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The Empty Cities: The Long Black Winter - Book 3
The wilderness was a test. The city is an execution.After a brutal, blood-soaked trek across the freezing Midwest, Hannah and former soldier Noah Guerra have finally reached the Chicago Quarantine Zone. They came looking for a military sanctuary to save Noah’s young son, Evan.
Instead, they walked into a cage.
The federal government isn't rescuing survivors; they’ve walled the city off, leaving the starving population to be torn apart by ruthless, heavily armed gangs fighting over ration drops. Trapped in the freezing, gridlocked streets of downtown Chicago, Noah must rely on his urban infantry training to keep them alive. But Elias Thorne, the billionaire architect of the blackout, hasn't stopped hunting. He has dispatched an elite, tier-one mercenary squad into the city with a single bring Hannah back, and execute the rest.
Hunted by local warlords from below and military snipers from above, the group is forced into a deadly vertical siege inside a freezing skyscraper. Escaping the city will require a desperate, impossible gamble across the treacherous ice of Lake Michigan—and a heartbreaking sacrifice that will change the Guerra family forever.
The Empty Cities is the explosive third installment in The Long Black Winter series. Shifting from wilderness survival to relentless urban combat, this gritty, pulse-pounding thriller will leave you breathless. Buy your copy today and brace for the ice.
Instead, they walked into a cage.
The federal government isn't rescuing survivors; they’ve walled the city off, leaving the starving population to be torn apart by ruthless, heavily armed gangs fighting over ration drops. Trapped in the freezing, gridlocked streets of downtown Chicago, Noah must rely on his urban infantry training to keep them alive. But Elias Thorne, the billionaire architect of the blackout, hasn't stopped hunting. He has dispatched an elite, tier-one mercenary squad into the city with a single bring Hannah back, and execute the rest.
Hunted by local warlords from below and military snipers from above, the group is forced into a deadly vertical siege inside a freezing skyscraper. Escaping the city will require a desperate, impossible gamble across the treacherous ice of Lake Michigan—and a heartbreaking sacrifice that will change the Guerra family forever.
The Empty Cities is the explosive third installment in The Long Black Winter series. Shifting from wilderness survival to relentless urban combat, this gritty, pulse-pounding thriller will leave you breathless. Buy your copy today and brace for the ice.
124 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 24, 2026
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September 4, 2026
Hannah and Noah make a good team. I’m not fond of how cold, heartless and robotic Hannah is depicted. Cal Merritt did what most male authors do. He create a female automaton who is inhuman, unfeeling, in a story that is ALL about the weaponry, and the killing.
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