End of an Era: The Colony Hardcover – December 26, 2017

The mighty United States did not fall to a mushroom cloud or a cataclysmic hurricane. It collapsed under the weight of its own excess. Decades of reckless spending, political corruption, and endless foreign conflicts drained the nation from the inside out. The debt ballooned beyond imagination, and eventually the world stopped pretending it could be repaid. One by one, foreign governments severed trade agreements and closed their borders, isolating America financially and diplomatically.Outrage erupted at home. Citizens who had been promised prosperity and stability watched their savings evaporate and their supply chains vanish. When the borders closed, panic followed. Grocery stores emptied in hours. Fuel ran dry. Riots ignited in major cities—and this time, they didn’t fade. Law enforcement agencies were overwhelmed, fractured, and ultimately dismantled. Gangs and newly formed factions—many led by ruthless opportunists—rose from the chaos. They claimed neighborhoods, then cities, then entire regions.Mass killings followed. Entire communities were wiped out under the rule of self-proclaimed warlords who demanded obedience without question. Those who resisted were executed publicly as warnings. Power became the only currency left, and everyone wanted a share of it.Families fled west toward the Rocky Mountains or scattered across the Midwest, hoping isolation would mean safety. It didn’t. No one was truly safe anymore.For Jack, Rachel, and their eight-year-old daughter Ashley, this nightmare was only the beginning. Electricity was unreliable. Vehicles were rare and heavily guarded. Fresh food was a luxury. The American Dream had become a distant memory whispered like folklore. Traveling from the Midwest to the East Coast was a desperate gamble, but it was their only hope of escaping the country altogether.Death waited in many forms—roving gangs, starvation, betrayal, the unforgiving terrain itself. One mistake could end their journey and erase any chance of reaching sanctuary.Set in the year 2034, this dystopian tale follows Jack and Rachel as they leave everything behind, carrying their daughter across a fractured nation in search of an escape from the ruins of America. The journey begins with cautious optimism, but in the mountains of West Virginia, everything changes in an instant.Told in first person through Jack’s eyes, this is the story of a father fighting to protect his family in a land that has devoured itself—a wasteland born not of foreign invasion, but of its own undoing.All copyrights belong to the author. Read more