The Challenge

by Nathan Jones, Seth Jones

Content creators.

They make videos based on every topic imaginable, or for some on the strength of their personality alone. From gaming to extreme sports to fashion, they grow their channels through hard work, passion, and creativity.

And, of course, collabs.

So when one of the biggest channels on YouView announces a survival challenge for other YouViewers, it draws a lot of attention. And not just from outdoor enthusiasts. Among them are Bryce Taggart and his group of content creator friends, who in spite of their varied channels all have in common a love of nature and spending time out in it.

Little do any of them realize that the knowledge and skills they develop to help them beat the Challenge, and if they can win the grand prize, might be more necessary than they could've imagined.

386 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 20, 2021

About the author

My 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.

Reviews

[Vicky Rowe · Rating 5 out of 5]

A unique and fascinating twist on the SHTF

This book has such a unique approach to the apocalypse. The characters are well fleshed out and easy to be invested in. The story sucks you in, and with bits of foreshadowing keeps moving subtly toward an impending crash of some kind. My only complaint is where's the next book???

[Margaret Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

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This is a great book. An adventure ride that so many people would love to have…an adventure challenge like no other. Jump into the action!