook, paperback and audiobook editions. The Kindle ebooks are exclusive to Amazon at this time because they are in the Kindle Unlimited subscription program. Amazon links to each format are provided below. You can also get the audiobooks directly from Audible or iTunes at the links provided on my Audiobooks page here
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 get him any closer to his goal?
Book Four: THE DIVIDE
An offer too good to refuse:
Still weeks away from reaching his daughter in Colorado, Eric Branson is presented with an offer he can’t refuse–an opportunity to get to her a whole lot faster if he’ll put his skills to use in another unofficial mission–something he wanted no part of when he came home to a country in turmoil.
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 another 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 a 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 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 new-found 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 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 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 Nine: ALLIANCES
A coalition of enemies, foreign and domestic…
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 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.
Book Eleven: Opposition
Momentum is gaining and the resistance is growing…
Eric Branson and his team have dealt their enemies a decisive blow, wiping out an entire unit of rogue soldiers and liberating refugees from the largest detention camp in the region.
These victories serve as major setbacks to the forces bent on expanding their control ever eastward, and opposition to the invasion grows as Eric and his militia prove to the locals that fighting is always an option, no matter how great the odds.
But despite his early success, Eric has the experience to know that winning this war that he’s caught up in will require outside help. With reasonable intel on where he might find such help, Eric leads a hand-picked team of five on a perilous mission to go and seek it out. Will the effort be worth the risk? Will they get the answer they hope for? There is only one way to find out…