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Tread: Fallen Nation
In the years of the second Civil War, and before the great tribulation, hope failed in the darkest of times.Staff Sergeant Evan Decker is an EOD tech returning from war. The country he’s returned to bears no resemblance to the one he remembers. A virus has ravaged the population, as millions have died, the communication infrastructure is disabled, leaving the nation cut off, Washington D.C. is gone, wiped off the map. But who is responsible?In the chaos, civilians and inner city gangs have risen up; at war with police and military forces, martial law has been declared. Ordered to do the unthinkable, Evan is at odds with his leaders; follow orders and become a murderer or attempt escape, risking both death and dishonor.Follow Evan as he uncovers the conspiracy to enslave the United States, and risks all for the woman he’s growing to love.
146 pages, Paperback
Published June 22, 2019
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July 15, 2019
Lately I've read some of a post apocalyptic series concentrating on the survival aspect, and a novella that I'd class nearer the horror end of the genre; Tread:Fallen Nation, however, is military-orientated. All of these books have one aspect in common: the effect of a global disaster on the people.
The main character in this book is Evan, a soldier back from the Middle East who finds his country in meltdown after a mysterious virus has devastated the land. The US is, in effect, in civil war. Evan is already disillusioned about the ethics of some of the military, and war itself, and becomes more so as his new tasks are laid out before him.
I knew nothing of the author's background until I read the notes at the end, but it was clear he comes from a similar background to Evan; the details, not only about the weaponry but also the practices, are most convincing, at the same time as being written so that a layperson can understand. I liked, too, that he destroyed certain myths about the effects of an EMP, which has probably spoiled me for books of this genre that involve such things!
'Hell, the whole idea of electromagnetic pulse or nuclear detonation permanently damaging electrical systems and communications is just garbage. Just sayin'; this ain't the movies'
He has a cool writing style, perfect for the subject matter, and I was particularly impressed by the dialogue, which struck just the right chord. He delivered a good atmosphere of bleakness, using few words.
'Evan rounded the rocky outcropping and found a man in dirtied clothes, his face covered by a white and black shemagh, hunkering down against the boulders as though clinging for dear life. In the insurgent's eyes ... no, the man's, not the animal he'd been conditioned to see them as, he found only fear.'
I felt it could do with a final round of copy-editing to iron out minor proofreading errors and add a bit of clarity here and there, but I'm one of those people who winces at misplaced commas, and it is far better presented than many self-published books of the genre. I would definitely recommend it to any fans of military-oriented post apocalyptic stories.
The main character in this book is Evan, a soldier back from the Middle East who finds his country in meltdown after a mysterious virus has devastated the land. The US is, in effect, in civil war. Evan is already disillusioned about the ethics of some of the military, and war itself, and becomes more so as his new tasks are laid out before him.
I knew nothing of the author's background until I read the notes at the end, but it was clear he comes from a similar background to Evan; the details, not only about the weaponry but also the practices, are most convincing, at the same time as being written so that a layperson can understand. I liked, too, that he destroyed certain myths about the effects of an EMP, which has probably spoiled me for books of this genre that involve such things!
'Hell, the whole idea of electromagnetic pulse or nuclear detonation permanently damaging electrical systems and communications is just garbage. Just sayin'; this ain't the movies'
He has a cool writing style, perfect for the subject matter, and I was particularly impressed by the dialogue, which struck just the right chord. He delivered a good atmosphere of bleakness, using few words.
'Evan rounded the rocky outcropping and found a man in dirtied clothes, his face covered by a white and black shemagh, hunkering down against the boulders as though clinging for dear life. In the insurgent's eyes ... no, the man's, not the animal he'd been conditioned to see them as, he found only fear.'
I felt it could do with a final round of copy-editing to iron out minor proofreading errors and add a bit of clarity here and there, but I'm one of those people who winces at misplaced commas, and it is far better presented than many self-published books of the genre. I would definitely recommend it to any fans of military-oriented post apocalyptic stories.
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