Author: Steven Konkoly
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781493695645
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Book One in The Perseid Collapse Series. Alex Fletcher is back, in the epic post-apocalyptic sequel to The Jakarta Pandemic. 2019. Six years after the Jakarta Pandemic "decimated" the world's population; life is back to normal for the Fletchers and most Americans. The United States stands at the brink of a complete domestic and international resurgence, with stories of confidence and prosperity dominating the headlines. Appearances can be deceiving. An undercurrent of paranoia and fear still runs strong below the surface; the collective angst spawned by 28 million American deaths forever stamped into population's psyche. Suppressed memories of helplessness and desperation, anger and jealousy-All of it lurks in the shadows, waiting to be released. On August 19, 2019, an inconceivable "event" will unleash a darkness over the United States. A human darkness with a vast appetite for chaos and violence. Alex Fletcher will wake to this new world, thrown headfirst into an impossible journey. His skills and preparations will be put to the ultimate test, in a brutally hostile landscape, where the forged bonds of friendship and family remain the only true constant. Book Two in The Perseid Collapse series: Event Horizon, will be available by early spring of 2014.
The Perseid Collapse
Author: Steven Konkoly
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781493695645
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Book One in The Perseid Collapse Series. Alex Fletcher is back, in the epic post-apocalyptic sequel to The Jakarta Pandemic. 2019. Six years after the Jakarta Pandemic "decimated" the world's population; life is back to normal for the Fletchers and most Americans. The United States stands at the brink of a complete domestic and international resurgence, with stories of confidence and prosperity dominating the headlines. Appearances can be deceiving. An undercurrent of paranoia and fear still runs strong below the surface; the collective angst spawned by 28 million American deaths forever stamped into population's psyche. Suppressed memories of helplessness and desperation, anger and jealousy-All of it lurks in the shadows, waiting to be released. On August 19, 2019, an inconceivable "event" will unleash a darkness over the United States. A human darkness with a vast appetite for chaos and violence. Alex Fletcher will wake to this new world, thrown headfirst into an impossible journey. His skills and preparations will be put to the ultimate test, in a brutally hostile landscape, where the forged bonds of friendship and family remain the only true constant. Book Two in The Perseid Collapse series: Event Horizon, will be available by early spring of 2014.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781493695645
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Book One in The Perseid Collapse Series. Alex Fletcher is back, in the epic post-apocalyptic sequel to The Jakarta Pandemic. 2019. Six years after the Jakarta Pandemic "decimated" the world's population; life is back to normal for the Fletchers and most Americans. The United States stands at the brink of a complete domestic and international resurgence, with stories of confidence and prosperity dominating the headlines. Appearances can be deceiving. An undercurrent of paranoia and fear still runs strong below the surface; the collective angst spawned by 28 million American deaths forever stamped into population's psyche. Suppressed memories of helplessness and desperation, anger and jealousy-All of it lurks in the shadows, waiting to be released. On August 19, 2019, an inconceivable "event" will unleash a darkness over the United States. A human darkness with a vast appetite for chaos and violence. Alex Fletcher will wake to this new world, thrown headfirst into an impossible journey. His skills and preparations will be put to the ultimate test, in a brutally hostile landscape, where the forged bonds of friendship and family remain the only true constant. Book Two in The Perseid Collapse series: Event Horizon, will be available by early spring of 2014.
The Jakarta Pandemic
Author: Steven Konkoly
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781495907371
Category : Epidemics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Jakarta Pandemic:The People's Republic of China announces strict travel restrictions... Indonesia goes dark... Cases of an uncategorized influenza virus appear in major cities around the globe... Department of Health and Human Services officials claim that measures have been taken to safeguard the American public... Most ignore the warnings... Few prepare...Alex Fletcher, Iraq War veteran, has read the signs for years. A seasoned sales representative for Biosphere Pharmaceuticals, he understands the unique dangers of a pandemic flu and has taken the necessary steps to prepare. With his family and home mobilized to endure an extended period of seclusion, Alex thinks he's ready for the pandemic. He's not even close. The lethal H16N1 virus rapidly spreads across the nation, stretching the fragile bonds of society to the breaking point. Schools close, grocery stores empty, fuel deliveries stop, hospitals start turning away the sick...riots engulf the cities. As hostility and mistrust engulfs his idyllic Maine neighborhood, Alex quickly realizes that the H16N1 virus will be the least of his problems. The Jakarta Pandemic is a prepper themed, cautionary tale that explores the depths of human desperation, and its unremitting influence on our decisions."It delivers a vicious punch of violence and heroism for the reader to endure and admire. I could hardly put The Jakarta Pandemic down until I finished it." - Amazon Reviewer (2012) "The tension builds as difficult choices are made, when no good options seem to be available. I found certain segments to be uncomfortably realistic, at times creepy in the way you could feel things closing in around the family." - Amazon Reviewer (2013) "It makes you think just how prepared you really are for any kind of emergency. It makes you question your resolve in a potential crisis. How far are you willing to go to protect your loved ones? Every day that goes by, these characters have to question what is right and what is wrong. Take the trip thru this book. You won't be disappointed." - Amazon Reviewer (2013) "Pay attention as you may learn a few things in this book that could help you make the best of an emergency situation. For that matter some of the info in this book may very well save your life." - Amazon Reviewer (2013) "Anyone who has relished running to the hardware store before a big storm to stock up on essentials will be drawn to Steve Konkoly's intricately-researched and drawn breakdown of our supply systems, and transfixed by his description of what it takes to survive six months of enforced isolation behind the locked(booby-trapped, draped and shuttered) doors of one's own home." - Amazon Reviewer (2011) "I found the setting to be a refreshing change from other PA novels. Stories in this genre tend to focus on the world at large or center on a group of people traveling on a journey to find safe harbor. This novel centers on one family hunkered down in their home and how they interact with their neighbors on their street. I was quite impressed with the level of research put into this novel, the author clearly did his homework." - Richard Stephenson, author of the critically acclaimed New America series.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781495907371
Category : Epidemics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Jakarta Pandemic:The People's Republic of China announces strict travel restrictions... Indonesia goes dark... Cases of an uncategorized influenza virus appear in major cities around the globe... Department of Health and Human Services officials claim that measures have been taken to safeguard the American public... Most ignore the warnings... Few prepare...Alex Fletcher, Iraq War veteran, has read the signs for years. A seasoned sales representative for Biosphere Pharmaceuticals, he understands the unique dangers of a pandemic flu and has taken the necessary steps to prepare. With his family and home mobilized to endure an extended period of seclusion, Alex thinks he's ready for the pandemic. He's not even close. The lethal H16N1 virus rapidly spreads across the nation, stretching the fragile bonds of society to the breaking point. Schools close, grocery stores empty, fuel deliveries stop, hospitals start turning away the sick...riots engulf the cities. As hostility and mistrust engulfs his idyllic Maine neighborhood, Alex quickly realizes that the H16N1 virus will be the least of his problems. The Jakarta Pandemic is a prepper themed, cautionary tale that explores the depths of human desperation, and its unremitting influence on our decisions."It delivers a vicious punch of violence and heroism for the reader to endure and admire. I could hardly put The Jakarta Pandemic down until I finished it." - Amazon Reviewer (2012) "The tension builds as difficult choices are made, when no good options seem to be available. I found certain segments to be uncomfortably realistic, at times creepy in the way you could feel things closing in around the family." - Amazon Reviewer (2013) "It makes you think just how prepared you really are for any kind of emergency. It makes you question your resolve in a potential crisis. How far are you willing to go to protect your loved ones? Every day that goes by, these characters have to question what is right and what is wrong. Take the trip thru this book. You won't be disappointed." - Amazon Reviewer (2013) "Pay attention as you may learn a few things in this book that could help you make the best of an emergency situation. For that matter some of the info in this book may very well save your life." - Amazon Reviewer (2013) "Anyone who has relished running to the hardware store before a big storm to stock up on essentials will be drawn to Steve Konkoly's intricately-researched and drawn breakdown of our supply systems, and transfixed by his description of what it takes to survive six months of enforced isolation behind the locked(booby-trapped, draped and shuttered) doors of one's own home." - Amazon Reviewer (2011) "I found the setting to be a refreshing change from other PA novels. Stories in this genre tend to focus on the world at large or center on a group of people traveling on a journey to find safe harbor. This novel centers on one family hunkered down in their home and how they interact with their neighbors on their street. I was quite impressed with the level of research put into this novel, the author clearly did his homework." - Richard Stephenson, author of the critically acclaimed New America series.
Point of Crisis
Author: Steven Konkoly
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781500163860
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
As Alex Fletcher becomes more involved with the New England Regional Recovery Zone, he leaves Kate and the family compound behind, finding out, only too late, that Eli Russell has returned with reinforcements and is bent on revenge.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781500163860
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
As Alex Fletcher becomes more involved with the New England Regional Recovery Zone, he leaves Kate and the family compound behind, finding out, only too late, that Eli Russell has returned with reinforcements and is bent on revenge.
Fractured State
Author: Steven Konkoly
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9781503935587
Category : Droughts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
2035. The United States is in ruin due to a drought. California is a state on the verge of secession. Nathan Fisher is a man on the run with his family after an accidental witness to a clandestine military-style operation. Fisher and his loved ones must somehow stay a step ahead of their relentless pursuers, navigating a ruined world in a desperate search for sanctuary.
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9781503935587
Category : Droughts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
2035. The United States is in ruin due to a drought. California is a state on the verge of secession. Nathan Fisher is a man on the run with his family after an accidental witness to a clandestine military-style operation. Fisher and his loved ones must somehow stay a step ahead of their relentless pursuers, navigating a ruined world in a desperate search for sanctuary.
The Stuff Between the Stars
Author: Sandra Nickel
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9781419736261
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
An inspired biographical picture book about a female astronomer who makes huge discoveries about the mysteries of the night sky and changed the way we look at the universe Vera Rubin was one of the astronomers who discovered and named dark matter, the thing that keeps the universe hanging together. Throughout her career she was never taken seriously as a scientist because she was one of the only female astronomers at that time, but she didn't let that stop her. She made groundbreaking and incredibly significant discoveries that scientists have only recently been able to really appreciate--and she changed the way that we look at the universe. A stunning portrait of a little-known trailblazer, The Stuff Between the Stars tells Vera's story and inspires the youngest readers who are just starting to look up at the stars.
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9781419736261
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
An inspired biographical picture book about a female astronomer who makes huge discoveries about the mysteries of the night sky and changed the way we look at the universe Vera Rubin was one of the astronomers who discovered and named dark matter, the thing that keeps the universe hanging together. Throughout her career she was never taken seriously as a scientist because she was one of the only female astronomers at that time, but she didn't let that stop her. She made groundbreaking and incredibly significant discoveries that scientists have only recently been able to really appreciate--and she changed the way that we look at the universe. A stunning portrait of a little-known trailblazer, The Stuff Between the Stars tells Vera's story and inspires the youngest readers who are just starting to look up at the stars.
Event Horizon
Author: Steven Konkoly
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781796210798
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
"Brilliant continuation of Konkoly's best work to date...this series is a thriller knockout!" The critically acclaimed saga continues in the "explosive sequel!" With Boston collapsing faster than Alex Fletcher predicted, his personal rescue mission deep into the heart of an increasingly unfamiliar city reaches a critical point. Pursued by a ruthless militia group, and forced to navigate a treacherous landscape, he runs a gauntlet of grim decisions and impossible odds to reach perceived safety. Perceived because nothing is safe in the world emerging after the "event" In rural Maine, a series of lethal coincidences fuels a local militia leader's ghastly strategy to raise a private army, planting the Fletchers firmly at the intersection of his power play--and the epicenter of his rage. The human darkness released on August 19, 2019 continues to grow, threatening to tear the fabric of their fragile society apart...until nothing remains but a distant memory of the past. The Alex Fletcher Books (In Order): The Jakarta Pandemic, Book One The Perseid Collapse, Book Two Event Horizon, Book Three Point of Crisis, Book Four Dispatches, Book Five
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781796210798
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
"Brilliant continuation of Konkoly's best work to date...this series is a thriller knockout!" The critically acclaimed saga continues in the "explosive sequel!" With Boston collapsing faster than Alex Fletcher predicted, his personal rescue mission deep into the heart of an increasingly unfamiliar city reaches a critical point. Pursued by a ruthless militia group, and forced to navigate a treacherous landscape, he runs a gauntlet of grim decisions and impossible odds to reach perceived safety. Perceived because nothing is safe in the world emerging after the "event" In rural Maine, a series of lethal coincidences fuels a local militia leader's ghastly strategy to raise a private army, planting the Fletchers firmly at the intersection of his power play--and the epicenter of his rage. The human darkness released on August 19, 2019 continues to grow, threatening to tear the fabric of their fragile society apart...until nothing remains but a distant memory of the past. The Alex Fletcher Books (In Order): The Jakarta Pandemic, Book One The Perseid Collapse, Book Two Event Horizon, Book Three Point of Crisis, Book Four Dispatches, Book Five
Tin Camp Road
Author: Ellen Airgood
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399163360
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
"Moving and brave." —People Set against the wide open beauty of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a wise, big hearted novel in which a young single mother and her ten-year-old daughter stand up to the trials of rural poverty and find the community they need in order to survive. Laurel Hill and her precocious daughter Skye have always been each other's everything. The pair live on Lake Superior, where the local school has classes of just four children, and the nearest hospital is a helicopter ride away. Though they live frugally, eking out a living with Laurel's patchwork of jobs, their deep love for each other feels like it can warm them even on the coldest of nights. What more do they need? One otherwise normal afternoon, their landlord decides to evict them in favor of a more profitable summer rental, and, without any warning, they are pushed farther to the margins. Suddenly it feels like the independence that has defined them is a liability. And when a dangerous incident threatens to separate them, Laurel and Skye must forever choose--will they leave the place they love and the hardscrabble life they've built to move closer to civilization, or risk everything to embrace the emptiness and wildness that has defined them? What follows is an uplifting, profoundly moving story about a mother and daughter fighting for each other, against all odds, as they learn to build community and foster the resilience that will keep them alive.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399163360
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
"Moving and brave." —People Set against the wide open beauty of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a wise, big hearted novel in which a young single mother and her ten-year-old daughter stand up to the trials of rural poverty and find the community they need in order to survive. Laurel Hill and her precocious daughter Skye have always been each other's everything. The pair live on Lake Superior, where the local school has classes of just four children, and the nearest hospital is a helicopter ride away. Though they live frugally, eking out a living with Laurel's patchwork of jobs, their deep love for each other feels like it can warm them even on the coldest of nights. What more do they need? One otherwise normal afternoon, their landlord decides to evict them in favor of a more profitable summer rental, and, without any warning, they are pushed farther to the margins. Suddenly it feels like the independence that has defined them is a liability. And when a dangerous incident threatens to separate them, Laurel and Skye must forever choose--will they leave the place they love and the hardscrabble life they've built to move closer to civilization, or risk everything to embrace the emptiness and wildness that has defined them? What follows is an uplifting, profoundly moving story about a mother and daughter fighting for each other, against all odds, as they learn to build community and foster the resilience that will keep them alive.
Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: Waystation
Author: Steven E. McDonald
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765304856
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
An original space adventure based on the hit TV SF series Andromeda starring Kevin Sorbo
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765304856
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
An original space adventure based on the hit TV SF series Andromeda starring Kevin Sorbo
Centaur Rising
Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 0805096655
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
One night during the Perseid meteor shower, Arianne thinks she sees a shooting star land in the fields surrounding her family's horse farm. About a year later, one of their horses gives birth to a baby centaur. The family has enough attention already as Arianne's six-year-old brother was born with birth defects caused by an experimental drug—the last thing they need is more scrutiny. But their clients soon start growing suspicious. Just how long is it possible to keep a secret? And what will happen if the world finds out? At a time when so many novels are set in other worlds, Jane Yolen imagines what it would be like if a creature from another world came to ours in this thoughtfully written, imaginative novel, Centaur Rising. A Christy Ottaviano Book
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 0805096655
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
One night during the Perseid meteor shower, Arianne thinks she sees a shooting star land in the fields surrounding her family's horse farm. About a year later, one of their horses gives birth to a baby centaur. The family has enough attention already as Arianne's six-year-old brother was born with birth defects caused by an experimental drug—the last thing they need is more scrutiny. But their clients soon start growing suspicious. Just how long is it possible to keep a secret? And what will happen if the world finds out? At a time when so many novels are set in other worlds, Jane Yolen imagines what it would be like if a creature from another world came to ours in this thoughtfully written, imaginative novel, Centaur Rising. A Christy Ottaviano Book
The Centurion Code
Author: Steven Konkoly
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781717784551
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
They arrived decades ago--undetected.When they emerged from hiding, the world plunged into darkness.Meet humanity's last line of defense--The Centurions.The New Earth Order (NEO), led by business tycoon Damien Grey, marches against the last vestiges of humanity with a genetically and technologically advanced army. Lured by promises of power and wealth beyond imagination, he has conspired with a sinister alien race to enslave the remaining population and administer Earth as an alien resource colony. With the southern hemisphere conquered, NEO turns north to crush NATO forces assembled under a new international protectorate, AEGIS. Undaunted by the overwhelming alien advance, military leaders prepare to implement an all or nothing gamble to turn the tide against NEO--THE CENTURION CODE. Uploaded to AEGIS soldiers through neural laces, the Centurion Code has the potential to even the odds against the genetically superior, NEO army--but at an unthinkable cost The CENTURION CODE is hardcore military science fiction at its brutal best.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781717784551
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
They arrived decades ago--undetected.When they emerged from hiding, the world plunged into darkness.Meet humanity's last line of defense--The Centurions.The New Earth Order (NEO), led by business tycoon Damien Grey, marches against the last vestiges of humanity with a genetically and technologically advanced army. Lured by promises of power and wealth beyond imagination, he has conspired with a sinister alien race to enslave the remaining population and administer Earth as an alien resource colony. With the southern hemisphere conquered, NEO turns north to crush NATO forces assembled under a new international protectorate, AEGIS. Undaunted by the overwhelming alien advance, military leaders prepare to implement an all or nothing gamble to turn the tide against NEO--THE CENTURION CODE. Uploaded to AEGIS soldiers through neural laces, the Centurion Code has the potential to even the odds against the genetically superior, NEO army--but at an unthinkable cost The CENTURION CODE is hardcore military science fiction at its brutal best.