After the Fall

by Darrel Sparkman

"They called it ""The Fall"" - the total collapse of the United States and the American way of life. Within 12 months, 80 percent of the population is gone. After a time, even the military stops trying to cope and pulls back to the coasts, leaving the interior, from the Alleghenies to the Rockies, on its own. Now, the remnant of Americans left in the depopulated cities and the wilderness that used to be the breadbasket of the world are becoming increasingly desperate, doing anything it takes to survive.

In this new America, though, death is always just a heartbeat away. John Trent has survived because he is better at killing than those around him, but he's getting tired of constantly living on the edge of his wits. As a courier for the army, he’s alway on the move, dodging raiders… and he doesn't know how much longer he can go on. Then he meets a girl who gives him a reason.

But the discovery of a serial killer stalking the forests, killing young women in a horrific and brutal fashion, makes John realize he can't abandon his skill at the hunt quite yet. Beyond that, a particularly vicious band of raiders is set to descend on a new settlement John has been ordered to protect ahead of a new repopulation effort. Caught in the middle, will he live long enough to enjoy his newfound love, or will he simply become the latest victim of the anarchy and chaos of the New American Frontier?

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Published June 29, 2018

About the author

Darrel Sparkman is a multi-genre and award-winning author of nine novels, several novellas, over a dozen short stories and has been a feature writer for Saddlebag Dispatches. He is the recent recipient of the Will Rogers Gold Medallion award. Ideas come from a diverse past of serving as a combat search and rescue helicopter crewman in Vietnam and a volunteer Emergency Medical Tech first responder. He has worked as a professional photographer, computer repair tech and was part-owner of a commercial greenhouse operation and flower shop.
Darrel is enjoying semi-retirement and finally has that job that wakes you up every day with a smile.

Reviews

[Tonya Lucas · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a fantastic book. This is the 2nd book I’ve read by Darrel Sparkman and it was as wonderful as the 1st one I read.
After The Fall is an amazing plot, exceptional description, and certainly an edge of your seat suspense book.
Darrell certainly has an intriguing way of telling a story that just catapults his readers into the settings he perfectly describes.
If you love westerns, books into the future, and suspense, this’s book is for you.
John Trent and Katie Stephens are both self reliant individuals who can take care of themselves,but together they explode.

[Fred Barnes · Rating 5 out of 5]

After The Fall: An Apocalyptic Thriller (Apocalypse Chronicles Book 6) by Darrel Sparkman is a well written tell of a woodsman/army courier that is appointed to be the first US Marshall in decades. Our hero of this story is not only skilled in wilderness survival, he's smart, strong, and fast with both a gun and a knife. He has a respect for life and mother nature and has a since of justice that is rarely seen in the world in which has become violent and callous, where the fight to survive is a daily occurrence and at every turn is someone that is cruel and just plain evil that is trying to take anything and everything including your life. Though I enjoyed the story, the characters, action and suspense, and hope you will also, I WOOD NOT RECOMMEND THIS BOOK AND SERIES FOR YOUNGER AUDIENCES DUE TO CONTINENT AND SUBJECT MATTER.