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E.A. Lake

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George Orwell, James Patterson, Vince Flynn

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Began writing after the age of 50.

Novels are based on recurring dreams that can last for weeks at a time.

No where near as dark as my writing would make me. Happy guy with a normal life.

Loves all things dystopian.

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	Stranded No Where (The No Where Apocalypse #1) 4.08 avg rating — 820 ratings — published 2016 — 2 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
	Surviving No Where (The No Where Apocalypse #2) 4.32 avg rating — 531 ratings — published 2016 — 2 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
	WWIV: In the Beginning (WWIV, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 431 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Searching No Where: A Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Thriller (The No Where Apocalypse Book 4) 4.22 avg rating — 361 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
	Defending No Where (The No Where Apocalypse #3) 4.17 avg rating — 359 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
	The No Where Apocalypse Compilation - Books 1-3: A Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Thriller 4.28 avg rating — 214 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
	Existing No Where (The No Where Apocalypse #5) 4.39 avg rating — 139 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
	Kids at War (WWIV, #2) 4.37 avg rating — 126 ratings — 2 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
	Basin of Secrets (WWIV, #3) 3.85 avg rating — 79 ratings — 2 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
	Lost: A Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Thriller (The Indiana Apocalypse Book 1) 4.29 avg rating — 62 ratings — 2 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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Hi All,

Happy to announce that my debut novel, WWIV - In The Beginning, is now part of GR and available at Amazon (for Kindle).

More to follow. I hope to have Book two of the series out by June; WWIV - Kids at War.

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The No Where Apocalypse (4 books)
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“Surrounded by what was once everything we could ever need, we now saw just how little we all possessed.”
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“Surrounded by what was once everything we could ever need, we now saw just how little we all possessed.

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