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As a Fire Captain and Paramedic, I see real-world emergencies up close on a regular basis. That experience is the backbone of my post-apocalyptic writing, where I trade real-world crisis response for fictional scenarios about what happens when people are left entirely on their own.
​I write grounded, realistic survival fiction driven by the actual mechanics of self-reliance. Away from the station, I live in Oregon with my wife and two boys on a ten-acre property that keeps us busy. Off duty, you'll usually find me tending to my apiary, turning wrenches on my tractor, or working through the draft of my next release.
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Average rating: 4.55 · 162 ratings · 38 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors
​The Pocket: An EMP Surviva...

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The Corridor by C.J. Lenz
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Great read, action, suspense real, at one point I had tears at the funeral, and I don't cry easy. Read it all."
The Corridor by C.J. Lenz
"As with the first book, THE POCKET , I was again captivated from the first page...
Thrilling and authentic ..did not want to put it down and yes lost sleep with this book...
If there is a third book I'm ready to start reading..
Way to go CJ Lenz!!!" Read more of this review »
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"Despite the frequent dips into emotional extravaganza, I am enjoying this series. I like watching people work toward self suffency and preservation of home. I'm wondering why the Americans and Chinese can't find a way to coexist. At the end of book 2" Read more of this review »
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"I really enjoyed book 2 of the Western Eclipse Series! It is action packed and keeps you interested the entire book. The character development is great and I liked getting to see how everyone has been surviving since book 1. I was completely surprise" Read more of this review »
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When writing The Corridor, I wanted to dive straight into the reality of what comes after the initial shock of collapse. In book one, the fight was about immediate survival and holding onto a piece of ground. In this s
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I wrote this story for a simple reason: I was looking for a survival thriller that felt genuinely real, and I couldn't quite find what I was looking for.

I wanted to step away from the invincible "superhero" tropes and glossy happy endings. This book
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