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Thinning the Herd


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Jim's day started off normal. After sleeping off the night shift he meandered out to the curb in his bathrobe to get his mail. When three blood-covered lunatics screech in rage and charge across the street after him he runs for his life. Scared, sore, and confused, Jim must learn to adapt to the new reality of a world where the majority of the population has devolved into a primitive state, perpetually enraged and focused on stomping the life out of those left unchanged. Together with a small group of survivors he must carve a life out of the chaos. On the other side of the world the event has created untenable geopolitical rifts with the surviving nations. Alliances are abandoned, old feuds are acted on, and the populations face hunger and hardship. The British execute the provisions set forth in a joint operational plan they hoped would never be necessary: Ophir Ridge, designed to protect America's nuclear assets in the event of a world-wide disaster. A small military force embarks on a mission to Dayton, Ohio where what remains of the United States military tries to maintain a foothold against overwhelming odds. Meanwhile, the new lawlessness allows human monsters to flourish. Fran is a special breed of predator, a smart, sadistic and practiced serial killer now free to indulge his urges and inflict misery on those whose survived the initial wave of death. He recruits others to his cause to create an empire comprised of the subservient, the weak, and the unfortunate. As these forces collide, who will emerge the victor? Will the world recover, or will humanity fade from existence?
About the Author: I am a retired Naval officer living in Portland, Oregon, and I love reading, writing, and discussing about what would happen if the world as we know it went away. From my many conversations with friends, family, and sometimes just people that I meet while walking around or getting coffee, lots of others share a similar fascination with the topic. Some of the books I have read portrayed what I thought were unrealistic or untenable events, interactions, or dialogues in their presentation of how things would happen. I may not have actually lived through an end-of-the-world scenario, but I do know this: It won't be nice, it won't be civilized, and the weak will perish or become victims of the strong. My book was written to counter authors that fluffify (my word) TEOTWAWKI. Writing a book was both difficult and easy with a ratio of about 80:20. Believe it or not, the hard part wasn't the writing, it was getting the writing right, it was having confidence in myself, and it was dedicating the time and effort to do the best I could. The easy part was coming up with the ideas. Heck, everybody has them. They just don't take the time to put them to paper. Three of my closest friends edited my book and I couldn't have done it without their help. Anyway, this biography is supposed to be about me, not my motivation or my writing process, but if you want to know who I am, read my book. Bits and pieces of me are all over it.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781500906740
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 448
  • Series Title: Ophir Ridge Saga
  • Weight: 643 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1500906743
  • Publisher Date: 19 Aug 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Width: 152 mm


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