First published 2014
Ray McGregor watches America tear itself apart as hyperinflation and banking failures trigger nationwide riots. The Afghanistan War veteran abandons Michigan's Upper Peninsula and heads north to his parents' cattle ranch in Bella Coola, British Columbia. His friend Phil Adams, a Defense Intelligence Agency officer from Washington State, joins the dangerous journey to remote western Canada. The sparsely populated region initially escapes the worst chaos consuming major cities across the continent. But when stability returns, it arrives as a brutal occupying army that imposes tyrannical control. Ray and Phil refuse to submit to the new order. They join local resistance fighters determined to reclaim their freedom through guerrilla warfare. The two veterans must use every survival skill and tactical lesson they learned in combat. Their fight becomes more than personal survival as they battle to determine North America's future.
Genres: dystopia, military-fiction, adventure, action, post-apocalyptic, alternate-history
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Bella Coola, British Columbia
Period: Afghanistan War
394 pages · Hardcover · Dutton
Content warnings: violence