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Calm Act: Feral America #2
Feral Agent
Like a honeymoon. With guns.Flunked out of the Army. Reunited with her erratic boyfriend Cade.Ava Panic sets forth on her new career as a secret agent. She joined the company – the so-called ‘death angels’ – to be with Cade. He claims the job is orgasmic. Great food. Lots of fun. Freedom and the open road.Some killing required. But the young gang rats are old pros at that.Cade shows Ava the ropes in Pennsylvania. Illegal border crossing. Con artistry. Contractor management and drug smuggling. How to drive Cade’s beloved SUV, and pray she doesn’t scratch the paint.But her training is a rush job. Their team races the Ohio Army into the failed super-state of Virginia for the company’s toughest mission ever.Feral Agent is the sequel to Feral Recruit.If you enjoy vivid characters, compelling world-building, and page-turning action, you'll love the climate apocalyptic Calm Act Feral America series.
- GenresDystopia
404 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 23, 2017
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Ginger Booth
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After 14 years on walkabout to New York, Colorado, Texas and Tokyo, I swam home to spawn in shoreline Connecticut. A recovering computer programmer, I’ve worked in the seismic industry, semiconductor electronics, academic research in biology and environmental science, and online teaching simulators.
I live alone, and enjoy swimming, walking, and crafts. I grow vegetables indoors, until my crops spill outside and down the driveway. I read voraciously, curious about everything, especially how things work.
After 14 years on walkabout to New York, Colorado, Texas and Tokyo, I swam home to spawn in shoreline Connecticut. A recovering computer programmer, I’ve worked in the seismic industry, semiconductor electronics, academic research in biology and environmental science, and online teaching simulators.
I live alone, and enjoy swimming, walking, and crafts. I grow vegetables indoors, until my crops spill outside and down the driveway. I read voraciously, curious about everything, especially how things work.
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February 19, 2018
_Feral Agent_: by Ginger Booth. 5 stars.
I like where this series is going. Dee Baker, the heroine of the early books, is a compelling character but she is part of the leadership—is even considered Raj Royalty—and is married to one of the top commanders in the newly formed nation of Hudson, constructed out of the old states of New York and New England, minus Maine, which has been sucked up by Canada. The new protagonist, Ava Panic, is a 90-pound gang rat from New York, who washed out of West Point after surviving both the “Starve” and the Ebola Epidemic, both contrived to cull the population. She’s now been recruited to join a shadowy group of agents that some call the “Death Angels,” who do the dirty work outside of Hudson that needs to be done for the defense of the new nation and that serve a number of other, possibly morally ambiguous, goals.
Climate change and the disintegration of the United States has made life pretty tough for those who have survived. It is better for those fortunate enough to live where some semblance of government has survived. It is much more difficult in those areas where militias rule (our and Ava’s encounter with the patriarchal militia of opioid use where women are expected to know their place is more than a bit frightening) or where the leaders rule for their own profit. Ava and her former boyfriend, Frosty, travel undercover into a war zone, do some “Death Angel” business, survive a firefight, rescue a Colonel from prison, and drive out of Virginia over the climate-swollen bay on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge that’s no longer maintained and that’s always flooded except at low tide, while the armed forces of Virginia, including drones, scour all possible escape routes.
It’s a gritty story with more to come, but it convincingly portrays our possible future if the ravages of climate change are not reversed while introducing us to a new and plucky heroine, Ava Panic, who is finding her way is a world turned upside down.
I like where this series is going. Dee Baker, the heroine of the early books, is a compelling character but she is part of the leadership—is even considered Raj Royalty—and is married to one of the top commanders in the newly formed nation of Hudson, constructed out of the old states of New York and New England, minus Maine, which has been sucked up by Canada. The new protagonist, Ava Panic, is a 90-pound gang rat from New York, who washed out of West Point after surviving both the “Starve” and the Ebola Epidemic, both contrived to cull the population. She’s now been recruited to join a shadowy group of agents that some call the “Death Angels,” who do the dirty work outside of Hudson that needs to be done for the defense of the new nation and that serve a number of other, possibly morally ambiguous, goals.
Climate change and the disintegration of the United States has made life pretty tough for those who have survived. It is better for those fortunate enough to live where some semblance of government has survived. It is much more difficult in those areas where militias rule (our and Ava’s encounter with the patriarchal militia of opioid use where women are expected to know their place is more than a bit frightening) or where the leaders rule for their own profit. Ava and her former boyfriend, Frosty, travel undercover into a war zone, do some “Death Angel” business, survive a firefight, rescue a Colonel from prison, and drive out of Virginia over the climate-swollen bay on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge that’s no longer maintained and that’s always flooded except at low tide, while the armed forces of Virginia, including drones, scour all possible escape routes.
It’s a gritty story with more to come, but it convincingly portrays our possible future if the ravages of climate change are not reversed while introducing us to a new and plucky heroine, Ava Panic, who is finding her way is a world turned upside down.
August 9, 2019
Saving the planet after previous generations' stupidity and greed have caused massive climate changes is not a task for the faint-hearted. Tough decisions need to be made and gut wrenching acts have to be carried out. Ava Panic is reunited with Cade Snowdon's and becomes an agent-in-training; she needs to learn a whole new set of skills to enable her to navigate and survive in the new restructured America. I love Cade and Ava's characters, with their many strengths and flaws. This book is full of colourful and interesting people and plenty horrible, disgusting ones. It is interesting to see how the different states have evolved under martial law and are coping after the Calm Act.
Cade and Ava's lives have just gotten a whole lot more interesting; dealing with high tech espionage, jail breaks, Navy SEALS, drug dealers, slavers and gun runners, are all in a days work for them.
Feral Agent is a fantastic sequel to Feral Recruit, it is fast paced and full of action; I cannot wait to read Feral Courier, the next book in the series. I highly recommend this book as well as the whole series. Post-apocalyptic with a difference - it is scary how real it could be!
Cade and Ava's lives have just gotten a whole lot more interesting; dealing with high tech espionage, jail breaks, Navy SEALS, drug dealers, slavers and gun runners, are all in a days work for them.
Feral Agent is a fantastic sequel to Feral Recruit, it is fast paced and full of action; I cannot wait to read Feral Courier, the next book in the series. I highly recommend this book as well as the whole series. Post-apocalyptic with a difference - it is scary how real it could be!
May 31, 2021
Fantastic and thought provoking
Ginger Booth has done it again. She brings about thought provoking topics while writing enjoyable stories. Feral Agent is another side story in the Calm Act series. It builds on Feral Recruit and its predecessors in the Calm Act series but can be read as a stand-alone book. While telling the story, Ms Booth provides the relevant back-story for the reader to understand the universe that they have entered. It brings back Cade (Frosty) and Ava. In this story, Cade and Ava travel through Delmarva, Hudson, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia. They spend a month with Ava as the trainee as they deliver goods, make bribes, and trade weapons all the while not passing judgment on the actions of others no matter how vile.
Ms Booth takes you from the good (Ron Kaminski) to the evil (Fred Oelrich) and the death angels in between. It is left up to the reader, and even Ava at one point, as to whether the death angels are good or bad. Where do you draw the line. Whose morality is the true measure of how we judge ourselves and does it really matter in the end if you have survived.
So, get this book and sit down for a hell of a ride.
Ginger Booth has done it again. She brings about thought provoking topics while writing enjoyable stories. Feral Agent is another side story in the Calm Act series. It builds on Feral Recruit and its predecessors in the Calm Act series but can be read as a stand-alone book. While telling the story, Ms Booth provides the relevant back-story for the reader to understand the universe that they have entered. It brings back Cade (Frosty) and Ava. In this story, Cade and Ava travel through Delmarva, Hudson, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia. They spend a month with Ava as the trainee as they deliver goods, make bribes, and trade weapons all the while not passing judgment on the actions of others no matter how vile.
Ms Booth takes you from the good (Ron Kaminski) to the evil (Fred Oelrich) and the death angels in between. It is left up to the reader, and even Ava at one point, as to whether the death angels are good or bad. Where do you draw the line. Whose morality is the true measure of how we judge ourselves and does it really matter in the end if you have survived.
So, get this book and sit down for a hell of a ride.
February 4, 2019
Feral Agent (Calm Act Feral bk2)
I loved the dystopian world created for Calm Act and that Ms. Booth had carried that works into sub-series. The series' can relate to multiple age groups young adult and 'seniles' too!
It is heartening to still have the original series characters playing support roles. It is also encouraging that the books have remained having both a strong heroine and hero. The addition of maps in this book were very helpful in keeping up with the ever changing climate changed planet, I would have loved to also see Cam's lavender highlighted map.
I would encourage more short stories for context on supporting characters. Puño, Marquis, and Fox updates would be great. Even Max and Butch. The characters are well developed and would easily transfer to main characters in their own thoughts. An index of characters would also be most helpful, especially with the constant changing handles.
Only minor editing errors , making for an engaging and hard to putt down read for any dystopian book lover!
I loved the dystopian world created for Calm Act and that Ms. Booth had carried that works into sub-series. The series' can relate to multiple age groups young adult and 'seniles' too!
It is heartening to still have the original series characters playing support roles. It is also encouraging that the books have remained having both a strong heroine and hero. The addition of maps in this book were very helpful in keeping up with the ever changing climate changed planet, I would have loved to also see Cam's lavender highlighted map.
I would encourage more short stories for context on supporting characters. Puño, Marquis, and Fox updates would be great. Even Max and Butch. The characters are well developed and would easily transfer to main characters in their own thoughts. An index of characters would also be most helpful, especially with the constant changing handles.
Only minor editing errors , making for an engaging and hard to putt down read for any dystopian book lover!
December 27, 2017
I am in the man made climate change "denier" camp and I have to say I found this book by Ms Booth as rivetting as her other ones set in this genre.
I know I am in the minority, but I still really enjoyed the way her characters come to life, and raise possible scenarios for dealing with massive change in our world. These stories are based on calamitous climate change, but at heart they are adveventure stories which grip you and dont let go untill long after you finish them, if ever. This is another one that was very hard to put down.
I know I am in the minority, but I still really enjoyed the way her characters come to life, and raise possible scenarios for dealing with massive change in our world. These stories are based on calamitous climate change, but at heart they are adveventure stories which grip you and dont let go untill long after you finish them, if ever. This is another one that was very hard to put down.
September 12, 2022
The second book of the series featuring Apple survivors Cade and Ava. They are given an assignment with Cade training Ava on how to raise funds, gain supplies, work with other groups and successfully penetrate into enemy held Territory. Ava is enjoying the freedom of travelling but not the mingling with so-called allies, some of whom have very biased views of females. Things get rather tense as Cade is a hard taskmaster and has abrupt mood swings but Ava handles just about everything thrown at her and excels beyond Cade's expectations. There are cameos from other Calm Act characters as well.
December 27, 2017
Great sequel!
This is a well paced fast moving follow up to Feral Recruit. The characters continue to be developed and grow more interesting. The descriptions of the areas travelled are spot on. A truly excellent read. Reward yourself and read this book!
This is a well paced fast moving follow up to Feral Recruit. The characters continue to be developed and grow more interesting. The descriptions of the areas travelled are spot on. A truly excellent read. Reward yourself and read this book!
March 26, 2018
Good special agent book
Good storyline the with a nice backstory dealing with an heavy dose of what could be from a culling of people and global warming. Interesting premis with plenty of action. Lacking somewhat of details but plenty of social dynamic.
Good storyline the with a nice backstory dealing with an heavy dose of what could be from a culling of people and global warming. Interesting premis with plenty of action. Lacking somewhat of details but plenty of social dynamic.
May 25, 2022
Continuous Action
Again, I couldn't put this book down. It's absolutely enthralling. Cade takes Ava on her first mission. There are new friends, old friends, and bad guys galore. On to book three!
Again, I couldn't put this book down. It's absolutely enthralling. Cade takes Ava on her first mission. There are new friends, old friends, and bad guys galore. On to book three!
December 4, 2022
Loved it!
Wow! The action is fast and furious! Ava and Cade make an awesome team, I really likes the addition of the Seals…Jamal not so much. Lol
On to the next book.
Wow! The action is fast and furious! Ava and Cade make an awesome team, I really likes the addition of the Seals…Jamal not so much. Lol
On to the next book.
December 12, 2025
3.5 stars
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December 28, 2017One word - Excellant. Ava is fearless.
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