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Friends of my Enemy
Enter a dark fantasy/dystopian tale with underpinnings of love, betrayal, and tumultuous relationships set in a dark future. Our dark future.
In a world devastated by disease and ripped apart by a changing climate, countries struggle for control of resources while fighting to maintain order. Even if it means fighting their own citizens. Leaders emerge from the chaos, but some choices lead further into darkness and some leaders don’t have the best intentions.
Europe stands better prepared to maintain a civilized society in the face of global catastrophes, pandemics, terrorism, and a changing climate. The USA answered its troubles by establishing a military government. Old democratic allies in Europe respond uneasily to the change.
in 2055 Arinna and Michael Prescot are just two of the many former soldiers sent to foreign embassies in the hopes of strengthening faltering US alliances. As the growing conflict in the US threatens the peace of Europe and tips the world toward World War III, choices of loyalty need to be made - if Michael and Arinna can determine who to trust and if the price of help is worth the cost. Global events hinge on a few individuals as an apocalyptic war threatens Europe, and no one is more unprepared than its potential saviors.
On and off the battlefield, control for Europe is key to world dominance in this riveting series of intrigue and war, love and obsession. What would you sacrifice for freedom? Who would you betray to control the destiny of the world?
Set in Europe, this near future fiction series of novels unfolds through the intersecting lives of a small handful of people and explores adult themes, both dark and hopeful, of friendship, romance, and the deep, turbulent ties of family. They are ordinary people who become influential as the world falls into a war in an era tumbling toward chaos. Each seeks to save Europe, but not all influence is good even when intentions are for the best, and not all decisions can be made in time.
In a world devastated by disease and ripped apart by a changing climate, countries struggle for control of resources while fighting to maintain order. Even if it means fighting their own citizens. Leaders emerge from the chaos, but some choices lead further into darkness and some leaders don’t have the best intentions.
Europe stands better prepared to maintain a civilized society in the face of global catastrophes, pandemics, terrorism, and a changing climate. The USA answered its troubles by establishing a military government. Old democratic allies in Europe respond uneasily to the change.
in 2055 Arinna and Michael Prescot are just two of the many former soldiers sent to foreign embassies in the hopes of strengthening faltering US alliances. As the growing conflict in the US threatens the peace of Europe and tips the world toward World War III, choices of loyalty need to be made - if Michael and Arinna can determine who to trust and if the price of help is worth the cost. Global events hinge on a few individuals as an apocalyptic war threatens Europe, and no one is more unprepared than its potential saviors.
On and off the battlefield, control for Europe is key to world dominance in this riveting series of intrigue and war, love and obsession. What would you sacrifice for freedom? Who would you betray to control the destiny of the world?
Set in Europe, this near future fiction series of novels unfolds through the intersecting lives of a small handful of people and explores adult themes, both dark and hopeful, of friendship, romance, and the deep, turbulent ties of family. They are ordinary people who become influential as the world falls into a war in an era tumbling toward chaos. Each seeks to save Europe, but not all influence is good even when intentions are for the best, and not all decisions can be made in time.
1225 pages, ebook
Published September 14, 2016
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About the author
Autumn M. Birt
48 books141 followersAutumn is a bestselling author in fantasy, epic fantasy, and war - not all on the same series though!
She is the author of the epic fantasy, adventure trilogy on elemental magic, the Rise of the Fifth Order. Games of Fire is an epic continuation of the world and characters begun in the Rise of the Fifth Order and received tremendous critical reviews and book 2, Gates of Fire & Earth, is also a Fantasia Reviews 2017 Book of Year nominee.
She is also the author of Friends of my Enemy, a military dystopian/ dark fantasy tale laced with romance. Friends of my Enemy was released in full in 2015 and is quite the story full of strong characters, tight plots, and lots of action.
New stories are already emerging. Check out the Tainted Fae to be released in 2021 and soon followed by Black Throne/Black Blood along with a whole new world written with her writing partner, Jesper Schmidt.
In her real life, Autumn has traveled across North America in an old Land Cruiser. However, she currently lives in a tiny cabin in the woods of Vermont. Along with her for all her adventures are her husband and small cairn terrier, Ayashe. Check out her Instagram feed for lots of fun travel pics!
Expect a lot of great adventures, both real and fictional, coming soon!
You can learn more about Autumn’s book online at her website www.AutumnWriting.com including her latest work-in-progress.
She is the author of the epic fantasy, adventure trilogy on elemental magic, the Rise of the Fifth Order. Games of Fire is an epic continuation of the world and characters begun in the Rise of the Fifth Order and received tremendous critical reviews and book 2, Gates of Fire & Earth, is also a Fantasia Reviews 2017 Book of Year nominee.
She is also the author of Friends of my Enemy, a military dystopian/ dark fantasy tale laced with romance. Friends of my Enemy was released in full in 2015 and is quite the story full of strong characters, tight plots, and lots of action.
New stories are already emerging. Check out the Tainted Fae to be released in 2021 and soon followed by Black Throne/Black Blood along with a whole new world written with her writing partner, Jesper Schmidt.
In her real life, Autumn has traveled across North America in an old Land Cruiser. However, she currently lives in a tiny cabin in the woods of Vermont. Along with her for all her adventures are her husband and small cairn terrier, Ayashe. Check out her Instagram feed for lots of fun travel pics!
Expect a lot of great adventures, both real and fictional, coming soon!
You can learn more about Autumn’s book online at her website www.AutumnWriting.com including her latest work-in-progress.
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October 4, 2017
Excellent Se of books!
I was hesitant to start the first volume of the bundle, as the dystopian genre is one of my least favorites to read. However, I was immediately engaged in the story and quickly read the other 3 books in the series.
Story begins after the US, Europe and seemingly the entire rest of the world are attacked by a terrorist group. The war ends with the remnants of Europe struggling to form a parliament to rule the remaining “free “ world. Most of the infrastructure has been destroyed and the standard of living is reminiscent of the 1800’s—except for some futurist remnants of military planes. It is with these planes that the final stages of the war are fought.
The story line covers a ten year period of battles on the fringes of Europe, seemingly a stalement. The final turn in the story occurs when “free” Europe decides take the to battle to the terrorists’ strong cities. Many battle scenes, well done from a laypersons’ perspective, bring the story to its story to its happy conclusion. There are some surprising discoveries of the fate of the rest of the world during the 10 years this book covers. The struggle to govern these disparate countries as a solitary unit is ansecondary theme that the author develops well.
As good as the plot is, it is the characters themselves that are most interesting. We see the main characters develop over the 10 years, and new characters are artfully brought in to round out the story. The plot and the characters held my interest throughout. If you are looking for something different than the usual grimness of the dystopic genre, this is it.
I was hesitant to start the first volume of the bundle, as the dystopian genre is one of my least favorites to read. However, I was immediately engaged in the story and quickly read the other 3 books in the series.
Story begins after the US, Europe and seemingly the entire rest of the world are attacked by a terrorist group. The war ends with the remnants of Europe struggling to form a parliament to rule the remaining “free “ world. Most of the infrastructure has been destroyed and the standard of living is reminiscent of the 1800’s—except for some futurist remnants of military planes. It is with these planes that the final stages of the war are fought.
The story line covers a ten year period of battles on the fringes of Europe, seemingly a stalement. The final turn in the story occurs when “free” Europe decides take the to battle to the terrorists’ strong cities. Many battle scenes, well done from a laypersons’ perspective, bring the story to its story to its happy conclusion. There are some surprising discoveries of the fate of the rest of the world during the 10 years this book covers. The struggle to govern these disparate countries as a solitary unit is ansecondary theme that the author develops well.
As good as the plot is, it is the characters themselves that are most interesting. We see the main characters develop over the 10 years, and new characters are artfully brought in to round out the story. The plot and the characters held my interest throughout. If you are looking for something different than the usual grimness of the dystopic genre, this is it.
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