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J.R. Jackson is a former U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer. During his career, he has been deployed all over the world working with branches of the U.S. military and military units from foreign countries.

He is currently a Military Technical Advisor for several authors and an outdoor survival and disaster mitigation educator.

The Up From the Depths series is his first venture into fictional writing.

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Average rating: 4.13 · 2,025 ratings · 180 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Denial Measures (Up From the Depths #1) 4.09 avg rating — 279 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
	Acceptable Losses (Up From the Depths #2) 4.32 avg rating — 209 ratings — 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
	Collateral Damage (Up From the Depths #3) 4.34 avg rating — 194 ratings — 4 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
	Movement to Contact (Up From the Depths, #4) 4.39 avg rating — 168 ratings — 5 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
	Defilade (Up From the Depths #5) 4.38 avg rating — 165 ratings — 5 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
	Secondary Objectives (Up From the Depths #6) 4.40 avg rating — 113 ratings — 3 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
	Thunder Run (Up From the Depths, #7) 4.41 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2018	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
	Chokepoint (Up From the Depths #8) 4.34 avg rating — 90 ratings	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
	Overwatch (Up From the Depths #9) 4.45 avg rating — 73 ratings	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
	James Jackson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	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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The Months of Madness 2021 Ebook Promotion

That’s right boys and girls, the incredible, awesome, spine-tingling, totally scintillating Month of Madness returns for 2021.

A little history – the promotion is the brainchild of the total, batshit crazy author J.R. Jackson. (He’s insane, so the promotion must be as well, right?)

In the past, the promotion focused on authors who wrote in the apocalyptic genre.

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