The Challenge

Defender #11

by Jerry Ahern

With an army of renegade police officers and veterans known as the Patriots, David Holden attempts to free a group of U.S. military leaders who are being held prisoner in a Montana death camp by the terrorist FLNA

183 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 1, 1990

About the author

Jerry Ahern (born Jerome Morrell Ahern) was a science fiction and action novel author best known for his post apocalyptic survivalist series The Survivalist. The books in this series are heavy with descriptions of the weapons the protagonists use to survive and prosecute a seemingly never-ending war amongst the remnants of the superpowers from pre-apocalypse times.

Ahern was also a firearms writer, who published numerous articles in magazines such as Guns & Ammo, Handguns and Gun World.

Jerry Ahern passed away on July 24, 2012 after a long struggle with cancer.

Ahern also released books under pseudonym Axel Kilgore.

Reviews

[Little Timmy]

An alternate world view of a possible future events by the writer of the Survivalist series. Citizens finally have had enough of the gangs and inept government and band together as patriots and fight back. Recommended