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Irregular Scout Team One: Volume 5: End of Days
The plague has come and gone, followed by Civil War and the ruin of America. Still, the torch of hope is held aloft by those who haven't forgotten their oath ...
As the Federal government battles the remnants of the Mountain Republic, Colonel Nick Agostine settles into a calm life of running a trading post and farm north of Albany. Feeling restless, after the harvest, he sets out with most of IST -1 to explore a long valley north of the remains of New York City, searching for survivors and looking for places where refugees can resettle.
Along the way old hatreds thought long buried resurface and the Team finds itself caught in a brutal ambush. As bullets fly and grenades crack, casualties mount and a shot sends the Scout Team leader spinning to the ground. He awakens to find himself facing torture and death in his most desperate situation yet. It could be ...
The End of Days.
As the Federal government battles the remnants of the Mountain Republic, Colonel Nick Agostine settles into a calm life of running a trading post and farm north of Albany. Feeling restless, after the harvest, he sets out with most of IST -1 to explore a long valley north of the remains of New York City, searching for survivors and looking for places where refugees can resettle.
Along the way old hatreds thought long buried resurface and the Team finds itself caught in a brutal ambush. As bullets fly and grenades crack, casualties mount and a shot sends the Scout Team leader spinning to the ground. He awakens to find himself facing torture and death in his most desperate situation yet. It could be ...
The End of Days.
327 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 28, 2025
About the author
J.F. Holmes
83 books82 followersJ.F. Holmes is a retired Army Senior Noncomissioned Officer, having served for 22 years in both the Regular Army and Army National Guard. During that time, he served as everything from an artillery section leader to a member of a Division level planning staff, with tours in Cuba and Iraq, as well as responding to the terrorists attacks in NYC on 9-11.
From 2010 to 2014 he wrote the immensely popular military cartoon strip, "Power Point Ranger", poking fun at military life in the tradition of Beetle Bailey and Willy & Joe.
His books range from Military Sci-Fi to Space Opera to Detective to Fantasy, with a lot in between, and in 2017 two are finalists for the prestigious Dragon Awards. As of August 2017, Mr. Holmes has eighteen books and two novellas published.
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From 2010 to 2014 he wrote the immensely popular military cartoon strip, "Power Point Ranger", poking fun at military life in the tradition of Beetle Bailey and Willy & Joe.
His books range from Military Sci-Fi to Space Opera to Detective to Fantasy, with a lot in between, and in 2017 two are finalists for the prestigious Dragon Awards. As of August 2017, Mr. Holmes has eighteen books and two novellas published.
Feel free to join Irregular Scout Team One on Facebook, and get a chance to influence the course and plot of his next book!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/15294...
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October 2, 2026
This was a fun journey. I don't know if this is the last, but I would like to see it continue.
That being said, there were some issues. One, Ziv lost his wife and child that he had with that pilot. Yet they are still alive in this book? Also, Brit kind of annoyed me with her whole horned-up college student thing in the first book, which annoyed me because it was obvious she was the romance for Nick. And I'm glad she got better after book one. But Nick, he started off great, but his writing got worse, unlike Brit. He was kind of a terrible father and husband. I feel like if we got more time with him and his family, i would care more. When Brit was bit, it made me hate Nick more because yeah, it was his fault. And I was more upset about possibly losing Brit as a character than I was about Nick losing his wife. I feel like if we had more time with Nick and his family, that whole arc would have hit harder, and I could have seen Nick being an actual dad and husband. Also, the ending confused me. Was Brit ever even a zombie, or was that a dream Nick had while injured? If she was a zombie then cured, why is there no mention of it in the epilogue? Why is there no cure mentioned? And finally, in the beginning of this series, Nick told Brit he would take her to Ohio to check for her family. But it's never even brought up again after that.
I do hope that if this story continues, it focuses more on Nick and his family.
That being said, there were some issues. One, Ziv lost his wife and child that he had with that pilot. Yet they are still alive in this book? Also, Brit kind of annoyed me with her whole horned-up college student thing in the first book, which annoyed me because it was obvious she was the romance for Nick. And I'm glad she got better after book one. But Nick, he started off great, but his writing got worse, unlike Brit. He was kind of a terrible father and husband. I feel like if we got more time with him and his family, i would care more. When Brit was bit, it made me hate Nick more because yeah, it was his fault. And I was more upset about possibly losing Brit as a character than I was about Nick losing his wife. I feel like if we had more time with Nick and his family, that whole arc would have hit harder, and I could have seen Nick being an actual dad and husband. Also, the ending confused me. Was Brit ever even a zombie, or was that a dream Nick had while injured? If she was a zombie then cured, why is there no mention of it in the epilogue? Why is there no cure mentioned? And finally, in the beginning of this series, Nick told Brit he would take her to Ohio to check for her family. But it's never even brought up again after that.
I do hope that if this story continues, it focuses more on Nick and his family.
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March 21, 2026
Major continuity errors
I’ve generally enjoyed this series but it’s clearly just a bunch of books thrown together haphazardly. To the point when they refer to past events you don’t know if they happened or are going to happen.
SPOILERS AHEAD
I was so confused when they referred to “when the Air Force attempted a coup” only for the actual coup to occur many chapters later? Then you forget about that major mistake in book arrangement and they run into Ziv and he’s talking about his wife who is supposed to be dead. Or the fact that “last time we saw him was outside smallville” as if the whole Manhattan mission never happened.
Continuity, grammar and punctuation issues are a common issue with these books. I appreciate the time and effort Holmes put into the books but was there not a single beta reader?
I’ve generally enjoyed this series but it’s clearly just a bunch of books thrown together haphazardly. To the point when they refer to past events you don’t know if they happened or are going to happen.
SPOILERS AHEAD
I was so confused when they referred to “when the Air Force attempted a coup” only for the actual coup to occur many chapters later? Then you forget about that major mistake in book arrangement and they run into Ziv and he’s talking about his wife who is supposed to be dead. Or the fact that “last time we saw him was outside smallville” as if the whole Manhattan mission never happened.
Continuity, grammar and punctuation issues are a common issue with these books. I appreciate the time and effort Holmes put into the books but was there not a single beta reader?
January 31, 2026
Stunning end...or is it
Well put together plot, good information and solid character development.
I feel agostines pain, but, have to be irritated about killing others for a maybe mission. No shade, still would myself.
Well put together plot, good information and solid character development.
I feel agostines pain, but, have to be irritated about killing others for a maybe mission. No shade, still would myself.
July 18, 2025
this is a great series. Just finished the book from an early released copy. action from start to finish
October 7, 2026
absolutely magnificent story!
Endings are hard to write, this one was pretty good. Not the best but not terrible either. too much time jumping at the end.
Endings are hard to write, this one was pretty good. Not the best but not terrible either. too much time jumping at the end.
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