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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 — 926 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) 4.33 avg rating — 574 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) 3.99 avg rating — 445 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
	Defending No Where (The No Where Apocalypse #3) 4.19 avg rating — 397 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
	Searching No Where: A Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Thriller (The No Where Apocalypse Book 4) 4.21 avg rating — 391 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 4.27 avg rating — 215 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) 4.41 avg rating — 174 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 — 127 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 — 80 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) 4.30 avg rating — 63 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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Happy to announce that my debut novel, WWIV - In The Beginning, is now part of GR and available at Amazon (for Kindle).

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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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