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Breaking Point #3
Shattered Horizon
The river reverses. The last road floods. A family closing the distance between them.
Will Mason braces against a fence post as the cornfield dissolves beneath his boots, a geyser of sand and water erupting behind him. One wrong move and he’ll never find Erin. With the ground turning to soup for miles in every direction, every step carries him farther from the wife he’s desperate to find.
Erin Mason folds a road map against a shuttered fruit stand and tells her students they're leaving. Staying on the convoy could mean watching them drown. With a compass in her hand and eight teenagers at her back, she steps onto an unmarked gravel track, praying she's right.
Cassidy Mason wades chest-deep into floodwater as the current claws at her legs, a small girl clinging to the roof of a submerged SUV ahead. Her father screams her name from the bank. She does not stop. She knows that child.
With the Mississippi reversed and the lowlands drowning, the Masons must fight toward each other before the last road to high ground disappears beneath the flood.
Shattered Horizon is the final book in a post-apocalyptic disaster thriller series following ordinary people struggling to survive when a massive earthquake rips through the heart of America.
Will Mason braces against a fence post as the cornfield dissolves beneath his boots, a geyser of sand and water erupting behind him. One wrong move and he’ll never find Erin. With the ground turning to soup for miles in every direction, every step carries him farther from the wife he’s desperate to find.
Erin Mason folds a road map against a shuttered fruit stand and tells her students they're leaving. Staying on the convoy could mean watching them drown. With a compass in her hand and eight teenagers at her back, she steps onto an unmarked gravel track, praying she's right.
Cassidy Mason wades chest-deep into floodwater as the current claws at her legs, a small girl clinging to the roof of a submerged SUV ahead. Her father screams her name from the bank. She does not stop. She knows that child.
With the Mississippi reversed and the lowlands drowning, the Masons must fight toward each other before the last road to high ground disappears beneath the flood.
Shattered Horizon is the final book in a post-apocalyptic disaster thriller series following ordinary people struggling to survive when a massive earthquake rips through the heart of America.
240 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 16, 2026
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Harley Tate
50 books165 followersWhen the world as we know it falls apart, how far will you go to survive?
Harley Tate writes edge-of-your-seat post-apocalyptic fiction exploring what happens when ordinary people are faced with impossible choices.
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The end of life as we know it brings out the best and worst in all of us. The apocalypse is only the beginning.
Harley Tate writes edge-of-your-seat post-apocalyptic fiction exploring what happens when ordinary people are faced with impossible choices.
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The end of life as we know it brings out the best and worst in all of us. The apocalypse is only the beginning.
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April 17, 2026
A riveting finale!
Shattered Horizon, book 3 in the Breaking Point trilogy, continues the stories of Gentry, desperately trying to warn people of ongoing disaster, Erin and the 8 students remaining trying to get to safety, and Will and Cassidy trying to locate Erin. This is the kind of finale the series deserves, with joy & despair, failure & triumph, neatly, but not cleanly, ending the series. The characters are the highlight of this series! Cassidy and Erin do not finish the same people they were prior to the break. Cassidy, especially, completely comes into her own throughout the challenges she is faced with. The narrative quality is superb, the descriptions of the destruction are vivid and clear. Overall, 5/5 stars, highly recommended for fans of disaster thrillers, apocalyptic survival thrillers and thrillers in general!
Shattered Horizon, book 3 in the Breaking Point trilogy, continues the stories of Gentry, desperately trying to warn people of ongoing disaster, Erin and the 8 students remaining trying to get to safety, and Will and Cassidy trying to locate Erin. This is the kind of finale the series deserves, with joy & despair, failure & triumph, neatly, but not cleanly, ending the series. The characters are the highlight of this series! Cassidy and Erin do not finish the same people they were prior to the break. Cassidy, especially, completely comes into her own throughout the challenges she is faced with. The narrative quality is superb, the descriptions of the destruction are vivid and clear. Overall, 5/5 stars, highly recommended for fans of disaster thrillers, apocalyptic survival thrillers and thrillers in general!
May 4, 2026
This series made you feel everything the characters did, while trying to survive!
I loved this series! This final book of the trilogy was gut wrenching, tense, and hoping for a good outcome!
I loved reading of this poor family trying to reunite and I feared, cried and panicked along with them. But the other characters, ones they met or the field trip students, all became so important and I became so wrapped up in their stories.
The dedicated geologist and FEMA worker who raced against all odds to do whatever they could to warn people and save who as many as possible. Or the woman who constantly risked her life saving survivors and had Cassie and her dad along with her, saving everyone they could. These characters became so powerful and I found myself wrapped up in their outcome.
This series is my favorite by Ms. Tate so far!! I look forward to more and catching up on back reads.
I loved this series! This final book of the trilogy was gut wrenching, tense, and hoping for a good outcome!
I loved reading of this poor family trying to reunite and I feared, cried and panicked along with them. But the other characters, ones they met or the field trip students, all became so important and I became so wrapped up in their stories.
The dedicated geologist and FEMA worker who raced against all odds to do whatever they could to warn people and save who as many as possible. Or the woman who constantly risked her life saving survivors and had Cassie and her dad along with her, saving everyone they could. These characters became so powerful and I found myself wrapped up in their outcome.
This series is my favorite by Ms. Tate so far!! I look forward to more and catching up on back reads.
April 18, 2026
Whew! Shattered Horizon is the pulse-pounding final book in the Breaking Point trilogy. Even though the series is about what will happen the next time the New Madrid Fault ruptures, it is a character-driven story. I'm sure that every reader will identify with different characters, depending on their own life experiences. For me, that was Erin, the science teacher, who was on a class trip far from home when the first big earthquake hit. I felt her fears for her students and the pain of not knowing if her own family was alive, or even where they were. I also loved a secondary character, June Sawyer, the no-nonsense retired National Guard member. If I'm ever in a national disaster, I hope someone like June is around. If you enjoy disaster thrillers, you must read this intense, unpredictable series about an event that will happen in the near future in America's heartland, when the New Madrid Fault gives a repeat performance of the massive earthquakes in 1811.
May 31, 2026
Awesome series
I have read so many different types of novels and short stories. I never got the urge to write a review on any of those, but this story not only was well written, you feel what they feel and it made me cry at certain times. I'm glad I found a story teller who was able to really get across feelings and have such a great imagination. It came together so well. Looking forward to see what else I can experience with this marvelous story teller.
I have read so many different types of novels and short stories. I never got the urge to write a review on any of those, but this story not only was well written, you feel what they feel and it made me cry at certain times. I'm glad I found a story teller who was able to really get across feelings and have such a great imagination. It came together so well. Looking forward to see what else I can experience with this marvelous story teller.
April 19, 2026
Amazing - Well Written
I love the series Breaking Point. The pictures in my head were constant and updating as fast as I could read. This series is excellent reading and written to pull your thoughts in and it brought me to tears. Beautiful with different views of the same event and showing so much care in creating and continuing the characters. Harley Tate, Thank you!
I love the series Breaking Point. The pictures in my head were constant and updating as fast as I could read. This series is excellent reading and written to pull your thoughts in and it brought me to tears. Beautiful with different views of the same event and showing so much care in creating and continuing the characters. Harley Tate, Thank you!
April 18, 2026
keep the tissues handy for the last half of this book! Happy tears!
It was a pleasure returning to these “real“ characters finally in reading how their stories resolved. It was a nice ending. Spoiler not included.
It was a pleasure returning to these “real“ characters finally in reading how their stories resolved. It was a nice ending. Spoiler not included.
April 30, 2026
Phenomenal
This is my favorite series of hers. This was brilliantly written. Emotional and informative. The characters are well-developed and the story so intense that I climbed through all three novels in two days.
This is my favorite series of hers. This was brilliantly written. Emotional and informative. The characters are well-developed and the story so intense that I climbed through all three novels in two days.
May 7, 2026
Excellent!
This trilogy was just so good! The characters were all believable. The action was realistic—not gory for effect as apocalyptic novels tend to be. The plot might have been attenuated a bit, but there were 3 separate story trajectories. Well worth the time to read.
This trilogy was just so good! The characters were all believable. The action was realistic—not gory for effect as apocalyptic novels tend to be. The plot might have been attenuated a bit, but there were 3 separate story trajectories. Well worth the time to read.
May 15, 2026
Engaging
Cassidy and her dad have headed for safety Hopi g that Erin will have heard the broadcast to head for high ground. Can both rag tag groups make it to safety and will Cassdies family be reunited.
Cassidy and her dad have headed for safety Hopi g that Erin will have heard the broadcast to head for high ground. Can both rag tag groups make it to safety and will Cassdies family be reunited.
May 28, 2026
One must read!
Fantastic. You feel every second every breath that each and everyone takes. The fear. The wondering of how much one can take. And finally, the quiet moment of things leveling out. Then the slow recovery of a trauma no one expected.
Fantastic. You feel every second every breath that each and everyone takes. The fear. The wondering of how much one can take. And finally, the quiet moment of things leveling out. Then the slow recovery of a trauma no one expected.
April 20, 2026
Great read
I’ve just finished the concluding book in the breaking point series, what a fantastic read, really enjoyed it well done Harley Tate 👍👏👏👏
I’ve just finished the concluding book in the breaking point series, what a fantastic read, really enjoyed it well done Harley Tate 👍👏👏👏
April 26, 2026
Really liked the series, highly recommend. Good story, good characters.
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