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Random Survival
Series · 8 books · 2012-2023

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#1

Random Survival

2012

A deadly virus sweeps through the country, leaving Mark alone to face the new world. He has no idea why the disease spared him when so many others have died, but if he wants to stay alive, he needs to prepare. With survivors scarce and unsure who to trust, he begins collecting food and water, but as his stores grow, others will come for him. As bands of marauders reach his neighborhood stripping it of anything useful, Mark fortifies his house and stays hidden. However, when those bandits ambush a caravan of families, Mark can no longer sit back. The enemy closes in. With only a handful of young, inexperienced fighters in his group, Mark chooses to run. But when the woman he swore to save is abducted by the gang, he has only one choice. With time running out for their friend, Mark leads a daring and dangerous assault knowing that to fail means death for them all.
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#2

The Long Search for Home

2014

Bobby and Becca Warren are enjoying college life when a mysterious disease ravages the country. With chaos ensuing, they head home but discover its been burned and find the graves of their mother and youngest brother in the backyard.With scavengers swarming over the neighborhood, the siblings search for their father using clues he left behind, but before they can find him they are captured by a local militia.Caught between a psychotic killer and an advancing foreign army with no chance to escape, they can hope only one thing.That their father will find them. If he even knows they're alive.
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#3

The Endless Struggle

2016

Apocolypse or not, survival is an endless struggle.Short on food and with winter approaching, Bobby and Becca hunt for game. Their community has grown and the need for food is constant. Though life isn't easy, they've settled in. Things feel normal. Until they discover a band of hunters stalking human prey.The hunting trip becomes a rescue mission as Bobby and Becca step in to save the three women from a band of hunters, but their actions catapult them into constant danger and possible war.Hunted, and with the enemy net tightening around them, the small desperate band searches for a place to make a stand. With the walls closing in Bobby puts a daring plan into action but failure means death and a fate much worse for his sister and their new friends.
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A Trip to Normal

2017

Five months after the life-changing apocalyptic event, Mark craves normal activities. Having battled militias, gangs and psycho killers, he'd just like to do something that reminds him of the world of his past.What could be more relaxing and normal than a fishing trip?With his two kids, Mark settles in for a peaceful day of fishing on Lake Erie. The presence of a pirate navy controlling the waters alters their plans. Fleeing a small armada of speed boats, they hide on shore, but witness the shooting of a man and the capture of a woman and girl.With the kids going for backup, Mark takes the wounded man for medical help, then rashly attempts to rescue the woman and girl. Forming an alliance with a strange tribe living on the shores, he manages to free the girl but gets captured himself, and is transferred to a freighter the pirates use as a floating base.Returning with reinforcements, Bobby and Becca must rescue their father before the captain executes him.
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#5

Then There'll Be None

2019

All Mark wanted was to find someone to help with his daughter’s paralysis. What he found was a mysterious military organization protecting a one-time medical facility, a nuclear power plant on the verge of a meltdown, an Asian spy and a fortified town run by women for women.Turned away by the facility and the town, Mark is determined to find help and answers to his growing amount of questions.But sometimes answers can be worse than not knowing. Forcing a meeting with the facilities leader, Dr. Ohtanda, Mark soon discovers the deadly virus that wiped out most of the population may be morphing into a more powerful strain. Dr. Ohtanda is working on a vaccine, but was the release an accident or a deliberate terrorist act—and who is responsible? Was it the Chinese? Our own government? A terrorist group?Or a secret organization with the goal of being the lone survivors?With time running out, Mark must find a way to not only save his daughter, but all of mankind. But, if a cure can’t be found, will anyone be left to save humanity?Then There’ll Be None is a pulse-pounding, fast-paced action thriller that will leave you wondering about the lengths people will go to ensure their survival. How Will You Survive?
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In Defense of Home

2021

Returning home after the deadly battle at The Facility, Mark and the community settle in for some much-needed moments of peace.With Becca cured, much of Mark’s stress has been lifted and normalcy is restored. However, he still needs to deal with the fall-out from his decisions, which includes mending the ever-widening rift with Lynn. However, when the military arm of The Facility is sent to retrieve their property, Becca, and capture new test subjects for their experiments, peace is just a dream.After a series of assaults, the community comes together to form plans for the defense of their home. But when the small team assaults fail, an army is sent to destroy the community. With the entire community’s lives on the line, they must stand strong against insurmountable odds, fighting their own country’s troops. To fail means to lose everything they built and fall prey to the heartless Dr. Ohtanda’s scientific experiments and horrifying death.
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#7

A Life Worth Dying For

2022

Their father was in a coma. Medical supplies were low. His life depended on whether his children, Bobby and Becca, could find more. Six months after a deadly pandemic swept the country, the community prepares to face their first winter. After a battle with a large militia, medical supplies are low. With Mark, one of the community leaders in a coma, the remaining supplies are being depleted fast. Under pressure from some community members, the newly formed council has decided if Mark doesn’t recover soon, they will be forced to unplug him. They give Bobby and Becca a week to find more lifesaving IV solutions. The siblings set off to hunt. However, they find little, as most everything of value has already been taken. Disheartened, they push on finding a small community that has so far been untouched by looters. The only survivor in the small town is Father Bernardo, the local priest. Before they can search the houses, they are attacked by traveling marauders who claim the town and everything in it for themselves. Meanwhile, back at the community, the group that wants Mark unplugged makes plans to kill him as well as some of the council members so they can take over. With time running out, Bobby and Becca must escape the town and hope what they have collected will be enough to save their father’s life.
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#8

One Last Second Chance

2023

New beginnings. New plans. A growing community. A possible new alliance. Lincoln saw nothing but progress, peace, and hope. Then a new enemy appears and once more his world is thrown into chaos. Seven months after the devastation wrought by the deadly virus brought them together, newly elected Council Chairman, Lincoln, is proud of what they have accomplished and created. They have forged a new home and grown despite the many challenges and the death that surrounds them. Peace has lasted for more than a month. With much of the work focused on preparing for the winter, the community makes plans for their first Halloween celebration. Normalcy, or what passes for it in the apocalypse, is making a return to their lives. Then a delegation from a larger community appears at the gate. At the same time a new and deadly enemy attacks his people. Are the two events a cooperative effort to bring the community down or is their mutual arrival mere coincidence? And which group is the more dangerous and threatening to their existence? When members of the delegation are attacked and kidnapped, the survivors send word to their home and an army is dispatched. But when they arrive will they be friend or foe? Lincoln offers to help rescue the victims but the new group sees his people as the threat. An uneasy truce is put in place as factions from the two communities form a partnership to rescue the kidnapped people. With a deadline and an army fast approaching, Lincoln must lead a daring effort against a powerful enemy or risk having his newly fortified community attacked by two deadly forces.

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