Final Dawn series by Darrell Maloney (Books 4 ~ 8 )
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Overview: Darrell W. Maloney is an American author from Texas, and many of his novels are based there. His best selling book "The Secession of Texas" achieved critical acclaim and was called "captivating" and a "must-read" by the Wall Street Journal. He wasn’t always a writer, though. For twenty one years he served his country in the United States Air Force. Then he worked for the Atlanta Braves baseball team. It wasn’t until he turned fifty that he decided to share his literary talents.
Genre: Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Apocalypse, Survival
The Siege (Book 4)
Mark and Hannah, and their group of forty one, are just getting comfortable in their mountain hideaway. For six and a half years they’d scratched out a minimal existence in an old salt mine, waiting for the world to thaw. Now they’ve entered a new home and a brave new world. One of sunshine, fresh air, and new opportunities.
But the gods of fate aren’t going to make it easy on them. They are forced to evacuate their new home by a band of ruthless outlaws.
They aren’t ready to give it up, though. So they go to war… literally, and use guerilla tactics to take out the outlaws a few at a time.
Along the way, there are other problems to deal with. One of their own commits an act so heinous he is put on trial. The group must decide whether to do something they’d never had to do before: banish someone they know well and love.
On Buena Vista Drive, a massacre kills all but a handful of residents. They’re forced to leave everything behind, and are given refuge in the compound. Frank is seriously wounded in the battle, and despite Eva’s assurances he’ll recover, it didn’t look good.
It isn’t all gloom and doom, though. Hannah and the girls still have fun at their guys’ expense. Little Markie continues to grow and to see his new world in wide-eyed wonder. And new love blossoms.
The Army Comes Calling (Book 5)
After the thaw, when the survivors broke out into the sunshine again, they faced a new danger. They’d been able to raise livestock, and even a limited number of crops, while locked within the earth. Now there were others who saw what they had and wanted it for themselves.
Others who were more inclined to take things by force, than by reason.
The group fought fierce gun battles to protect what was theirs. Now, when it seemed they’d finally won, they looked forward to a long period of peace.
Then the Army came calling. On a beautiful spring day, out of a clear blue sky, a helicopter landed.
The tall colonel was an officer, but certainly not a gentleman. Neither was he diplomatic. Instead of reason or negotiation, he merely stated his demands.
“By order of the President of the United States, I have the authority to seize your livestock and your crops. Prepare them now. My people will be here to pick them up tomorrow.”
Now the group of forty one had a decision to make. Should they roll over and give everything they’d worked so hard for to the United States Army? Or do they risk everything, including their own lives, to take on the Army and the government, as they’d taken on other outlaws and bullies?
They were a proud and determined bunch. Much too determined to just roll over and surrender.
Missing (Book 6)
In their early days together, when a meteorite crashed into the earth and forced them into an abandoned salt mine to survive a seven year freeze, they battled together and endured.
And after the thaw they battled again, against evil men who tried to take what they’d worked so hard for.
Now, at a time when everything appeared to be running smoothly, they were fighting again. Fighting against time to find three of their own. One was injured, alone and afraid… and lost in the woods. Two others had gone away on a helicopter and never returned. A helicopter they later learned had crashed.
Despite their desperate efforts, not all would survive.
And not all would be found.
The Search (Book 7)
Even after the earth thawed and allowed them to venture out again, the world had become a dark and evil place. Other survivors had gotten accustomed to taking what they wanted at the end of a gun. And merely surviving from one day to the next was extremely difficult.
The group had avoided a war with the United States Army by giving up half their livestock, and in the process had formed a friendship with an Army colonel named Montgomery. So much so that two of the group’s members accepted an offer from Colonel Montgomery to tour a relief compound in nearby San Antonio.
Their helicopter crashed, and John perished. Hannah made it, but just barely, and developed a special bond with the only other survivor: a crewmember named Joel who saved her life.
Back at the compound, Sarah was missing. She’d gone into the forest to pick wildflowers and never returned. Her trail went cold at an isolated roadway where a dog-handler said someone picked her up.
“From here, she could have gone anywhere,” he said, and the search began.
Sarah was injured, afraid, and brainwashed by an evil man who freely admitted he had no soul. He’d killed many times before and would think nothing of killing again. As soon as he grew tired of Sarah or she wore out her usefulness.
Her life depended on Bryan and the others finding her in time and rescuing her from her captor.
Don’t get comfortable. This one has unexpected plot twists to the very end.
A Long Road Back (Book 8 )
The original group of forty who went into Salt Mountain has changed in so many ways. Some are dead now. Others have taken their place. All have seen the worst of humanity in a cold and increasingly harsh world. One in which those lucky enough to have survived have learned to take without regard for others. Where the lawless run roughshod over the timid. Where few have to answer for their actions.
Some among the group have strayed from the laws of civilized society. Some have strayed from the tenets of right and wrong. Some have joined the ranks of the lawless. And others among them… the ones who swore to protect and serve, and to administer justice… they’re caught between a rock and a hard place.
The world has lost nearly all its people. Those who have survived the turmoil have settled into an uneasy new existence. One in which the lawful seldom stray far from their homes and the lawless continue to take without consequence.
Only sometimes there are consequences. Sometimes prairie justice is appropriate. Sometimes traditional justice is cast aside.
And sometimes things are not what they appear to be.
Round Two is on the way. A world that has changed so much in ten years has only begun to be turned upside down.
And not everyone will survive.
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