A nuclear bomb detonates in Los Angeles harbor, then foreign enemies strike. The once-pampered nation devolves into brutal chaos. Ex-Green Beret Jeff Eriksson and his family flee to the Homestead, an eccentric prepper’s fortress nestled in the Rocky mountains. As dark apocalypse circles, the survivors within the Homestead clash against one another and the violent world outside. Are they an ark or a fortress? Is it kill-or-be-killed? Or is God doing something greater?
The family & faith adaption of the best-selling novel, Black Autumn, Homestead, Black Autumn Part One closely follows the feature film and the follow-on television show on the Angel Studio streaming app. The original, ten novel series, Black Autumn, was written as a military thriller and therefore has content not suitable for children and sensitive readers. This family & faith adaption follows the additional story lines of the film and TV show, and is violence and crude language redacted.
This novel is followed in the series by Black Autumn Travelers, which has not yet been edited for children.
It was a very interesting EMP survival book with good character development. There was not a lot of focus on survival or what the outside world is going through. This seemed more of a novella than a novel and is part of a series, so be warned if this story ends in a weird abrupt manner. Since the series is on KU I will continue them, but if they were not, I am not sure I would buy them. They could have been better written in my opinion. I’m still intrigued on how things play out, but I’m not “edge of my seat” involved in these characters.
I read the book some time ago. Bit I had not registered the name Un TY IL I saw the movie. Then I decided to reread it prior to watching the series. It is a good story, but pretty thin. I felt and still feel there is toʻ much missing in the details of both plot and character.