They’re running out of food and water; infighting is rampant, and they have too many enemies to reclaim their countries alone. They have to bring the rest of the descendants to their side. The easiest way to accomplish that has always been to threaten the kids.Adrian has a rare gift that lets him draw in other magic users and charm them. He is a master at digging into the soul to repair the damage. After the apocalypse, Adrian forms Safe Haven Refugee Camp and creates a dream that even his secrets can’t crush.Angela blazes a path across the broken country to find her son after the war, using her gifts. The witch attracts traumatic threats that threaten everyone and trigger evolutions to levels of power that haven’t existed in centuries.Samantha escapes captivity and makes her way to the only place left in America where she’ll be protected. By the time she learns Adrian’s secret, Safe Haven has become her home. The storm tracker will do anything to protect her new place in the post-apocalyptic world.Marc is a tall, dark, handsome Marine who only cares about honor and his broken heart. Finding out he made a baby brings the military loner to Safe Haven in hopes of a second chance with his past. Sparks fly when he discovers Adrian’s secret, causing a battle for the love of a woman and leadership of the powerful camp.Nature is a dangerous foe that tries to push humanity over the brink of extinction with eruptions, earthquakes, disease, animal attacks, and harsh weather. Mother Nature fears the descendants will serve their true purpose and save the world that she is trying to bury under the ashes. Nature wants the plague of humans gone, and she’ll go to any lengths to accomplish that goal.She’ll even challenge the Creator for it.Life After War is a dark fantasy series that chronicles the survival of humanity when a global nuclear war splits the remaining populations and pits them against each other in an epic battle for control of everything. Book One brings the survivors together and starts a chain reaction that will either save the world or finish destroying it.*Not suitable for those under 18.

    

    Safe Haven Refugee Camp has been there for it all. People have come and gone, leaving an unforgettable mark on those around them. The dead are uncountable. The survivors are few. It was a hard, new world, where those left behind had to fight extinction.That hasn’t changed.But this time, Safe Haven isn’t waiting for the threat to find them and endanger their fragile peace. This time, the Eagles are going into the fire together. The International Detention Center is the last western bastion of the enemy. It has to be destroyed and no one else can do it. If Safe Haven wins this fight, only clearing the island remains. If they lose the sea battle, it’s all over for America and maybe, for all humanity.

    Adrian now has six of the seven gifted people sent to ensure the survival of their country. However, not everyone can handle Adrian’s version of safety—including some of his closest people.When Angela decides to be an Eagle, unrest threatens to rip the camp apart. All the drama allows a dangerous distraction to get close, resulting in a do-or-die situation that might just cost Adrian's new protégé her life. This is book 2 of the Life After War series.

    We domesticated animals to suit our needs, and altered their DNA--wolves became dogs to help us hunt, junglefowl became chickens to provide us with eggs, wildebeest were transformed through breeding into golden gnus so rifle-clad tourists had something to shoot. And this was only the beginning. As our knowledge grew we found new ways to tailor the DNA of animals more precisely; we've now cloned police dogs and created a little glow-in-the-dark fish--the world's first genetically modified pet. The breakthroughs continue.Through climate change, humans have now affected even the most remote environments and their inhabitants, and studies suggest that through our actions we are forcing some animals to evolve at breakneck speed to survive. Whilst some are thriving, others are on the brink of extinction, and for others the only option is life in captivity. Today, it's not just the fittest that survive; sometimes it's the ones we decide to let live.According to the Bible, Noah built the original ark to save the world's creatures from imminent floods. Now the world is warming, the ice caps are melting and sea levels are rising. With nowhere "wild" left to go, Helen Pilcher proposes a New Ark. In this entertaining and thought-provoking book, she considers the many ways that we've shaped the DNA of the animal kingdom and in so doing, altered the fate of life on earth. In her post-natural history guide, she invites us to meet key species that have been sculpted by humanity, as well as the researchers and conservationists who create, manage and tend to these post-natural creations.

    Leaving means abandoning a proud family legacy, staying will cost more than they ever imagined.ROOTS ON YA // LH MOORE – 6829 wordsA rootworker is dragged into a young lovers’ triangle when a curse invites evil into a turn of the century Virgina community.LUSCA // Soleil Knowles – 2562 wordsVoracious hunger draws a young woman to the sea, despite her mother’s best efforts to hide her true nature.THE TRANSITION OF OSOOSI // Ozzie M. Gartrell – 7900 wordsAn ambitious young hacker seeks out the Anansi—a legendary hacktivist collective—for help in overthrowing the techno-authoritarian American government. But will he pay their asking price? Poetry –Aliens Visit the Caribbean // Terese Mason Pierre

    Now, they’ll just have to survive. Safe Haven is going to relearn the number one lesson–you can’t avoid fate, and bad guys never miss those moments. Will the bonds they’ve made be enough to see the survivors through this stage of their journey? Let’s find out together.

    All together again, the struggle to adapt is now their biggest challenge. When a harsh storm blows them off course, the rookie sailors are forced to work together as fate guides them into a new confrontation. Distracted by their situation, will they recognize the real threat in time? This is how the Apocalypse Winds blow.

    

    Even Angela can’t be sure. Neither can the others like her. The powers of the descendants are growing, and so is Safe Haven's awareness of having magic in their midst. Angela is no longer the only seer in Adrian’s camp of survivors…if she ever was.Now on the way to Arkansas, these battered refugees will face a more dangerous threat than even the slavers. Furious at the latest bloodshed between lawless groups of humanity, Mother Nature has declared her own war, repeatedly unleashing her fury against all survivors. The apocalypse has never been more lethal as the aftermath continues to take its toll on what remains of the great American herd. Interactive Bonus! These are a few of the interactive features you'll find in this book, if you look hard enough. A few will be difficult, but most of the answers are given or the clues are simple to solve. Some items are based on the things you've learned while reading this series. View Safe Haven's route of travel Listen to a camp radio call Find the 7 hidden scenes (83 pages total!) Visit the Cutting Room Floor Take a writing challenge

    Unchipped refugees forced outside its walls. Can a lone underdog save humanity from itself?In the two years since the Great Affliction, the Happiness-Program has transformed a civilization on the brink of extinction into an organized, beautiful, and happy society. However, for the Unchipped--those whose chips can't connect to the system--living a comfortable life remains out of reach.Kaarina, one of the Unchipped, would give anything to live inside the walls of the city again. Haunted by her mother's suicide and alone except for Bill, another Unchipped thousands of miles away whose thoughts are inexplicably linked to hers, Kaarina fights for survival, defending her beloved animals from the other savage Unchipped. But when her horse's illness drives her into the city to find medicine, she becomes acquainted with a Chipped man who makes her question everything.Now a new fix to the system promises her the chance to finally be normal... just as she begins to learn life in the perfectly augmented reality may not be all that she imagined.***If you love Brave New World, you're going to love the Unchipped series!***Get early access to Unchipped short stories, plus the Unchipped prequel, The Meeting, by signing up for my newsletter!