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John O'Brien

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Horror, Post Apocalyptic, Science Fiction

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John O'Brien is a former Air Force fighter instructor pilot who transitioned to Special Operations for the latter part of his career gathering his campaign ribbon for Desert Storm. Immediately following his military service, John became a firefighter/EMT with a local department. Along with becoming a firefighter, he fell into the Information Technology industry in corporate management. Currently, John is writing full-time.

As a former marathon runner, John lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest and can now be found kayaking out in the waters of Puget Sound, mountain biking in the Capital Forest, hiking in the Olympic Peninsula, or pedaling his road bike along the many scenic roads. ...more

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Average rating: 4.3 · 20,073 ratings · 909 reviews · 45 distinct works • Similar authors

	Chaos (A New World, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 2,036 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Return (A New World, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 1,395 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sanctuary (A New World, #3) 4.24 avg rating — 1,310 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taken (A New World, #4) 4.30 avg rating — 1,214 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Awakening (A New World, #5) 4.37 avg rating — 1,070 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dissension (A New World, #6) 4.35 avg rating — 943 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Takedown (A New World, #7) 4.41 avg rating — 905 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conspiracy (A New World, #8) 4.42 avg rating — 836 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reckoning (A New World, #9) 4.42 avg rating — 759 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storm (A New World, #10) 4.43 avg rating — 706 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A New World (10 books)
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Tipping Point (5 books)
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Ares Virus (3 books)
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Red Team (4 books)
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John O'Brien made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please move book to correct author page topic " Please move this book - Tipping Point: Dominoes to my correct author page - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... Thank you, John ...more "
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“It is amazing just how much light reaches the earth and lights it up from stars millions of light years away. Many of them probably no longer in existence but their light still comes to rest on us. It’s mind boggling sometimes.”
― John O'Brien, Chaos

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“Town vaccine.” I am so not going to ‘get my flu shot”
― John O'Brien, Chaos

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“blinking but the receive and send lights were dark. Damn! No Internet! That totally, totally sucks”
― John O'Brien, Chaos

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