THE SUM OF FOUR SEASONS

by Rick Tippins, Boyd Craven Jr.

Experience the last leg of the journey in the captivating finale of THE JARED CHRONICLES!

For nearly a year after The Great Event, through a full four seasons, our heroes have fought a running battle for their very lives against a twisted foe who just won’t quit.

All the way to land’s end, where the Pacific Ocean stops them and demands a conclusion to their story—the dogged, unrelenting Colonel Carnegie and his illegitimate band of soldiers have stalked them, determined to kill every last person.

There, Jared’s bunch find a friendly farm community to integrate into, but can they, in good conscience, risk bringing the wrath of this lunatic down on the good people they’ve met?

Still vastly outnumbered, outgunned, and with John badly wounded—they’ve run out of choices. Jared must face his greatest nemesis—One. Last. Time.

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399 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 6, 2023

About the author

EARLY LIFE

Rick was born in Ventura, California in 1966 and moved to Northern California shortly thereafter. The first 12 years of his life were spent in a fairly rural area of the upper Napa Valley. He rode horses, had chickens and goats, and pretty much lived in the woods that surrounded his home. When Rick was 12, his family moved to Napa proper where he attended a private school through 10th grade. He attended Napa High School his junior and senior year where he played football before joining the Marine Corps in 1986.

CAREER

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Once Rick graduated boot camp, he was assigned to the third battalion first Marines where he almost immediately deployed on a Westpac. His job at the time was an anti-tank gunner or 0351 for you Jarheads out there. When he returned to the States, he transferred to STA (Surveillance Target Acquisition) Platoon. Rick deployed one more time before his separation from active duty.

After the Marine Corps, Rick returned to Napa where he put myself through a basic police academy while washing cars after school and on the weekends in order to survive. Law enforcement jobs were scarce back in the early 1990s so he went to work for a small, yet extremely violent, town called East Palo Alto (EPA). Rick worked in EPA for a little under three years before making a lateral move to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.

While at the Sheriff’s Office, he worked in a Street Crimes Suppression Team, SWAT, Narcotics, and Homicide. Rick promoted to Sergeant and worked several other positions in that rank until being promoted to Lieutenant. As a Sheriff’s Lieutenant, he worked his final two years in law enforcement as a team Lieutenant in the jails.

WRITING

Rick's interest in writing reared its head in 1994 while he was working the graveyard shift in the Maguire Correctional Facility shortly after being hired by the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. He taught myself to write screen plays during that time and wrote several feature lengths scripts. He never pursued the sale of any my screenplays and ultimately decided to write a novel after realizing how many constraints are placed on screenplays. As he neared the end of his career in law enforcement, Rick began writing his first book that ended up having several names before finally turning into “A World Slowed.”

FAMILY

While working in Homicide, Rick met his wonderful wife who was working for the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office at the time. RIck and his Wife have three children---each of them so special, captivating, funny, and hard working. His family is his legacy. In his spare time, he enjoys watching movies (or at least the preview to movies, which drives his wife crazy) and playing hockey. There's nothing like a hockey-loving-Napa-boy to confuse traditional hockey players.

Reviews

[Phyllis Walt · Rating 5 out of 5]

This review is for the series -- Great reading!

I read all four books as fast as I could download them on my Kindle. Fast paced action with great characters who strive to protect themselves and their friends and family without becoming monsters along the way. The changes facing them after the fall require them all to grow smarter and stronger or die. As I said, great reading!!

[Chris Truman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent end of the series.

The bittersweet ending of the series definitely gives some hope that maybe people can put aside their differences. This book has great characters, an excellent plot line, and tons of action. Give these guys a read!

[Bonnie munn asido · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great series!

Endings are very hard but life moved forward for our heroes! Well though out and beautifully concluded story. Thanks for your novels twists and turns and breathing life into American heroes!

[Sheila · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's not often that an author brings a series to an end gracefully. The finale of the Jared Chronicles felt complete, resolved.
An excellent series marred only by the spray and pray use of fancy (and not so fancy) words which the proofreader seems to have ignored

[Jane Deovlet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cry for history

Reading this wonderful book kept my brain in gear, thinking how prophetic the story line us. My tears came as I realized this fiction could easily become fact...remember Orwell's 1984? In any event, my suggestion is to read any and all books by these authors.

[Susan Burns · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Must Read

I absolutely loved this series. The characters became dear to me and I loved how they developed over the course of the series. Please keep writing you have a real gift

[Madeline · Rating 5 out of 5]

great read

I appreciated that the main characters were constant and survival tips were included. Very exciting, read through the series in a week.
Recommend highly.