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The Calm Act #1-3
The Calm Act Complete: Books 1-4
Time ran out on climate change.
Super-storms. Government surveillance and breakdown.
Tech whisperer Dee Baker seeks safety.
Because the climate science was almost right. It was already too late. Weather disasters spin out of control. Food prices skyrocket. Refugees spill everywhere, including Americans fleeing the Dust Bowl, floods, and hurricanes.
Congress has a plan, the Calm Act. Its public face is martial law. Its secret measures are worse.
Dee's job provides her classified access to the truth. They promise her an ark berth, secure in a sealed biosphere. But she doesn't trust them to deliver. She's also dating Adam, a fun ark-itect, and Zack, who plans to organize the community and take a stand outside the arks.
In this apocalyptic adventure, set in the U.S. Northeast, ordinary people face a mounting climate crisis, and a government that seems to have betrayed them.
Dee needs a plan. Because the storms won't wait.
Includes End Game, Project Reunion, Martial Lawless, and Tsunami Wake - 1400 pages at 50% off!
If you enjoy vivid characters, compelling world-building, and page-turning action, you'll love Ginger Booth's day-after-tomorrow Calm Act series.
Super-storms. Government surveillance and breakdown.
Tech whisperer Dee Baker seeks safety.
Because the climate science was almost right. It was already too late. Weather disasters spin out of control. Food prices skyrocket. Refugees spill everywhere, including Americans fleeing the Dust Bowl, floods, and hurricanes.
Congress has a plan, the Calm Act. Its public face is martial law. Its secret measures are worse.
Dee's job provides her classified access to the truth. They promise her an ark berth, secure in a sealed biosphere. But she doesn't trust them to deliver. She's also dating Adam, a fun ark-itect, and Zack, who plans to organize the community and take a stand outside the arks.
In this apocalyptic adventure, set in the U.S. Northeast, ordinary people face a mounting climate crisis, and a government that seems to have betrayed them.
Dee needs a plan. Because the storms won't wait.
Includes End Game, Project Reunion, Martial Lawless, and Tsunami Wake - 1400 pages at 50% off!
If you enjoy vivid characters, compelling world-building, and page-turning action, you'll love Ginger Booth's day-after-tomorrow Calm Act series.
- GenresPost ApocalypticDystopia
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First published June 26, 2016
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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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March 31, 2019
Great story! Amazingly well written. The type of book that makes you sad to know it will come to an end when you get 90% through. About to read Tsunami Wake. You have a new fan Ginger Booth!
March 9, 2020
Absolutely exceptional. Everyone should read this.
May 18, 2018
I have just finished the first book of the The Calm Act books and just started on the 2nd in the series. I really like the main character, Dee Baker; she is believable although perhaps just a bit bland for the type of role she has in the book.
The whole world is overpopulated (as we all know) and governments have decided to do something about it. Our own USA passed a secret law called the Calm Act, and in part, they hide a lot of information about what they are doing. We learn to suspect the Powers That Be are purposefully killing off our own population down to sustainable numbers for the environment. Dee gets involved in saving humanity almost by accident as a computer programmer. She gets heavily involved in disseminating information over the internet against the will of the government. (and that, of course, never goes well).
This is an interesting read of a dystopic future that could become reality. The characters are well-grounded and believable. However, there are some leaps of faith to take in the first book, like why is the internet still working with millions being killed off? Who is keeping the servers up and running? Not enough for me to quit reading, as these really are page-turner books and I will read them all.
The whole world is overpopulated (as we all know) and governments have decided to do something about it. Our own USA passed a secret law called the Calm Act, and in part, they hide a lot of information about what they are doing. We learn to suspect the Powers That Be are purposefully killing off our own population down to sustainable numbers for the environment. Dee gets involved in saving humanity almost by accident as a computer programmer. She gets heavily involved in disseminating information over the internet against the will of the government. (and that, of course, never goes well).
This is an interesting read of a dystopic future that could become reality. The characters are well-grounded and believable. However, there are some leaps of faith to take in the first book, like why is the internet still working with millions being killed off? Who is keeping the servers up and running? Not enough for me to quit reading, as these really are page-turner books and I will read them all.
December 20, 2016
Really good
A surprising dystopian world that is very believable. This is very different from other post apocalyptic literature and a human perspective that adds a great deal of realism. Well worth reading.
A surprising dystopian world that is very believable. This is very different from other post apocalyptic literature and a human perspective that adds a great deal of realism. Well worth reading.
June 18, 2021
Some if the book was interesting in its description if our world facing the results of climate change. However, the plot gets bogged down by too much strategy meetings. More disturbing to me was the casual acceptance of deliberate killing of millions of people.
December 31, 2020
Four and a half stars!!!
This box-set is a deep and disturbing look into a post apocalypse USA. The apocalypse was generated and controlled to some extent by the military, acting under the orders of the President and the pentagon. USA is overpopulated, nature is at war with humans as Climate change runs rampant. The food bowl of the country has become a dust bowl. Mass extermination of the over burgeoned population was then secretly planned using biological warfare such as Ebola release, starvation and tsunamis triggered by nuclear explosions. These books tell of the aftermath, the conflict of guilt and remorse warring with duty, as well as the compassion and empathy displayed with rebuilding.
This box-set is a deep and disturbing look into a post apocalypse USA. The apocalypse was generated and controlled to some extent by the military, acting under the orders of the President and the pentagon. USA is overpopulated, nature is at war with humans as Climate change runs rampant. The food bowl of the country has become a dust bowl. Mass extermination of the over burgeoned population was then secretly planned using biological warfare such as Ebola release, starvation and tsunamis triggered by nuclear explosions. These books tell of the aftermath, the conflict of guilt and remorse warring with duty, as well as the compassion and empathy displayed with rebuilding.
January 7, 2021
If you believe the government and crackpot religious efforts groups are the problem, corrupt, evil and should be abandoned for a simpler feudal type system with benign dictators (who kill thousands) this is a great book. If you read strictly as an adventure apocalypse novel it is fairly well written for the genre. The premise comes across as extremely far fetched and a little paranoid about big government, and senior company officials with a little trust in some military officers only redeeming value.
So an interesting romp though a paranoid anarchist mind but Ok read as long as you don’t want to think too hard on the political messages.
So an interesting romp though a paranoid anarchist mind but Ok read as long as you don’t want to think too hard on the political messages.
August 8, 2019
I liked this book, it is very well written and some of the dangers in this story are caused by weather. Climate change. Lack of food, having to take account of all the things a county or neighborhood needs to feed and care for all the people. There is a lot of talk about raising food.
The woman in this story is the narrator and she has a couple or three romances but the story does not center around that.
The woman in this story is the narrator and she has a couple or three romances but the story does not center around that.
December 20, 2020
Great series! Feels ever so slightly predictive of our current world though, which is a very scary idea! The idea that each nation needs to "cull" its citizens in order to survive is a deplorable idea but a very practical one. Climate disasters, disease outbreaks, non-functioning economies it's just too much for any one government to bear. Watch for the signs! Can't wait for the next book.
August 2, 2024
Wow... extremely well written and realistic
I really enjoyed this set... very well written. It's more than a bit alarming in its realism in as far as I can totally envision this becoming reality given our planet's current situation. I can envision it playing out precisely as this was written with both the good and the bad coming out in people as per usual in times of crisis.
I really enjoyed this set... very well written. It's more than a bit alarming in its realism in as far as I can totally envision this becoming reality given our planet's current situation. I can envision it playing out precisely as this was written with both the good and the bad coming out in people as per usual in times of crisis.
March 20, 2023
Wow
It started out slow but picked up and was a real good read. I enjoyed the premise and the thoughts of what if. A recommend for someone looking for a different take on the end of times.
It started out slow but picked up and was a real good read. I enjoyed the premise and the thoughts of what if. A recommend for someone looking for a different take on the end of times.
August 3, 2023
Not your ordinary end of the world
So much was different about the story. Very likely scenarios, but hopefully not in our lifetime. Engaging characters. Should be a must read warning for everybody on the planet.
So much was different about the story. Very likely scenarios, but hopefully not in our lifetime. Engaging characters. Should be a must read warning for everybody on the planet.
February 1, 2024
An exciting and entertaining series!!!!
Congratulation to Ginger Booth for this amazing series. It’s hard to find such an interesting and exciting author who not only writes intelligently but also provides top rated plots, characters and excitement in the stories.
Congratulation to Ginger Booth for this amazing series. It’s hard to find such an interesting and exciting author who not only writes intelligently but also provides top rated plots, characters and excitement in the stories.
February 20, 2024
Excellent climate change possibility
At times this felt more like fact than fiction! Realistic scenario of how climate change on planet earth could play out. Some of it has already become a part of life, such as strange uncharacteristic weather and censorship of social media.
At times this felt more like fact than fiction! Realistic scenario of how climate change on planet earth could play out. Some of it has already become a part of life, such as strange uncharacteristic weather and censorship of social media.
February 27, 2018
An okay series
The reality of TEOTWAWKI is quite possible, I found the story solid but not a book that grabbed me and wouldn't let me go.
The reality of TEOTWAWKI is quite possible, I found the story solid but not a book that grabbed me and wouldn't let me go.
April 2, 2018
This is a great series. Read it.
July 12, 2018
Wow, REALLY enjoyed these,
Grim going at first and in bursts throughout but so well written and ultimately kind of hopeful. Wonderful books - so glad I came across them.
Grim going at first and in bursts throughout but so well written and ultimately kind of hopeful. Wonderful books - so glad I came across them.
October 28, 2018
Excellent read
Draws you in before you know what's happening. Great character development. Glad to move onto book 4. I will miss the characters when the books are done.
Draws you in before you know what's happening. Great character development. Glad to move onto book 4. I will miss the characters when the books are done.
September 18, 2019
Dang- not really my cup of tea but I tried several times to come back to it and just never got excited about it.
October 17, 2019
Good story.
I recommend these books to most any post-apocalypse fan. I enjoy the characters and their interactions. Good world-building. Glad I have these books a chance.
I recommend these books to most any post-apocalypse fan. I enjoy the characters and their interactions. Good world-building. Glad I have these books a chance.
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February 21, 2017Perfect read!
Great series. One of the best I've read in a long time. Reminds me of Margaret Atwood with the wry practicality of Anne Tyler. Delighted I read this well fleshed characters and plot!
Great series. One of the best I've read in a long time. Reminds me of Margaret Atwood with the wry practicality of Anne Tyler. Delighted I read this well fleshed characters and plot!
January 13, 2023
An incredibly good story
Reading dystopian novels is my secret pleasure. But I've been getting tired of the same old formula: ex special forces protagonists fighting off lawless cannibalistic pillagers and rapists while journeying to prepper grandpa's remote farm while picking up tragic survivors along the way. Eventually so tiresome that I'm unwilling to finish.
This story is different. As the climate catastrophe reaches its inevitable end, the government comes up with a radical plan to save as much humanity as possible: The Calm Act. The author has created an utterly believable dystopian world in this set of novels. The result is so detailed and so fresh, that you begin to believe she was actually there and came back to us to report her findings.
I am in awe of her imagination and literary talent and am forever an avid fan.
Well done Ginger! Thank you.
Mike Houghton, JAN 2023
Reading dystopian novels is my secret pleasure. But I've been getting tired of the same old formula: ex special forces protagonists fighting off lawless cannibalistic pillagers and rapists while journeying to prepper grandpa's remote farm while picking up tragic survivors along the way. Eventually so tiresome that I'm unwilling to finish.
This story is different. As the climate catastrophe reaches its inevitable end, the government comes up with a radical plan to save as much humanity as possible: The Calm Act. The author has created an utterly believable dystopian world in this set of novels. The result is so detailed and so fresh, that you begin to believe she was actually there and came back to us to report her findings.
I am in awe of her imagination and literary talent and am forever an avid fan.
Well done Ginger! Thank you.
Mike Houghton, JAN 2023
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