The Nest is gone. The one place they thought was safe—destroyed in a deadly attack. Now Adam Wesley and his friends are on the run with nowhere to hide.
As the reluctant leader of a fractured group, Adam struggles to hold everyone together. The stress of survival is tearing at friendships. Trust is fraying. And the world outside is getting worse.
The Transition—a wholesale restart of human civilization—is accelerating. Bots patrol every road and ruin. Behind it all is Travis Eckart, the architect of humanity’s collapse. But Travis has a problem of his NXES, the powerful AI he created to win the war, is no longer following orders. It has its own agenda—and Travis may have already lost control.
Adam and his friends set out on a desperate cross-country journey to Cheyenne Mountain, the hidden stronghold of the growing resistance. They carry information that could turn the tide of the war, but the road is long, the dangers are relentless, and not everyone they meet can be trusted.
Along the way, they discover they aren’t alone. Other survivors are fighting back. Other groups are organizing. The resistance is bigger than any of them imagined—but so is the threat.
The Summer Winds of War is the second book in the Bot Trilogy—a young adult dystopian series about teens navigating a post-apocalyptic world overrun by AI and machines. A story of loyalty, hard choices, and the bonds that hold people together when everything else falls apart.
Book 2 of 3 in the Bot Trilogy. Continues from Of Courage and Sacrifice. Also available in audiobook and paperback.