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Mountain Man #3
Mountain War: Defending Their Home
Sangue knows they're there.
Nobody in the bowl valley blames Skyler for drawing the enemy's attention their way by rescuing prisoners from a military camp farther north. But Skyler can't help but feel the responsibility of bringing danger down on his loved ones and hundreds of innocent townspeople from Emery, especially when it caused his best friend and her family to flee north to escape that danger. He wants to do what he can to make up for that.
Kristy has other ideas; getting further along in her pregnancy by the day, she can't bear to have her son out risking his life. Not when she already has to fear for her husband as he leads the volunteers defending their new home in the high mountains.
Tom faces the seemingly hopeless task of keeping the valley hidden from encroaching Sangue. Outnumbered, outgunned, and dealing with enemies with years of experience fighting their brutal war, what can a few dozen half-trained men and women do?
But they have no other option, because they all know what will happen if Sangue finds them.
Nobody in the bowl valley blames Skyler for drawing the enemy's attention their way by rescuing prisoners from a military camp farther north. But Skyler can't help but feel the responsibility of bringing danger down on his loved ones and hundreds of innocent townspeople from Emery, especially when it caused his best friend and her family to flee north to escape that danger. He wants to do what he can to make up for that.
Kristy has other ideas; getting further along in her pregnancy by the day, she can't bear to have her son out risking his life. Not when she already has to fear for her husband as he leads the volunteers defending their new home in the high mountains.
Tom faces the seemingly hopeless task of keeping the valley hidden from encroaching Sangue. Outnumbered, outgunned, and dealing with enemies with years of experience fighting their brutal war, what can a few dozen half-trained men and women do?
But they have no other option, because they all know what will happen if Sangue finds them.
356 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 14, 2019
About the author
Nathan Jones
31 books31 followersMy name is Nathan Jones. I write mainly in the post-apocalyptic and science fiction genres. My most recently completed project is The Challenge, first book of the post-apocalyptic No More Content series, a collaboration with my brother Seth Jones. My next project is Mythas, first book of the fantasy adventure series Band of Outcasts.
I've been a longtime reader of post-apocalyptic fiction, and like to explore various scenarios in which disasters could occur. One interest has been observing just how fragile our modern life is, and how little it would take to send us back to a low tech existence that people in general no longer possess the knowledge or skills to survive in. That interest inspired me to write and publish my completed post-apocalyptic series Best Laid Plans, comprising the five books Fuel, Shortage, Invasion, Reclamation, and Determination, and to build on that story with the completed Nuclear Winter series, which begins shortly after Best Laid Plans ends and includes the four books First Winter, First Spring, Chain Breakers, and Going Home, as well as the standalone novel Fallen City.
Outside the Best Laid Plans world I've written the completed post-apocalyptic Mountain Man series, with the novels Badlands, Homecoming, Homeland, Mountain War, Final Stand, and Lone Valley. I also have the completed post-apocalyptic Isolation series with Shut In, Going Out, Starting Anew, and Holding On. My current post-apocalyptic series is No More Content, with the recently released first book The Challenge.
I've also been a longtime reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy, with an equally deep love of those two genres. This has inspired multiple projects, the most recently completed being my science fiction novel Caretakers, Book Two of the Stag Privateers series, sequel to Last Stand. My other science fiction story is Boralene, Book One of the Stellar Merger series.
The stories I've written in the Young Adult Fantasy genre have now been moved over from another pen name to be available alongside my other books. These books include the completed The Watchers trilogy with Undying Heights, Ithel's Library, and Deep Dwelling, the completed The Protectorate series with Corsairs, Revenants, Invaders, and Shipwrights, and the standalone children's fairy tale Firefly Girl.
I've been a longtime reader of post-apocalyptic fiction, and like to explore various scenarios in which disasters could occur. One interest has been observing just how fragile our modern life is, and how little it would take to send us back to a low tech existence that people in general no longer possess the knowledge or skills to survive in. That interest inspired me to write and publish my completed post-apocalyptic series Best Laid Plans, comprising the five books Fuel, Shortage, Invasion, Reclamation, and Determination, and to build on that story with the completed Nuclear Winter series, which begins shortly after Best Laid Plans ends and includes the four books First Winter, First Spring, Chain Breakers, and Going Home, as well as the standalone novel Fallen City.
Outside the Best Laid Plans world I've written the completed post-apocalyptic Mountain Man series, with the novels Badlands, Homecoming, Homeland, Mountain War, Final Stand, and Lone Valley. I also have the completed post-apocalyptic Isolation series with Shut In, Going Out, Starting Anew, and Holding On. My current post-apocalyptic series is No More Content, with the recently released first book The Challenge.
I've also been a longtime reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy, with an equally deep love of those two genres. This has inspired multiple projects, the most recently completed being my science fiction novel Caretakers, Book Two of the Stag Privateers series, sequel to Last Stand. My other science fiction story is Boralene, Book One of the Stellar Merger series.
The stories I've written in the Young Adult Fantasy genre have now been moved over from another pen name to be available alongside my other books. These books include the completed The Watchers trilogy with Undying Heights, Ithel's Library, and Deep Dwelling, the completed The Protectorate series with Corsairs, Revenants, Invaders, and Shipwrights, and the standalone children's fairy tale Firefly Girl.
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
September 16, 2019
An NJ. SYFY (End of the War) Western Action Adventure (MW) (DTH) (MLB - 4)
NJ. has penned the fourth novel in the Mountain Man series which begins with the escapees setting into their new homes in the face in the high mountains. The enemy has found their location and the leader fears that he may not have time to prepare his people for the fifth coming engagements with the people who wish to rule. After much study, pkanning, and acquiring weapons to fight back with He and his people decide where to defend theirs homes from. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS
NJ. has penned the fourth novel in the Mountain Man series which begins with the escapees setting into their new homes in the face in the high mountains. The enemy has found their location and the leader fears that he may not have time to prepare his people for the fifth coming engagements with the people who wish to rule. After much study, pkanning, and acquiring weapons to fight back with He and his people decide where to defend theirs homes from. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS
February 19, 2020
Mountain Man series is Awesome!!!
I really like that the main characters in this book are very resourceful, you can trust them. Unlike other books will you follow the character and they give themselves and ridiculous situations, not so in this book. It’s not that it they don’t have trouble they do but they handle it with common sense and valor. It was a wonderful read I can’t read to the next book.
I really like that the main characters in this book are very resourceful, you can trust them. Unlike other books will you follow the character and they give themselves and ridiculous situations, not so in this book. It’s not that it they don’t have trouble they do but they handle it with common sense and valor. It was a wonderful read I can’t read to the next book.
November 14, 2020
Past the thermonuclear war and surviving in the mountains to escape the enemy. The Miller's are up against defending their home, and rescuing prisioners in the process. The Sangue are called the "bloodies" and have vehicles and machine guns, which have not been seen in years. Will they be able to protect their mountain home or die trying? The third in this series and I definitely want to read the rest to see how this post apocalyptic story plays out.
October 1, 2019
So far so good!
If you have read the previous three, you know that it is a really good story! If you didn't, what are you doing here!? ;)
If you have read the previous three, you know that it is a really good story! If you didn't, what are you doing here!? ;)
October 15, 2019
Simply outstanding!
Must read if you like post apocalyptic stories. This one is a dandy.
Wonderful characters
Must read if you like post apocalyptic stories. This one is a dandy.
Wonderful characters
January 26, 2020
I can't stop reading !
I can't put these books down ! I love this series and have read one after the other ! Great plot, great characters !
I can't put these books down ! I love this series and have read one after the other ! Great plot, great characters !
February 16, 2021
Still a good story but it almost seems that so much time is spent on the battles that one almost forgets that this is happening without electricity and other 21st century niceties.
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