Frank's problems grow exponentially with each sunrise. After the storm passes and the water recedes, every flooded house must be reoccupied by its owners, leaving endless opportunities for criminals to sneak in. Squatters appear everywhere. Chaos builds upon chaos. And, guess what? There are no police cars, fire trucks, or FEMA trailers coming to the rescue . . . The prize called survival will go to whatever subdivision can pull itself together first.
It won't be easy. Borders between groups of residents are forming. To the south, where most of the people live, gun battles echo on the wind, and roadblocks are already going up to keep them away. To the north, the shady town of North Pointe has been making new friends in the adjacent subdivisions. And to the west, on the coast, the storm has brought in a new and unpredictable neighbor. A beached container ship with a mysterious cargo . . . To the east, however, there might be hope. A crashed plane in the forest deposits a resource that might help get the lights back on for Clownfish Cove.
All Frank has to do is gather his people, drive into the unmapped forest, deal with armed strangers and criminal teenagers, and then get the resource back home to Clownfish Cove . . . He's living the retirement dream. The day-by-day saga continues on day six after the EMP.
After the EMP, the land rush is on. Food. Supplies. People. It will all be claimed.
Frank survived one expedition out into the world, but he'll need to do it many more times if he wants his people to survive.
He starts by searching for another of the rare working vehicles still on the road. More cars mean more supplies.
Every trip out comes with risks. He soon finds abandoned military roadblocks, competing bands of survivors, and average people getting ever more desperate.
When he stumbles on a group of teens still hunkered down at the high school, he comes face to face with the grim reality stalking them all. It will soon be 'kill or be killed' throughout the land . . . Frank saves who he can . . . His group continues to grow.
Before the end of the day, Frank will learn of the dark forces already lining up against him on the outside.
Someone out there has seen what one man can build, and someone out there would like nothing more than to knock it all down.
The tempest of the EMP is here . . . But another storm is brewing.
Frank has been able to guide his neighborhood watch along a narrow path between order and chaos, but most of his problems have been caused by people. Now, as the clouds darken over the Gulf of Mexico, Mother Nature is going to take a crack at him.
The arrival of the storm has only one benefit; Frank can travel the empty roads and get things done. Using his newest off-road vehicle, a Mercedes Unimog 416, he probes North Pointe to find some missing allies. He also discovers new enemies in a troubled trailer park.
But the biggest enemy of all remains time. There aren't enough hours to organize new people, expand his territory, and set up proper defenses. This gives opportunity to a small group of militia-types, who aren't big on the old laws.
Is a hurricane coming? There are no weather reports, TV coverage, or app notifications, so who can say for sure?
As the clock ticks down, and the massive storm comes in, all Frank's preparations are good for almost zilch against the new threat . . .
This time, the ocean itself will test his community.
After the EMP, Frank controls one street. A whole city surrounds him.
Frank gets his people through the critical first days of the EMP disaster, but he knows his next choice could determine their fate months or even years down the road . . .
Search for help using their bikes?
Ally with strangers two blocks over?
Turtle up and hunker down for the long haul?
He discovers another option inside his neighbor's garage: an ancient hot rod, immune to the effects of an EMP, is there for the taking.
Going out could yield resources Frank needs to keep his people alive . . . or he could get them all killed on the lawless roads. Will he make the right call?
One second was all it took to erase Frank's dreams.
New home. New car. New retirement.
Stolen by the EMP.
It gets worse. Frank's neighbors failed to prepare at all, so it falls on him to keep them alive.
He starts easy: stockpile food, water, and guns. Disaster lessons he'd picked up reading books about the end of the world.
But after the EMP, keeping people safe gets complicated. He has to rally the neighborhood before the streets turn to chaos.
And they will. He's read enough to know the power might come on tomorrow . . . or never.
The Final Chapter
The enemy demands Americans be kicked out of every nation.
Germany. England. France. Every US citizen must leave.
The high seas are their only refuge.
Ted and Emily crash into the middle of the enemy camp, but they've all been betrayed by David and his Legion. While Americans were the first to fall, it becomes clear the enemy leader has his sights set on a much larger target.
Tabby thinks she's rescued her friends, but they exit a tunnel to a strange, new landscape. Always proud of her tour guide roots, she may find herself leading a tour through a different apocalypse than the one she started in.
Unable to hide it any longer, the enemy readies their superweapon for one final attack. Have the remnants of the United States learned enough to recognize what it is, and, more importantly, where it is?
The wolves are running loose . . .
The American homeland is slowly being devoured by a relentless enemy, and the number of people fighting back continues to dwindle.
But all is not lost.
Ted and Emily work tirelessly to stay alive and fight back, and they've joined up with some of the leftovers missed by the initial terrorist attack. After scoring a minor victory for the fledgling rebellion, they're faced with the withering prospect of assaulting the invader's main base of operations.
Tabby is already there. She and her friends have been captured; what she does after learning the objectives of the enemy leader will determine whether she lives to see another day.
And Deogee? She's just happy to be with her Black Labrador friend Biscuit. However, these pups may have stumbled upon the terrorist's greatest secret . . .
Today, all roads lead to NORAD.
America is down, but never count it out
It has been said America is impossible to conquer because there are guns behind every blade of grass. But what if no one was left to pull the triggers?
The Minus America series imagines this world. The story continues . . .
Ted and Emily flee the enemy, but the noose continues to close, even as he makes contact with his niece. While rescuing her is always a priority, he might have a lead on the nuclear briefcase stolen from him on day 1. Hard choices are ahead.
Tabby accepts her family is gone, but she has no intention of giving up her home. Does she have what it takes to fight back against an enemy hidden behind technological superiority?
Dwight finds himself at the tip of the spear of the enemy invasion. He may be powerless to stop it, but he begins to think he might be able to slow it down.
Continue the journey with these last few Americans as they explore what's left of their homeland, dutifully avoid the spreading infection of the invasion force, and take the first tentative steps toward a rebellion. Unlike wars for freedom in the past, they have no allies and no reinforcements. It's time to see what they're made of.
What would the world be like without America?
The attack only takes a few minutes to sweep from coast to coast. When it ends, nearly everyone on mainland USA is gone.
Every policeman. Every housewife. Every trucker. Everyone. A continent free for the taking . . .
Ted MacInnis is a backup pilot on Air Force Two, over the Atlantic, when it happens. A warrior by nature, he can do little but listen as the radio signals from his homeland fade away and die.
However, one last call with his niece convinces him the attack left some behind. She might have survived, and he makes it his mission to find out. Unfortunately, his first priority is protecting his VIP passenger: Vice President Emily Williams. The woman who might already be the leader of America's survivors.
For some, the counterattack will be violently executed with firepower. For others, surviving in empty cities without adult supervision will be challenging enough. Ted, and warriors like him, will soon be part of the most desperate fight America has ever seen. This is DAY ONE.
There are no more red or blue states; just empty states.
And empty cities.
But a few Americans survived, and are fighting to stay alive.
Ted, the pilot, still protects Vice President Emily Williams as he retains the hope of finding his niece. His skills are tested as enemy forces zero in on their location.
Tabby, the tour guide, is stuck with three young teens as she looks for her parents. Entire cities are theirs to explore.
Dwight, the homeless man, is known for talking to an invisible parrot. He might also be witness to the first wave of the invasion force.
Journey along with these characters as they travel through the haunting remains of a once-thriving nation. Fires rage out of control. Unmanned power grids begin to shut down. As they cross state lines and drive through new cities, each of them begins to appreciate this was a terrorist attack beyond anything in history. And the terrorists make their next big move . . .
A father and his son, a country apart. Desperate times make for desperate people.
Buck and Garth try to retain their humanity as they fight for their lives. How many others can they help? Should they even try? No one knows what's going on except a handful of people and even they aren't sure what happened, but most importantly, how do they stop it?
The survivors are rushing to Colorado in an epic race. Time is working against them in more ways than one.
